Copyright 1999-2002 by Steven B. Madewell
(last updated on April 4, 2002)
Coats of Arms - "B" surnames
Armorial bearings DO NOT belong to all persons of a given surname and may rightfully be borne ONLY by the descendants of the individual to whom they were first granted or allowed, according to the Laws of Arms in the country of origin.
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...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY
...A GLOSSARY OF TERMS
USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
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.......BABBINGTON
........BACHMAIR -- Ref.
Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg.
216.
.......BARDOLFE
.......BARDOLPH
.......BARDOLPHE
........BART ZU
KOPPENHAUSEN --
Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg.
83.
.......BARTON
>>>>>>>>
.......BARTRON
.......BARTSCHERER
.......BASHAM
.......BASIL
.......BASILE
.......BASILL
.......BASILY
.......d'BASSOMPIERRE
.......BASTIN
.......BAY
.......BAYARD
.......BAYE
.......BAYS
.......BAZIN
........BEAUCHAMPE
.......d'BEAUFORT
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...d'Beauharnais
ARMS:..Coupe d'argent et parti au chef d'azur et de gueules; l'azur a un miroir d'or en pal apres lequel se tortille et se mire un serpent d'argent; le gueules a la tour d'argent alezee, crenelee, ouverte et maconnee de sable, surmontee de 3 etoiles d'argent posees en comble; l'argent a la fasce de sable surmontee de trois merlettes de meme en fasce.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 124.
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...d'Beaujeu
ARMS:..D'or au lion de sable arme de gueules et charge d'un lambel de cinq pendants de meme.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 125.
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...d'Beaumanoir
ARMS:..D'azur a 11 billetes d'argent posees 4, 3, 4.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 126.
........BABBINGTON
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...d'Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire
ARMS:..De gueules a trois accouples de chiens d'argent dressees en pal, posees 2 et 4.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 127.
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...d'Beauvau
ARMS:..D'argent a quatre lion-ceaux de gueules, armes, lampasses et couronnes d'or.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 127.
........BECHLER -- Ref.
Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg.
215.
.......BECK - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BECKE - COATS OF
ARMS
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...Beckering
ARMS:..Chequy Argent (silver) and Gules (red), a bend Sable (black).
Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle
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ARMS:..Argent (silver), a chevron Gules (red), between three fleur-de-lis Azure (blue).
NOTE:..In Gilling Castle, over the fireplace, it has been wrongly painted Argent (silver), a chevron between three fleur-de-lis Sable (black).
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Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle
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ARMS:..D'argent a la bande de fusees accostees et accolees de gueules, accompagnees de six fleurs de lys d'azur en orle.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 128.
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.......BELLE - COATS OF
ARMS
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ARMS:..Sable (black), fretty Or (gold).
NOTE:..In Giling Castle, over the hallway fireplace, this is incorrectly rendered as Sable (black), a fret Or (gold).
Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle
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Beltran of Royaume de Galicie - 1st version, 2nd version, Rolland's version
As seen in
Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..Ecartele, au 1 de sinople a une aigle de sable, couronne du meme; au 2 de sinople a cinq etoiles (8) d'argent, 2, 1, et 2; au 3 de sinople a deux sangliers passant de sable, l'un sur l'autre; au 4 de sinople a deux lances de tournoi d'argent, posees en pals, accostees.
CREST:..N/A.
Translation....
ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st, Vert (green), an eagle Sable (black), wearing a black crown; 2nd, Vert (green), five eight-pointed stars Argent (silver), 2, 1 and 1; 3rd, Vert (green), two wild boars passant Sable (black), in pale; 4th, Vert (green), two tournament lances Argent (silver), erect (and next to each other, though separated a little).
CREST:..N/A.
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...d'Belzunce
ARMS:..Ecartele, au 1et 4 d'or a deux vaches de gueules clarinees d'azur, 2 et 3 d'argent a une hydre a 7 tetes de sinople dont une coupee.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 129.
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........BENDELEBEN
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 146.
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...Beneley
ARMS:..Sable (black), a fess between three garbs Or (gold).
CREST:..N/A.
Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle
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.......BENLEY - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BENTELEY - COATS OF
ARMS.
.......BENTLEY - COATS OF
ARMS
........BERGA
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 145.
