Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 -1799)

Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode was the only son of Mordaunt Cracherode, Colonel of Marines, and Mary, daughter of Thomas Morice, Paymaster of the British Forces in Portugal. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was elected a student in 1746, took his B.A. 4 May 1750, and his M.A. in 1753. He retained his Studentship until he died, took orders, and in 1762 became perpetual curate of St Margaret's Church, Binsey, Oxford, but neither obtained nor sought further preferment. On the death of his father in 1773 he inherited a large fortune. A confirmed bachelor, he spent the rest of his life collecting early and fine editions of the classics, engravings, coins and antique gems, and was one of the first collectors to appreciate the bindings executed for the great French collectors of the sixteenth century, Grolier, Mahieu and De Thou. He bequeathed his collections to the British Museum. Some of his books contain his monogram CMC usually accompanied with the date of purchase, or his motto “Quod sis esse velis nihilque malis”.

Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Title: Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 1)
Arms: A saltire ermine between four lions heads erased
Crest: A demi boar salient regardant wounded in the shoulder holding in its mouth an arrow
Dimensions (height x width): 57mm x 46mm
Heraldic Charges: arrow, Heraldic Charges: boar, demi-, Heraldic Charges: lions heads (4), Heraldic Charges: saltire between
Title: Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 2)
Arms: A saltire ermine between four lions heads erased
Crest: A demi boar salient regardant wounded in the shoulder holding in its mouth an arrow
Dimensions (height x width): 41mm x 30mm
Heraldic Charges: arrow, Heraldic Charges: boar, demi-, Heraldic Charges: lions heads (4), Heraldic Charges: saltire between
Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 3) Title: Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 3)
Arms: A saltire ermine between four lions heads erased
Crest: A demi boar salient regardant wounded in the shoulder holding in its mouth an arrow
Dimensions (height x width): 31mm x 23mm
Heraldic Charges: arrow, Heraldic Charges: boar, demi-, Heraldic Charges: lions heads (4), Heraldic Charges: saltire between
Title: Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 4)
Arms: A saltire ermine between four lions heads erased
Crest: A demi boar salient regardant wounded in the shoulder holding in its mouth an arrow
Dimensions (height x width):
Heraldic Charges: arrow, Heraldic Charges: boar, demi-, Heraldic Charges: lions heads (4), Heraldic Charges: saltire between
Title: Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 5)
Arms: A saltire ermine between four lions heads erased
Crest: A demi boar salient regardant wounded in the shoulder holding in its mouth an arrow
Dimensions (height x width): 82mm x 67mm
Heraldic Charges: arrow, Heraldic Charges: boar, demi-, Heraldic Charges: lions heads (4), Heraldic Charges: saltire between
Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 6) Title: Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 6)
Dimensions (height x width): 10mm x 18mm
Monogram: C M C
Title: Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730 - 1799) (Stamp 7)
Dimensions (height x width): 10mm x 10mm
Monogram: C M C