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Transcribed by Liamie C. Madewell.

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Vibert

NOTE:..John Este Vibert, M.A., of St. Aubin, Jersey.

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fess Azure (blue), between three eagles displayed Sable (black).

CREST:..An eagle displayed per pale Or (gold) and Sable (black).

MOTTO:..VI ET LIBERTATE...(By strength and liberty).

Vicar, Vicart or Vicorey of cos. Derby and Warwick, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a millrind Sable (black), five estoiles of the field (i.e., silver).

Vicarey of co. Devon, England

ARMS:..Sable (black), on a chief Argent (silver), two cinquefoils Gules (red).

CREST:..A peacock close Or (gold).

MOTTO:..PROBITAS VERUS HONOS...(Probity is true honour).

Vicaridge

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a bend Gules (red).

Vicary

NOTE:..Vicary of Warminster, co. Wilts, formerly of Dunkeswell, co. Devon, England.  Granted 1558.

ARMS:..Sable (black), on a chief Argent (silver), two cinquefoils Gules (red).

CREST:.. A peacock close Or (gold).

MOTTO:..PROBITAS VERUS HONOS...(Probity is true honour).

Vickare of Dunkeswell, co. Devon, England

ARMS:..Azure (blue), on a chief Argent (silver), two cinquefoils Gules (red).

ANOTHER ARMS:..Azure (blue), on a chief Argent (silver), two cinquefoils pierced Gules (red).

Vickary of Bristol, co. Gloucester, and co. Worcester, England

ARMS:.. Sable (black), on a chief dancettee Or (gold), two cinquefoils Gules (red), a border Ermine.

Vickers

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fret Gules (red).

CREST:.. A cubit arm Proper (natural color), vested Gules (red), holding a millrind Azure (blue).

Vickerice of co. Worcester, England

ARMS:..Sable (black), on a chief dancetty Or (gold), two cinquefoils Gules (red), a border engrailed Ermine.

Vickery

ARMS:..Sable (black), on a chief Argent (silver), three cinquefoils of the field (i.e., black).

CREST:.. Two dolphins haurient endorsed Proper (natural color).

Vickris of The Manor House, Chew Magna, co. Somerset, England

ARMS:..Or (gold), on chief indented Sable (black), three roses of the first (i.e., gold), a border Ermine.

Victor

ARMS:..Gules (red), three savages' heads affronty Argent (silver).

CREST:..On a ducal coronet Gules (red), a wyvern issuant Or (gold).

Victualling-Office

On the seal are two anchors in saltire with their cables interlaced.

Vidal of Cornborough, Abottsham, co. Devon, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a cross moline Gules (red), a feather of the field (i.e., silver), between two annulets in pale Or (gold).

CREST:.. A morion Proper (natural color), between two ostrich feathers, one in front and the other behind Argent (silver).

Vidall

ARMS:..Azure (blue), on a bend cotised Argent (silver), three palets Gules (red).

Videlow of co. Berks, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three wolves' heads couped Gules (red).

Videlow of co. Buckingham, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three wolves' heads couped Sable (black).

Vidion of Half-Yowke, Maidstone, co. Kent, England

NOTE:..Granted on 3 December 1664.

ARMS:..Ermine, on a bend Vert (green), three roses Argent (silver), barbed and seeded Or (gold).

Vidler

ARMS:..Or (gold), three bars wavy Sable (black).

CREST:.. Out of a ducal coronet Or (gold), a demi griffin Proper (natural color).

Viel

ARMS:..Or (gold), a fess Vert (green), between three dexter hands couped Gules (red).

CREST:.. Out of a tower Proper (natural color), a leopard's head Gules (red), collared Or (gold).

Viell of Wood and Treverden, co. Cornwall, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fess ragulee Gules (red), between three pellets.

Viell of co. Gloucester, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fess embattled counter-embattled between three annulets Gules (red).

CREST:.. A demi lion rampant Gules (red), holding a baton gobony Argent (silver), and of the first (i.e., red).

Vienna of co. Kent, England

ARMS:..Azure (blue), crusily Or (gold), a fess dancetty of the last (i.e., gold).

Viennus

ARMS:..Or (gold), on a chief Azure (blue), three lions rampant Argent (silver).

