Cheshire Heraldry - The Armorial Bearings of the Cheshire Visitations

The Armorial Bearings Exemplified in The Cheshire Visitations
illustrated in colour by Martin S. J. Goldstraw

Cliff or Clive of Huxley
Arms: Quarterly of six coats -
1 and 6 Argent on a fesse between three wolves' heads erased Sable as many mullets Or.
2. Ermine on a bend cotised Gules three crescents Or. [Huxley]
3. [Sable] three garbs [Or]. [Styche]
4. Gules, a lion rampant Or between three crosses formee fitchee Argent.
5. Quarterly Argent and Sable four cocks counterchanged. *

1. Crest: On a mount Vert a griffin passant Argent, ducally gorged Gules.
2. Crest: A wolf's head erased quarterly per pale indented Argent and Sable.

* The 5th Quarter is mentioned in the pedigree of Stuche (Styche) in the Visitations of Shropshire 1569 to 1584; Alice daughter and heir of Eduind Broughton of Broughton. Arms: Quarterly Argent and Sable four cocks counterchanged. The arms of William Stuche (Styche) are recorded, in that entry as Sable, three garbs Or. The heading of the Stuche pedigree gives the arms of Will'us Wlonkeslow de Wlonkeslow (Longslow) in com. Salop. Arms : Gules, a lion rampant Or crowned Argent between three crosses formee fitchee of the last. It would appear therefore that quarters 3, 4 and 5 are all brought into the Cliff family by Styche.

Clutton of Nantwich
Arms: Quarterly -
1 and 4 Argent, a chevron Ermines cotised Sable, between three annulets Gules, a crescent for difference.
2. Sable, a sling or hand bow between two pheons Argent. [Carden]
3. Argent, a chevron Gules, between three bucks' heads cabossed Sable.

Cocker of Strethill
Arms: Quarterly -
1 and 4 Argent, two squirrels sejant in pale Gules.
2 and 3 Argent, three dragons salient Gules. [Venables]

Cotgreve of Hargreve
Arms: Quartelry of eight -
1. Gules, a fesse dancette Ermine between three bugle horns stringed Or.
2. Argent, a bend Sable between three pellets. [Cotton]
3. Azure, and eagle displayed Argent. [Ridware]
4. Or, a fesse wavy Sable, in chief three martlets of the second.
5. ..............two lions passant in pale ..........., a label of three points Or.
[Possibly Gules two lions passant in pale Argent M.G.]
6. Argent, a griffin segreant, per fesse Gules and Azure.
7. Sable, a fesse humette Argent, in chief a martlet Or. [Bostock]
8. Gules, a chevron Argent, fretty Sable between three mullets of the second.

Crest: In a ducal coronet Or,a demi-peacock, wings displayed proper.

Cotton of Cotton
Arms: Azure, a chevron between three cotton hanks Argent.

Crest: A falcon close ............. holding in the dexter claw a square buckle..........

Crew of Cholmeston, bulgo Chomston
Arms: Azure, a lion rampant Argent, a crescent charged with another crescent for difference.

Croxton of Ravenscroft
Arms: Quarterly -
1 and 4 Sable, a lion rampant Argent, debruised by a bendlet gobony Or and Gules.
2 and 3 Argent, a chevron between three ravens' heads erased Sable. [Ravenscroft]