Dall crysten people this present letters eyng or herving. 3 Chyrystofer Backer esmerow other wisse na
med Garlier prutapall eyng of armes of Englysshmen. Send due humble redondencions
and tretynt as it appeckyneth. Equite willith and wason ordeyneth that vertuouse men of w
mendable disposition be by their merites had in perpetuall memory for their good name and fame,
and not all ony they in their parzones in this moztal hoffe so bryene and transitoey but also after
theyn all these that of their bodies shall Disfende and procreate to be in all places of honnour and wnrllip
emong other noble men to be renowned reputed taken and accepted by thewyring certeyn ensignes and De-
monsftracion, of honnour and noblesse. That is to witt of armes helme and crest with their appurte-
nances to the intent that by their example other men shall the more enforce them selfe persenetrely to
use their time in honozable werkes and vertuous Deeds for to purchase and get the Penoune of ancient
noblenes in their litne and posterite. And therefore I the said Garlier prutapall eyng of armes of
Englyssh men, which not all only by comon Penoune but also by myne owne knowledge and reporte of
otherz credable and noble parzones, an verhy infourmed and adverzised that Thomas Bell of
Gloucester gentilman, sath long contynowed in vertue, and in all his acts and other his affaires


hath right wnrshiplfully quyded and governed himself so that he hath deserved and is well worthy fromhensfourth he Z
his posterite to be in all places of honnour and worship admired renomed accomplished noumbed accepted and receved into the
nomenclare and of the company of other auncyent gentilmen. And for the remembiance and consideration of the same his verne nobilit
te and gentilnes, by the vertue powre and autorite vnto myne office of prutapall eyng of armes annexed and attributed by the eyng
owe soueraigni lorde, hane deuysed ordeyned and affixed vnto and for the said Thomas Bell the armes helme and crest in maner
and fourne followyng. That is to say Syline a chimeon betwene 3 hawke bellgoules, vpon the chimeon 3 Symmeltes of the fynde
a chief quiles, a hEUR betwene 3 mozlefft filier. Upon his crest a hande holdyng a pollaxe asfure the helme goules the Sleue
goules, the cuffe golde sett on a weathe gold and asfure the mantelett goules lyned filier, botoned gold as it aperteth in this margent
To hane and to holde vnto the said Thomas Bell and his posterite with their due differenc of theryn to be revested vnto their honnour
for euermore. In wnes whereof I the said Garlier prutapall eyng of armes of Englyssh men, hane signed these present w
myne owne hande and sett thereto the Scale of myne office, and also the scale of myne armes yeuen at Londolt. I se the pooynt.
Say of June. In the yere of our lorde Jesu Christ a thowsand one hundreth fourty and twos. And of the keigve of our sova-
igne lorde eyng I seyn the vint by the grace of god eyng of England, fraunce and Irland, and in erte Supreme hed of the
church of England and Irlande the pooynt yere.

J H & Ihae Gariner