[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] THE VAN ( ORTLASrm ARMS.10 6Wyk by Dunrstede Portress, the Batavodurum of the Romans, was in the time of Charlemagne a city of important commerce. [^dicker's " Belgique et Hollande." Its present population is not over three thousand. 'The portrait, painted on panel, is in the possession of the Jay family, at Rye. It was taken there from one of the Van Cortlandt residences in New York, and has always been supposed to be the portrait ol Cath aline Van Cortlandt. 8 "The order of Sword Bearers, in 1186, united with the Teutonic Knights, and dissolved in 1561. The grandmaster, Gotland De Kettler, was created Duke of Courland." " Military Religious Orders," by F. C. w Ihouse, London. 'Burke's " Landed Gentry," vol. 4, p. 291 See also "Rcitstap's Ar-moreal General," Holland. Only fifty copies of this w in k wi re printed. There is in it a description of the arms of Van Cortlandt. Dr. O'Calla-gban presented the writer with two seals taken from documents signed by Oloff Stevense in 1061, and Stephanos Van Cortlandt 1664, both bearing the family arms. The use of the arms on official documents, thus publicly made, shows the unquestionable and undisputed right of the Van Cortlandts to bear them. lt> Arms of Van Cortlandt : Argent, four wings of niell, sable and gules (forming St. Andrew's Cross), five estoiles gules. Crest: Over an esquire's helmet, a wreath argent and gules sin mounted by an estoile gules. Motto: Virtus sibi munus. HISTORY" OF W ESTCH ESTER COUNTY.