June 2019
1 year ago
Sogliardo: […] by this Parchment Gentlemen, I have ben so toil’d among the Harrots [Heralds] yonder, you will not belieeve, they doe speake the straungest language, and give a man the hardest termes for his money, that ever you knew.
Carlo: But ha’ you armes? Ha’ you armes?
Sogliardo: Yfaith, I thanke God I can write myself Gentleman now, here’s my Pattent, it cost me thirtie pound by this breath.
Ben Jonson, Every Man Out of His Humour (1599)
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteThis particular Crawford arms appears to be from the Haining cadet. Raymond Crawford has compiled a collection of Crawford arms over the years. You can peruse them here, if you like: http://clancrawfordassoc.org/sites/default/files/Arms%20of%20branches%20of%20the%20Crawfurd%20family.pdf
Best Wishes,
Allen Crawford