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Arms of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG, (1608-1670), drawn by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677). Detail (with inscription rearranged) from drawing of the monument to King Edward IV in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, inscribed to, and displaying arms of, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle. George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, was descended from w:Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (the maternal grandfather of the Duke's grandfather Anthony Monck), an illegitimate son of King Edward IV.

Inscription

Inscribed in Latin:

Illustrissimo et potentissimo principi Georgio Duci Albemarliae Comiti de Torrington, Baroni Monck de Potheridge, Beauchamp et Teyes; Augustissimo Regi Carlo Secundo ab intimis cubiculis et sanctioribus consiliis omniumque sacrae Regiae Majestatis exercituum Capitaneo Generali et summo Duci Magno Stabuli Magistro, nobilissimique Ordinis Garterii Equiti. Hanc tumuli serenissimi Regis Edwardi 4ti (quarti) figuram in sacello regio Windsoriensi siti submisso cultu D,D,D:F:S
Which may be translated into English as:
"To the most illustrious and mighty prince, George, Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge, Beauchamp and Teyes; one of the Privy Chamber and Privy Council to the most august King Charles the Second, and Captain-General of all the army of his sacred Royal Majesty, and Master of the Horse, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. (To which George, Duke of Albemarle) this drawing of the tomb of the Most Serene King Edward IV in the Royal Chapel at Windsor, is dedicated with reverence" (D.D.D.= delineat dierexit dedicat (has drawn, directed/co-ordinated, dedicated); f=fecit (has made); s = sculpsit (has engraved))

Print address

"DDD FS" (see: Ad Stijnman, Terms in Print Addresses: Abbreviations and Phrases on Printed Images 1500–1900, an updated version of Appendix 3 in Engraving and Etching 1400–2000: A History of the Development of Manual Intaglio Printmaking Processes (London & Houten 2012), pp. 413–418[1]

Heraldry

Quarterly of 9:

  • 1: Monck of Potheridge, Devon: Gules, a chevron between three lion's heads erased argent
  • 2: Arms of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (an illegitimate son of King Edward IV and the maternal grandfather of the Duke's grandfather Anthony Monck) the son-in-law of w:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle
  • 3: Barry of six argent and azure in chief three torteaux a label of three points argent for difference (Grey, Viscount Lisle (Grey of Ruthin differenced by a label of three points argent) (arms of w:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle);
  • 4: Ferrers (arms of w:William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers (1373-1445) of Groby, Leicestershire (maternal grandfather of w:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle)
  • 5: Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed or (Talbot) (arms of w:John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle) (father-in-law of w:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle)
  • 6: Three garbs
  • 7: Beauchamp (w:Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, husband of Elizabeth Berkeley, daughter and heiress of Margaret de Lisle, suo jure 3rd Baroness Lisle, wife of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley. He was a great-grandfather of Elizabeth Talbot, suo jure 3rd Baroness Lisle, wife of w:Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle)
  • 8: A fess between two chevrons Lisle (of Rougemont); Should be arms of Lisle (of Kingston Lisle)
  • 9: Argent, a chevron gules (Tyeys/Teyes), as seen on seal of w:Henry de Teyes, 1st Baron Teyes (d.1307) of Chilton Foliat (eldest son of Henry de Teyes and Joan de Foliot), on the Barons' Letter to the Pope (1301) seal circumscribed "HENRICUS DE TEIHEIS", Latinised to "de Teutonicus" and as blazoned in the Caerlaverock Roll (1300) and the Falkirk Roll (1298). Alice de Teyes, sister and heiress of w:Henry de Teyes, 2nd Baron Teyes (1285-1322) (issue of the 1st Baron), married Warin de Lisle of Kingston Lisle. A new Barony of "Teyes" was created in 1660 for George Monck (Cokayne, G. E. & Geoffrey H. White, eds. (1959). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, volume XII part 2: Tracton to Zouche. 12.2 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, p.105, note (e), re "Baron Tyeys")
Date between circa 1660 and circa 1677
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1677-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Cropped from File:Wenceslas Hollar - Edward IV (monument).jpg
Author Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677); cropped by Lobsterthermidor (talk) 09:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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