Coats of Arms - "S" surnames

(last updated on April 4, 2002)

Coats of Arms - "S" 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

.........SA.....^HP

........SABATIER

........SACE

.........SACHSEN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 145.

........SADIRAC

........SAGREDO

........SAILO

........ST AMANT

........ST AUBERT

........ST BARBE

........ST CHARLES

........ST GEORGES

........ST GERMAIN

........ST GILLES

........ST GONDRAN

........ST GUEDAS

........ST JACOBSHUYS

........ST JEAN.....^RI

........ST JEOIRE.....^RI

........ST JOUIN.....^RI

........ST LAURENT

........ST OFFANGE

........ST REMY

........ST VICTOUR

........SAINTE BEUVE

........SAJOT

.........SALA -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 154.

........SALADIN

........SALAT

........SALATHE

........SALEVELT

........SALFELDT

.........SALGADO.....^HP

........SALIER

........SALLEZ

........SALOMONI

........SALUDEN

........SALUZ

........SAMAY

.........SAMPAIO.....^HP

........SANNELLA.....^AS

........SANCHEZ

........VAN SANDE

.........SANDIZELL -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 78.

........SANTANDREA

........SANTILLAN

........SANTOYO

........SAN VITTO

........SANZIER

........SARGANT

........SARGEANT

........SARGEAUNT

........SARGENT

........SARGEUNT

........SASSO.....^AS

.........SATZENHOFEN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 78.

........SAUCELLE

........SAUTER

........SAUTTER

........SAVAGE

........SAWYER

........SCALES

........SCALLAN.....^SA

........SCARBOROUGH

........SCARBURGH

........SCAWEN

........SCHACH VON WITTENAU.....^SA

.........SCHAD -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 145.

.........SCHADERITZ -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 152.

.........SCHALER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 218.

.........SCHEDEL -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 213.

........SCHEEPERS.....^SA

.........SCHELLENBERGER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 214.

.........SCHEURL -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 212.

........SCHICKE

.........SCHLAUDERSBACH -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 213.

........SCHLEBUSCH.....^SA

.........SCHLEICHER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 213.

.........SCHLEINITZ -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 154.

.........SCHMIHEN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 77.

.........SCHMIDMER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 212.

........SCHMUCKER

.........SCHOLHAMER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 84.

........SCHONBERG

.........SCHONSTEIN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 77.

.........SCHONSTETTEN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 79.

........VAN SCHOONVELDE

........SCHOPACH

.........SCHORER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 215.

.........SCHOTLIN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 214.

........VAN DER SCHUREN

.........SCHUTZ -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 149.

.........SCHUTZ ZU WANDERSLEBEN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 149.

........SCHWARTZ.....^SA

.........SCHWARTZENSTEIN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 77.

.........SCHWENDT -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 80.

........SCHYKE

........SCORY

........SCOWEN

........SCOWN

........SCRIVENER

........SCROOTS

........SCROP

........SEAMARK

........SEAMARKE

.........SEABRA.....^HP

.........SEBASTIANO.....^AS

.........SEEBACH -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 150.

........SEGERODE

.........SEITZ -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 214.

........SELFE

........SELLING

........SELYS

........SEMEL

........SEMELLE

........SENAILLY

.........SENFFTEL -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 216.

........SENHOUSE

........SENN

........d'SENNETERRE.....^TH

........SEON

........SERGEANT

........SERJANT

........SESTO

........SETTIMO

........SETTIER

........SEVILLANO

........CALES

...van Sevillen of Brabant

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

CREST:..

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...Seyboltsdorf

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 77.

.......SEYMOUR - COATS OF ARMS

...Sir John de Seyntlo ^M.

ARMS:..Barry of fifteen Gules (red) and Argent (silver), three escallops of the second (i.e., silver).

CREST:..N/A.

Ref. Papworth's Ordinary, pg. 681.

........SEYTTER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 216.

...Sezille of Iles de France

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a chevron Argent (silver), between two mullets in chief and an escallop in base Or (gold).

CREST:..

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.......SHARP - Pilkington/Sharp-Bethune Family Bookplate

.......SHARRATT.....^SA

........SHELLEY - COATS OF ARMS

........SHEPHARD - COATS OF ARMS

........SHERRARD.....^SA

.......SHERRATT.....^SA

........SHERWOOD - COATS OF ARMS

........SHINN.....^SA

........SHRIMPTON

........SHUTE.....^SA

........SIEVERT - COAT OF ARMS

...Sigay of Brittany

ARMS:..Gules (red), a chevron between three mullets Argent (silver).

CREST:..

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...Sigenheim

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 79.

........SILVA.....^HP

...Singenhofen

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 80.

.......SIRKIN.....^SA

........SITZINGER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 215.

