[Bookplate for Basil Thomas Woodd by Benjamin Warwick]
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Title | [Bookplate for Basil Thomas Woodd by Benjamin Warwick] |
Creator | Warwick, Benjamin |
Date Created | [between 1807 and 1860] |
Sort Date | 1860 |
Description | In black ink. This bookplate consists of an escutcheon, parted per pale. The first pale is parted per quarter. Quarters one and four, gules (red), are charged with three demi-Hercules, two over one. Quarters two and three, sable (black), are charged with gryphons rampant, segreant. The second pale is parted per quarter. Quarters one and four, or (gold), charged with a lion rampant, sable, on a chief, gules, in the middle part a fillet, dovetailed, argent (silver). Quarters two and three, azure (blue), are charged with a fleur-de-lis. The escutcheon is set upon a backdrop of concentric circles. The inner circle is decorated with vine-like patterns. Within the outer circle, the originator's Latin motto "non nobis" appears. Below the concentric circles, the creator's signature and address, Benjn. Warwick 124 Regent Street appear. Above the circle is a peer helmet, surrounded by vegetative mantling, and atop the helmet is a straight wreath charged with a demi-figure of Hercules. (Bernard Burke considers the Hercules figures to be woodmen holding a club over their right shoulders or savages, depending upon the source consulted). |
Extent | 1 bookplate : etching ; 7.5 x 11 cm |
Subject | Heraldry |
Subject - Geographic | London (England) |
Personal Names | Woodd, Basil Thomas |
Genre | Prints |
Type | Still Image |
Format | image/jpeg |
Language | Latin
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Notes | Basil Thomas Woodd, Esquire (July 7, 1815-1895) of Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, county York, served as a moderate Conservative M.P. for Knaresborough 1852-1868 and 1874-1880. He was Justice of the Peace (or magistrate), for the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the West Riding. Basil Thomas Woodd was the eldest son of Basil George Woodd, Esquire, (a wine merchant) and Mary Mitton of Hillfield estate, Hampstead. Born in London, Basil Thomas Woodd attended private school and Trinity College, Cambridge, earning a B.A. in 1837 and an M.A. in 1840. He married Charlotte Mary Dampier of Colinshayes, Somerset in 1837. He was called to the Bar, by one of the four Inns of Court, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1840. References: 1) The Artists & Engravers of British & American Bookplates: A Book of Reference for Book Plate and Print Collectors by Henry W. Fincham. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1897. The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, by Bernard Burke. Harrison & Sons, 1864. "Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)." 2) Wikipedia page, accessed on November 13, 2008 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knaresborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency) 3) Geneology website, accessed on November 18, 2008, at http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/ben/camilla-genealogy/current+c-woodd7404+2-2-0-1 4) Burke, Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Volume 3, Perrins-End. London: Shaw Publishing Co., Ltd., 1937, 2489-2490. 5) Morton, Edward, ed. Adam's Parliamentary Handbook: Comprising A Pocket Peerage and Parliamentary Companion. 3rd Edition. London: Henry Adams, 1854, 192. 6) Elrington, C. R., ed. A History of the County of Middlesex. Volume 9 - Hampstead, Paddington.. 1989. Lincolns Inn History, accessed on November 18, 2008 at http://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/inns.asp |
Access Identifier | BP MUR ENG P W663 |
Digital Identifier | BP_MUR_ENG_P_W663 |
Is Part Of | RBSC Bookplates |
Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. BP MUR ENG P W663 |
Date Available | 2008 |
Publisher - Digital | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca |
Transcript | non nobis Benj. n [superscript] Warwick 124 Regent Street. Basil Thomas Woodd. |
Translation | They'll be no one as happy as us [?] |
DOI | 1.0215437 |
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