Vellum Charter for The Studio Fallente Laborem, London Institution, England 1807

Description

Studio Fallente Laborem Original Vellum Charter for the Coat of Arms, London, England dated June 11, 1807.
The London Institution
Hand written and painted with Coat of Arms on vellum.
Established 1806, closed 1912
Measures 17 ½” wide x 22” tall.
Frame is 23 1/2" wide x 27 3/4"tall.
The Institution was established on Jan 18, 1806, in the house of Sir William Clayton (Lord Mayor of London in the time of Charles II), at 8 Old Jewry in the City of London at an annual rent of £350. It was modelled on the Royal Institution in London's West End. By Jan 21, 1807, a Royal Charter for the "London Institution for the Promotion of Literature and Useful Knowledge" had been drafted. This 2nd charter drafted for the coat of arms for this institution was signed and sealed on June 11, 1807 by the three notable King of Arms, Isaac Heard Garter, George Harrison Clarenceux and Ralph Bigland Norroy. The Institution moved into premises at Finsbury Circus in 1815. It eventually closed in 1912 and the buildings were used for the University of London until their demolition in 1936. There is quite a bit of information available on the internet for this historic college.
There is additional writing on the back that would be in the upper left corner and there appears to be more writing in the upper right corner that may be obscured, but I have not removed the document from the frame.
There is a revenue stamp at the left side of the document for 1 Pound 10 Shillings.
This would be the second charter written for this college as it was introduced in 1806 with the first charter written in Jan 1807 that detailed the location and the assigned staff and individuals to operate the college. There is documentation available on-line for the wording of that charter, but I am not sure the 1st charter still exists. I could not find it in the London archives.
I am not quite sure how this document eventually ended up in California, USA, but here it is!
There is some significant water damage to the document on both the left and right sides at the upper edges graduating down to the middle edges of the document. Much of the text on the edges is obscured by this damage, but can still be seen and read with the use of a black (ultraviolet) light. I have been able to decipher all of the text with the exception of just a few words.
Condition: Complete with water damage to left and right sides of document affecting appearance. 75% legible. 98% legible under UV light. Document is stable. Framed. Please view pictures provided to make your own determination on condition. I can provide additional pictures if requested.
This document has historical significance to the London, England Universities as well as England's history of education.
Rare to find an original coat of arms charter for a prestigious University of that day.
Ask questions if you have them, I will do my best to answer.
A truly rare piece of history!
Translation as follows (To the best of my ability line by line):
To all and Singular
To whom these Presents shall come Sir Isaac Heard Knight GARTER
Principal King of Arms George Harrison Esquire CLAIRENCEUX King
of Arms and Ralph Bigland Esquire NORROY King of Arms and
Greeting: Whereas The Kings Most Excellent MAJESTY by Warrant of
His Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date the thirtienth day of our Honorable
Lord signified unto the Most Noble Charles Duke of Norfolk Lord Marshall
and Hereditary Marshall of England that He had been graciously pleased to give and grant unto THE LONDON
INSTITUTION, established for the diffusion of Science, Literature and the Arts consisting of a President, four Vice
Presidents and twenty Managers and one Secretary, His Royal License and Authority that the said LONDON
INSTITUTION may bear on their Common Seat the Arms following Viz’ Persefs, in chief beneath the sun in its splen
-dour, a terrestrial Globe between an open book and an Air Pump, and in base, the Arms of the City of London and for
Crest, On a Wreath a Lion passant guardant holding in the dexter paw, the Charter of the said Institution, together with the Motto
STUDIO FALLENTE LABOREM, and hat further signified to his Grace that although the privilege of bearing Supporters be lamented
to Pears of the Realm of the Knights of His Majesty’s Orders and the Proxies of Princes of the Blood Royal at Institutions except
such Cases where in under particular Circumstances, He has been pleased to grant His Special License for the use thereof yet
, Majesty has been further graciously pleased to grant unto the said London Institution for supporters to the Arms to be lamented
said ___ On the Dexterside an Em blematical Female Figure representing the City of London, and on the Sinister the Figure of MINERVA
the which as in the Painting annexed to the said Royal Warrant, provided the same be first duty exemplified according to
the Laws of Arms, and recorded in the Heralds Office, otherwise His Majesty’s said License and Permission to warrant this
of none effect: And forasmuch as the said Earl Marshall did by Warrant under his hand and seal bearing date the thirteenth of
Day of April last in obedience to His Majesty’s Command authorize and direct us to exemplify to the said London Institution such
Arms and Crest and that GARTER Principal King of Arms do exemplify such Supporters accordingly Know Ye therefore
that We the said Garter, Clarenceux and NORROY in obedience to His Majesty’s Command in pursuance to the said
Warrant and by virtue of the Letters Patent of our several Offices to each of us respectively granted do by these Presents exemplify to the said
London Institution the Arms following that is to say Persefs Azure and Argent, in chief, beneath the Sun in Splendour, a Terrestrial Globe
between an open Book on the Dexter and an Air Pump on the Sinister all proper; and in base the Cross and Dagger of the Arms
of the City of London, and for the Crest on a Wreath of the colours A Lion passant quadrant Or, the Dexter Paw holding the Charter
of the said Institution, Proper, as the same are in the Manor, here of more plainly depicted; and of the said GARTER
do by these Presents exemplify to the said London Institution the Supporters following that is to say On the Dexter Side
a Female Figure representing the CITY of LONDON habited Argent, zoned Azure and over her shoulders a Mantle Gules
fringed Or; on her head a Mural Crown proper, her exterior hand resting on a shield erect theron the Arms of the City of London:
On the Sinister Side A Female Figure representing MINERVA in a Robe Argent, Tunic Purpure Zone Gorget and
Helmet Or, in her dexter hand a Spear erect proper; her sinister hand resting on the Egis Azure charged with Medusas Head Gold,
as also depicted in the Margin here of the said Arms Crest and Supporters together with the Motto STUDIO FALLENTE
LABOREM to be borne and used for ever hereafter by the said LONDON INSTITUTION on their Common Seat Shields, Banners
or otherwise according to the Tenor of His Majesty’s said Sign Manual and the Laws od Arms In Witness whereof
We the said GARTER, CLARENCEUX and NORROY King of Arms have to these Presents subscribed our Names
and affixed the Seals of our several Offices this eleventh day of June in the Forty seventh Year of the Reign of
Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third by the Grace of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland KING
Defender of the Faith God and in the year of our LORD One thousand eight hundred and seven.
Isaac Heard Garter [O] Principal King of Arms } George Harrison Clarenceux [O] King of Arms Ralph Bigland [O] Norroy King of Arms
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