The Visitation of London in the Year 1568: Taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, and Since Augmented Both with Descents and Arms |
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Agnes Alderman Alice Allaunson Anne annulet Anthony argent argent and sable ARMS azure azure three Baron beaked bend bezants bordure engrailed Browne Catarine chevron between three chevron engrailed chief coheyre Colston Cosworth counterchanged CREST crosses crosslet crosses pattée daughter dexter Dorothy Draper ducal coronet eagles displayed Edmond Edward eldest sonne Eliz Elizab Elizabeth maried engrailed engrailed gules Erdeswick ermine Essex fess fess between three filia filius fleur-de-lis fleurs-de-lis Francis George Gresham Grocer guardant gules gules between three haberdasher hæres Haydon head couped heire Henry Humfrey Jane Joane Joh'nes John Tuck Kent Knight Langley le Taylor lion passant lion rampant London Esq London gent London Knight Margaret Margery maried to John Martha martlets Mary maried mullet Nicholas nupta pale Quarterly Quarterly:-1 Rafe Richard Robert Roger sable saltire Smyth sonne & heyre sonne and heyre Suff Susan Thomas three lions three martlets Treswell vert Will'm William Yorkshier
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Page 4 - Visitation,^ are, Azure, on a fess between three eagles displayed or a fret between two martlets of the first. Crest, upon a crescent or, charged with a fret between two martlets azure, an eagle displayed of the last.
Page 9 - The uppermost shield is quarterly, 1. and 4. Gules, on a chief Argent, two mullets Sable, for Bacon, 2. and 3. Barry of six, Or and Azure, a bend Gules, for Quaplode : crest, on a wreath, a boar passant Ermine. On the arms and crest a crescent is placed for filial distinction. The tablet underneath is inscribed in gold letters : HONORATIS8.
Page 46 - Sable ; on a Chief of the second, a Lion passant guardant, of the first.
Page 72 - Party per chevron Sable and Argent, in chief three mullets Or, in base as many garbs Gules...
Page 58 - Barry wavy of six argent and azure, on a chief gules three bezants.
Page 19 - Argent, three bars sable ; in chief as many trivets of the last.
Page 3 - Watson, argent, on a chevron, engrailed, azure, between three martlets, sable, as many crescents, or; second and third, Monson, or, two chevrons gules.