Genealogy of the Caverly family : from the year 1116 to the year 1880, made profitable and exemplified by many a lesson of life . so, in 1378, as Hume says, Sir Hugh Calverly, Governor of Calais, making aninroad into Picardy, with a detachment of the garrison,set fire to Boulogne. f In the Royal College of Arms, on Queen VictoriaStreet, London, there is a record of his coat-of-arms, acopy of which is given on the opposite page. From all this it seems Sir Hugh, as well as JohnScott, who had lived two hundred years before him, hada high respect for agriculture. There is wisdom in thatcoat-of-arm
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Genealogy of the Caverly family : from the year 1116 to the year 1880, made profitable and exemplified by many a lesson of life . so, in 1378, as Hume says, Sir Hugh Calverly, Governor of Calais, making aninroad into Picardy, with a detachment of the garrison, set fire to Boulogne. f In the Royal College of Arms, on Queen VictoriaStreet, London, there is a record of his coat-of-arms, acopy of which is given on the opposite page. From all this it seems Sir Hugh, as well as JohnScott, who had lived two hundred years before him, hada high respect for agriculture. There is wisdom in thatcoat-of-arms which jjortends the j^ropagation of cattle.Sir Hugh well knew that without a constant increase ofthe- herds, England could not feed her people. Hence, from the throats of ten thousand old dames, as in theengraving is foreshadowed, the vigorous herds are madeto leap forth to the earth, supplying the populace, andfeeding the vast armies of England. Sir Hugh diedin 1389. * See Historical Grammar (publislied in 1800), p. 212. t See Humes History, Vol. II, p. 282. Walsing (1378), p. 209. discourse. 23 Arms of Sir Hugh Caverly.*. Sir John Calverly lived in 1403. He fell in the battle of Shrewsbury.During the reign of King Henry IV, as appears, he wasone of Englands valiant general officers. In this conflicthe fought on the side of the King against Northumber-land. Percy, the leader of Northumberlands fordes, was slain. The King, although victorious, lost laigelyin distinguished men. Hume says: The persons ofgreatest distinction Avho fell in that battle were on the * In its outlines, it, is a shield, with three young bullocks within it. luits crest it has the head and neck of their old dame, with a young- bullock inthe act of leaping from her throat. The shield and vase are of silver, dividedin the middle with a space of blue; and the crest and the animals are all ofa blue color. 24 DISCOURSE. Kings side, to wit, the Eai-1 of Strafford, Sir HughMortimer, Sir John Massy, and Sir John C