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et heames de dayntz son host en son siege devant Caleys fessouns savoir as touz presens avenir cestes.....ou ….... come Johan fiz et heir monseigneur Johan de
Warbelton se plaint devant nous / Tibaud fiz monseigneur Tibaud Russel se appela …... nom de Gorges porta ses armes cestassavoir lozenge d'or et d'aszeur ... sanz diffrence et ... les ditz Johan et Tibaud jurres et examinez personalement devant nous et … … … et evidences … … … come d'autre … fust... par sang come par tesmoignance d'aunciens chivalers de leurs pays / les auncestres le dit Johan d'auncestre en auncestre du temps... ...memoire ont porte les dites armes sanz chaunge / Et vu monsiegneur Rauf de Gorges ayel de cestuy Tibaud susdit lessa ses armes et (prist?) les armes susdites de volunte et vu de ses heirs morust sanz heir male / et fust le dit Tibaut fiz de sa soer augge fust par bon delib(er)acon et avis par nous les dits armes au dit Johan heritablement Et nous avant dit Henri et William countes Renaud Gautier baneretz et William Stevene chivaler susdites a cestes (lettres ouvertes?) avons fait mettre nos seaux en tesmoignance de vite et de perpetuel record Done au dite siege en la veille de seynte Margrete l'an du grace mill CCC qaraunte sept
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283:
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328:… without difference and … the said John & Theobald have been sworn and examined personally before ourselves … and evidence … (taken) … by blood as well as by witness of ancient knights of their counties; the ancestors of the said John from ancestor to ancestor from time (immemorial) have borne the said arms without change; and Sir Ralph de Gorges uncle of the present Theobald herestated relinquished his arms and took up the said arms voluntarily and his heirs died without male heir; and the said Theobald was the son of his sister. It has been adjudged by good deliberation and counsel by us that the said arms (belong to) the said John hereditably. And we the foresaid Henry and William, earls; Reginald, Walter,
434:
748:, Isle of Wight, the elder brother of Theobald Russell "de Gorges". Thus, the closest male Gorges ancestor of the Denys family was Ralph de Gorges III, 1st Baron Gorges (d.1324), grandfather of Theobald Russell "de Gorges". This seems to suggest that Sir Maurice Russell himself quartered "Gorges Modern", as the Denys family would no doubt have followed his precedent in their heraldic usage, and would have had many heraldically embellished heirlooms of his from which to make their escutcheons.
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213:
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629:, Dorset. Yet on William's early death in 1342 the Gorges inheritance passed to his younger brother Theobald Russell "de Gorges", the defendant in the Calais court of honour. Theobald, who died in 1381, went on to found a notable line, seated at Wraxall, Somerset, which carried on the Gorges name and "modern arms" for several centuries, a member of which was Sir
621:
seemingly in an effort to preserve his family name and arms, had made one of his younger nephews his heir, apparently on condition that he should adopt the name and arms of Gorges. This nephew was
William Russell, the second son of his second sister Eleanor de Gorges who had married Sir Theobald Russell (d.1341) of
302:
Nous Henri counte de
Lancastre de Derby de Leycestre et seneschal d'engletere William de Clynton counte de Huntyngdon Renaud de Cobham Gautier sire de Manney William Lovel Stevene de Cosinton comis de monseigneur le roi d'engletere et de ffraunce aoier trier et jugger toutes maniers de batz d'armes
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The Calais charter of 1347 confirms that the Gorges family had made such change voluntarily. Yet the matter is made more complex by the fact that the cadet branch of the Gorges family had died out in the male line on the death of Ralph IV, 2nd Baron Gorges, without issue in 1331. The latter,
324:?) within his host in the siege before Calais, make known to all present and future this (decree). Whereas John son & heir of Sir John de Warbelton makes plaint before us; Theobald son of Sir Theobald Russell calls himself by name of de Gorges carries his arms, that is to say
319:
of
England; William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon; Reginald de Cobham; Walter Lord de Manny; William Lovel; Steven de Cosinton; commissioned by the lord king of England and of France to hear, try and judge all manner of disputes of arms and helms
209:, seneschal of England, who was commanding the English forces. A 6-man court of honour was convened and the pair were cross-examined, with evidence being sought from knights of their own localities also serving at the siege.
