Copyright 1999-2002 by Steven B. Madewell
(last updated on March 3, 2002)
Coats of Arms - "C" 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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ARMS:..De gueules au lion d'argent, arme, lampasse et couronne d'or, entoure de 13 besans d'argent en orle.
Cf. black and white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 137.
........CADIER - COATS
OF ARMS
.......CALTEST
........CAMMERER -- Ref.
Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg.
213.
.......Campanile
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.......Campanile
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Caradeuc - Marquis de la Chalotais of Brittany
ARMS:..D'argent a la fasce de gueles charge de trois molettes d'or et accompagne de trois croissant du second.
CREST:..N/A.
Ref. Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 371.
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Caradoc - Baron Howden of Ireland
NOTE:..Baron 19 October 1819
ARMS:..D'argent au chevron d'azur, charge de trois gerbes d'or et accompagne de trois hures de sangiler au naturel.
CREST:..Un chevailer, arme au naturel, couronne a l'antiqued d'or, baisse sur un genou et presentant une epee d'argent, garnie d'or.
SUPPORTERS:..Deux ibis au naturel, le vol leve, chacun tenant en son bec un serpent.
MOTTO:..TRADITUS, NON VICTUS.
Ref. Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 371.
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.......CARL - COATS OF
ARMS
.......CARLE - COATS OF
ARMS
.......CARLES - COATS OF
ARMS
........CARLOWITZ
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 153.
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NOTE:..CKO 215.
ARMS:..Azure (blue), a bend Or (gold), a label Gules (red).
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Casale of Padoue
The Casale
of Padoue shield as seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of
Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..De gueules a un pied d'aigle d'or, somme d'un vol d'argent.
CREST:..N/A.
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Casale of Rome
The Casale
of Rome shield as seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of
Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..D'azur a une tour d'argent, ouvert et ajoure de sable, sommee d'une colombe d'argent.
CREST:..N/A.
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..Casali
The Casali
of Udine shield as seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of
Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
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...Casali
The Casali
of Cartona shield as seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version
of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
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...Casalis
The Casalis
of Cartona shield as seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version
of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
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Castriota
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ARMS:..Tierce et bande d'or, de gueules, et d'azur.
Cf. black and white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 137.
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.......CAVE - COATS OF
ARMS
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Cave Family
Genealogy Forum
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ARMS:..De gueules au lion d'hermine, arme, couronne et lampasse d'or.
Cf. black and white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 138.
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...d'Chabot
ARMS:..D'or a trois chabots de rueules.
Cf. Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 138.
According to Burke's "General Armory", pg. 184-185, the following entries
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> Chapman of Yorkshire
> ARMS:..The same arms as of Cambridge, adding a bordure Gules (red).
> CREST:..N/A.
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> So, ... what's the Chapman of Cambridge arms? Good question. There are two
> different entries for Chapman of Cambridgeshire. The one preceeding the
> Chapman of Yorkshire entry is as follows ... :
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> Chapman of Cambridgeshire
> ARMS:..Per chevron Argent (silver) and Gules (red), a crescent
> counterchanged, on a chief of the second (i.e., red), a unicorn's head couped
> between two leopards' faces Or (gold).
> CREST:..A falcon Argent (silver), beaked and legged Gules (red), supporting a
> garb Or (gold).
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> Other Chapman of Yorkshire arms are as follows ... :
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> Chapman of Yorkshire
> ARMS:..Per chevron Argent (silver) and Gules (red), a cross counterchanged.
> CREST:..N/A.
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> Chapman of Whithy, Yorkshire, Woodford, co. Essex, and London
> ARMS:..Per chevron Ermine and Gules (red), a crescent counterchanged in
> chief three annulets of the second (i.e., red).
> CREST:..Two spears' heads in saltire in front of a dexter arm embowed in
> armour the hand gauntletted and grasping a broken tilting spear all Proper
> (natural color), enfiled with an annulet Or (gold).
> MOTTO:..Crescit sub pondere virtus...(Virtue thrives under oppression).
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ARMS:..De gueules seme de fleurs de lys d'or, sans nombre.
Cf. black and white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 139.
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ARMS:..De gueules a 3 pals de vair au chef d'or.
Cf. black and white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 140.
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ARMS:..De gueules, a la croix ancree de vair.
Cf. black and white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 141.
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ARMS:..D'argent a cinq fusees de gueules, posees en fasces.
Cf. black and white illustration; Tresor Heraldique (1864), pg. 141.
