[Heraldic bookplates collected by David H Graham commissioned for persons whose surnames begin with G or H. 1700-1900s]

Date: 1690-1920

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Heraldic-H-2

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: W. Douro Hoare. Small crest plate with a demi-stags head. M. T. Hodding. A crest plate with a demi-griffin, holding an olive branch in its beak, between two clubs. Hodges. A spade shield armorial with swag of flowers. As blazon, a heraldic antelope’s head, attired and tufted, coming from a ducal coronet. On the shield are three crescents and in a canton a ducal crown. William Hodgson, Lincoln’s Inn. A plain armorial with a dove with an olive branch in its beak as blazon. The motto is Be ever watchful. On the shield are three dove, a mullet star and a dancetty chevron. James Stephen Hodson D.D. A plain armorial with a dove sitting on a rock as blazon. On the shield are three dove, a mullet star and a dancetty chevron. Sir James M. Hogg. Plain armorial/seal with the motto: Dat gloria vires - Glory gives strength. The blazon is an Eastern coronet with an oak tree growing from it, with an escutcheon on the trunk with an armoured arm holding an arrow. Under this is a small escutcheon with a hand. Giles Stephen Holland (Fox-Strangeways), Earl of Ilchester. Golden Age Armorial with the motto - Faire sans dire - To do without speaking, i.e. Deeds not words. As blazon, a sejant fox, on a chapeau with ermine patterning. There are two fox supporters, the left with a lattice and ermine patterning and both with a fleur-de-lis collar. On the shield there are passant lions, ermine patterning, fox heads and fleur-de-lis. Signed E.W/C.W (?) 1911 – could be C.W. Sherbon, G.W. Eve. Wood. of Hollin-Hall. Order of the Garter around a plain armorial. As blazon, an oak tree, with acorns. On the shield three woodsmen armed with a club over their right shoulder, with a front in front, with a wreath around their heads. The motto – Patriae fidelis - Faithful to my country. T. R. Holmes. A crest armorial, with the motto – Spero – I hope. Dated circa 1870 onwards. Blazon is a stags head. Arthur Todd Holroyd, M.D. A plain Armorial with Quem Te Dues Esse Jussit - What God commands thee to be, as motto. The name has been crossed out in ink at a later stage. Dated from 1830s. As blazon, a demi-griffin, with wings endorsed, holding a ducal crown between its claws. In the shield are passant griffins , escallops, and a dancetty fess. Hugh F. Hornby. Pictorial bookplate, (the same design as a stamp on a book described here>>), circa 1850-1890. As blazon, a hunting horn, with an arrow passing through the ribbon it hangs from. The motto: Crede cornu - Trust in the horn. Motifs on the shield include chevrons, hunting horns, vair patterning. D. D. Bishop of Southwell, Ex Libris, Edwyn Hoskyns. A 20th Pictorial bookplate, in the shape of a 12th century seal, with a bishops mitre as blazon, with the ceremonial scarf. Motifs in the shield include rampant lions, three fountain roundel, a chevron, acouchant stag, the figure of Mary and Jesus, and a raguly line and arrow. The Hon. Francis Howard. Typed on the back of bookplate: Shield on clouds, late 18th century or early 19th century, from Turnbull. The motto is Inservi Deo et laetare - Serve God and rejoice. As blazon, a lion standing statant with its tail extended, with a ducal crown on its head, on a cap of maintenance. Inside the shield are motifs of cross-crosslett fitchh, bullock heads, chevron, rampant lions. James Kenneth Howard. An Armorial spade shield, and ribbon, with the name inset into the ribbon at the base. As blazon, a lion standing statant with its tail extended, and ducally gorged, on a cap of maintenance. Motifs inside the shield include saltire crosses, rampant lions, passant lions, ermine patterning, cross-crosslet fitchee, chequy patterning, a label, an arrow, and a star. Ralph Howard Esq. A Jacobean armorial, with no motto. As blazon, a lion standing statant