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Theobald lost no time in having a chevron cut into his existing seal-die, as the existence of a charter dated 1347 bearing his new arms proves, now held in the
British Museum. The arms of "Gorges Modern" are displayed in the
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200:
in 1346/7. A gentleman's armorial bearings represented his very identity and were of enormous importance to him, both as a matter of family pride and for practical purposes of personal recognition in battle and in legal
861:
relates. The
Victoria County History, Hampshire, makes reference to John W. son of John W., matching with the reference in the Calais charter of 1347. No such related names feature in the pedigree of the Warburtons of
336:?) have caused to be placed our seals in witness as present and perpetual record. Given at the said siege on the eve of St Margaret (i.e. 19th July) the year of grace one thousand three hundred and forty-seven.
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from time immemorial, that is to say probably from about 1215 when the use of heraldic devices became widespread in
England. At the same time the arms had also been adopted by the de Morville family of
494:
had married the heiress of the last de
Morville early in the 13th century, that is to say very shortly after the Morvilles had adopted these arms. Yet the Gorgeses had by then chosen their own
258:, which provide valuable heraldic information. The timing of the case is of importance, coming just one year before the very height of the "Age of Chivalry", symbolised by the founding by King
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978:
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in Devon, whilst the cadet line, which had married the de
Morville heiress, became seated in the former Morville manors in Somerset, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. It was perhaps to
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282:
223:
The case was won by
Warbelton, who proved a better title to the arms, and Gorges, in order not to contravene the judgement, retained the arms with the addition of a
744:, Gloucestershire. The judgement of 1347 appears to have been applied retrospectively in this instance as Sir Maurice Russell was the son of Ralph Russell of
196:, apparently without knowledge of each other or their common usage, until John de Warbelton and Theobald de Gorges served together in the English army at the
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116:
353:
206:
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95:(1) The same undifferenced arms could not be held by two English armigers at the same time. (2) Warbelton demonstrated a superior claim to the arms
577:
Rendered into English thus by Rev. Frederick Brown, FSA, from whose notes Raymond Gorges produced his "History of the Family of Gorges", 1944,
653:, of Sir Edmund Gorges (d.1512), showing on base in dexter "Gorges Modern", in sinister arms of Russell. A drawing of this tomb was made by
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369:
120:
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The members of the court of honour convened to resolve the dispute are as follows, with the blazon of the arms shown on the appended
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399:
124:
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The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries, Illustrated by Portraits and Pedigrees: Being a History of the Family of Gorges.
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616:, the paternal arms relinquished by Theobald Russell "de Gorges" following his inheritance of the Gorges lands from his uncle
247:
672:, Glos., 1505. "Gorges Modern" is shown in the 3rd quarter of both the lower shields and on the fronts and sleeves of both
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i.e. "C.V. (unknown artist) drew (this) from the document in possession of Peter Le Neve, esquire, Norroy King of Arms"
676:. The shield in the upper sinister position shows the Russell arms, the Denys arms being in the upper dexter position
958:
953:
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963:
366:
Gules, 3 lions passant guardant or charged with a label of 3 points azure each charged with 3 fleurs de lys or
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654:
475:
216:
New arms of Theobald Russell "de Gorges" adopted following the judgement of 1347, known as "Gorges Modern":
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197:
169:
65:
205:. Warbelton made a formal complaint to the officer appointed by the king to resolve such matters, namely
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729:
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665:
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267:
235:
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and take up the former Morville "lozengy" arms. Certainly this change had been made by Ralph III, 1st
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462:
263:
226:
145:
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231:
181:
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487:
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709:(great-great-grandson of Theobald Russell "de Gorges") and his wife Ann Howard, daughter of
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626:
609:
359:
321:
251:
176:
386:, quoted by Boutell, Charles, Heraldry Historical and Popular, London, 1863, p. 171/2)
515:
450:
329:
239:
49:, the arms subject of the 1347 dispute between Warbelton & Gorges. As depicted on the
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themselves from the Tamerton Foliot line that they relinquished the paternal arms of the
250:(1704–1729), which facsimile forms folio 144 of Ashmole manuscript 1137 preserved in the
857:, Hants., not the family of Warburton/Warbleton etc. from Cheshire, as Raymond Gorges
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271:
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Award dated 19 July 1347 of a court of honour convened before Calais in the matter of
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255:
254:, Oxford. At the time of the drawing it still had appended to it 5 of the original 6
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202:
189:
172:
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as "mascle de or et de asur", an alternative description for "lozengy or and azure".
