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were, according to Vivian (1895), the arms of Drake of Ash, but the wyvern without a "nowed" (knotted) tail. However the arms used by subsequent baronets, as is visible at
Nutwell Court and in its parish church of
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In fact
Bernard Drake grandparents John Drake V 1474-1554 and his wife Margaret were also the grandparents of Sir Francis Drake _Bernard being descended from an older son and Francis descended from a younger
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Vivian, p.299, pedigree of Drake of
Crowndale and Buckland Abbey, states erroneously "The Drake family of Crowndale and Buckland Abbey used the same arms but the tail of the wyvern is not nowed" (knotted)
172:(d.1586), angrily refuted Sir Francis's claimed kinship and his right to bear his family's arms. That dispute led to "a box in the ear" being given to Sir Francis by Sir Bernard at court, as recorded by
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Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.292, pedigree of Drake of Ash
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in his "Worthies of Devon" (1697). Queen
Elizabeth, in order to assuage matters, awarded Sir Francis his own coat of arms,
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The life of the celebrated Sir
Francis Drake, the first English Circumnavigator: reprinted from The Biographia Britannica
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The family relationship or otherwise of Drake of
Buckland to the more ancient family of Drake of Ash in the parish of
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Francis Drake"
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showing both Drake of
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a ship on a globe under ruff, held by a cable with a hand out of the clouds;
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Sable, a fess wavy between two pole-stars Arctic and Antarctic argent
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his new arms with the wyvern gules. The arms adopted by his nephew
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Vivian, p.299, pedigree of Drake of Crowndale and Buckland Abbey
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537:, vol. 1, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 207
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain
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314:, who was probably born at the Drakes' seat,
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134:George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield
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330:on the death of the sixth baronet in 1733.
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213:Nevertheless, Admiral Drake continued to
203:which was the arms of Sir Bernard Drake."
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615:Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1902),
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402:Drake baronets, of Shardeloes (1641)
395:Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet
166:wings displayed and tail nowed gules
72:created for people with the surname
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686:Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
458:Drake baronets, of Prospect (1782)
365:Drake baronets, of Buckland (1622)
208:Prince, "Worthies of Devon" (1697)
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389:Sir Francis Drake, 4th Baronet
383:Sir Francis Drake, 3rd Baronet
377:Sir Francis Drake, 2nd Baronet
371:Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet
342:of Prospect, in the County of
219:Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet
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234:Drake Baronetcy of Shardeloes
477:Fuller-Eliott-Drake baronets
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348:Baronetage of Great Britain
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60:1577 engraving of Admiral
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594:Article by str8thinker
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300:Member of Parliament
260:Member of Parliament
254:on 17 July 1641 for
191:over it this motto,
118:Member of Parliament
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350:on 28 May 1782 for
312:Duke of Marlborough
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397:(1723–1794)
391:(1694–1740)
385:(1642–1718)
379:(1617–1662)
373:(1588–1637)
174:John Prince
70:baronetcies
695:Categories
488:References
316:Ashe House
296:John Drake
244:Shardeloes
162:Argent, a
46:Argent, a
673:9 October
649:9 October
625:9 October
541:9 October
138:Gibraltar
586:Archived
471:See also
435:(?-1687)
304:Bridport
264:Amersham
228:Woodbury
223:Buckland
206:—
178:blazoned
98:Buckland
35:Woodbury
359:extinct
328:extinct
320:Musbury
272:extinct
215:quarter
158:Musbury
154:Musbury
142:extinct
128:, near
164:wyvern
130:Exeter
48:wyvern
344:Devon
324:Devon
292:Devon
268:Bucks
248:Bucks
102:Devon
74:Drake
675:2018
651:2018
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555:son.
543:2018
338:The
302:for
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