Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Jones of Brawdy Pedigree
Primary Maker
Date
1925-1935
Physical Description
1 extra-outsized box containing 1 linen-backed roll
Level of Current Record
Child
Is Part Of
Public Access Text
The Jones of Brawdy pedigree first went on public display at the 1963 Auckland Festival of the Arts and again at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in 1976 during a visit by Sir Conrad Swan, then York Herald of Arms, who considered the pedigree as probably the most important heraldic and genealogical work in the southern hemisphere.
[Keywords: Heraldry]
Subject Notes
This splendid example of visual genealogy and heraldry relating to the Jones family of Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, Wales, was painstakingly researched and crafted by the late Canon Hubert Blandford Jones (1875-1962), a New Zealand-born descendant, formerly of St. Mary's Cathedral, Auckland, over a period of thirty years from about the 1920s onwards.
It was worked on whilst Jones was Vicar at the Canterbury parish in Prebbleton, Christchurch (1926-1940) and, for the most part, was slowly brought to life on the flat top of his beloved grand piano in the Vicarage. When it was necessary to do a much more detailed examination of its numerous Family Houses, it was placed out along the tops of the pews of the church next to the vicarage.
Jones, who never visited Britain, was fortunate to have made the acquaintance of his cousin, Major Francis Jones, CVO, TD, DL, FSA, MA, KStJ (1908-1993), who later became the Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary, at the College of Arms, London. Their correspondence to each other began sometime around 1935.
The Arms of Jones: In the 28th generation, Mary Brand Jones became the sole Jones family heiress. She married Henry Leach, J.P., of Pembrokeshire.
On 12 June 1849 Hubert Jones' grandfather, William Henry Leach, assumed by Royal Licence the surname of Jones in lieu of Leach. However, he did not assume the arms of Jones at the same time nor record any pedigree. In 1931, Hubert Jones entered into a series of correspondences with the College of Arms, London, concerning his descent from the Joneses of Brawdy and his adoption of the Jones family arms. The Jones pedigree was signed and dated in January 1934 by Algar Howard (1880-1970), Norroy King of Arms and Registrar of the College of Arms, London.
Arms: Per pale, azure and gules, three lions rampant, argent. [Jones, alias Herbert]
Crest: Moorish woman’s head, affrontee, hair sable, rings pendant, or, wreath, gules and argent.
Motto: Asgre lan Diogel ei Pherchen" (Safe is the owner of a clear conscience)
Arms: [Leach and Jones]
Quarterly: 1st and 4th Gules, a chevron between three swans, argent [Leach]; 2nd and 3rd Azure, three lions rampant, argent [Jones, alias Herbert].
Crest: A swan, wings expanded, argent, standing on a trumpet.
Motto: "Jubeo Cavere" (I bid you take care).
Last Update
07 Jul 2023
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