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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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