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This blazoning is corrected in the index, where the arms are stated to be
"_un escu de sinople a la coupe couverte d'or_."
In the _Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas_, I find that Daniel Godin, Seigneur de
Beauvois, was enobled by Philip IV. in 1623, and "les armes sont, _de
sinople a une coupe couverte d'or_."
In 1642, "Jean-Francois Godin, Seigneur de Baumez, Baille et haut Justicier
de Reumes" (son of Francois Godin, who was ennobled by Philip II.),
obtained permission from Philip IV. to alter his paternal coat, and to
carry "_un ecu de sinople a trois coupes couvertes d'or; cet ecu timbre
d'un casque d'argent, grille, lisere, et couronne d'or, orne de ses
lambrequins d'or et de sinople, et au-dessus en cimier, une tete et col de
licorne au naturel_."
His son, Jaques-Francois Godin, appears afterwards to have obtained the
title of Baron.
The earliest mention I can find of the Godin arms is in 1588, when
Christopher Godin carried "_de sinople a une coupe couverte d'or_." He was
a son of Jacques Seigneur d'Aubrecicourt and of Francoise Lettin, and
brother to the first-named Francois Godin. There appears to have been
another brother, Jaques; and they were all three ennobled by Philip II.,
probably for their public services, as Christopher was Conseiller et
Receveur-general des Domaines et Finances des Pays-Bas; Jacques, Conseiller
et Maitre de la Chambre des Comptes en Hollande; and Francois, Secretaire
du Grand Conseil a Malines.
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