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Other famous mediaeval heraldic disputes which came before the jurisdiction of the
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17:
736:, Gloucestershire, commemorating Sir Walter Denys (d.1505), great-grandson of Sir
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50:
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C.V.? excudebat ab autographo penes Petr Le Neve armigerum Norroy Regem Armorum
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259:
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185:
242:, from which an accurate drawing was made when it was in the possession of
238:. The charter drawn up in 1347 to record the judgement is preserved in the
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193:
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165:
449:. These arms were used continuously by the senior line of Gorges of
184:. The arms were borne by the unrelated families of Warbelton, from
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cases brought concerning English armory, in 1347. It concerned the
634:
432:
853:
The Warbeltons bearing these arms were from Preston Candover and
538:, in which the alternative term "masculy" is used for "lozengy":
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As the charter records, the Warbelton family had borne the arms
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Argent, 6 crosslets fitchees sable on a chief azure 2 mullets or
99:, and Gorges must either difference the arms or choose new ones.
300:
294:
A transcript of the original mediaeval French charter follows:
457:, in favour of the arms of his distant ancestor de Morville,
461:. He is recorded as having borne the latter at the Siege of
895:, where the arms of "Rauf de Gorges" at Caerlaverock were
819:
Boston, USA (Merrymount Press privately published), 1944.
332:; and William, Steven, knights; above stated, to these (
767:, dispute mentioned in Roll of Caerlaverock (pre-1300)
396:(Calais Roll, quoted by Boutell op.cit., p. 167)
815:Gorges, Raymond & Brown, Frederick, Rev., FSA.
793:(1385), the most famous, costly & lengthy case.
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Denys quartered escutcheon, 1505, Olveston (detail)
684:
Gorges quartered escutcheon, 1512, Wraxall (detail)
140:
135:
108:
103:
89:
81:
71:
61:
34:
315:We Henry, Earl of Lancaster, Derby and Leicester,
979:United Kingdom intellectual property case law
534:records, composed by heralds at the Siege of
8:
270:(which was heraldry's greatest showcase) at
453:, Devon, but were dropped by Ralph IV, 2nd
530:(d.1324), before 1300 as the Caerlaverock
376:William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
290:. MS Ashmole 1137, f.144, Bodleian Library
40:
31:
591:More than once struck by some great stone
514:. The senior branch of Gorges settled at
713:(d.1485). Also shown on the tomb in the
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679:
660:
644:
603:
281:
211:
835:
724:. The arms of "Gorges Modern" are also
394:Gules, on a chevron or 3 estoiles sable
76:John de Warbelton v Theobald de Gorges
933:, 9th ed., vol. 11, Heraldry, pp.686-7
633:, founder of the American province of
589:Down to the earth was prostrate thrown
218:Lozengy or and azure, a chevron gules
180:, that is a field of yellow and blue
7:
390:Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham
370:Armorial of the House of Plantagenet
354:Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster
207:Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster
875:A footnote on the facsimile reads:
587:One newly bound to knighthood's law
717:position are the arms of Russell:
614:Argent, on a chief gules 3 bezants
25:
705:, of Sir Edmund Gorges (d.1512),
593:Or staggered by the rushing crowd
27:1347 heraldic law case in England
711:John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
595:Still to recede he was too proud
406:(quoted by Boutell, p. 137)
400:Walter de Manny, 1st Baron Manny
266:(1348), accompanied by a lavish
824:Heraldry Historical and Popular
585:Sir Ralph de Gorges there I saw
563:Ke il ne s'en deignoit departir
559:Car tant estoit de grant bufoiz
410:William Lovel, 7th Baron Morley
349:given for each, left to right:
908:Gorges, Raymond, op.cit., p.18
597:Upon his arms and surcoat fold
1:
783:Hugh Maltby v. Hamon Beckwith
543:Ilucques vi-je Rauf de Gorges
599:Was masculy of blue and gold
571:Avoit masole de or e de asur
567:Tout son harnois e son atire
719:Argent, on a chief gules 3
510:on a white field, blazoned
1000:
555:E defoule plus de une foiz
341:Members of court of honour
94:
39:
974:14th century in case law
701:position on the tomb at
625:, Isle of Wight, and of
157:was one of the earliest
931:Encyclopædia Britannica
843:Dering Roll, number 122
655:Samuel Hieronymus Grimm
547:Chevalier nouvel adoube
476:Knighton, Isle of Wight
301:
804:High Court of Chivalry
730:Denys monumental brass
693:
685:
677:
666:Denys monumental brass
658:
617:
602:
575:
512:Argent, a gurges azure
466:
404:Or, 3 chevronels sable
338:
291:
220:
691:
683:
664:
648:
607:
583:
551:De peres a tere tumbe
540:
506:) depicted by a blue
459:Lozengy, or and azure
436:
362:of France of 3 points
313:
285:
246:during his tenure as
215:
890:Roll of Caerlaverock
471:Lozengy or and azure
420:Steven de Cosinton:
326:lozengy or and azure
131:, Steven de Cosinton
97:Lozengy Or and azure
47:Lozengy or and azure
855:Sherfield-on-Loddon
777:Sytsylt v. Fakenham
608:Arms of Russell of
364:, that is in full:
288:Warbelton v. Gorges
264:Order of the Garter
248:Norroy King of Arms
155:Warbelton v. Gorges
55:Thomas de Warbotone
18:Warbelton v. Gorges
892:and external link
822:Boutell, Charles.
