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Mr! Urban, April 23.THE feal, plate II. fig. t, is the ere ft of the ancient family of Pjlham, granted by Edward III. to John de Pelham, in confideratton of his having received the fword of John King of France, at'the battle of Poiftiers, 135 6., which was^ furrendered to him and to Sir Roger la Watr, Lord la Warr, whohad for his creft the cbapt, or crampel of the faid fword, as John de Pelham, afterwards knighted, had the buckle of a belt. This was ufed by his defcend-auts as a feal manual, and in their great lea Is appendant to their deeds, and fometimes the laid buckles on each fide of a cage, alluding to the captivity of the King of France (Longmate’s Peerage, vol. VIII. pp. 93, 94). Tbt?' buckle appears alio on a brick at the family feat at Laughton in Suflex, with this infcription:
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Gentlemans Magazine and Historical Chronicle
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, May 01, 1789
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