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.......CHRISTAINIGG - COATS
OF ARMS
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Christian Family Genealogy
Forum
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.......CHRISTEN - COATS
OF ARMS
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OF ARMS
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OF ARMS
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OF ARMS
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...John Christopherson, Bishop of Chichester,
1537-58
ARMS:..Quarterly, first and fourth Azure (blue), a cross bottonnée Gules (red), second and third Gules (red), three suns in splendour Or (gold), for Cyprus; On a chief party per pale Gules (red) and Azure (blue) three cinquefoils counterchanged.
CREST:..
Cf. http://www04.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ta2/saitou/ie401/Jpglossp.htm#440
........CLAPEHAM
........CLARELL
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...Clarke of Ardington, Berkshire, England
NOTE:..Descended from John Clarke, of Inkpen, who appears in a list of Berkshire gentry 12 Henry VI; present representative Colonel Somerset-Molyneux Wiseman-Clarke.
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a fesse between three (sometimes six) crosses pattee Sable (black), three plates.
CREST:..A cross pattee Or (gold), between a pair of wings erect expanded Azure (blue).
MOTTO:..Absit ut glorier nisi in cruce...(God forbid that I should glory save in the cross).
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...Clarke of Duke's Bridge House, Bungay Boyscott, county Suffolk, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), between three torteaux as many swans Proper (natural color).
CREST:..A swan Proper (natural color).
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...Clarke of Enfield
NOTE:..The daughter and co-heir of the late Dr. Joseph Clarke married Meymott.
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), between three pellets as many swans Proper (natural color), a canton sinister Azure (blue), charged with a demi ram mounting Argent (silver), armed Or (gold), between two fleurs-de-lis in chief of the last (i.e., gold), on it a dexter baton Argent (silver).
CREST:..N/A.
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...Clarke of Bridwell House, county Devon; Tremlett, county Somerset, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), between three pelets as many swans Proper (natural color).
CREST:..A lark rising holding in the beak an ear of wheat Proper (natural color).
MOTTO:..Carpe diem...(Seize the day).
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...Clarke of Northamptonshire, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), between three ogresses as many swans Proper (natural color).
CREST:..A lark with wings expanded Proper (natural color), holding in the beak an ear of wheat Or (gold).
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Clarke
BLAZON:..Argent (silver), on a bend nebuly Gules (red), between four pellets, a fountain Proper (natural color), between two swans of the first (i.e., silver).
CREST:..Upon a mount Vert (green), a swan Argent (silver), charged on the body with two pellets fessewise, holding in the beak an ostrich feather Or (gold).
Cf. Fox-Davies' "Armorial Families", Vol. 1, pg. 376.
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Clarke
BLAZON:..Or (gold), two bars Azure (blue), between four escallops, three in chief and one in base Gules (red), two flauches of the last (i.e., red).
CREST:..In front of a dexter arm embowed in armour, the hand in the gauntlet Proper (natural color), grasping an arrow in bend sinister Or (gold), flighted Argent (silver), three escallops also Or (gold).
MOTTO:..Signum quaerens in vellere.
Cf. Fox-Davies' "Armorial Families", Vol. 1, pg. 377.
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Clarke
BLAZON:..Gules (red), on a saltire engrailed, between four horses' heads erased Argent (silver), a lion's gamb erased Proper (natural color).
MANTLING:..Gules (red) and Argent (silver).
CREST:..A dexter arm embowed in armour, charged on the forearm with a saltire Gules (red), the hand holding an arrow in bend sinister also Proper (natural color).
MOTTO:..Praemium virtutis honor...(Honour is the reward of virtue).
Cf. Fox-Davies' "Armorial Families", Vol. 1, pg. 377.
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...Clarke of co. Somerset and London,
England
ARMS:..Barry of five Or (gold) and Azure (blue), in chief three escallops Gules (red).
CREST:..An arm embowed in armour Proper (natural color), holding in the gauntlet an arrow Or (gold), headed and feathered Argent (silver).
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ARMS
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ARMS
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...Clauwert
of Pays de Utrecht
The
CLAUWERT shield as seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated
version of Rietstap's "Armorial
General"...Picture
courtesy of
David
Appleton.
ARMS:..De gueules a trois foudres d'argent, poses en pals, 2 et 1.
CREST:..N/A.
NOTE:..This is the only entry for Clauwert in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 1, pg. 429.
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.......CLERK - COATS OF
ARMS
.......CLERKE - COATS OF
ARMS
........CLEVE
........CLEVES
........CLIVE
........CLOSEN
-- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann
Siebmachers, pg. 78.
