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The Armorial Bearings
Exemplified in The
Cheshire Visitations
illustrated in colour by
Martin S. J. Goldstraw
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Marbury of Marbury
Arms: Quarterly of eight:
1 & 8 Sable, a cross between four
pheons Argent [Marbury]
2 Or, on a fess engrailed Azure three
garbs of the first [Marbury Ancient]
3 Argent, a lion rampant Gules, collared
Or [Redish]
4 Sable, three asses' heads caboshed
Argent [ ? ]
5 Vert, a cross patonce Or [Boydell]
6 Argent, on a fess Sable three mullets of
the field [Boydell?]
7 Gules [Argent] a castle triple towered
Argent [Gules] [Doncaster]*
Crest: On a cap of maintenance Gules,
turned up Argent, five bezants, a
sarecen's head couped at the neck proper,
wreathed round the temples Or and
Azure.
*N.B. There appears to have been some
uncertainty in the mind of the herald (or
the person transcribing the manuscript) as
to the precise tinctures of quarter 7.
Theseare the arms of William De Doncaster,
Mayor of Chester 1316 to 1318. The correct
blazon should be:
Argent, a castle triple towered Gules;
sometimes depicted with a court yard
Argent, a keep in chief, a gateway in
base, and walls at the flanches, with five
towers at the various corners of the
building. I'm not surprised it says
"sometimes", the "sometimes" bits make it
far too complicated !!
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Marbury of Walton
Arms: Quarterly of four, a crescent
in fess-point for cadency:
1 & 4 [Sable], a cross between four
pheons [Argent] [Marbury]
2 & 3 [Or], on a fess engrailed
[Azure] three garbs [of the field]
[Marbury Ancient]
Second Shield: Sable, a cross engrailed
between four spear-heads Argent [Marbury]
Crest: A Garb .... |

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Massey of Aldford
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 4 Quarterly Gules and Or, in the
first quarter a lion passant Argent, a
crescent for difference in the centre
point.
2 & 3 Argent, on a chevron Azure three
garbs Or [Cradock]
The four quarterings within a bordure
gobony Argent and Azure.
Crest: An owl Sable, collared gobony
Argent and Azure.
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Massey of Broxton
Arms: Arms: Quarterly Gules and Or, in
the first and fourth quarters three
fleur-de-lis Argent, in the centre point
a crescent on a mullet for
difference.
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Massey of Denfield (= Massy of
Tatton)
Arms: Quarterly, Gules and Or, in 1
& 4 three escallops
Argent
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