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From: Edgar <>
Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Cumberland Families & Heraldry
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:24:55 +0000
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On Thursday 22 March 2007 12:00, Chris Dickinson wrote:
> Rather a long time ago now, C. Roy Hudleston and R.S. Boumphrey
> researched and wrote two books on the heraldry of Cumbria: 'An
> Armorial for Westmorland and Lonsdale' [main author: Boumphrey;
> additional author: J. Hughes; 1975]; and 'Cumberland Families and
> Heraldry' [main author: Hudleston; 1978].
>
> The books were intended to be a complete list of all known heraldry in
> the area (whether official or just appearing on gravestones, etc.). As
> an additional bonus, the books give a short summary of the known
> history of the families concerned - as these histories are often based
> on information provided by the families, they can be inaccurate. Even
> so, the information is invaluable for anyone researching families that
> might have used coats of arms (in other words, anyone with upwardly
> mobile middle class social pretensions!).
>
> They were published by CWAAS [The Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian
> & Archaeological Society], but I can't see on their publications list
> that they are still in print.
>
> http://www.cwaas.org.uk/
> http://cwaas.org.uk/pdf/publications.pdf
>
> At time of writing, Amazon UK have a used copy of AWL for £76.88
> (ouch!!) but nothing for CFH. There are cheaper copies available if you
> search at:
>
> http://www.abebooks.co.uk/?cm_ven=ggl&cm_cat=couk&cm_pla=antiquarian%20
>book&cm_ite=antiquarian%20books
>
> You may also be able to get copies on a library loan system.
>
> To give a flavour of what you might expect. The surname FLETCHER in CFH
> has 11 entries, from three lines to twenty-four. The entry on FLETCHER,
> of Tallantire reads:
>
> 'This branch of the Fletcher family was founded by Lancelot Fletcher,
> of Cockermouth, brother of Henry Fletcher, Mary Queen of Scots' host
> (see Fletcher, of Cockermouth and Hutton-in-the-Forest). His son George
> Fletcher acquired Tallantire, which descended to Henry Fletcher
> (d.1712), aged 25 at the visitation of 1665, and described by Sandford
> as "a great gamester." His daughter Anne (d. 1721, aged 53) marr. 1688
> Matthias Partis, q.v., and carried Tallantire to that family. Arms.
> Argent a cross engrailed Sable between four pellets each charged with a
> pheon of the field in trhe sexter chief a canton Gules. Crest. A
> horse's head couped Argent charged with a trefoil slipped Gules (FCW)'
>
>
> Chris
>

Chris,

There is also "An Armorial for Cumberland" by F.J. Field 1937.

It has 9 FLETCHER entries together with another in Appendix V -
Quarterings.

"FLETCHER of Talentire. The Tallentire house were descended from Lancelot,
second son of Henry Fletcher (d.1594) of Cockermouth, and became extinct
in the 18th century by the death of Henry Fletcher, whose co-heiresses
married Partis and Gilpin. Arms. Argent a cross engrailed Sable between
four pellets each charged with a pheon of the field, in the dexter chief
a canton Gules (Visit. 1666). Before this Visitation the coat was
probably borne without the canton. Crest, A horse head couped Argent
charged with a trefoil slipped Gules (ibid.). Arms of conceit."

Edgar



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