LLM,
I too, did not pay the attention to Latin that I should at school but from
what I recall, I think the word would have been pronounced as Catthe-ley
rather than Cat-the-ley but neither has, to my mind, any reflection
whatsoever to wild cats in woods!
That is precisely why I would ask interested persons if they have any access
to learned Professors of Old English who can explain and confirm that
Cattheley/Catley/ etc etc does have some connection with "Wild Cat Wood" and
if so, why?
The anchor in the Cattley Crest:- there are no nautical types in the Tree
concerned and so why this item was chosen is still a mystery to all of us,
unless it was to do with the fact that many members travelled on a regular
basis from the UK to Russia on business from ports such as Hull and
Felixstowe via the Baltic. Maybe they got so sick of merchant sailing
vessels as the only means of getting there that they felt like sailors?!"
As for mottoes: Petimus Altiora I can help you with because it is my
branches = "we seek high things" but as for Caute non Astute, I know not and
leave it to you or other scholars to come back to me with an answer?
No symbolism known re Cattheley Priory seal and the archway. The artwork is
very basic as you would expect and no stonework depicted that I know of. So
again, just as for the Catley name, there is basic research work to be done
on origins of the Seal and the Priory.
Regards Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: L L Milnes <landairwater(a)xnet.co.nz>
To: <CATLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: [CAT...] Ernest Catley
I love the spelling Cattheley, cat-the-ley. Very elegant and
reflects
the
wild cats in the wood so nicely. A lovely image.
More great information Tim, thanks.
Do you know what the first and third mottoes mean? They are both new to
me, and I spent a lot of time gazing out the window in Latin class.
And there seem to be a lot of anchors. Do people on the list know if a
sea-going connection?
Any symbolic significance in the stone archway? For example, arches
built
with keystones were designed by the Romans, that sort of thing.
LLM
>>Tim Cattley wrote:
....Having said that, my family crest is depicted on Ericas web site, non
Granted and certainly from "Trade".
It is the cat rampant with his front paws on the crossbar of a vertical
anchor. There are three mottos associated with it and it depends to which
sub branch one belongs as to which is used.
1. Caute non Astute
2. J'espere.
3. Petimus Altiora.
This is the most commonly come across Cattley Crest version although there
is another not associated with our Tree and this comprises an armoured
mailed fist holding a scroll with five scallop shells and also use the
motto
J'espere.
As for the Cattheley Priory seal in the British Library, I have not
enquired
of them if an IT transmittable image has been made from the sulpher
cast
but
from the B.L. description given to me, it consists of The Virgin
seated in
a
stone archway with the infant Jesus on her lap....
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