"Confirmation by Robert son of Fulk with consent of William de Arches his Lord, to the Monlss of Whitby of 2 caracates in Touleston (Yorks) which Fulk his father had given to them.

              Witnesses: William de Perci
              Alanus son of Alani de Perci
              Arundel, and Jonannes filius ejus."

"William de Arches his lord." This is Robert (de Maltby) whose wife was Alice de St. Quentin, daughter of Agnes de Arches. This Robert and his father, Fulk, were hereditary dapifer--or stewards, to the great house of Percy.

(A. S. Ellis "Notes on Yorkshire Domesday Tenants. York." Arch. Journal, Vol. V, p. 302)

"Fulk of Catterton, Newton Kyme, Toulston and Ogglethorpe, was Fulk Fitz Reinfrid, the steward of William de Percy, also an impor- tant vassal of Osborn de Arches."

The fact that the signature in the witnesses is "Arundel and John his son" would appear to indicate this Arundel was very closely related to the Arundels of Arundel Castle "formerly the property of the Montgomerys." (E. R. Stickney). As we believe Reinfrid was a baron in France holding of Roger Montgomery, this record is worth noting.

Mr. Stickney sent a pedigree of a branch of Arundel which he believes indicates a marriage between these Maltbys or Fitz Reinfrids.

                        Roger de Arundel (1086)
                Held 28 lordships in Somerset.
                     /-------/
                Gilbert de Arundel m. Rosamund de Novaux
                /--------/
                Richard de Arundel m. Isabella ----*
                /-----/
                Reinfrid de Arundel-Alice, dau.&co-heir of
                /------/                     Richard le Boteler
                Reinfrid de Arundel m. Alice d. of Sir John Laherne
                      (1230 A.D.)

*The name "Reinfrid" evidently came in through this marriage. Possibly she was a daughter of Fulk of 11??--son of Reinfrid

Later examples of what I believe occured in these ancient arms belonging to families of surnames not Maltby, are the following.

From Searborough, Yorkshire, I received a copy of an old coat- of-arms which they said was their Maltby coat-of-arms, and claimed to belong to John Maltby, born in 1712. It is a quartered shield, indented, 1st and 4th quarters, gold, 2nd and 3rd quarters silver. Crest, a Wyvern, wings expanded. Motto "Fear God in Life."

Presumably this is a Clavering coat-of-arms, and suggests it was inherited through a Clavering who was the wife of a Maltby, an- cestor of John Maltby.

Another instance is that when the Venerable Archdeacon Vaughn Maltby and his wife called on us in Vancouver, Mrs. Maltby was wear- ing what they said was an old Maltby ring--the device was "a lion rampant." As a matter of fact this "lion rampant" is evidently

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