his hands... (note; Charles Farish was a friend of William Wordsworth. In his book Poetical Works vol. 1 a footnote to Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain states that some of its lines were taken "From a short MS. poem read to me when an under-graduate, by my schoolfellow and friend Charles Farish, long since deceased. The verses were by a brother of his, a man of promising genius, who died young."—W. W. 1842 in a statement by the editor of the volume the footnote goes on to say that: "Charles Farish was the author of The Minstrels of Winandermere" as a result there is some debate as to authorship of the song commemorating Richard Gilpin's achievements). Gilpin coat of arms Or, a boar statant sable, langued and tusked gules. Crest: A dexter arm embowed I armour proper, the naked hand grasping a pine branch fesswise vert. Motto: Dictis Factisque Simplex (Latin; "Honest in Word and Deed"). Gilpin family tree Walcheln De Gyplin or De Gulespin, brother Josceln. (possibly the same as, or descended from Walchelin de Ferrieres, Lord of Saint Hilaire de Ferriers, near Bernay, in Normandy). Bert de Guylpyn – Came over from Normandy after 1066 following William the Conqueror. Richard de Gylpyn – "Richard the Rider", was granted the estate of Kentmere by the Baron of Kendal 1206 for killing the wild boar. Richard II De Gylpyn – Granted by deed, the manor and lands of Ulwithwaite in 1268. William de Guylpyn descendant who married the daughter of Thomas Ayray bailiff of Kentmere in 1375. Bert (or Richard) de Guylpyn. son of William. Married A. Fleming. William de Guylpyn – son of Richard. Married R./Elizabeth Lancaster. Richard de Gilpin – grandson of second Richard. Granted additional land by Henry III married Dorothy Thornborough? William Gilpin – eldest son of Richard. Captain in the King's army, Killed battle of Bosworth Field 22 August 1485 Edwin Gilpin – second son of Richard. married Margaret Layton/Laton. Eldest son: George Gilpin – minister to The Hague during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Second son: William Gilpin – married Elizabeth Washington, a presumed relative of George Washington. Third son: Bernard Gilpin – (the "Apostle of the North") born 1517 Martin Gilpin – son of William, married Catherine Newby, died 18 December 1629. Bernard Gilpin – son of Martin, born in Kentmere Hall 1552, married Dorothy Airey 1572, died 21 April 1636.