Viens

ARMS:..Or (gold), on a bend Azure (blue), three lions rampant of the first (i.e., gold).

Vigerous

ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, barry of six Argent (silver) and Vert (green); 2nd and 3rd, Argent (silver), three pineapples Vert (green).

Vigne

ARMS:..Gules (red), three savages' heads affronty erased Argent (silver).

CREST:.. A rose Or (gold), barbed Proper (natural color), between two laurel branches in orle, slips in saltire Vert (green).

Vignoles

ARMS:..Or (gold), a fess Azure (blue) between three saltires couped Gules (red).

CREST:.. A unicorn's head per fess Gules (red) and Or (gold), erased also Gules (red).

Vigod

ARMS:..Per pale Or (gold) and Vert (green), a lion rampant Gules (red).

Vigor

See STONHOUSE-VIGOR.

Vigors of Erindale, co. Carlow, Ireland

NOTE:..Registered in Ulster's Office.

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three stags' heads erased Gules (red), attired Or (gold).

CREST:.. A stag's head erased Gules (red), attired Or (gold).

MOTTO:.. SPECTEMUR AGENDO...(Let us be judged by our actions).

Vigors of Burgage, co. Carlow, Ireland

Arms, Crest and Motto as the preceding.

...Vigures of Launceston, co. Cornwall, England

ARMS:..Gules (red), three swords Argent (silver), one in pale, point in chief, the other two points in base, hilts and pommels Or (gold).

CREST:.. A peacock's head erased Azure (blue), head feathers Or (gold).

...Vigurs

Arms as the preceding.

CREST:.. A mullet Argent (silver).

Vilant

NOTE:..Professor VILANT, of St. Andrew's, Scotland.

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three lions rampant Sable (black)

CREST:.. An arm in armour embowed holding a spear Proper (natural color).

MOTTO:.. FIRMA NOBIS FIDES...(Our faith is constant).

Vile

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a chevron between three castles Or (gold).

CREST:.. An arm brandishing a scymitar Proper (natural color).

Vilers or Viliers

ARMS:..Gules (red), billety Or (gold), a cross of the last (i.e., gold).

Villages

ARMS:..Argent (silver), two triangles voided and interlaced Sable (black), in the centre a heart Gules (red).

CREST:.. A unicorn's head erased Azure (blue).

Villand of De Tournay

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three inescutcheons Azure (blue).

...Villane of co. Chester, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a chief Sable (black).

Villane

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three inescutcheons Gules (red).

Villebois of Markham, co. Norfolk, England

ARMS:..Sable (black), on a chevron between three ears of wheat Or (gold), two arrows pointing to an annulet of the field (i.e., black).

CREST:.. A tiger salient Proper (natural color).

Villere of co. Leicester, England

ARMS:..Sable (black), a fess between three cinquefoils Argent (silver).

Villers

NOTE:..Sir Francis De Villers, one of the knights of co. Notts, England, temp. Edward I.  Visitation of Notts, 1615.

ARMS:..Gules (red), billety Or (gold), a cross of the last (i.e., red).

Villers

NOTE:..Exemplified to George Mason, Esq., on his assuming the name of Villers, by royal license in 1771.

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a cross Gules (red), five escallops Or (gold).

CREST:.. A lion rampant Argent (silver), ducally crowned Or (gold).

Villers

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a cross Gules (red), five escallops of the first (i.e., silver).

Villers

ARMS:..Sable (black), a fess between three cinquefoils Argent (silver).

Villers or Vilers

ARMS:..Argent (silver), six lions rampant Gules (red).

Villet or Violet of co. Kent, England

NOTE:..Allowed at Visitation of London,1568, to Henry Villet, alias Violet.

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a chevron Gules (red), three towers triple-towered of the field (i.e., silver), on a canton Azure (blue), a fleur-de-lis Or (gold).

CREST:.. A tiger's head erased Ermine, ducally gorged and tufted Or (gold).

Villett of London, England

NOTE:..Granted in 1572.

Arms and Crest as the preceding.

Villett of Swindon, co. Wilts, England

Arms and Crest as the preceding.

Villettes of Bath, co. Somerset, England

NOTE:..Granted on 31 December 1766.

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a lion rampant murally crowned Or (gold).