790:Scrope v Grosvenor
771:Harding v. St. Loo
765:Poyntz v. FitzAlan
752:Other famous cases
694:
686:
678:
659:
618:
467:
292:
221:
35:Warbelton v Gorges
917:Gorges, Raymond,
631:Ferdinando Gorges
484:Wraxall, Somerset
152:
151:
16:(Redirected from
991:
959:Heraldry and law
954:English case law
949:English heraldry
934:
928:
922:
915:
909:
906:
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886:
880:
873:
867:
851:
845:
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760:are as follows:
627:Kingston Russell
610:Kingston Russell
443:Argent, a gurges
305:
252:Bodleian Library
104:Court membership
44:
32:
21:
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998:
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964:1347 in England
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826:, London, 1863.
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738:Maurice Russell
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516:Tamerton Foliot
451:Tamerton Foliot
431:
417:: seal missing.
358:England with a
343:
295:
280:
240:College of Arms
198:Siege of Calais
117:Lord Huntingdon
66:Court of Honour
57:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
997:
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490:branch of the
482:, Dorset; and
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334:letters patent
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272:Windsor Castle
150:
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113:Lord Lancaster
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109:Judges sitting
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72:Full case name
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53:(1270/80) for
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37:
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984:Gorges family
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969:1340s in law
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570:
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558:
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546:
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541:
536:Caerlaverock
532:roll of arms
528:Baron Gorges
523:
511:
503:
496:canting arms
470:
468:
463:Caerlaverock
458:
455:Baron Gorges
446:
445:(whirlpool)
442:
439:canting arms
421:
412:
403:
393:
384:roll of arms
382:(per Calais
379:
365:
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344:
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314:
311:Translation:
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224:
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168:
163:coat of arms
159:heraldic law
154:
153:
144:
96:
75:
54:
46:
29:
441:of Gorges:
414:jure uxoris
141:Decision by
129:Lord Morley
121:Lord Cobham
51:Dering Roll
943:Categories
866:, Cheshire
864:Arley Hall
831:References
612:, Dorset:
520:difference
429:Background
268:tournament
260:Edward III
236:difference
146:Per curiam
125:Lord Manny
746:Yaverland
726:quartered
623:Yaverland
500:whirlpool
437:Original
330:bannerets
317:seneschal
186:Hampshire
897:blazoned
798:See also
734:Olveston
715:sinister
670:Olveston
649:Tomb at
480:Bradpole
225:chevron
194:Somerset
182:lozenges
166:blazoned
919:op.cit.
810:Sources
728:in the
721:bezants
703:Wraxall
674:tabards
651:Wraxall
502:(Latin
465:in 1300
422:3 roses
278:Charter
262:of the
232:chevron
192:, from
170:Lozengy
90:Holding
82:Decided
921:, p.37
859:op.cit
785:(1339)
779:(1333)
773:(1312)
742:Dyrham
699:dexter
641:Sequel
579:op.cit
524:gurges
504:gurges
322:crests
234:) for
190:Gorges
188:, and
635:Maine
508:whorl
498:of a
488:cadet
447:azure
368:(see
360:label
347:seals
320:(i.e.
256:seals
230:(red
227:gules
203:seals
177:azure
62:Court
888:See
707:K.B.
486:. A
175:and
85:1347
732:at
668:at
581:.:
115:,
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173:Or
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