[150] Owen Glendower also bore a lion rampant sable, “the black lion of Powyss;” his arms were Paly of eight, arg. and gules, over all a lion sable. The black lion was the royal ensign of his father Madoc ap Meredith, last sovereign prince of Powyss; he died at Winchester in 1160. The black lion consequently might sometimes be set up by Welshmen.
[151] Daily Courant, January 1, 1711.
[152] “And observe that such a white feather was borne on his crest by Edward the eldest son of K. Edward; and this feather he conquered from the King of Bohemia whom he killed at Cressy in France, and so he assumed the feather, called the ostrich feather, which that most noble king had formerly worn on his crest.”—Sloane MSS. No. 56.
[153] Added to this were two vultures, sprinkled all over with finely-gilt linden leaves. Therefore I know this is King John of Bohemia.
[154] See the engraving in Pennant’s History of London, vol. i. p. 100.
[155] Lyson’s Berkshire, vol. i. p. 442.
[156] London Gazette, Sept. 18-21, 1682.
[157] London Gazette, March 12, 1672-3.
[158] Little London Directory for 1677, the oldest printed lists of bankers and merchants in London, reprinted, with historical introduction by John Camden Hotten, 1863.
[159] A very amusing French author of the time of Louis XIV., celebrated for his witty letters.