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.......BERGE - COATS OF
ARMS
Bertrand of Dauphine
ARMS:..D'or a la couleuvre ondoyante en pal de sinople, languee de gueles; au chef d'arg, charge de deux fleches de gueles, empennees d'azur, les pointes en haut, passees en sautoir, liees de gueles.
ARMS:..Or (gold), an undulating snake in pale Vert (green), langued Gules (red); a chief Argent (silver), charged with two arrows Gules (red), feathered Azure (blue), points upward, in saltire, tied with a ribbon Gules (red).
........BERWANG
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 83.
.......BETHELL - COATS OF
ARMS
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Bethell Family
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.......BETHUNE - COATS OF
ARMS
.................. Bethune Family
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.................. Bethune Family
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.......BETTENCOURT.....HP
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NOTE:..Variant of Castillon Marquis de Beyne of Provence...Marquis, April 1673.
ARMS:..Gules (red), three annulets Argent (silver).
CREST:..N/A.
MOTTO:..Bonte de castillon.
Ref. Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 385.
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As seen in
Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..De gueules a deux fleches d'or, passees en sautoir.
CREST:..N/A.
Requested by swandj@earthlink.net (Dave Sawn).
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Bienvenu of Genevois
As seen in
Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..D'azur a sept losange pommetees d'or, accolees en bande.
CREST:..N/A.
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Bienvenu (le) du Buse of Normandy
As seen in
Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..D'azur au sautoir engrele d'argent, cantonne de quatre fers-a-cheval du meme, les bouts en bas.
CREST:..N/A.
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........BILLA
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 147.
.......BINGHAM - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BINLEY - COATS OF
ARMS
........BIRCKICHT
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 154.
.......BISH - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BISHE - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BISSHE - COATS OF
ARMS.
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...Bittel of Franconie
ARMS:..Ecartele, aux 1 et 4, de sable a la licorne rampant d'argent; aux 2 et 3 d'or a la bande d'azur, charge de trois fleurs-de-lis d'argent, posees en barres.
CREST:..Un vol aux armes de l'ecu (sur l'aile dextre la bande est transformee en barre).
MANTLING:..D'or et de sable.
.Ref. Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 208.
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.......BLACK - COATS OF
ARMS
.................. Black Family
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.......BLACKE - COATS OF
ARMS
ARMS:..Argent (silver), three annulets Sable (black).
CREST:..
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........BOCKLIN -- Ref.
Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg.
217.
........BODEWITZ
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 147.
NOTE:..CKO 192.
ARMS:..Argent (silver), a bend wavy Azure (blue), between six crosslets Gules (red).
........BOMSDORF
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 146.
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...d'Bonaparte
ARMS:..De gueules a deux barres d'or accompagnees de deux etoiles de meme, l'une en chef et l'autre en pointe.
...As
seen in Tresor Heraldique (1864),
pg.
130.
...Von Bone of Hungry
...As seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version
of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..D'azur a un pelican d'argent avec ses pettits du meme et sa piete de gueules.
CREST:..Le pelican.
MANTLING:..a dextre d'or et d'azur, a senestre d'argent et de gueules.
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...de Bone of Geneva
As seen in
Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..D'argent a un arbre de sinople, mouvant de la pointe, accoste de deux etoiles (6) d'or, ou accompagne de trois etoiles (6) mal-ordonnees d'or.
CREST:..N/A.
NOTE:..The ARMS calls for six-pointed stars, while the illustration in Rollands' depicts five-pointed stars.
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...d'Bonelli
Image courtesy of Araldica Scalese.
Cf. the 3 entries for Bonelli in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 242; d'Bonelli at Araldica Scalese.
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...d'Bonelli
Image courtesy of Araldica Scalese.
Cf. the 3 entries for Bonelli in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 242; d'Bonelli at Araldica Scalese.
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...d'Bonelli
Image courtesy of Araldica Scalese.
Cf. the 3 entries for Bonelli in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 242; d'Bonelli at Araldica Scalese.
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.......BONEHAM - COATS OF
ARMS
........BONGHOLE
.......BONHAM - COATS OF
ARMS
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...d'Bonifacio
Image courtesy of Araldica Scalese.
Cf. the 2 entries for Bonifacio and Bonifatio in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 244; d'Bonelli at Araldica Scalese.
