ANTIQUARIES, Society of (London).

ANTIQUARIES, Society of (London). Has no armorial bearings, and most improperly makes use of the following — " Argent, on a cross gules, the Royal crown or." Crest — An Antique Roman lamp or. Motto — " Non extinguetur."

[These arms were granted as a quartering of augmentation in 1649 by King Charles II. to his secretary, Sir Edward Nicholas, and one would have imagined a supposedly antiquarian society would have kept its hands off such an honourable coat.]

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