Cheshire Heraldry Web Journal

Recently sold on Ebay (12th July 2010) for a final bid of £155.87 and postage and packing of £8.00 Letters Patent to Richard Orford granting permission to use the name and arms of Robert Holt. Described by the vendor as being “an original scroll from the Royal College of Arms in London. The scroll is […]

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Burke’s General Armory informs us, in the entry for Quin (Windham-Quin, Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl), that the Earl of Dunraven wishing to perpetuate the more ancient arms of his ancestors, the O’Qins of Munster, obtained from the present Ulster King of Arms the right to bear them [the arms of O’Quin] instead of those […]

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On the 26th March with six bidders competing for ownership the eBay hammer was knocked down at £385.00 (plus £10 UK postage) on a grant of arms to Reginald Benett Graves Knyfton of Uphill castle in Somerset.  Described by the vendor as a ”grant of a coat of arms document with 4 hand painted coats of arms […]

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Continuing the heraldry under the hammer theme, Christies auction house has listed the upcoming auction of the Roger Warner collection on 20th - 21st January and lot 348, the arms of Booth quartering others for George 2nd earl of Warrington, is of particular interest to the Cheshire Heraldry weblog. With an estimate of £3000 to £5000 […]

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Sold on eBay for £265.00 on the 9th December 2008 this grant of arms attracted seven bidders.
 
Described in the heading, by the vendor, as a “fine King George V grant of arms & seals in box” and further described thus:
This magnificent hand painted and written document is in the original box with both original wax […]

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The owner of this weblog has been asked, by a vendor, to remove some images of items sold on eBay and has declined to do so. Sellers ought to be familiar with UK copyright laws and should therefore already be aware that under UK copyright the following acts are allowed:
“Fair dealing is a term used to describe acts which […]

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The grant of arms of Geoffrey Frank Pearce fell under the eBay hammer on the 22nd of this month fetching £270. Described as “a grant of Arms, recorded in the college of Arms London, and issued to a Geoffrey Frank Pearce, the parchment scroll is 21 x 15 inches, and hung with two gilt metal seals each embossed […]

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Falling under the hammer on the 29th August were the Grant of arms to Sir John Samuel Fletcher Baronet, first and last baronet of Bryony Hill, along with a quite separate grant of his badge.

The seller chose to use a private auction so we have no way of knowing who the successful bidder or bidders […]

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Another EBay grant to fall under the hammer to the collector who uses the identity of lynnthorpe is that of Arthur Durance George, dated July 6th 1910. This time, lynnthorpe purchased a College of Arms English grant, the hammer falling at $199 (approximately £107). It seems that at some time in its life this grant of arms found […]

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On the 27th July I reported on the eBay sale of the matriculation document of the arms of Alexander Dunsmure and some days later I noticed that the same vendor was offering for sale more historical documents relating to the same name. Described (erroneously) as a Victorian Grant of arms, the document appears to be a […]

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