Dimensions: Arms Quarterly 1 &4. Quarterly argent and gules in the second and third quarters a fret or overall on a bend sable three escallops argent (Spencer) 2 &3. Sable a lion rampant argent on a canton argent a cross gules (Churchill) in chief an escutcheon charged with the cross of St George thereon an escutcheon charged with three fleurs-de-lys (France) as an honourable augmentation Supporters A double headed eagle displayed crowned and haloed; two wyverns Crests 1. A lion couchant gardant holding a banner charged with a dexter hand apaumé (Churchill) 2. Out of a ducal coronet a griffin’s head...
Dimensions: Arms A chevron between three escallops Crest A moor’s head couped at the shoulders and wreathed about the temples Coronet of a Viscount Helmet of a peer
Dimensions: Arms Quarterly 1 &4. Quarterly argent and gules in the second and third quarters a fret or overall on a bend sable three escallops argent (Spencer) 2 &3. Sable a lion rampant argent on a canton argent a cross gules (Churchill)
Supporter A double headed eagle displayed crowned
Crest Out of the coronet of a marquess a royal orb between the two horns of a crescent
Coronet of a Marquess
Motto DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT
Dimensions: Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A chevron gules between three escallops 2. Ermine a lion rampant between a fleur-de-lis and a mullet in chief 3. A lion couchant gardant in chief two swords in saltire on an escutcheon of pretence Quarterly 1 & 4 Ermine a millrind 2 & 3 Two bars in chief three [?] heads erased Crests 1. An escallop 2. A cock Helmets of a peer (2) Motto CE QUE VEULT PEULT
Possibilities for Identification:
There is no trace of this stamp in the various reference sources. It remains a mystery.
Dimensions: Arms A chevron between three escallops [made from separate pieces]
Possibilities for Identification:
Probably either James Graham (1682-1742), 4th Marquess of Montrose, created 1st Duke of Montrose in 1707; or Sir Thomas Lyttelton (1686-1751) of Frankley, Worcestershire.
Dimensions: Arms Quarterly 1. A fess between three lions rampant on a bordure eight roundels (Willis) 2. On two bars three crosses patty fitchy two and one (Fell) 3. On a chevron between three herons three escallops (Browne) 4. A fess between two bars wavy gemelles (Eliot)
Dimensions: Arms Quarterly of six 1. Sable three standing dishes argent (Standish) 2. Argent a saltire and bordure engrailed gules (Standish) 3. Sable three escallops argent (Strickland) 4. Sable a fess dancetty between ten billets or (D'Eyncourt) 5. A saltire argent a mullet pierced for difference (Nevill) 6. Argent a fess sable in chief three mullets (Towneley) Crest An owl with a rat in its talons Motto I DESIRE
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