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

Holford of Holford
Arms: Quarterly.
1 Argent, a greyhound passant Sable
2 Argent, three bulls' heads cabossed Sable {Bulkeley]
3 Argent, a chevron between three [Old English] text T's Sable [Toft]
4 Argent, a boar [greyhound?] passant Sable

Crest: A greyhound's head couped Sable.

Hollingworth of Hollingworth
Pedigree but no arms recorded
[The arms of Heywood are recorded along with the pedigree of Hollingworth = Argent, two bends within a bordure Gules.]

Hollinshead of Heywood
Arms: Argent, a cross Sable, a canton Ermines.

Holme of Tranmere and Chester
Pedigree but no arms recorded

Hulme
Arms: Barry of six Or and Azure, on a canton Ermine a chaplet Gules.
Crest: Within a chaplet Gules, issuing from a crest coronet, a garb Or.

Hulse of Norbury
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Argent, three piles, one issuant from chief and two from base Sable.
2 & 3 Gules, a cross patonce between four swans (sans legs) Argent [Cambridge]

Crest: A buck's head proper, attired Sable, gorged with a chaplet Vert.

Hurleston of Picton
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Argent, a cross of four ermine spots ( the heads meeting in the centre) Sable.
2 Argent, two bends engrailed Sable, the lower one couped at the upper end [Wagstaff]
3 Argent, a chevron between three cross-bows Sable [Hurlston]

1. Crest: A goat's head erased Argent, attired Or, charged on the neck with a cross of ermine spots, as in the arms.
2. Crest: A cross-bow erect proper, the stock Or.
3. Crest: An Ermine passant

Hurleston of Chester
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Argent, a cross of four ermine spots Sable, the heads meeting in the centre point.
2 Argent, two bends engrailed Sable, the lower one couped at the upper end [Wagstaff]
3 Argent, a chevron between three cross-bows Sable [Hurlston]
Over all four a crescent for difference.

Crest: A goat's head erased Argent, attired Or, charged on the neck with a cross of ermine spots, as in the arms.

Huxley of Brindley
Arms: Ermine, on a bend cotised Gules three crescents Or, a crescent for difference.

Hyde of Norbury
Arms: Azure, a chevron between three lozenges Or.
Crest: An eagle with wings expanded Sable, beaked Or.