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The Armorial Bearings
Exemplified in The
Cheshire Visitations
illustrated in colour by
Martin S. J. Goldstraw
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Bressy of Bulkeley and Audlem
Arms: Quarterly 1. Quarterly
per fess indented Sable and Argent, in the
first quarter
a mallard of the first (this is incorrect
- it should surely read "of the last")
billed Gules.
2. Gules, a dexter hand, couped and erect
Argent, in chief three mullets of the
second.
3. Sable, a chevron between three bulls'
heads cabossed Argent [Bulkeley]
4. Argent, on a chevron Sable, three
trefoils of the field [Brett?]
Crest: A mallard Argent, billed
Gules
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Bromley of Hamton
Bromley
Arms from a Seal inscribed Sr. Wilhemi
de Bromley
Argent on a chevron Gules five
bezants, a bordure engrailed of the
second.
[The same arms are also taken from Seals
inscribed Sr. Ricardi de Bromley]
There is also note of a Seal, bearing a
fleur-de-lis inscribed S Henrici de
Chettilton
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Brooke of Leighton
Arms: Quarterly of four:
1 and 4 - Or, a cross engrailed per pale
Sable and Gules [Brooke]
2 - Argent, on a cross engrailed quarterly
Gules and Azure, between four stags' heads
caboshed Sable five bezants [Brooke]
3 - Argent, a chevron Gules between three
stags' heads caboshed Sable [Parker]
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Brooke of
Nantwich
Pedigree given but no arms.
Brooke of Norton
Pedigree given but no arms.
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Brown of Netherleigh
Arms - Argent, two bendlets Sable, in
dexter base a pellet, a crescent for
cadency.
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Brown of Upton, near Chester
Arms - Argent, two bendlets Sable between
as many pellets.
Crest: On a mount Vert a lion couchant
Argent, charged with three gouttes de sang
on the neck.
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Bruen of Stapleford
Arms - Quarterly of four:
1 - Argent, an eagle displayed Sable
[Bruen]
2 - Gules, a scyth Argent [Praers]
3 - Gules a chevron between three covered
cups Or, on a chief Argent three griffins'
heads Azure, erased Or [Greneway]
4 - Argent, two bars Sable, on a canton
[of the second] five garbs Or [Wever]
Crest: A fisherman, barelegged, vested
Gules, hat Sable, in dexter hand a fishing
rod Or, and on his sinister shoulder a
fish wheel of the last.
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Bruen of Tarvin
Pedigree given but no arms.
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Bulkeley of Bulkeley and Bickerton
Arms - Quarterly of four
1 and 4 - Gules a chevron between three
bulls' heads Argent [Bulkeley]
2 and 3 - Argent, on a chevron Sable three
pheons of the field [Bickerton]
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Bunbury of Stanney
Arms - Quarterly of four
1 - Argent, on a bend Sable three
chess-rooks of the field [Bunbury]
2 - Argent, a fess between three pheasants
Gules [Stanney]
3 - Gules, on a bend engrailed, between
two cinquefoils Argent, three leopards'
faces Azure, a mullet for cadency
[Aldersey]
4 - Or, on a chief Gules three trefoils
slipped of the field, a crescent Gules for
cadency [Bamville]
Crest: Two swords saltirewise passing
through the bleeding mouth proper of a
leopard's face Or, the blades Argent,
hilts Gold
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