with its tail extended, and ducally gorged, on a cap of maintenance. Inside the shield are six cross crosslet fitchee with a bend, and a sun appearing inside an inescutcheon. There are two cherubic figures holding a branch of greenery either side. Samuel Hubbard. Plain armorial. The motto is Nec Timeo Nec Sperno - I neither fear nor despise. The blazon is a griffin’s head. The shield is split into quarters, with a bend of three rampant lions. George H. Hudson. Armorial with a martlet bird as blazon. In the shield are three more martlets. The motto is Animo Non Astutia - By courage, not by craft. Robert Arundell Hudson. Golden Age Armorial with the motto – Go forward for God and the Empire. As blazon, a hawk, hooded, belled and jessed (The jess is the leather thong with which the bells are attached to the leg), resting its dexter leg upon a portcullis. In the shield are two suns in splendour, and another hawk, hooded, belled and jessed. William Huggins Esq. of Heath House, Hants. A Jacobean armorial. As blazon, a leopard’s paw holding a sceptre. Inside the shield, are three more leopard’s paws inset into a diamond (lozenge). There is a chevron with vair patterning and an overall ermine pattern. (circa 1750s). Samuel Humby. A plain armorial with the motto - Audaces fortuna juvat - Fortune favours the bold, in a ribbon at the base. As blazon, a demi-lion holding a dagger. Inside the shield are a row of five patterned roundels in an embattled chief. Below this a rampant lion. The Right Hon. Patrick Hume. Earl of Marchmont, Viscount of Blasonberry, Lord Polwarth of Polwarth & Lord High Chancelor of Scotland. 1702. Motto: True to the end - Fides probata coronat. Typed on surround: Patrick Hume. 1702. This plate is later than the date on it. The original plate was engraved with leaves to the oranges. This was later found to be a mistake and fresh copies were made with the orange leaves stopped out. Travers Christmas Humphreys. Armorial with motto: Be Always Just. As blazon, a horse’s head. In the shield, a lion passant guardant, and a group of three horse’s heads. William Powell Hunt. Plain armorial with a trippant stag as blazon, with a ducal crown and lead. The shield bears a saltire cross. Hunter Weston (Gould) Lieut.-Col.. Typed on surround – 1823-1904, Commanded in Indian Mutiny, etc. Armorial. Golden Age Armorial. Motto: Aquila non captat muscas - The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small stuff). There are two blazons – the left: an eagle regardent with wings outstretched, with a crescent on the beast and each wing; the right a sejant greyhound with a antique crown around its neck, with a cross-crosslett on its shoulder. On the shield, motifs of the hunting horn, ermine pattern, cross-crosslett, cross-patonce, marletts, crescents and displayed eagles. R.R. Huntley. A plain armorial with motto: Fortiter in re - Bravely in action. As blazon, a statant Talbot (hunting dog), collared with a lead. In the shield are three stag heads, and three hunting horns on a chevron. Charles Hurt Junr. Crest armorial with blazon a stag trippant, pierced by an arrow in the haunch. Edward Nicholas Hurt. Armorial with the motto: Mane prœdam, vespere spolium - Game in the morning and a feast at night. As blazon a stag trippant, pierced by an arrow in the haunch, with a crescent pierced on its side. Motifs in the shield include cinquefoil, pierced crescents, a trippant stag, a hunting horn, cross-crossletts fitchee, and a fess, chevron. William Hustler. A plain armorial, with a sejant Talbot as blazon, and within the shield, two martletts around a fess of three fleur-de-lis. The motto is: Aut nunquam tentes aut perfice - Either never attempt or accomplish. Plain armorials – 1800-1900. Charles Pierrepont Hutchinson. A (garter) seal Armorial, with a Wyvern (or firedrake) as blazon. There is a rampant lion in the centre of the shield surrounded by ten cross crosslets. Quantity: 28 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1690-1920