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...Coatsworth of Newcastle
ARMS:..Argent (silver), three bars Gules (red).
CREST:..N/A.
Cochrane late of Calder Glen.
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a chief engrailed Azure (blue), a boar's head erased Or (gold), between two mullets of the first (i.e., silver).
MANTLING:..Gules (red), doubled Argent (silver).
CREST:..A white horse passant Proper (natural color).
MOTTO:..Domine in virtute tau.
...Coillet - French-Comte (Anobil -
1599)
D'azur au sautoir, accompagne en chef d'une etoile et en pointe d'une rose, le tout d'or.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. McKeever's translation:..Azure (blue), a saltire between an estoile in chief and a rose in base all Or (gold).
Cf. Rietstap's "Armorial General", pg. 444.
Cf. the 7 entries for Coker in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 212 ... :
...Coker of Mapowder, co. Dorset, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), three leopards' faces Or (gold).
CREST:..A Moor's head couped at the shoulders fullfaced Proper (natural color), wreathed about the temples.
Coker of Mapowder, co. Dorset, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), three leopards' faces Or (gold), a bordure engrailed Sable (black).
CREST:..A Moor's head couped at the shoulders fullfaced Proper (natural color), wreathed about the temples.
...Coker
of Mapowder, co. Dorset, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), three leopards' faces Or (gold), a martlet in chief Sable (black), for difference.
CREST:..A Moor's head couped at the shoulders fullfaced Proper (natural color), wreathed about the temples.
Coker of Bicester, co. Oxford, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), three leopards' faces Or (gold), in chief a crescent, for difference.
CREST:..A Moor's head side-faced, wreathed Argent (silver) and Gules (red).
MOTTO:..Fiat justitia...(Let justice be done).
...Coker
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Azure (blue), three leopards' heads Or (gold).
CREST:..N/A.
Coker or Cokers
ARMS:..Argent (silver), a chevron between three Moor's heads couped Sable (black).
CREST:..N/A.
Coker of Dorsetshire, England
ARMS:..Argent (silver), three cokers or high shoes Sable (black).
CREST:..N/A.
Cokeram or Kokeram
ARMS:..Argent (sivler), on a cross Sable (black), a mullet with six points of the field (i.e., silver).
CREST:..N/A.
...Cokerey
ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), three leopards' heads Or (gold).
CREST:..N/A.
........COLER -- Ref.
Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg.
212.
.......COLLINSON - COATS OF
ARMS
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Confalone
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.......COOKES
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.......COPLAND
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Coppola
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Coppola
http://www.amalficoast.it/diocesi/scala/araldica/araldica%2006.htm
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.......CORBET - COATS OF
ARMS
.................. Corbet Family Genealogy Forum
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.......CORBETT - COATS OF
ARMS
.......CORDALL - COATS OF
ARMS
.......CORDELL - COATS OF
ARMS
Corson of Suffolk
ARMS:..Argent (silver), a bend Sable (black), betwee three dragon's heads erased Gules (red).
CREST:..N/A.
This is the only entry for the above surname in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 231.
Corzon
ARMS:..Gules (red), on a bend Or (gold), between three escallops Argent (silver), ten billets of the first (i.e., red).
CREST:..N/A.
This is the only entry for the above surname in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 231; cf. Curzon.
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...Sire Hue de Courteny - temp. Edward
II
ARMS:..De or a iij rondeus de goules e un label de azure.
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...William Courtenay, Bishop of Hereford, 1374; of London, 1375; Abp. of Canterbury, 1381-96.
ARMS:..Or (gold), three torteaux; on a label Azure (blue), three mitres of the field (i.e., gold).
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...Courtenay of Devon
ARMS:..Or (gold), three torteaux; with a label of three points; Azure (blue), on each point a bezant.
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.......COWARD - COATS OF
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ARMS
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ARMS
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ARMS
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ARMS
.......CREY - COATS OF
ARMS
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ARMS
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...Cromwell
ARMS:..Argent (silver), a bend Azure (blue), a chief Gules (red).
CREST:..N/A.
Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle
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.......CROSBIE - COATS OF
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...Giles Crouch of London,
England
ARMS: Argent (silver), on a pale Sable (black) a martlet between two crosses pattee Or (gold), a border engrailed of the second (i.e., black).
CREST: N/A.
Cf. "The Visitation of London", pg. 207....The pedigree of Giles Crouch has been taken from Harl. MS. No. 1476....It is not entered in the original Visitation.
