Dexter: Arg., a cross engrailed gu., between four water bougets sa. Bourchier.
Sinister: Arg., three dexter gauntlets, backs affrontées or. Fane.
Coronet.—That of an Earl.
Mottoes.—Bon temps viendra.
Ne vile fano.
Non est mortale qvod opto.
Semper eadem.
Legend.—Ex dono rachael comitissæ bathon dotare an. dom. mdclxx.
[Symbolarum in Matthaeum Tom. I., etc. Tolosae, 1646.]
Rachael Fane (born 1613, died 11th November 1680) was the daughter of Francis Fane, first Earl of Westmorland. In 1638 she married (1) Henry Bourchier, 6th Earl of Bath, and (2) Lionel Cranfield, 3rd Earl of Middlesex, retaining, however, her precedency as Countess of Bath by Royal Warrant.
The earliest English lady's armorial book-plate belonged to Lady Bath, and was similar to the book-stamp illustrated herewith.