io6 Devon Notes and Queries. 73. Knapman Shield (II, par. 53, p. 73.) — In the case of Knapman and others of like station in days far distant, how comes it that they — small yeomen — bore arms ? Can it be proved that a grant was made, or was it, as is now the case in hundreds of instances, mere assumption, so readily coun- tenanced and admitted by the easy-going Burke ? Can your contributor show any records testifying to the connnection of some of those named, say Sir Roper Lethbridge or the Hardinge Giffards, with any of the families cited in the article on Knapman ? Did not the Giffards a generation or so ago come from Dublin? Sceptic [There are many good families properly bearing arms, who can show no official authority or sanction for their use. — Eds.] 74. Knapman Shield (II, 73, etc.)— This shield is in- teresting but perplexing, and I fancy the marshalling is not right. I and 10, Knapman. 2, Hore. William Knapman married Alice, daughter (not heir) in Devon, vis. of William Hore of Rushford in Chagford. 3, Whiddon. Why is it marshalled here? William Knapman, who married Eliza- beth Coode, had an uncle Alexander, who married Ann, daughter of Sir John Whiddon, but she does not seem to have been an heiress ; and both William's father James and uncle John married sisters, both daughters and co-heiresses of Cove, Exeter, whose quartering does not appear. 4, I think must be Downe, as that family were at Wike before the Strodes, seeing that 5 is Strode; but why does this and Strode come in at all ? After Whiddon should have come Shilston, as Sir John Whiddon married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of William Shilston, Esq. ; then Shilston would bring in 6, Wray; William Shilston having married Constance, daughter and heiress of Tho. Wraye. 7, Upcott. William Shilston, son of the last and Constance, married Alice, daughter and heiress of James Upcott. 8, Culley. I do not think that the stags are * lodged,' as the legs, though very short, are apart, and so I read it as Azure a fess between three bucks trippant or. Culley. John Upcott, grandfather of James and Alice, married EUzabeth, daughter and heiress of John Culley. 9, I am not able to make anything of this; in the Whiddon pedigree Henry Whiddon marries Joane, daughter and heiress of London, I cannot tell her arms; also there is the Cove marriage, the Armory gives two coats,
