Cheshire Heraldry Web Journal

Earlier this month I made reference to the widow Legh of Adlington and her desire to forego the expensive luxury of an armorial funeral and it brought to mind the fact that students of Cheshire heraldry often encounter curiosities which are probably not unique to the county but which nevertheless illustrate that the science of armory was not invented in […]

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I try to avoid politics in this web log but couldn’t resist posting this cartoon, by Peter Brookes, published in today’s Times Newspaper. My British reader will know that the full controversial expenses of Members of Parliament have now been published on line but much of the personal information has been blacked out.
It seems we now […]

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Does anyone have a photo of the monument (said to be) in St. Luke’s Church Goostrey described in Earwaker’s History of Sandbach as being On a white marble mural tablet in the north aisle. Above is a coat of arms, Kinsey quartering Davenport, Birtles and Eaton: with the Kinsey Crest. Sacred to the memory of […]

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 I am quite confident that those of us who share heraldry/armory as a hobby would be quite pleased to have some armorial trappings at our funerals and over the years I have seen one or two tasteful and colourful displays of armory endeavouring to brighten up an otherwise sombre occasion. It probably won’t surprise my reader to […]

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There once was a Herald from Ireland,
Who presented a patent by hand,
To a Worshipful Mayor
Who had no despair
That the colourful tabard was canned!
 

A rather dowdily clad Fergus Gillespie presenting the arms to His Worship the Mayor of Limerick. Image courtesy of Limerick City Council.
Of late, in circles heraldic, one only has to mention the words Heraldry […]

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