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Heraldic-G-2

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Eliza Godwin. Noted in type on the back of bookplate – An American bookplate from J.Pierce of U.S.A. A ribbon and festoon ladies armorial in a lozenge shape, including several lion’s heads, and rampant griffins. The Rev.d Samuel Goodenough, L.L.D. Wreath and ribbon armorial with an oval shield. As blazon, a rampant demi-wolf holdingan escallop. In the shield are three roundel around a chevron, and a crescent. Alexander Gordon. Crest armorial with a demi-wildman holding a club Ch. Gordon. Chippendale armorial with the motto - Fortuna sequatur - Let fortune follow. As blazon, two arms holding a bow with an arrow at full stretch. In the shield, are three hog’s heads and an annulet. George J. R. Gordon Esquire. Armorial with single motto - Fortuna sequatur - Let fortune follow. As blazon, two arms holding a bow with an arrow at full stretch. In the shield, are three hog’s heads. Engraver noted – Silvester sc. 27 Strand George J. R. Gordon Esquire. Armorial with motto - Fortuna sequatur - Let fortune follow, and Ne nimium - Not too much. Handwritten in pencil on surround – Strang? As blazon, two arms holding a bow with an arrow at full stretch. In the shield, on the left are three hog’s heads, and on the right three passant lions around a fess. John Gordon. Plain armorial with motto – Dread God. Engraver noted – Deeble – sculpt. (An engraver working in Cork in the middle of the eighteenth century -http://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/w-deeble.php) As blazon, a demi-wildman with a laurel wreath around his head holding a club. Inside the shield there are three hog’s heads a chevron, an engrailed bend with three birds within it. Thos. Gordon Esq. Chippendale armorial with the motto - Bydand – Remaining. As blazon, a stag’s head. Inside the shield are three hog’s heads, and a crescent around a chequered fess. William Gordon Esq. of Fyvie. Wreath and ribbon pade shield armorial. As blazon two arms holding a bow with an arrow at full stretch. The motto, split into two inside ribbons: Fortuna sequatur - Let fortune follow, Ne nimium - Not too much. Inside the shield three hogs heads. Signed – Kirkwood, sculp. Gordon of Buthlaw. A chippendale armorial C18th (typed on bookplate surround). At the top the motto inside a ribbon - In recto decus - There is honour in the right path. As blazon a doric pillar. Edward Gould. A plain armorial with a demi-lion as blazon. Inside the shield the field is divided into a per saltire and has a rampant lion on top. Lt. Col. F. R. C. Grant. Simple armorial with Johnsoniana at the top of bookplate, and Lt. Col. F. R. C. Grant at the bottom. The shield bears a chevron engrailed ermine between three eastern crowns. The motto below the shield reads Leges juraque serva - Observe the laws and ordinances. Francisci R. C. Grant. Grant (Lt. Col. F. R. C.)( typed on bookplate surround). E libris Francisci R. C. Grant. Pictorial bookplate with name around outside border. The shield bears a chevron engrailed ermine between three eastern crowns. The motto above the shield reads Leges juraque serva - Observe the laws and ordinances. There are also roses surrounding the shield. Granville (typed on bookplate surround). Calwich Library. A plain armorial with the motto – Deo Patriae Amicis - To God, my country, and my friends. As blazon, on a chapeau is a passant griffin. On the shield are three Clarion (rare in heraldry – a musical reference). Elliot Grasett. Plain armorial with motto: Meliora Sequi – I follow better things Rev Dan. Greatorex. A plain armorial with the motto Pro Deo et Rege - For God and the King. As blazon, a sejant leopard holding a tilting spear. On the shield are three leopard’s heads, erased, with spot patterning (Pelettée) George Bellas Greenough. Plain armorial with double blazon – the left a hunting horn with the sun in splendour shining through; and to the right a stag’s head per fess indented, holding in its mouth a fleur-de-lis. In the shield are motifs of the hunting horn, displayed griffin, and fleur-de-lis. Geographer and geologist (1778-1885) Randolph Greenway of Thavies Inn and of Chertley in Surry Gent. A Chippendale armorial with a griffin’s head as blazon, and three martlett’s above two bars. Riversdale W. Grenfell. A crest armorial with the motto: Loyal Devoire - Loyal duty. As blazon, a chapeau with ermine patterning, with a passant griffin on top. Audrey Griffin. A woman’s lozenge crest – with a rampant griffin in the centre. Joseph Grote. Armorial Festoon. As blazon, two elephant trunks erect, either side of an oak tree. In the shield are more trees and a greek cross with a mullet star on it. John Gurney. A plain armorial with the motto: Fide et Labore - By faith and labour. As blazon a lion’s head out of a coronet. On the shield a paly of six. Roland Vaughan Gwynne. Handwritten on bookplate, April 20, 1928. In the style of a Chippendale. Motto: Vim Repellere Licet - "It is permitted to meet force with force." The blazon is a hand in armour cut off at the wrist holding a dagger, piercing through a pig’s head. In the shield are two daggers one facing up the other down, either side of a fess. Quantity: 23 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1690-1920

