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====== The Prior and Murray-Prior coat of arms ====== | ====== The Prior and Murray-Prior coat of arms ====== |
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Families with the status of [[wp>Gentry|gentry]] and above, were entitled to their own [[wp>Coat_of_arms|coat of arms]].((http://www.burkespeerage.com|Burkes Peerage; http://www.heraldryaustralia.org)) | Families with the status of [[wp>Gentry|gentry]] and above, were entitled to their own [[wp>Coat_of_arms|coat of arms]].((http://www.burkespeerage.com|Burkes Peerage; http://www.heraldryaustralia.org)) |
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The photo far left is a faded painting of the Prior crest.((Provenance: From Geoffrey M-P to T.A. M-P.)) The black and white drawing of the crest is by TLM-P.((Provenance: J. Godden.)) It appears that TLM-P had tried to find out what the Prior coat of arms were, and got it slightly wrong. On 23 November 1885, he wrote in his //Imperial Family Bible containing the Old and New Testaments// (London: Blackie and Son, 1845).((Provenance: J. Godden.)) Part of it is hard to read now, but it appears to describe his crest as he drew it: that the family arms are ‘Sa. on a bend arm, three chevronels gn. between stars of eight point wavy’. Motto: Malo mori quam foedari. Seat: Rathdowney, Queens County. This all was part of his determination to assert his family's gentry status. As Burke's entry 'Prior of Netherfield' in his //Landed Gentry// book, TLM-P 'obtained confirmation of Arms from the Ulster King of Arms 1888 - Quarterly 1 and 4, vert on a bend ermine three chevronels gules (PRIOR); 2 and 3 per fess gules and or four mullets countercharged (MURRAY).' You really have to be into heraldry to understand - or, easier by far, just look at the following photo of a section of the parchment scroll sent to TLM-P and which confirmed the M-P coat of arms. As seen, it retained the Prior motto, translated as 'death before dishonour'. The first photo below is of the parchment scroll acquired by TLM-P; the second is a close-up of the M-P coat of arms.((Provenance: T.A. & M.T. M-P.))\\ {{:mp_family_scroll2enhance.jpeg?direct&500|}} {{:mp_crest_cropped.jpg?direct&400| }} | |
{{:mp21_a.jpg?400|}} Part of crest used in M-P's signet rings.((Provenance: T.A. & M.T. M-P.))\\ | |
{{:family_bible_glenn_list.jpg?300|}} Another depiction of family crest in one of TLM-P's family bible.((Provenance: Glenn M-P))\\ | |
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The M-P seal apparently acquired by TLM-P or his son, R.S. M-P. {{:m-p_seal_resized.jpg?400|}} | \\ |
| The photo far left is a faded painting of the Prior crest.((Provenance: From Geoffrey M-P to T.A. M-P.)) The black and white drawing of the crest is by TLM-P.((Provenance: J. Godden.)) It appears that TLM-P had tried to find out what the Prior coat of arms were, and got it slightly wrong. On 23 November 1885, he wrote in his //Imperial Family Bible containing the Old and New Testaments// (London: Blackie and Son, 1845).((Provenance: J. Godden.)) Part of it is hard to read now, but it appears to describe his crest as he drew it: that the family arms are ‘Sa. on a bend arm, three chevronels gn. between stars of eight point wavy’. Motto: Malo mori quam foedari. Seat: Rathdowney, Queens County. This all was part of his determination to assert his family's gentry status.\\ |
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| TLM-P achieved confirmation of his family's gentry status in October 1888 when, as described in Burke's entry 'Prior of Netherfield' in his //Landed Gentry// book, TLM-P 'obtained confirmation of Arms from the Ulster King of Arms 1888 - Quarterly 1 and 4, vert on a bend ermine three chevronels gules (PRIOR); 2 and 3 per fess gules and or four mullets countercharged (MURRAY).' You really have to be into heraldry to understand - though a copy can be see here: __ BROKEN-LINK:[[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-885982511/view|Grant of arms]] LINK-BROKEN __. Or you can look at the following photo of a section of the parchment scroll sent to TLM-P and which confirmed the M-P coat of arms. As seen, it retained the Prior motto, translated as 'death before dishonour'. The first photo below is of the parchment scroll acquired by TLM-P; the second is a close-up of the M-P coat of arms.((Provenance: T.A. & M.T. M-P.))\\ {{:mp_family_scroll2enhance.jpeg?direct&500|}} {{:mp_crest_cropped.jpg?direct&400| }} \\ |
| {{:family_bible_glenn_list.jpg?300|}} Another depiction of family arms in one of TLM-P's family bible.((Provenance: Glenn M-P))\\ |
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Another version of the coat of arms appears in Charles Low, //A Roll of Australian Arms, Corporate and Personal:Borne by Lawful Authority | Another version of the coat of arms appears in Charles Low, //A Roll of Australian Arms, Corporate and Personal:Borne by Lawful Authority |
//Rigby, 1971, p.145-46, although it is hard to argue that any but the scroll sent by the Ulster King of Arms is the correct version.\\ | //Rigby, 1971, p.145-46, although it is hard to argue that any but the scroll sent by the Ulster King of Arms is the correct version.\\ |
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Once TLM-P confirmed he was entitled to heraldic symbols, he had the M-P crest engraved on many of his belongings. As in the case of this is a watch, it also served as a useful point of identification.{{:dscn3872.jpg?300|}}((Provenance: T.A. & M.T. M-P)) | |
| {{:mp21_a.jpg?400|}} Part of crest used in M-P's signet rings.((Provenance: T.A. & M.T. M-P.)) |
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