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








Aldersey of Aldersey and Spurstow

Arms: Gu., on a bend eng. Ar., betw. two cinquefoils Or., three leopards' faces Vert.
Crest:  A demi-griffin segreant Gu. 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]                                                                                                                        


Aldersey of Middle Aldersey
Arms: Quarterly:
1 & 4 Gu., on a bend eng. Ar., betw. two cinquefoils Or., three leopards' faces Vert.
2 & 3 Sa., three standing dishes Ar. [Standish]

[These arms are also recorded in the Visitations of 1580]                                                                                                         

 






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.                                                                                                              







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.                                                                 
                                                                                                                           

Allen, of Brindley
Pedigree but no arms.






Ardern, of Harden

Arms: Gules, three cross-crosslets botony fitchy Or, a chief of the last.

Crest: A plume of five feathers Argent.                                                                                         










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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