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An Old Memorial With Confused (or, at least, Confusing) Arms
This next memorial in St. Margaret's is an older one to a father and young daughter who predeceased him. It's a lovely monument, though time hasn't always treated it well; the head and feet of the...
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An Armorial Memorial to Two Brothers
The number of questionable coats of arms on memorials in St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, continues to mount. For example:This beautifully carved memorial to two brothers, Edward and Owen Reynolds,...
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An Armorial "Antiques Roadshow" Find
I pretty regularly watch the television series Antiques Roadshow, both the English and the American versions. Partly because of my interest in history, partly because I learn a lot from listening the...
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The Idea Wasn't a Bad One, But ...
... the implementation fell a little short.This is the story of Jordan Webb and his wife-to-be, Kristen Onkka.In discussing their upcoming nuptials, they - as many couples facing marriage do these days...
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Two Modern Armorial Memorials
I found these next two armorial memorials in St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, to be especially interesting because they appear to be of a new pattern of such memorials. They are dated 1978 and 1990,...
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A Husband's Memorial From His Wife
It's neither one of the biggest nor one of the fanciest armorial memorials in St. Margaret's Chapel, but it's certainly one of the more touching ones, the memorial to Austen Henry Layard erected by his...
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The Right Honorable Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt.
Our next armorial memorial is dedicated to the memory of Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, 1st Baronet (1868-1931).In memory ofThe Right HonourableSir Laming Worthington-EvansBart GBE MP1868 - 1931For...
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A Portrait of a Young Man
Our next armorial memorial is a charming one to a young man who was taken in what some would call "the bloom of life."Topped by a carved relief portrait of the young man being memorialized, the...
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How Genuine Is This Coat of Arms?
This next memorial in St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, is another old one, memorializing the death of a man in 1640, as well as two of his children, Richard and Elionor, and Richard's wife...
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Heraldry Is ...
I ran across this meme on Facebook the other day, and it seemed too good not to share.Some would take issue with the specifics stated for one or more of these six steps. Nonetheless, the progression is...
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Another Game With Heraldry
There are a few games around that involve heraldry.Sometimes a "game" can be a task that a few bored heralds may assign to themselves. I was involved with one of these, where six of us, having been...
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I've long had a quote that I like to pull out to help explain how heraldry can be useful to folks doing research, whether genealogical or historical:Many are the incidents, but faintly written in the...
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Meanwhile, Back at St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster ...
To return from our recent posts of "heraldic things I got distracted by" ("Ooh, shiny!") to go back to a final few heraldic monuments still to be shared from St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster. Here,...
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An Armorial Memorial to a Lady
Along one wall inside St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, is a memorial described in The History of the Parish Church of Saint Margaret, Westminster, by Walcott (1847)as:A large raised Alabaster Tomb,...
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An Armorial Memorial to Two Children
Continuing our look at some of the armorial memorials in St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, we find this one from a couple memorializing two of their children:The inscription reads:INthe Vault near...
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An Unusual Coat of Arms
I'll be honest with you. I had my doubts about the coat of arms on this next memorial. It turns out, my skepticism was unfounded. Still, it's not the usual heraldry that one expects to see.The...
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Hawks and Eagles: Different or Not?
A recent (August 22, 2018) ruling about trademarks by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that hawks are not different from, indeed, that they are identical to,...
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A Rare Look at an Heraldic Plantagenet Floor
Recent excavations at Bath Abbey during its Footprint Project has turned up a remarkably well-preserved late-13th or early-14th Century floor.The floor was put in the Norman Cathedral which, like so...
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An Armorial Porch as a Memorial
Around on the "back" side of St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, facing the Houses of Parliament just across the street, is a porch dedicated to Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892), Chancellor...
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An Attributed Coat of Arms in a Church
Having finished up our heraldic tour of St. Margaret's Chapel, Westminster, we move on down and cross over the Thames to the Church of St. Mary-at-Lambeth, a deconsecrated church (which is now the...
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