Coats
of Arms
Coats
of arms have been used by the Toulmin family for at least 250 years. One is
depicted in Cussan’s History of Hertfordshire, (see below) with reference to
Henry Hayman Toulmin, and a seal believed have belonged to his brother Calvert
had a more elaborate design, but was based on the same specification. George
Toulmin reports that others have been associated with other members of the
family, the earliest known being Joshua[*1331] 1740-1815. Burke’s
"General Armory" identifies two coats of arms associated with the
family, and there is evidence of more (see A Catalogue of Toulmins - Part 2,
App. E).
One
developed from the Cussans version, with the added motto "Inimica Tyrannis",
was known to have been the Arms with Crest and Motto used by Calverts I and II,
and Henry Heyman and his son Henry Joseph, and is shown later.
However,
following an enquiry from me, W. J. G. Verco, M.V.O., the Chester Herald of Arms
at the College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street London EC 4, conducted a full
search for a fee of £10, and supplied the following information on April 10th
1957:
Following an
enquiry from me in the 1970's, W. J. G. Verco, M.V.O., the Chester Herald
of Arms at the College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street London EC 4, supplied the
following information.
“
The research you authorised me to have made in the College records has
now been completed with, I regret to have to inform you, a disappointing result.
It appears that neither your father nor your grandfather or
greatgrandfather ever established a right to Arms and Crest or placed on record
here particulars of genealogy and the Arms and Crest as hitherto used by your
family whilst noted in printed publications of the mid-nineteenth century as
being then used by an unidentified family of your name, have never been the
subject of official registration as such and the Coat would appear to be of a
composite nature and of no authority.
In
the College records only one entry in the name of Toulmin (or likely variant
thereof) was discovered. It appears in the recorded copy of a Grant of Arms made by
Letters Patent dated 2nd June 1864 to George Bainbridge of Carlebury
in County Durham and of Bread Street in the City of London.
By the Patent certain Arms and Crest were assigned for the Grantee and
his descendants and for the other descendants of his father John Bainbridge of
Carlebury then deceased, together with the following Arms for Anne (née
Toulmin) the Grantees wife, “Per fess vert and erminois a fess invected
counterchanged in chief three annulets or”.
Anne was the daughter and co-heir of Edmund Toulmin of Ingleton in the
West Riding of Yorkshire and so it is apparent that you could not possibly claim
a right to these Toulmin Arms by inheritance and if it is your desire now to
bear and use Arms and Crest with authority, there is but one course open to you.
You must apply through this office to the Earl Marshall of England, the
Duke of Norfolk, for a Grant of Arms by Letters Patent, the fee for which would
be £157. 10. 0. and I will gladly give you further particulars of procedure if
you wish."
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This is my interpretation of the
Toulmin Coat
of Arms, based upon existing evidence. |
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The Toulmin Coat of Arms, as depicted
in Cussans book "History of Herefordshire",
referring to Henry Hayman
Toulmin[*132156] (although
note addition of motto "Inimica Tyrannis" ref. his son Henry
Joseph, below) |
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This a photograph of a stained glass window in St. Albans
Abbey.
It depicts both the Toulmin and the Wroughton Coats of
Arms
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. Another window alongside is a memorial
window. The inscription reads:
IN MEMORY OF
HENRY JOSEPH
TOULMIN
EMMA LOUISA
TOULMIN
AND THEIR SONS
HENRY WROUGHTON&
PHILIP MUSGRAVE
TOULMIN
MAKE THEM TO BE
NUMBERED WITH
THY SAINTS
IN GLORY
EVERLASTING
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