Cheshire Heraldry Web Journal

Row(Row of Marfield: Harl 1424, fo. 121) Argent, a beehive beset with bees diversely volant Sable.
Macclesfield; granted 20th March 1653.  

Simple, uncomplicated, beautiful.

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Needham of Shevington & of Cranage
Arms: Quarterly -
1 & 9 Argent, a bend engrailed Azure between two bucks’ heads cabossed Sable.
2 Quarterly per fess indented Gules and Or [Bromley]
3 Argent, on a chevron Gules five bezants [Chetelton]
4 Quarterly Argent and Sable, in the second and third quarters a fleur-de-lis Or, over all a bendlet Gules […]

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As a pure personal indulgence and without apology for the fact that there is nought but a tenuous heraldic link, I bring to my reader the joyous news that on Saturday last we welcomed into our family Tom’s new bride Nicola. The wedding took place in Newstead Abbey and without a doubt it was a […]

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Posted on rec.heraldry yesterday:
In response to the calamitous earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday
evening, the College of Arms has decided that all proceeds arising
from future sales of The Armorial of Haiti: Symbols of Nobility in the
Reign of Henry Christophe (ISBN 978-09506980-2-1) will be donated to
the relief effort.
The book is an edition, with commentary, of an extraordinary […]

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This Saturday sees John E. Titterton FSA present the first Cheshire Heraldry Society lecture of 2010.
Changing Names and Changing Arms.
Details of the Society’s lecture programme and venue can be found on the web page:
http://cheshire-heraldry.org.uk/society
All are welcome whether member of the society or not.

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Mrs G. is rather fond of the BBC’s property programme Escape to the Country and whilst we were both putting our feet up during the post Christmas wind down I caught sight of an interesting and rather beautiful Cheshire property with a definite Cheshire heraldic interest.

Located in the village of Buerton and featured on the […]

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My friend and fellow Board Member of the IAAH, Ton de Witte, has been kind enough to send me a note following on from the post I made earlier this week about the armorial bearings of Family Associations in South Africa. I post below the image he sent which has been scanned from the book […]

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I have a feeling, it’s nothing more than that, that Scotland’s new Lord Lyon King of Arms might be reviewing the “Innes of Learney school” of clan recognition and formation. The relevant page on the web site of the Court of the Lord Lyon states that it (the page) is “under review”. The Clan system is […]

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Just occasionally I come across something which is far too good to keep to myself. Today whilst indulging in my two favourite pass times, tea drinking and browsing the web looking for any allusive heraldry, I came across the archives of Michael Renton (which I had thought had been lost to posterity).
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Michael Renton, designer, engraver and lettering […]

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http://www.congress2010.info/english/

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