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Heraldic-H-1

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Isaac Hands Junior. Thomas Hankey. A plain armorial (1800-1900) with a wolf’s head as blazon. Inside the shield are two salient wolves, and two salient bears. George Gatton Hardingham. A crest armorial set within a Garter (from 1800-). The motto - Hoc virtutis opus - This is the work of virtue. The blazon is an elephant’s head coming from a coronet. Herbert H. Cozens Hardy. A plain armorial (1800-1900) with good example of a double blazon – the left an arm in armour holding a griffin’s head (Hardy); the right a rampant lion with guttee-de-sang and fretty patterning (Cozens). The motto – Fear One. Motifs in the shield include rampant lions, the griffin’s head, and grenades. Little Harewood & Carr Hall, Lancashire. Festoon, Ribbon and Spade Shield Armorial (1770-1810). Signed Skelton facit. The motto is Droit – Right. As blazon, a rooster. In the shield are four roundels divided by a engrailed cross. There is an inset escutcheon with three mullet stars and a crescent set into an engrailed fess. William Hardy F.S.A. Armorial with an arm in armour holding a griffin’s head as blazon. The motto set into a ribbon reads Le Hardy ne querre pas querrele - a play on words – meaning he is not picking a quarrel. Charles Joseph Harford F.A.S. Plain armorial set into a circle. By Johnson sc. As blazon, a dragon’s head between two wings issuing from flames. In the shield are two bendlets with an escutcheon of a bendlet. William Charles Harland. Plain armorial dated approximately 1802. The are two blazon – the left a demi-seahorse, with an escallop on its shoulder, holding in its claws a stag’s head; and on the right an eagle’s head with an ermine spot. On the shield are motifs of escallops, stag heads, a double headed eagle displayed. Harris. Armorial with double blazon – a stag trippant on the left and on the right a falcon with wings rising. The motto – Deus Nobis Haec Otio Fecit - God hath given us this tranquillity, sits insuide a ribbon at the top of the page and another – Loyal Au Mort – Loyal until Death, sits at the base. In the shield are motifs of hedgehogs within a bend, and lozenges set around a chevron. Henry Harris. Armorial with an oval shield set into a Garter. The motto is Ubique patriam reminisci - Everywhere to remember one’s country. As blazon is a pelican in her piety. In the shield are a martlet bird, three hedgehogs, and a chevron with ermine patterning. Age early –mid 1800s. Benjamin Harrison. Plain armorial with an arm dressed with a cuff holding an arrow as blazon. In the shield on a cross are five pheon. Smith Harrison. Plain armorial, with the motto – Virtus In Arduis - Courage in difficulties. As blazon, out of a ducal coronet a talbot’s head. In the shield there are three eagles with wings displayed in a chief. (James M Carr handwritten at base of bookplate). Earl of Harrowby. 19th Century Coat of Arms Bookplate. As blazon, a dragon’s head with forked tongue is coming out of a mural coronet. This sit upon a the crown of an Earl. The motto - Servata fides cinere - The promise made to the ashes of my fore-fathers has been kept. There are two supporters – a griffin and a wolf. On the shield are crescents (each with an ermine spot), martlet birds, cross-flory, leaves. James Hart. 18th Century Armorial. The blazon is a camel couchant. Inside the shield are three deer statant above a large fleur-de-lis. The motto is Deo Adjuvante Vincam - God helping I shall conquer. John Adair Hawkins. Architectural armorial (1840-1860)(typed on surround). The blazon is a demi-naked man with a wreath about his head. In the shield are three roundels, above a statant lion walking on the sea. Walter Hawkins. Garter Armorial with the motto – Legis Plenitudo Caritas –Charity (or Love) Fulfills the Law. In the centre of the Garter is a “Pelican in her Piety” – simply a pelican feeding its young. William Edward Hearn. Plain Armorial with a Heron as blazon. The motto - Ardua petit ardea - The heron seeks high places. On the shield are three heron around a chevron. Augustus Frederick Hemming. Plain armorial – simple engraving and roughly stamped. As blazon, a sejant lion sitting upon a chapeau. The motto is: Copla Industriae Praemium - Plenty from industry. In the shield are three lion heads and a chevron with three pheons or broad arrows. Rev.d Anketell Mathew Henderson. Armorial with the motto: Sola Virtus Nobilitas - Virtue alone ennobles. There are two blazon, the left a hand holding a mullet star with a crescent on top of it; the right, a large tree with the motto: Vade Ad Formicam - Go to the ant. In the shield are raguly saltire crosses, banner shapes, ermine patterns and crescents. Captain Thomas Herbert, Royal Navy. A crest armorial with a wyvern (or firedrake) with its wings elevated and holding a hand in its mouth. The motto inset into a ribbon is Pawb yn eu arfer - Everyone in their practice. R. G. Hesilrige. Armorial with a moors bust sitting upon a chapeau. Inside the shield are three oak leaves, a chevron, and a mullet star. The motto is: Pro Aris Et Focis - For our altars and our homes. Hewett. A bookplate in the style of a Jacobean armorial by E.Oldham . The motto is Patientia Vinces - By patience thou wilt conquer. The blazon is an owl holding a sword, stand on an oak tree branch with an acorn on it. Inside the shield are owls, escallops, and acorns. Dixwell Hewitt. Unusually shaped shield armorial with the motto – Esse Quam Videri – Be seen. As blazon, a birds wing and talon. Within the shield are three fleur-de-lis around a chevron. W. Hichens. An armorial with a lion’s head sitting on a cinquefoil or rose as blazon. In the shield are four lion’s heads surrounding a cross-flory. The motto is Fac Recte Nil Time - Do rightly and fear nothing. M. D. Hill, Esq. A crest plate with a rampant fox with a rose in its mouth. Thomas Finimore Hill. A plain armorial with the motto: Spes manet avorum - Hope remains of ancestors. As blazon, a dove with an olive branch in its beak, standing upon a water bouget. In the shields are two mullet stars and a bird’s head in the chief; two water bougets, an anchor and a chevron with vair patterning on it. John Haddon Hindley. A plain armorial with a griffin holding a sword as blazon. The shild is plain except for a shaded fess. The motto: Cor Non Jecur. W.H. Abbott Hirst. A crest plate with a passant dragon holding a cross-crosslett fitchee. William Henry Abbott Hirst. A crest plate with a hand holding a Seax (knife) cutting at a large feather. Quantity: 28 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, etchings

