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The Armorial Bearings
Exemplified in The
Cheshire Visitations
illustrated in colour by
Martin S. J. Goldstraw
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Leigh of Adlington
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Azure, a plate between three
ducal crowns Or, within a bordure Argent
[Corona]
2 Azure, two bars Argent, over all a
bendlet gobony Or and Gules [Legh of
Adlington]
3Argent, a cross flory Sable [Belgrave]
Crest: A unicorn's head Argent, couped
Gules, armed
Or.
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Leigh of Lyme
Arms: Quarterly of six -
1 Argent, a cross Sable, in the dexter
chief point a fleur-de-lis of the second
[Haydock]
2 Gules, a cross engrailed Argent [Legh of
Lyme]
3 Vert, a chevron between three
cross-crosslets fitche Or [Boydell]
4 Argent, a mullet Sable charged with a
bezant [Walton of Ulnes-Walton]
5 Vert, a cross patonce Or [Boydell]
6 Quarterly:- 1 and 4 Lozengy Argent and
Sable [Croft] 2 and 3 Sable, a chevron
between three covered cups Or [Butler]
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a ram's
head Argent, armed of the first, holding
in the mouth a sprig of laurel.
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Robert Leigh of Adlington
Arms: Azure, two bars Argent Over all a
bend gobone Or and Gules.
[This
entry is recorded as a bend - see
previous page where it is recorded as a
bendlet]
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Leigh of the Ridge
Arms: Quarterly -
1 Gules, on a cross engrailed Argent a
mullet for difference
2 Gules, two bars gemelles Argent, a chief
Ermine.
3 Argent, a chevron Sable between three
cocks' heads erased Gules [Alcock]
4 Checky Or and Vert, a bend Ermine
[Sparke]
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Leigh of High Leigh, of the East Hall
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Argent, a lion rampant Gules
2 & 3 Azure, crusily Or, and three
eagles displayed of the second [Alpram]
Crest: A demi lion rampant Gules
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Leigh of Swinehead and Leigh of
Northwood
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 [Or] a lion rampant [Gules]
charged with a mullet
2 & 3 Per pale Argent and Sable three
boars statant in pale, counterchanged
[Called
Swinehead]
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Leversege of Wheelock
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Argent, a chevron between three
ploughshares Sable.
2 & 3 Argent, a chevron between three
Catherine wheels Sable [Wheelock]
Crest: A leopard's head jesant-de-lis *
* The upper part of the fleur-de-lis,
usually shewn above the leopard's face, is
omitted in the MS.
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Linford of
Cheshire, familie now extinct [out of an old
writing]
There then follows a pedigree but
no arms are recorded for this family.
    
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