The Queen's Warrant

The Queen's Warrant V ICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great V Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith &c To Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Councillor Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Greeting: Whereas Our Trusty and Well beloved Granville Penn, of Stoke Park in Our County of Buckingham Esquire, only surviving Son and Heir of Thomas Penn, late of the same place Esquire deceased (by the Lady Juliana, his Wife, Daughter of Thomas Earl of Pomfret), and Grandson and Heir Male of William Penn Esquire, sometime Proprietor and First Settler of the Province of Pennsylvania in North America, hath by his Petition humbly represented unto Us, that Our Royal Predecessor King Charles the Second, by His Royal Charter under the Great Seal of England, granted to William Penn Esquire, the Petitioner's said late Grandfather, his Heirs and Assigns (in reward and memorial of the eminent Services rendered to the Crown, at the period of the Royal Restoration, by his late Father, Sir William Penn, Vice Admiral of England) , all that Tract of Land in North America, called the Province or State of Pennsylvania, with the Royalties, Franchises, and other Hereditaments and Premises in the said Charter mentioned: That the Heirs and Descendants of the said Grantee, Proprietaries of the said Province, having been, by an Act of the State of Pennsylvania, in 1779, divested of the Charter Rights so derived to their Family, an Act entitled "An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity for the use of the Heirs and Descendants of the late William Penn Esquire," in consideration of the meritorious Services of the said William Penn, and of the great extent of the losses sustained by his Heirs and Descendants, was passed, unanimously, by both Houses of Parliament and received the Royal Assent on the 9' of June 1790: That, with a view to commemorate the aforesaid Royal Grant, and, at the same time, the compensatory Grant generously awarded by Parliament in lieu thereof, the Petitioner is desirous of bearing an honourable Augmentation to the Armorial Ensigns used by his Family, and of obtaining our Sanction for that purpose; and therefore most humbly prays Our Royal License and Authority, that he and the other Descendants of his Grandfather the said William Penn, according to the Limitations of the abovementioned Royal Charter, may bear and use certain honourable Armorial Augmentations accordingly: And We being graciously pleased to approve thereof; Know Ye that We, of our Princely Grace and special Favor, have given and granted, and by 128 The Penn Arms 129 these Presents do give and grant unto the said Granville Penn Our Royal Licence and Permission that he, and the other Descendants of his Grandfather the said William Penn, may henceforth bear and use the Armorial Ensigns following, that is to say, A Fess charged with three Plates, and, on a Canton of honourable Augmentation, a Crown, representing the Royal Crown of King Charles the Second, and, for the Crest, A DemiLion, gorged with a Collar charged with three Plates, and, above, An Escroll, thereon the Word "Pennsylvania," as in the Painting hereunto annexed; Provided the said Armorial Distinctions be first duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms and recorded in the Heralds Office, otherwise this Our Licence and Permission to be void and of none Effect: Our Will and Pleasure, therefore, is, that you, Bernard-Edward Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal, to whom the Cognizance of Matters of this Nature doth properly belong, do require and command, that this Our Concession, and especial Mark of Our Royal Favor, be registered in Our College of Arms; to the end that Our Officers of Arms and all others upon occasion may take full Notice and have Knowledge thereof. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Given at our Court at Saint James's the thirty first day of July 1838 in the second year of Our Reign. By Her Majesty's Command /s/ Russell Granville Penn Esti' — Licence that he and the other Dtscendants of his Grandfather William Penn Esqre may bear certain honourable Armorial Distinctions. Recorded in the College of Arms London pursuant to a Warrant from the Earl Marshall of England this seventh day of August 1 8 3 8. /s/ Chas. Geo. Young York Herald & Register * Case 41, Penn Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. See the frontispiece for a reproduction of the "Painting mentioned in the warrant. Information Wanted Mrs. Leone Rodebaugh Terrell, 510 Hermitage Drive, Elkton, Md., 21921, seeks information on jOSEPH Frrzwavvit (b. 1759) of L. Provident:: Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa. A Revolutionary War soldier, he married Katie (9). Her maiden name, date and place of marriage, his place of burial, and data on his parents and brothers and sisters is sought. Mrs. Terrell will correspond and exchange data with anyone having information on this family.