Thomas de Rouck (baptized January 21, 1592,

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- September 5, 1660, Bergen op Zoom) was a steward and later the

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of his native town Bergen op Zoom. De Rouck developed a late

hatching system Hatching (sometimes called ''hachure'', from the French word) is a conventional system for monochrome denotation of heraldic armory, whereby the tinctures (colours) are represented by dots and lines. This technique is employed in cases where col ...

(1645), but failed to make a serious cut. The engravings, according to his 1673 work, were possibly made by his relatives. The portrait of the vicar Lambertus de Rycke (†1658) seen in the book was engraved by W llemde Rouck. F. J. van Ettro maintained, he was familiar with the hatching system of Zangrius. However, it seems more evident that even Butkens might have known Zangrius’ system despite his hatching table being radically different from that of Zangrius because he also applied the same oval escutcheon in his hatching table similar to what Zangrius did in his system.

Works

*Thomas de Rouck, ''Den Nederlandtschen Herauld ofte Tractaet van wapenen, en politycken Adel.''

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, 1645 . The hatching table to be found in the second part, page 55. *Thomas de Rouck, ''Adelyk tooneel of historische beschrijvinge van allerley trappen van adeldom en ridderl. ordens.'' Amsterdam, 1673 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rouck, Thomas de 1592 births 1660 deaths Dutch heraldists Mayors of Bergen op Zoom