BLAZON AND DESCRIPTION

AR:^I0RI AL Ki\SIG]\S OF THE FiMILY OF CIlAMlFlt.

ARMS— Azure on a Fes^e Or between tliree Roses, one anil two Arg'ent, Iiarbed and seeded proper, a Imraan heart Gules between two branches in Saltire, the one of Pnim, tlie otlier of Cyiiress, also proper.

CHEST— A C\ibit Arm in bend, vested Azure, cliarged with five Fleurs de Lis in .Saltire Or. Cuff Ermine, in tlie baml a .Sianll ami ûwtwu au ()|ien Book, proper, t-arnisbed Gold.

The Anns, without the branches :n Saltire, were Ijorno bv the Family of Charnier previous to the Registration of the said .Vrms in the College of Arm>. I^ndon, on v.hicli occasion the Brandies of Palm auti Cvpre.ss were hv way i>f distiiuitioo placed on either side of the he;irt, in allusion to the death of Daniel CiiAMinB, Minister of the Gospel, who met a JIartvr's death in the Bistina of Paiiias, whilst assisting' in tha djl'jncs of the Protestant City of Montaubnn ng;ainst the forces of Louis XIII.

The Crest was gxanted to the Arms of Charnier in commemoration of the services and writings of the above named DA^■IKL Ciiamikii, on behalf of tlie Reformed Religion, particularly in reference to his having- been chosen in 1Ô9S, as one of the ablest Ministers of the nefr)nnpd Cliurcb, to draw n[i the Articles of the Edict of Nantes.

The Arm, vested Azure, with Fleur de Lis Gold, and Ermine Cuff, represents the Royal Arm of Fi-ance ;— the Scroll— the famous Edict of Nantes, promulgated by Henry the Great, in favour of his protestant subjects ; — the Open Book— the free exercise, by virtue of the Edict, of that Religion which opens the Scriptures to all alike, and the spirit of which Religion is further marked by the motto "Apurtn riivrc roto."

The Arms are ipiartered with those of Des Champs, viz. — .4znre, .\ Lion R;nn;i;mt Or. ai-nvd and langued, holding ia the dexter paw a sword erect, proper: — which .4.rms, with the Motto, "FurfU Gtnicrown FiiMii," were given hv Henry ÎV. in remcinbraiu:e of hospitaliiv experienced by that Monarch, previous to his accession to the Throne of France, at the hands of M. Des Champs at his Chateau near Reigeiac.