Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 201
heir hereditary patrons— founders as they 192 VISITATIONS OF COUNTIES. were still termed—sometimes differenced by the imposition of acrosier or staff. Occasionally they are canting, as the drakes ofDrax, and the whales of Whalley; and they are seldom purelyreligious emblems, like the swords (of St.… … DURHAM. TYNEMOUTH. NOSTELL. These ben the armes of the Monastery of Durham, which ys founded by the Byshopof Durham in the honour of Saint Cuthbert, and these armis present ys the armes ofSaint Cuthbert. (Azure, a cross patonce or between four lions rampant argent.) Be yt notid that Saint Oswyn,…
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