The Grammar of Heraldry/Appendix
APPENDIX.
The blazon of the following coats of arms is subjoined, so that the student who has made himself acquainted with the principles of the science of Heraldry may learn in what manner armorial bearings are rightly described.
As an indiscriminate selection from the thousands which are enrolled in the Heralds’ College might be considered invidious, I give the blazon of those families only which are mentioned by Mr. Shirley[1] as constituting the landed gentry in England before the sixteenth century. Those families which have become noble since that period are distinguished by an asterisk.
- Crest. A demi-lion rampant or; holding in his paws a pellet.
- Motto. Fortiter et honeste.
- Crest. A gloved hand couped at the wrist, fessways, thereon a falcon perched, all proper.
- Motto. Inebranlable.
- Crest. Within a wreath argent and gules, a human leg and thigh, couped in armour proper, garnished or, and dropping blood.
- Crest. A stag's head as in the arms.
- Crest. A unicorn's head couped argent, horned and maned or, gorged with a wreath of laurel vert, issuant out of rays proper.
- Motto. Dei memor, gratus amicus.
- Crest. On a mount vert, a cockatrice argent, armed and jowlopped or, ducally gorged and lined of the last.
- Crest. A lion's head erased sable, ducally crowned or.
- Motto. Delectare in Domino.
- Crest. A swan couched with wings addorsed argent.
- Crest. A dexter arm counter-embowed, vambraced proper, garnished or, the hand gauntleted grasping a sword in bent-sinister, point downwards, also proper, pommelled and hilted of the second.
- Motto. Pax potior bello.
- Crest. An arm embowed grasping a chalice pouring water into a basin, all proper.
- Motto. Tout d'en haut.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or, a talbot's head gules.
- Motto. Utrâque Pallade.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or, a greyhound's head argent, gorged with a collar gules, charged with three plates.
- Crest. A pine tree proper.
- Motto. Loyaulté me oblige.
- Crest. A demi-lion rampant gules, ducally crowned or.
- Motto. Nunquam non paratus.
- Crest. A gauntlet erect proper, holding a fleur-de-lys argent.
- Motto. Je me fie en Dieu.
- Crest. An eagle's wing sable, charged with a fess or.
- Motto. Non sufficit orbis.
- Crest. A falcon proper, belled or.
- Motto. Patience passe science.
- Crest. A stork's head erased, per saltire sable and argent; in the beak or, a snake proper.
- Motto. Omne bonum Dei donum.
- Crest. A greyhound courant sable, seizing a hare proper.
- Motto. Gratâ sume manu.
- Crest. On a chapeau gules, guarded ermine, a wing of the first, charged with a chevron argent thereon a lion as in the arms.
- Crest. A Moor's head affrontée, couped proper, weathed about the temples argent and azure.
- Motto. Aquila non muscas captat.
- Crest. A lily stalked and leaved, all proper.
- Motto.Stans cum rege.
- Crest. A cross-crosslet patée or, between a pair of wings erect expanded azure.
- Motto. Absit ut glorier nisi in cruce.
- Crest. A griffin passant argent, ducally gorged, gules.
- Motto. Audaciter et sinceriter.
- Crest. A cock or.
- Crest. A dragon's head gules, between two wings erect chequées or and azure, issuant out of a ducal coronet of the second.
- Motto. Vultus in hostem.
- Crest. The sun in his splendour, proper.
- Motto. Non aliunde pendere.
- Crest. A Moor's head couped at the shoulders, affrontée proper.
- Crest. A falcon with wings expanded proper.
- Motto. Non moritur cujus fama vivit.
- Crest. Out of a fieur-de-lys or, a dragon's head gules.
- Motto. Æquo adeste animo.
- Crest. A cock proper, armed crested and jowlopped or.
- Crests. First: A knight in complete armour, mounted on a horse caparisoned courant reguardant, all proper. Second: A falcon proper, jessed and belled or, sustaining with the dexter foot a belt azure, buckled gold.
- Motto. In utrue fortuna paratus.
- Crest. A demi-stag springing gules, semée d'etoilles, attired or.
- Motto. Court hope.
- Crest. A serpent vert issuing from and piercing a garb proper.
- Motto. In copiâ cautus.
- Crest. On a wreath argent and gules, standing on a mount vert, a roebuck springing or.
- Crest. A lobster vert.
- Motto.Prius frangitur quam flectitur.
- Crest. A magpie proper.
- Crest. A man's head within a helmet in profile proper, garnished or.
