The Washington herald., 1915-07-25
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gent, out Of each. a boar's head. or. This
is the coat-of-arms borne by the family
Of Maryland, and Virginia, and quarter
ed with the arms Of the Lewis family,
1t is seen upon pieces of silver, which are
treasured heirlooms.
Not only in aristocratic Virginia and
Maryland, were the arms seen blazoned
upon family silver, seals. mookplates.
carriage doors and stationery, but even
in staid New England. the Bowles, also
the Bolles. made use of this insignia
The crest. used by some branches Of
the family. Is a demi-boar. azure. armed.
hoofed and bristled. or. pierced through
the shoulder with an arrow of the sec
ond, headed or.
The Lincolnshire Bowles bear the arms
illustrated. Henry VIII granted one
coat-armor in ISIS. and a motto. used by
one branch Is: Ut tibi sic altert"As 1
do to thee so will do to 9th ers.'
This is also the motto Of the Pember-
ton Leighs.
Twelve distinct coats-or-arms are
borne by as many branches OF the fam
lily in England. but they agree in one
particular-they all have bowls-in refer
ence to the name, and many have the
boar, a symbol Of courage.
1t has never been definitely settled just
how the name Bowles originated. Ono
theory leads back to Normandy, where
there is a town called Bouelles. and the
progenitor may have been a Norman
knight. Bole is a name on Battle Abbey
Roll and in Domesday Book. two ten
ants-in-chief were named Bolle and
Bollo They had lands In Hants and
Dorset.
The name. which now Is confined to
two forms. Bowles and Bolles, appears
in old records as de Boel. Boel. Boles.
Bodies, Bolles. Bowie. Bowles. Bolles
Bowie. Bowldes. also Bowels. Vowles
and Fowles.
To Interested Reader" who asks how
the Leach family had its origin.
The Leach family goes back, in Eng
land, to the time Of King Edward III,
who, rules from 1877 to 1871 During his
reign there were three visitations In
England Of the dreaded plague then
called the BLACK Death" and a good
physician. or surgeon, as he was then
called. was worth his weight in gold.
There was such a surgeon In the Kings
household, and his name was John LIE
Leche or Leach. Perhaps. as the first
form Of the name suggests the family
came from France. for King Edwards
mother was q French woman. Anyway.
the name Leach was derived from the
Ieech then So much used IN medicine, and
considered practically a cure-all, the
symbolism Of health, and, therefore. q
good name for a physician.
The King was very fond Of his sur
geon, and there Is a quaint story told in
connection with the arms borne by Ed
ward Leach and his descendants. Owing
to his mothers French birth, King Ed
ward thought that he deserved the
throne Of France. and he fought many
battles with the French King before he
was persuaded otherwise. He also
fought with the Scotch under David
Bruce. although he did not succeed In
conquering them permanently.
But at one time the kings Of France
and Scotland were both prisoners In Ed
wards hands. SO the story goes. And.
Of course as they were kings. they could
not be treated as ordinary prisoners, and
Edward used to do his best to entertain
them. One day he took them to dinner
at the house Of his favored surgeon. who
wined and dined them to their hearts
content. All three kings were much
pleased with the feast which Leach pro-
vided. and as they were leaving him-all
this according to tradition-each king
gave him q small crown.
Later Edward granted q large landed
estate to John Leach.
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