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English: Fleuron from book:
Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain, ... Collected and composed by an impartial hand. ...
  • Left: Coat of arms of the ancient Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Bear-Wych rebus in base with the royal arms of England (temp King Henry VI) on two shields above, with a king enthroned in chief. As shown in ancient seals. Text from berwicktimelines [1]: This (seal) is said to have been first used in 1212. The earliest known example is on one of the Coldingham charters dated 1250. The simple bear / tree symbol is a rebus; a mediaeval visual pun on the town’s name. The tree is specifically a wych elm, so it reads “bear-wych”. The king is said by some to be Edward III, who took the town after the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, but the shields either side of the bear / tree are the royal arms from the reign of Henry IV (reigned 1399–1413) onwards. Dr Fuller in his History of Berwick quotes from Rapin’s History of England which states that in 1422, the Duke of Bedford was appointed regent to the infant Henry VI and broke the royal great seal, replacing it with a new one showing the infant Henry flanked by the arms of (France and England, sic) King Henry VI.
  • Right: Coat of arms of the Borough of Morpeth. In 1552, William Hervey, Norroy King of Arms, granted the borough of Morpeth a coat of arms. The arms were the same as those granted to Roger de Merlay, but with the addition of a gold tower. In the letters patent, Hervey noted that he had included the arms of the "noble and valyaunt knyght ... for a p'petuall memory of his good will and benevolence towardes the said towne" (Fox-Davies, A. C. (1915). The Book of Public Arms (2 ed.). London: T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 526.)
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Author Cox, Thomas
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(Reusing this file)		 Fleuron A Database of Eighteenth-Century Printers' Ornaments.
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[London]
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In the Savoy: printed by Eliz. Nutt; and sold by M. Nutt, and J. Morphew
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History and Geography
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T107759
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