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...d'Bonito
Image courtesy of Araldica Scalese.
Cf. d'Bonito at Araldica Scalese.
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...Bonn or Boun of Northamptonshire,
England
ARMS:..Azure (blue), on a bend Argent (silver), three mullets pierced Gules (red).
CREST:..N/A.
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ARMS:..D'azur a un lion d'or arme et lampasse de gueules.
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Cf. black & white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 131.
.......BORDE - COATS OF
ARMS
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Boreel
de Mauregnault
Ref. J. B. Rietstap's Wappenboek van den Nederlandschen Adel met Genealogische en Heraldische Aanteekeningen (pub. 1887), Plate 53.
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ARMS:..Gules (red), an inescutcheon between three martlets Argent (silver).
CREST:..N/A.
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.......BOSCH - COATS OF
ARMS
.......DE BOSCH - COATS OF
ARMS
.......DU BOSCH - COATS OF
ARMS
.......VAN BOSCH - COATS OF
ARMS
.......VAN DEN BOSCH - COATS OF
ARMS
.......VON BOSCH - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BOTETOURT - COAT OF
ARMS
.......BOUCHET - COATS OF
ARMS
.......DU BOUCHET - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BOUDEN - COAT OF
ARMS
.......BOUDENS - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BOUDEWYN - COAT OF
ARMS
.......BOUDEWYNS - COAT OF
ARMS
.......BOUDIN - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BOUDINS - COATS OF
ARMS
.......BOUDON - COATS OF
ARMS
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...d'Bouflers
ARMS:..D'argent a trois molettes a 6 raies de gueules posees 2 et 4 et accompagne de neuf croisettes, recroisettees de meme, 3 en chef, 3 en fasce et 3 en point; ces 3 dernieres posees 2 et 4.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 132.
...Boulby
or Bowlby
ARMS:..Sable (black), three hinds' heads erased Argent (silver).
CREST:..Two branches of thorn in orle.
Cf. the 2 entries for Boulby/Bowlby in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 105 & supp.
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...Boun
ARMS:..Gules (red), a crescent Ermine between eight martlets in orle Or (gold).
CREST:..N/A.
Bounn or Boun
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on an inescutcheon Gules (red), a crescent of the first (i.e., silver), within an orle of martlets of the second (i.e., red).
CREST:..A sword and key in saltire Proper (natural color).
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...d'Bourdeilles de Brantome
ARMS:..D'or a deux pattes de griffon de gueules, onglees d'azur posees en pal.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 132.
........BOURDON
ARMS:..Gules (red), an inescutcheon between three martlets Argent (silver).
CREST:..N/A.
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ARMS:..Gules (red), an inescutcheon between three martlets Or (gold).
CREST:..N/A.
...ten Boven of Holland
ARMS:..D'or a trois A de gueules, chacun ayant une petite traverse en haut.
TRANSLATION:..Or (gold), three letters A Gules (red), each having a small cross-piece on top.
CREST:..N/A.
This is the only entry for the above surname in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 277.
Requested by dboven02@calvin.edu.
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ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a fess Gules (red), three annulets Or (gold).
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.......BOWDEN - COATS OF
ARMS
...Bowlby
NOTE:..Originally seated in the North Riding co. York, prsumed to have taken the name from Boulby, near Whitby, afterwards, for some generations, settled in the city of Durham; now represented by Charles Cotsford Bowlby, Esq., of London.
ARMS:..Azure (blue), three mallets Or (gold).
CREST:..N/A.
Cf. the 2 entries for Boulby/Bowlby in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 105 & supp.
........BOZOM
...Braddock
ARMS:..Sable (black), a bend engrailed Argent (silver), in the sinister chief an eagle displayed Or (gold).
CREST:..N/A.
Cf. the 2 entries for Braddock and Braddocke in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 113.
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...Braddocke of Abbaston, co. Warwick
ARMS:..Argent (sivler), a greyhound courant, within a bordure engrailed Sable (black).
CREST:..N/A.
Cf. the 2 entries for Braddock and Braddocke in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 113.
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........BRAIDENBACH
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 80.
........BRAIDENSTEIN
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 77.
