The Armorial Bearings Exemplified in The
Cheshire
Visitations
illustrated in colour by Martin S. J.
Goldstraw
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Launceline
olim familia nune extineta
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]
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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 coronetOr, 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 coronetOr, 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 bears' 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 Horn 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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