76 Devon Notes and Queries. young to be married, the elder, the second Alexander being aged 19 yrs, and the younger, the fourth William 7 years. (4) Ar. a chev. betw, three conies courant sa. The coat of Strode of Strode. (That of Strode of Parham, is quite different). (5) Sa. a fesse hetw. three battle-axes ar. The coat of VVray or Wrey of Trebitch, co. Cornwall, descended from the Wrays of Devon, who changed their name to Wykes. (6) Ar. on a chev. hetw. three hoars passant sa. as tnany roses of the field. The coat of Upcott of Upcott. The co-heiress of Upcott married Shilston, extinct, or removed temp Queen Elizabeth, whose heir married Whyddon. (7) Vert {or az. ?) a fesse hetw. three stags lodged or. possibly Rogers (?). The coat of Rogers of Pilton, Devon, settled there for seven generations, extinct in the male line in 1791. (the co-heiresses married Griffith, and Studdy) is thus blazoned *Mr. a chn hetw. three stags courant gu. (8) Ar. on a fess vert (or az, ?) three stags heads cahossed or. : possibly Arscott ? Arscott of Tetcott, originally of Holsworthy, bore, per chev. az. and erm. two stags heads cahoshed or. The first William Knapman's wife was Elinor, daughter of Arscott. The blazoning of the sinister half of the shield is, quarterly first and fourth ar. a chev. gu. hetw. three Cornish crows. The coat of Coade of Gid- leigh Castle, Devon, and of Morval and St. Austell, co. Cornwall. Second and third ar. a saltier hetw. four crosses form^e fiich^e az. (or possibly vert) the coat of Shilston. The coat of Shilston (Shilston, co. Devon,) is thus blazoned " Erm. {another^ ar.) a saltire az. hetw. four crosses formde fitchie sa.'^ (Another, of the second.) The crest seems to be an adoption of that of Whyddon, which is thus given by Burke '* On a ducal coronet or. a swan sejant sa. heahed of4he first ^* and by Polwhele " 0» a torse ar. and gu. a hlack swan^ heak ar. setting [stc] in a ducal coronet. The heraldic artist, however, seems not to have been equal to the latter blazoning. He or she has en- deavoured to represent the swan as being both seated %n the coronet (ar.) and standing on the torse, though, in point of fact, it stands on the helmet, and the " torse *' is no torse, but has been created by detaching and lowering the rim of the coronet which by the addition of two pearls has been converted from a ducal one into approximately that of a marquis. The band is ornamented with lattice* work and
