Blythe, John -1635)

Clements and Smith & Benger attribute these stamps to John Blythe of Clifford's Inn (fl. 1634), son of Peter Blythe of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of William Philipps of London. They may have seen a book with an inscription, but in the absence of such evidence or the tinctures of the arms, the identification remains unconfirmed. Duff places them under Rant. Heraldically the arms could be Ermine on a fess gules three lions rampant or, granted to Blithe of London in 1575; Ermine on a fess sable three lions rampant or, granted to Rant of Norfolk in 1574; Ermine on a fess azure three lions rampant argent, the arms of William Pessun; Ermine on a fess sable three lions rampant argent by the name of Cokrel; or Ermine on a fess gules three lions rampant argent for Barret.