Many of the books which had belonged to Lord Stamford subsequently came into the possession of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, and now form part of the Harleian Library.
_Crest._--An ostrich wing, the feathers alternately arg. and gu., charged with a bend sa., charged with 3 plates. _Gulston._
[BOCCACCIO. _Decamerone._ Firenze, 1516.]
_Arms._--Arg., 3 bars nebuly gu., over all a bend sa., charged with 3 plates. _Gulston._
_Note._--Used by a lady of the Gulston family.
[COQVILLE. _Histoire du Pays et Duché de Nivernois._ Paris, 1612.]
[_Tirante il Bianco valorissimo Cavaliere._ Vinegia, 1538.]
William Gulston was Rector of Symondsbury in Dorsetshire. In 1679 he was consecrated Bishop of Bristol, a preferment he held until his death in 1684.
The Gulston coat-of-arms is shown on the screen in Bristol Cathedral. The coat shown on a lozenge is that of a lady of the Gulston family, possibly a daughter of the Bishop. In most of the books on which this coat occurs there is a book-plate of "Elize Gulston," so the book-stamp was in all probability hers also. Both the small coat and the small crest are usually added on the backs of finely bound books, but the large crest occurs on the side in the usual manner.
HAMILTON, JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF ST. ANDREWS
_Arms._--On an archiepiscopal cross. Quarterly.
1 and 4. Gu., 3 cinquefoils erm. _Hamilton._
John Hamilton (born c. 1510, died 1st April 1570) at an early age became a Benedictine monk at Kilwinning, and in time went to study at Paris. The Regent Arran was his half-brother, and the priest had considerable influence with him. Hamilton's preferment in the Church was rapid. In 1545 he was made Bishop of Dunkeld, and in 1546 succeeded David Beaton as Archbishop of St. Andrews and Primate of Scotland. He was also Keeper of the Privy Seal and Lord Treasurer of Scotland.
The Archbishop was a strong adherent of Mary, Queen of Scotland, and was a Member of her Privy Council; he actively helped her escape from Loch Leven, as well as taking the field on her behalf. He was accused of complicity in the murders of Darnley and of the Regent Moray. Archbishop Hamilton wrote several theological works. He was hanged at Stirling in 1570.
_Arms._--Gu., a lion passant or, between 3 bezants. _Harborne._