...d'Brancas
ARMS:..Ecartele, au 1 et 4, d'azur au pal d'argent charge de 3 tours crenelees de gueules et accompagnees de 4 pattes de lion affrontees, d'or mouvantes des deux flacs de l'ecu; au 2 et 3 de gueules a la croix de Toulouse d'or.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 133.
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...Charles Brandon, Knight Garter, Duke of Suffolk (1514)
NOTE:..The Duke married Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VII; their line became extinct in 1551.
ARMS:..Barry of ten Argent (silver) and Gules (red), a lion rampant Or (gold), ducally crowned per pale of the first (i.e., silver) and second (red).
CREST:..A lion's head erased Or (gold), guttee Sable (black), ducally crowned per fesse Argent (silver) and Gules (red).
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...Henry de Braundeston, Bishop of Salisbury,
1287-88
ARMS:..Party per pale and per chevron, counterchanged Or (gold) and Azure (blue).
CREST:..?
Cf. http://www04.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ta2/saitou/ie401/Jpglossp.htm#440
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........BREMER
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 148.
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Brenneis (Edle Von) - Autriche (Anobli 23 March, 1872)
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As seen in
Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..D'azur a un mur pignonne de quatre degres au naturel, somme d'un pennon coupe de sable sur or; ledit pennon surmontede tois etoiles mal-ordonnees d'or; le champ chape d'or, charge a dextre un epi au naturel et a senestre d'une abeille au naturel. Casque couronne.
CREST:..Un bras, arme au naturel pose sur le coude, la main tenant une epee d'argent, garnie d'or.
MANTLING:..D'or et d'azur.
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ARMS:..Argent (silver), a pale chequy Azure (blue) and Or (gold).
CREST:..A demi savage affrontee Proper (natural color), wreathed about the head and middle with leaves Vert (green), and holding in the dexter hand a slip of oak of the last (i.e., green).
NOTE:..This is the only entry for Brickwood in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 122.
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ARMS:..Argent (silver), a saltire engrailed Azure (blue).
CREST:..N/A.
This is the only entry for the above surname in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 123.
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ARMS:..D'or, a une croix de gueules pattee.
Cf. black & white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 134.
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...Brimer of Scotland
ARMS:..Or (gold), a fesse engrailed Ermine, between three dragons' heads erased Gules (red).
CREST:..N/A.
NOTE:..This is the only entry for Brimer in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 124.
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.......BRINDESLEY - COATS OF
ARMS
ARMS:..Gules (red), a chevron Argent (silver), a chief Or (gold).
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...As
seen in Tresor Heraldique (1864),
pg.
134.
ARMS:..D'or au sautoir ancre d'azur.
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ARMS:..Argent (silver), a bend Azure (blue).
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...Buchta of Prusse, Saxe
As seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial General"...Picture courtesy of David Appleton.
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...Buchta of Austria
As seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial General"...Picture courtesy of David Appleton.
.......BUCKE
.......BUGGE
........BULLING
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 82.
........BULTELL
........BUNELL
........BUNEKILL
........BUNNY
........BURCHELL
........BURDET
........BURDWAN - see UDHERAJ
........BURGHOPP
........BURGLY
........BURGOYNE
........BURLINGTON,
EARL
OF....see
CAVENDISH
........BURNAVILL
........BURNAWIKE
........BOOOOOO
........BOOOOOO
........BOOOOOO
........BOOOOOO
........BOOOOOO
........BOOOOOO
........BURSHE
.......BUSHE
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Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle ... :
Bailey
Vert an eagle displayed argent, armed or
Beaumont
Azure semy of fleur-de-lys a lion rampant or
Beaumont, Earl of Leicester
Gules a cinquefoil argent (or ermine) [usually ARMSed ermine]
Bellasys
Argent a pale engrailed endorsed sable [? — this is very unlike the normal Bellasys shields; according to Papworth’s
Ordinary the closest approximation is Argent a pale sable=Erskine]
Brittany
Checky or and azure within a bordure of the first, a canton ermine [usually shown with a bordure gueules, which it is in the Fairfax window; this rendering is in the Stapleton window]
“Brokenspeare”
Argent on a cross gueules five mullets or
Brotherton
Gules three lions passant gardant in pale or, in chief a label of three points argent [this is obviously England differenced, for Thomas of Brotherton, second son of Edward I]
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