......................... Crouch Family Genealogy Forum
......................... see also
Crouche of Kenthsire
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...Crouche of Kentshire,
England
ARMS: Sable (black), on a pale Argent (silver) a martlet between two crosses pattee of the field, a border engrailed of the second (i.e., silver).
CREST: N/A.
Cf. the 4 grants listed under Crouche (Crowche and Crowch) in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 248.
......................... see also
Giles Crouche of London
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in Burke's "General Armory" (pg. 249) ... :
Crowder of Clapham, co. Surrey, England
ARMS:..Gules (red), a bend wavy vaire Argent (silver) and Vert (green).
CREST:..On the broken shaft of a tilting spear Gules (red), an heraldic tiger passant Or (gold).
John Crowder - Lord Mayor of London in 1830
ARMS:..Quarterly, Gules (red) and Azure (blue), a bend wavy vaire Or (gold) and Ermine, in the second quarter two swords in saltire surmounted by the Roman fasces erect Proper (natural color), within a chaplet of oak Vert (green); in the third quater a sword erect within a chaplet of oak all Proper (natural color).
CREST:..On a mount Vert (green), a tilting spear lying fessewise Gules (red), thereon an heraldic tiger passant Or (gold), wreathed round the middle with oak Vert (green), holding a Roman fasces erect in the dexter paw Proper (natural color).
MOTTO:..EN DIEU EST MA FIANCE...(In God is my trust).
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ARMS:..Gules (red), six annulets Or (gold), three, two and one.
CREST:..
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Culcheth of Culcheth, so. Lancaster
ANCIENT ARMS (temp. Edward III):.. Azure (blue), a bend between six fluers-de-lis Or (gold).
MODERN ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent (silver), an eagle wings elevated Salbe (black), preying upon an infant Proper (natural color), swaddled Gules (red), banded Or (gold); 2nd and 3rd, Argent (silver), a griffin segreant Azure (blue), armed Or (gold).
CREST:..On a cap of maintenance Gules (red), turned up Ermine, a blackamoor standing affrontee holding in his dexter hand a dart all Proper (natural color).
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Culcheth of Abram, co. Lancaster, 1664
ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent (silver), an eagle wings elevated Salbe (black), preying upon an infant Proper (natural color), swaddled Gules (red), banded Or (gold); 2nd and 3rd, Argent (silver), a griffin segreant Azure (blue), armed Or (gold), a cinquefoil for difference.
CREST:..N/A.
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Culchech
ARMS:..Or (gold), an eagle Sable (black), preying on an infant Gules (red), swaddled and apparelled of the first (i.e., gold).
CREST:..Two hands issuing from clouds, pulling an anchor from the sea, all Proper (natural color).
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...Culter
ARMS:..Azure (blue), three dragon or wiverns' heads erased, within a bordure Or (gold).
CREST:..A wivern's head erased Or (gold), ducally collared Azure (blue).
NOTE:..The family of Culter, originally of Stainbrough Hall, in the county of York, tradition asserts to have been of Saxon orign, and to have descended from Leofric, Duke of Mercia...The first authenticated ancestor, John Culter, who resided at Wortley, in Yorkshire, with his kinsman, Sir Nicholas Wortley, was standard bearer in the wars of the Roses.
Cf. Burke's "Commoners....", Vol. IV, pp. 688-690.
.......CURLE - COATS OF
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ARMS
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.......CURREY - COATS OF
ARMS
.................. Currey Family Genealogy Forum
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.......CURRIE - COATS OF
ARMS
.................. Currie Family Genealogy Forum
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.......CURRY - COATS OF
ARMS
.................. Curry Family Genealogy Forum
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Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle ... :
Chobbs
see Dorre
Collingridge
Argent three fleur-de-lys azure
Comyn, Earl of Buchan
Azure three garbs or
Constable
Or a fess compony argent and azure, in chief a lion passant gueules [later used the adopted Oyri arms. Burke’s Armory
suggests the fess is argent and sable]. Interestingly the arms are actually shown with the fess counter-compony, i.e. with
a double row of white-and-blue chequers.
Constable
Barry of 6 or and azure (adopted from Oyri) [Frequently quartered with Lascelles, Umfraville, Eure, Aton, Vescy,
Nevill, Ward and Beneley]
Curwen
Quarterly 1 and 4 argent fretty gueules, a chief azure, 2 and 3 sable a lion rampant argent charged with three lozenges gueules
[the lozenges are practically invisible, and arms so ARMSed do not appear in Papworth]
de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
Gules seven mascles joined 3, 3 and 1 or
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