VINCENT, AUGUSTINE, WINDSOR HERALD
Arms.—Arg., on a pile az., 3 quatrefoils of the first. Vincent.
Crest.—Out of an heraldic coronet a bear's head ppr.
Helmet.—That of an Esquire.
Supporter.—A bear collared and chained ppr.
Legend.—Vincenti avgvsta.
[Chasseneux. Catalogus Gloriae Mundi. Francofurti, 1603.]
Augustine Vincent (born circ. 1584, died 11th January 1625) was the son of William Vincent. He showed antiquarian and heraldic tastes at an early age, and in 1615 was made Rouge Rose Pursuivant, and in 1624 Windsor Herald. Vincent collected valuable material concerning heraldic and genealogical matter, and his manuscripts are chiefly to be found either at the College of Arms or the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
In Vincent's time it was the custom to carry out the heraldic visitations by deputy. These visitations should have been made by the Heralds in person, and in 1619 there was much trouble about the matter, and strong complaints were made to the Earl Marshal by both Garter and Norroy. The difficulty was brought to a head by the appointment of Vincent, then Rouge Rose Pursuivant, to carry out the visitations of Northamptonshire and Rutlandshire as deputy for William Camden, Clarencieux Herald.