- Motto. Gratia naturam vincit.
- Crest. Out of a mural coronet azu, a demi-ele, expanded or.
- Crest. On a cap of maintenance, a booted and armed leg couped at the thigh, quaterly argent and sable, spurred or.
- Motto. Virtus sola invicta.
Crest. A lion sejant, the tail between the legs and reflexed over the back or.
- Crest. A reindeer's head couped or, in his mouth a sprig of oak slipped proper, fructed of the first.
- Crest. A sinister gantlet or, holding a broken sword argent, hilted and pommelled of the first.
- Motto. Ne vile fano.
- Crest. A falcon, wings expanded proper, armed or standing on a broken circle of the first.
- Crest. A griffin as in the arms.
- Motto. Aperto vivere voto.
- Crest. A stag's head erased or, in the mouth an arrow argent.
- Crest. A talbot passant argent, collared sable, to which a line reflexed over his back or.
- Motto. Semper eadem.
- Crest. A greyhound sejant argent, collared gules.
- Motto. Perseverando.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet a plume of five ostrich feathers proper.
- Crest. A raven proper.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or, a demi-eagle displayed ermine.
- Crest. A buck passant proper.
- Crest. Out of a mural coronet per pale or and azure, a demi-boar salient argent armed and unguled of the first, collared of the second, ruined in the breast proper, with an
arrow gold, flighted of the third.
- Crest. First: Out of a ducal coronet gules, a swan wings expanded argent, beaked and membered of the first. Second: A bear erect argent, muzzled gules, collared ad chained or, supporting a ragged staff of the first.
- Motto. Vix ea nostra voco.
- Crest. On a chapeau gules, guarded ermine, a gurnet (fish) urinant proper.
- Crest. A lion passant argent.
- Crest. A hawk argent, armed and belled or, preying on a curlew of the first.
- Crest. On a chapeau gules, guarded ermine, a Scot's head proper.
- Motto. Pro aris et focis.
- Crest. A horse's head as in the arms.
- Crest. A demi-tower argent, thereon a fawn at gaze proper, collared and chained or.
- Motto. Qui uti scit ei bona.
- Crest. A wolf's head couped ermine.
- Motto. Omne bonum de super.
- Crest. Issuant from a mural crown or, a stag's head, in the mouth a branch of hawthorn, all proper.
- Motto. Mens flecti nescia.
- Crest. A Saracen's head affrontée proper.
- Motto. Semper constans et fidelis.
- Crest. A demi-swan wings addorsed proper, over which the
- Motto. Ostendo non ostento; and beneath the arms, On things transitory resteth no glory.
- Crest. A lion passant gules.
- Crest. An escallop sable.
- Crest. On a chapeau azure, guarded ermine, a leopard statant argent, pellettée.
- Motto. In crucifixâ gloria mea.
- Crests. First: A strawberry roan horse salient couped at the flanks, bridled sable, bitted and garnished or, supporting between his feet a regal crown proper. Second: Out of a ducal coronet or, a pair of wings addorsed proper.
- Motto. Garde le roy.
- Crest. A wolf passant sable.
- Motto. Auspice Christo.
- Crest. A demi-wolf salient reguardant argent vulned in the breast gules.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or, an arm erect proper, grasping a leech or snake enveloped round the arm vert.
- Crest. A pelican azure, vulning herself proper.
- Motto. Ducit amor patriæ.
- Crest. A unicorn's head couped or.
- Crest. A stag's head erased proper.
- Crest. A laurel tree couped, two branches sprouting proper, and fixed to the lower part thereof with a belt gules, edged and buckled or, an escutcheon azure.
- Motto. Lauro scutoque resurgo.
- Crest. A savage's head proper couped at the shoulders, and wreathed about the temples or and azure.
- Motto. Deus non reliquit memoriam humilium.
- Crest. On a pillar argent, a lion rampant or.
- Motto. Prêt pour mon pays.
- Crest. On a chapeau gules guarded ermine, a stag tripping argent.
- Motto. Christi crux eat mea lux.
- Crest. A dexter arm embowed vambraced, in the hand a scimetar, all proper, pommelled and hilted or.
- Crest. An eagle sable, trussing (preying on) a partridge or.
- Motto. Festina lente.
- Crest. A wolf's head couped at the neck, barry of four or and gules, holding in the mouth an ostrich feather erect proper.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet gules, a lion's head affrontée or.
- Crest. A wivern or, armed and langued gules.
- Motto. Par sit fortunam labori.
