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

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Aldersey of Aldersey and Spurstow
Arms: Gules, on a bend engrailed Argent,
between two cinquefoils Or, three
leopards' faces Vert.
Crest: A demi-griffin segreant Gules
beaked and legged Or, issuing from a plume
of five ostrich feathers of the last.
[These arms are also recorded in the
Visitations of
1580]
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Aldersey of Middle Aldersey
Arms: Quarterly:
1 & 4 Gules, on a bend engrailed
Argent, between two cinquefoils Or, three
leopards' faces Vert.
2 & 3 Sable, three standing dishes
Argent. [Standish]
[These arms are also recorded in the
Visitations of
1580]
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Aldersey, of Picton and Chester
Arms: Gules, on a bend engrailed Argent,
between two cinquefoils Or, three
leopards' faces Vert, a martlet for
cadency Or.
Crest: Issuant from a plume of five
feathers Or, a demi-griffin
Gules.
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Aldersey of Chester
Arms: Gules, on a bend engrailed between
two cinquefoils Or, three leopards' faces
Vert.
Crest: Issuant from a plume of five
feathers Or, a demi-griffin Gules.
[I suggest that there is actually
insufficient difference in these arms to
make it a different coat to that of
Aldersey of Aldersey and Spurstow M.G.]
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Allen, of Brindley
Pedigree but
no arms.

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Ardern, of Harden
Arms: Gules, three cross-crosslets botony
fitchy Or, a chief of the last.
Crest: A plume of five feathers
Argent.
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Aston of Aston
Arms: Quarterly of four, and a mullet for
cadency in fess-point;
1 & 4 Per chevron Argent & Sable
[Aston]
2 Azure, a lion rampant Argent
3 Argent, on a mount Vert a stag lodged
Gules
Crest: An Ass's head couped at the neck,
per pale Argent and
Sable.
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