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The Armorial Bearings
Exemplified in The
Cheshire Visitations
illustrated in colour by
Martin S. J. Goldstraw
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Launceline olim familia nunc extincta*
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Argent, on a fess Sable, three
mullets of the field, pierced of the
second.
2 Vert, a cross engrailed Ermine
[Kingsley]
3 Argent, a buglehorn, stringed Sable, in
dexter chief a cinquefoil [Kingsley's
Forester's
Coat]
*Launceline- in the past a family, now
extinct. Translation provided by Mr. P.
Davis, of Malvern.
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Lawton of Lawton
Arms: Argent, on a fess between three
cross-crosslets fitche Sable, a cinquefoil
of the first, pierced of the second.
Crest: A demi-wolf salient regardent
Argent, vulned in the back Gules, and
licking the wound.
[These arms and crest were granted by
Robert Cook, Clarencieulx by l'res
patentes Dated 14 R. Elizab., 1572]
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Leech of Cawarden, al's Carden
Arms: Ermine, on a chief indented Gules
three ducal coronets Or, a crescent on a
crescent for difference.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a cubit
arm erect proper, grasping a snake
entwined of the first, a crescent on a
crescent for
difference.
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Leeche of Nantwich
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Ermine, on a chief indented
Gules an annulet between two ducal
coronets Or.
2 Azure, on a bend engrailed Argent three
dawes (Jackdaw's) Sable [Dawson]
3 Quarterly 1 & 4 [Vert] a cross
engrailed Ermine a mullet for difference
[Wettenhall]
2
& 3 [Vert] a bend Ermine, a mullet for
difference [Wettenhall, Ancient]
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a cubit
arm erect proper, grasping a snake
entwined of the first, an annulet for
difference
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Lecester of Tabley
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Azure, a fess Gules between
three fleur-de-lis Or
2 Azure, a garb Or [Grosvenor]
3 Sable, a cross patonce Argent [Quarterly
Argent and Sable, a cross patonce
counterchanged Eton]
Crest: A dragon's head erased Vert
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Lecester of Toft
Arms: Quarterly of twelve -
1 Azure, a fess Gules frety Or between
three fleur-de-lis of the last.
2 Sable, a buck, lodged Argent [Downes]
3 Azure, six bezants, three, two and one,
on a chief Or a demi lion issuant Gules
[Molyns?]
4 Argent, two chevrons Gules, on a canton
of the second a cross-crosslet fitche Or
[Mobberley]
5 Argent, a chevron between three text T's
Sable [Toft]
6 Argent, three boars' heads erased and
erect Sable, a crescent for difference
[Booth]
7 Quarterly Gules and Or, in the first
quarter a lion passant Argent [Massy]
8 Per chevron invected Gules and Or, in
chief two mullets Argent in base a cock of
the first [Heath?]
9 Sable, fretty Argent, a label of three
points Or [Harrington]
10 Sable, three lions passant in pale
Argent [English]
11Argent, on a bend Sable three lozenges
of the field, each charged with a saltire
Gules [Urswick]
12 Sable, a lion rampant Argent, charged
on the shoulder with a chessrook Gules
[Verdon]
Crest: A goat passant per pale Or and
Gules, horned Gold, holding in the mouth
an acorn of the first, slipped and leaved
proper
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There then follows the Toft Pedigree along with
the arms brought in by heiresses

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Toft
Horntoft Lord of Toft (al's Horne The
Hunter)
Arms: Argent a chevron between
three text T's
Sable
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Rafe Lecester
Arms: Azure a fess Gules, fretty Or,
between three fleur-de-lis of the
last
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Harrington
Sir John Harrington brother to The Lord
Harrington
Arms: Sable, fretty Argent, a label of
three points
Or
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English
...............dau and heire of
..................English
Arms: Sable, three lions passant in pale
Argent
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Urswicke
.............dau and heire of
.....................Urswicke
Arms: Argent, on a bend Sable three
lozenges of the field, each charged with a
saltire
Gules
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Verdone
...............dau and heire of
.........................Verdone
Arms: Sable, a lion rampant Argent,
charged on the shoulder with a chessrook
Gules
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Lecester of Worleston
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Azure, on a fess Gules between
three fleur-de-lis Or, an annulet for
difference Argent
2 & 3 Azure, a lion rampant Argent
[Crewe]
Crest: A fleur-de-lis per pale Or and
Azure.
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