Date: 1690-1920

From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]

Reference: BOOKPLATES-Graham-Heraldic-G-1

Description: Arranged alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: Rev. Robert Gage, Rathlin. Armorial. Motto: Courage sans peur - Courage without fear. The blazon is a statand ram, the shield divided by a saltire cross. Thomas Gaisford. Armorial with cherubs, and books, and a swag of cloth. On the shield are three hunting dogs (talbots), around a chevron. Noted on surround in type – after Gravelot and J.Pine. William Dunn Gardner. A seal Armorial with the motto: Fide et amore - With faith and love. There are two family blazon – the left a griffin’s head with two branches of laurel in a saltire cross ; the right two swords in saltire, tied with a key hanging from the centre. Motifs on the shield include: saltire crosses, griffin heads, keys, a lock, hog heads, and a sack Thomas Giblin. Armorial with motto: Suum Cuique – Each to his own. Artist C. Bruce. C. 1840-1850. The blazon is a statant cat with an arrow behind its head. On the shield are three martlett birds on a bend with arose, and an ermine pattern on the rest of the shield. Lieut-Col. Alexander K. Gillespie. Pictorial bookplate with artist Nevile Wilkinson noted. The motto: Qui me tanget pœnitebit - Whoever touch me will repent. As blazon, a salient mountain-lion or cat. In the shield, are motifs of an ancient sailing ship, a cross-crosslet fitchee, woman’s faces, a heron feeding its young in its nest, a hand with a dagger, a lattice, wheat, a griffins head, martlett stars. Gilpin. Typed on the surround – Armorial, curved, sloping shield (tinted), motto on ribbon, dark shaded ground; apparently etched. Norcliffe Gilpin. Armorial with motto: Dictis Factisque Simplex - Simple in words and deeds. As blazon, an armoured arm holding a laurel branch. In the shield on the left, a boar, to the right a passant lion as chief, with three martlett birds around an engrailed chevron with three cross-crosslets on it. Michael George Glazebrook. Armorial with the motto: Dum spiro, spero - While I breathe, I hope. As blazon, a demi-lion, rampant with a ducal crown. In the shield are three fleur-de-lis in the chief and a passant lion underneath. Tho.s Albert Gledstances. Spade shield armorial in a garter, with motto: Fide et virtute - By fidelity and valour. Inside the shield are eight martlett birds surrounding a wreathed man’s head with goutte (droplets) under him. As blazon there is a demi-griffin charged with a sword. Bonouvrier Glover. An armorial surrounded by a cloak. As blazon, a eagle with wings displayed, and in the shield are three crescents. Quantity: 10 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, etchings