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The Court of Hugh Lupus Earl of Chester
(obit 1109)
Illustration taken from Ormerod's History of Cheshire
The armorial bearings displayed in the engraving are: -
Above the throne the arms of the Earl himself;
Azure, a wolf's head erased Argent.
It is interesting to note that on the Earl's left hand side is a man wearing a tabard of the Lupus arms in the manner of a herald or persuivant .
On the Earl's right hand side are the clergy, the arms indicate them to be [starting nearest the Earl];
The Diocesan Arms of Chester:
Gules, three mitres with their labels Or.
The Arms of the Abbey of Vales:
Gules three lions passant guardant Or, overall on the sinister side a crozier Argent.
The Arms of the Abbey of Norton
(Norton Priory):
Gules a pale fussily Or.
The Arms of the Abbey of Combermere:
Quarterly Or and Gules a bend Sable over all a crozire in pale of the third.
On the Earle's left hand side are the barons, the arms indicate them to be [starting nearest the Earl];
Nigell Baron of Halton, Constable and Marshall
Gules a pale of four fusils (ancient) fessewise Or.
Massey Baron of Dunham
Quarterly Gules and Or, in the first quarter a lion passant Argent.
de Monhalt Baron of Hawarden, Steward.
Azure a lion rampant Argent.
Gilbert Venables Baron of Kinderton
Azure two bars Argent.
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