...Skave of Denmark

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a pentagram Argent (silver).

CREST:..

.......SKELTON - COATS OF ARMS

...Skike of co. Suffolk, England

ARMS:..Per chevron Gules (red) and Argent (silver), three annulets counterchanged.

This is the only entry for the above surname in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 931; cf. Papworth's Ordinary, pg. 5.

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.......SKIPTON

...Skyrmester or Skrymsher of co. Nottingham and Stafford, England

NOTE:..Trevor Jensen states, "Granted 13 April 1584......The coat of arms ... is written on a few pedigrees of the Skrymshers in the Stafford Record Office...It 's also in 'Grosart,1876 p.vii.' ......The coat of arms is also on Sir Thomas Skrymsher and Anne Sneyde's tomb at Forton Church in Stafforshire...The crest ... appears on a tablet at the Norbury Church Staffordshire associated with Sir Charles Skrymsher."

ARMS:..Gules (red), a lion rampant Or (gold), a border vair.

CREST:..A demi-man in armour front-faced visor open couped at the waist Proper (natural color), holding in his high hand a sword reclining on the shoulder blade Proper (natural color), pomel and hilt Or (gold), on his sinister arm an oval buckler Gules (red).

Cf. the 2 entries for Skyrmester or Skrymsher in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 932.

..Sir Thomas Skrymsher and Anne Sneyd's tomb in Forton, Staffordshire.

...Skyrmester or Skrymsher of co. Nottingham and Stafford, England

ARMS:..Gules(red), a lion rampant Or (gold), a bend vair.

CREST:..N/A.

Cf. the 2 entries for Skyrmester or Skrymsher in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 932.

Skrymsher of Johnson Hall Staffordshire, same coat of arms but for difference three mullets or.

Skrymsher of Orslow, same coat of arms but for difference a cresent.

Another one on the tomb of Sir Thomas Skrymsher and Anne Sneyde at Forton is ... :

..Quartered, 1st and 4th, orginal coat of arms; 2nd and 3rd, Azure (blue), a chevron Argent (silver), between three butterflies Gules (red)...?

..Another on the same tomb is the quartered as above on the left side of the shield and the right side of the shield is the sythe of the Sneyde family.

..Three coat of arms on the tablet of Sir Charles Skrymsher at Norbury.

...Slayer

ARMS: Sable (black), three arrows between a chevron Argent (silver).

CREST: A stag's head Or (gold), holding an arrow in the mouth Argent (silver).

...Sleath

ARMS:..Or (gold), three escallops in chief Gules (red).

CREST:..A crane Or (gold).

.......SLEIGH - COATS OF ARMS

.......SLEY - COATS OF ARMS

.......SLIE - COATS OF ARMS

.......SLY - COATS OF ARMS

.......SMIT.....^SA

.......SMITH.....^SA

.......SNELL - COATS OF ARMS

.......SNOW - COATS OF ARMS

.......SNYMAN.....^SA

........SOMERSET

...Sompecqui of Anvers

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

CREST:..

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...Sonzier of Dauphine

ARMS:..Gules (red), three bezants.

CREST:..

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There are 3 entries for Sothill in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 950:

Sothill

ARMS:..Gules (red), six cocks Or (gold), three, two and one.

CREST:..N/A.

Sothill

ARMS:..Gules (red), an eagle displayed Argent (silver).

CREST:..N/A.

Sothill

ARMS:.. Gules (red), an eagle displayed Or (gold).

CREST:..N/A.

.......SOUCH - COATS OF ARMS

.......SOULLES

........SOUSA.....^HP

...Souscelle of Touraine

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

CREST:..

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Southerby of Birdsall, co. York, England

NOTE:..Granted on August 5th, 1563 to Robert Southerby of Birdsall, co. York, England, by Will Flower, Norray King of Arms.

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a fesse Vert (green), three hounds passant of the first (i.e., silver), three cross crosslets Sable (black).

CREST:..A demi hound Purpure (purple), the ears Argent (silver).

MANTLING:..Gules (red), doubled Argent (silver).

...Souzier of Dauphine

ARMS:..Gules (red), three bezants.

CREST:..

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Sparnon of Sparnon Cornwall

NOTE:..Edward Sparnon, Esq., of Sparnon, Visitation of Cornwall, 1620, son of Thomas Sparnon, grandson of Edward Sparnon, and great-grandson of John Sparnon, who was son of Simon Sparnon, all of the same place.

ARMS:..Azure (blue), three falcons' wings displayed Argent (silver), each standing on a staff ragulee couped of the last (i.e., silver).

CREST:..N/A.

Sparnon of Oston and Wickhambrook, co. Suffolk, England

ARMS:..Same as above.

Cf. the 2 entries for Sparnon in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 952.