CREST:.. Out of a ducal coronet Or (gold), an elephant's head gold.

Villey

ARMS:..Azure (blue), two bends Or (gold).

ANOTHER ARMS:..Azure (blue), three bends Or (gold).

Villiers of Brokesby, co. Leicester, England

NOTE:..Baronet, extinct 1711.  Descended from Sir John De Villiers, Knt., of Brokesby, temp. Henry III, who bore for arms, "five escallops upon the cross of St. George".  Sir George Villiers, Knt., of Brokesby, Sheriff of co. Leicester, during the 33rd year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, died in 1605, leaving five sons - (1) Sir William, created a baronet in 1619; (2) Sir Edward, created in 1620, Viscount Grandison, ancestor of the Earls of Grandison, Jersey, and Clarendon; (3) Sir John, created in 1619, Viscount Purbeck; (4) Sir George, created in 1623, Duke of Buckingham; (5) Christopher, created in 1623, Earl of Anglesey.  Sir William Villiers, the third and last baronet of Brokesby, sold that estate to the Lord Keeper, Sir Nathan Wrighte, and died without issue.

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a cross Gules (red), five escallops Or (gold).

Villiers

NOTE:..Earl of Grandison, extinct 1766.  Sir EDWARD VILLIERS, the second son of Sir GEORGE VILLIERS, Knt., of Brokesby, was knighted at Windsor on 7 September 1616, and appointed Lord President of Munster in 1622.  In 1620 he was created Viscount Grandison, and died in 1626, leaving four sons - the youngest, Sir EDWARD, was father of the first Earl of Jersey.  JOHN, the fifth Viscount Grandison, was created Earl of Grandison in 1721, and left an only surviving daughter, Lady ELIZABETH VILLIERS, created Countess of Grandison in 1767.  At his lordship's death the earldom expired, and the Viscounty of Grandison reverted to WILLIAM, the third Earl of Jersey.

Arms as the preceding.

CREST:.. A lion rampant Argent (silver), ducally crowned Or (gold).

SUPPORTERS:.. Dexter, a horse Argent (silver); sinister, a lion Argent (silver), ducally crowned Or (gold).

MOTTO:..FIDEI COTICULA CRUX...(The cross is the thouchstone of faith).

N.B. The Earl of Grandison quartered, 1st, Per chevron Sable (black) and Argent (silver), three elephants' heads erased counterchanged, for SAUNDERS; 2nd, Gules (red), a cross engrailed Argent (silver), in the dexter chief a lozenge of the last (i.e., silver), for LEIGH; 3rd, Ermine, a saltire Or (gold), for FITZGERALD, of Dromana.

Villiers

NOTE:..Earl of Jersey.  Descended from Sir EDWARD VILLIERS, Lord President of Munster, Funeral Entry in Ulster's Office, 1626, the youngest son of EDWARD, the first Viscount Grandison, whose elder son, Sir EDWARD VILLIERS, Knt., Master of the Horse to Mary II, was created in 1691, Baron Villiers, of How, and Viscount Villiers, and being appointed Ambassador to the States General in 1697, was created in that year Earl of the Island of Jersey.  His grandson, the third earl, having become heir male of the house of VILLIERS on the death of JOHN, the fifth Viscount Grandison and Earl of Grandison, inherited the family viscounty as the sixth viscount.  GEORGE, the fifth Earl of Jersey, assumed the prefix surname of CHILD, by royal license in 1812.

ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent (silver), on a cross Gules (red), five escallops Or (gold), for VILLIERS; 2nd and 3rd, Gules (red), a chevron engrailed Ermine, between three eaglets ducally gorged Or (gold), and in the chief point for distinction an escallop gold, for CHILD.

CRESTS:.. 1st - A lion rampant Argent (silver), ducally crowned Or (gold), for VILLIERS; 2nd - On a rock Proper (natural color), and charged on the breast for distinction with an ermine spot, for CHILD.

SUPPORTERS:.. Two lions Argent (silver), ducally crowned Or (gold), each gorged with a plain collar Gules (red), charged with three escallops of the second (i.e., gold).

MOTTO:..FIDEI COTICULA CRUX...(The cross is the thouchstone of faith).

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Transcribed by Liamie C. Madewell.