- Crest. A hand holding a branch, all proper.
- Motto. Ut palma justus.
- Crest. A leopard's head affrontée erased or, ducally gorged gules.
- Motto. Sapere aude.
- Crest. A griffin's head erased vert.
- Motto. Nullâ pallescere culpâ.
- Crest. A wolf's head erased argent, langued gules.
- Crest. On a mount vert, a buck tripping sable, attired or.
- Crest. Out of a mural coronet or, a hind's head proper, between two oak branches vert, fructed of the first.
- Crest. A bull passant gules, armed and unguled or.
- Crest. A greyhound courant argent.
Roper, of Linstead, Kent.—Per fess azure and or; a pale countercharged three bucks' heads erased of the second.
- Crest. A lion rampant sable, holding in his dexter paw a ducal coronet proper.
- Motto. Spes mea in Deo.
- Crest. A sword erect argent pommelled and hilted or, gripe gules.
- Crest. A bunch of bay leaves piled in the form of a cone vert.
- Motto. Je vive en espoir.
- Crest. A demi-Moor proper, wreathed about the temples argent and sable, across the breast a belt bend-sinisterwise azure.
- Motto. Fiat voluntas Dei.
- Crest. A tiger sejant argent, maned and ducally crowned or.
- Crest. A sheldrake (a kind of duck) proper.
- Motto. Optimum pati.
- Crest. A demi-Moor holding in the dexter hand a dart bend-sinisterwise or.
- Motto. Hæc manus ob patriam.
- Crest. A lion statant guardant, the tail extended sable.
- Motto. Nec opprimere, nec opprimi.
- Crest. A stork proper.
- Crest. On a mount a savin tree vert, fructed gules.
- Motto. Hyeme virens.
- Crest. An olive tree fructed proper.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or, a mermaid proper, crined of the first, conjoined to a dolphin haurient of the last devouring her sinister hand.
- Crest. On a mount a thorn tree proper.
- Motto.Amantes ardua dumos.
- Crest. A stag tripping ermine, attired and unguled or.
- Crest. An elephant's head proper.
- Mottoes. First: Virtus sola nobilitas. Second: Moribus antiquis.
- Crest. A reindeer starant or.
- Motto.J'ai bonne cause.
- Crest. A griffin's head erased per chevron argent and sable, guttée counterchanged, holding in his mouth a sword proper, pommelled and hilted or.
- Motto. Militia mea multiplex.
- Crest. A griffin segreant or, resting his dexter foot on an escutcheon argent.
- Motto. Tout vient de Dieu.
- Crest. A Cornish chough's head and neck proper, holding in its beak a chaplet ermine and sable.
- Motto. Nosce teipsum.
- Crest. Two arms embowed, holding between the hands a man's head, all proper, on the head a high-crowned hat sable.
- Crest. Two arms embowed proper, habited azure, holding in the hands a bezant.
- Motto. Time tryeth troth.
- Crest. A cockatrice with wings expanded azure, armed jowlopped crested and winged or.
- Motto. Prævisa mala pereunt.
- Crest. On a ducal coronet or, a war-horse passant sable bridled saddled (sans stirrups) and accoutred of the first.
- Motto. Virtutis avorum præmium.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet proper, a bear'a head argent, muzzled gules.
- Motto. Vincenti dabitur.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or, a buffalo's head erased argent, armed ducally gorged lined and winged of the first.
- Crest. A heraldic tiger sable, pelletée.
- Motto. Nec beneficii immemor, nec injuriæ.
- Crest. A wyvem sable, guttée de sang, ducally gorged and chained or.
- Motto. Nil sine numine.
- Crest. A wolf passant argent, ducally crowned or.
- Crest. A boar's head erased and erect gules, langued azure, armed or.
- Motto. Juste et droit
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet gules a demi-antelope springing or.
- Motto. Regem defendere victum.
- Crest. A falcon sitting on the stump of a tree, with a branch springing from the dexter side, all proper.
- Crest. Out of a mural crown or, a demi-griffin segreant argent, holding a mullet pierced sable.
- Motto. Ne quid falsi.
- Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or, a talbot's head erased proper.
- Motto. Homo homini vulpes.
- Crest. A unicorn's head as in the arms.
- Motto. In well beware.
- Crest. An arm embowed habated sable, the hand proper grasping a hatchet argent, helved gules.
- Motto. Le bon temps viendra.
- Crest. A griffin's head erased or.
- Motto. Hominem te esse memento.