Prince, Samuel (1819 -1865)

Samuel Prince, of The Study, Bonsall, Matlock, Derbyshire, was the son of Samuel Prince, Burgess of Manchester. He was educated at a private school in Cheshire, and at Trinity College, Cambridge where he was admitted a Pensioner on 10 December 1840, matriculating Michaelmas 1841. He migrated to Jesus College Cambridge 24 November 1841, took his B.A. 1847, his M.A. 1852, and was ordained deacon in 1847. He never held a cure or benefice, and appears in Crockfords list from 1847 to 1872 at the Bonsall address, even though he died in 1865. His library was sold 11 December 1865. The arms and crest were granted to Prince of Shrewsbury and Abbey Forgate in Shropshire in 1584.

Seat / Residence(s): The Study, Bonsall, Derbyshire
Library Auction Details: (11 December 1865)
Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Prince, Samuel (1819-1865)  (Stamp 1) Title: Prince, Samuel (1819 - 1865) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Gules a saltire or surmounted of a cross engrailed ermine
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet an arm embowed habited holding three pineapples
Motto: Vincit qui patitur
Dimensions (height x width): 34mm x 21mm
Heraldic Charges: arm, Heraldic Charges: coronet, ducal, out of a, Heraldic Charges: cross engrailed, Heraldic Charges: pineapples (3), Heraldic Charges: saltire
Prince, Samuel (1819-1865)  (Stamp 2) Title: Prince, Samuel (1819 - 1865) (Stamp 2)
Dimensions (height x width): 17mm x 14mm
Monogram: S P