Page 63.—Tudor Badges.
The subjoined Plate (page 180) represents ten of the badges mentioned by Mr.Moule; and two others which were borne by the Tudors, viz., the Maiden’s Head,*belonging to the Lady Katherine Parr , for which we are indebted to Willement ’s“ Regal Heraldry,” and a Falcon, carved on the roof of the Hall at Hampton Court .
Page 73.—The Colour of Plastered Houses.
In many parts of the country, and even in London , the timbers of these houseswere painted of dark colours. In the accounts of Thomas Fryer, steward of thehousehold of Thomas Kytson, Esq., is the following entry: — “ September 1574.For plastering and whitening the fore front of my Mr. his house in Coleman St. andthe courte, with blacking the timber work, xlijs. vj d.” (History of Hengrave.) This,though not a commendable practice, is still continued in provincial towns.
Page 76.—Gentlemen are recommended not to attempt to build from
book-instruction alone.
An amusing illustration of some of the inconveniences arising out of buildingexperiments, unassisted by professional advice, is recorded in a short biographicalsketch of the eccentric author of “ Sandford and Merton,” by Mr. Edgeworth.t
“ When Mr. Day determined to dip his unsullied hands in mortar, he bought ata stall ‘ Ware’s Architecture ;’ this he read with persevering assiduity for three orfour weeks, before he began his operations. He had not, however, followed thisoccupation a week, before he became tired of it. Masons calling for supplies ofvarious sorts, which had not been suggested in the great body of architecture, thathe had procured with so much care, annoyed the young builder exceedingly. Sills,lintels, door and window cases, were wanting before they had been thought of and
* u This badge,” Mr. Willement tells us, “ does not appear to have been an entire new fancy, but to havebeen composed from the rose-badge of King Henry VIII. and from one previously used by this Queen’s family.The house of Parr had, before this time, assumed, as one of their devices, a maiden's head, couped below thebust, vested in ermine and gold, her hair of the last, and her temples encircled with a wreath of red and whiteroses ; and this badge they had derived from the family of Ros, of Kendal.”
■f* u Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth , Esq., begun by himself, and concluded by his daughter, Maria Edgeworth. ”—Vol. i. p. 342, 2d edition, 1821.