........SPARR -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 150.

...Sparre of Norway

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

CREST:..

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...Sparre of Denmark

ARMS:..Or (gold), three chevrons Gules (red).

CREST:..

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...Sparre of Denmark

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three chevrons chequy Gules (red) and Sable (black).

CREST:..

.......SPECCHI

...Spede of Westphalie

ARMS:..Or (gold), three pallets Gules (red).

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Diana Frances Spencer - Princess of Wales

The armorial bearings of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, with a sinister supporter derived from the dexter supporter of her father, Edward John (Spencer), 8th Earl Spencer.

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........SPENGLER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 218.

...Spiegel

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 152.

.......SPILHAUS.....^SA

.......SPILSBURY - COATS OF ARMS

Spina

http://www.amalficoast.it/diocesi/scala/araldica/araldica%2012.htm#Spina

...Spitznase

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 145.

...Splinter of Holland

ARMS:..Argent (silver), three pellets.

CREST:..

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...Spor

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 154.

Springer of Autriche

The SPRINGER shield as seen in Rolland & Rolland's illustrated version of Rietstap's "Armorial General"...Picture courtesy of David Appleton.

ARMS:..Ecartele, aux 1 et 4, de sable a un cerf elance d'or, soutenu d'un tertre de sinople; aux 2 et 3, d'argent, a la fasce d'azur...Casque couronne.

CREST:..Le cerf, issuant, entre un vol coupe, a dextre de sable sur or, a senestre d'argent sur azur.

MANTLING:..Conformes aux emaux du vol.

NOTE:..This is the only entry for Springer in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 2, pg. 815.

...Rev. John Norris Spurgeon, Twyford Rectory, Norfolk, England

ARMS: Argent (silver), a chevron engrailed between three escallops, Sable (black).

CREST: Out of a ducal coronet, Or (gold), a lion's gamb erect, Proper (natural color), holding an escallop, Sable (black).

MOTTO: Non civium ardor.

NOTE: This is the only grant listed under Spurgeon in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 957.

............. Spurgeon Family Genealogy Forum

............. see Spurgin

Spurgin

............. see Spurgeon

.......STAAL.....^SA

Staibano

http://www.amalficoast.it/diocesi/scala/araldica/araldica%2012.htm

..Stahler of Souabe

ARMS:..Gules (red), a pentagram Or (gold).

CREST:..A pentagram between two proboscides Gules (red).

...Stange

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 145.

...Stange von Oberledel

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 152.

.......STANLEY - COATS OF ARMS

...Starzhausen

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 84.

...Staupitz

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 151.

.......STEERRS

........STEFFAN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 211.

...Steffan of Bale

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

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...Steffan of Province rhenane

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

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...Steffens of Prussia

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a pentagram Or (gold), surmounted by a fleur-de-lis couped Argent (silver).

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........STEIDLIN -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 216.

...Stein zu Liebenstein

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 149.

...Steinbeis of Styrie

ARMS:..Argent (silver) three pallets Azure (blue).

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...Steven of Finland

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

........STEYN.....^SA

...Stingelheim

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 84.

........STOCKAMER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 213.

.......STOKE - COATS OF ARMS

.......STOKES - COATS OF ARMS

.......STOKEY - COATS OF ARMS

Storey of Shaftesbury, co. Dorset

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a lion rampant tail nowed Purpure (purple).

CREST:..An escallop Or (gold), between two eagles' wings Proper (natural color).

Storey

NOTE:..George Shum Storey, Esq., of Ham, co. Surrey, assumed, 1823, by sign manual, the name and arms of Torey.

ARMS:..Quarterly, indented Argent (silver) and Sable (black), three falcons counterchanged, for Storey, quartering Shum.

CREST:..A falcon Sable (black), within a chaplet of laurel Proper (natural color), charged on the breast with an Eastern crown Or (gold), and bearing a saltire couped of the last, for distinction.

Storie of Stockholm, from Scotland - 1680

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a castle triple towered Or (gold), masoned Sable (black), within an orle of six garbs of the second (i.e., gold).

CREST:..Two branches of olive disposed in saltire Proper (natural color).

MOTTO:..Maeret qui laborat...The labourer is worthy of his hire.

...Strachowski de Strachwitz of Allemagne

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

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.......STRAGRUFF - COAT OF ARMS

.......STRAGUFF - COAT OF ARMS

...Strassen of Luxembourg

ARMS:..Gules (red), three pallets Or (gold).

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Strickland of Boynton, county York, England - Baronet

NOTE:..Descended from Roger Strickland, Esq., of Marak, county York, temp. Henry VII, supposed to have been a younger branch of Strickland of Sizergh; his son, William Strickland, purchased Boynton, county York, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Strickland, Knight of Sizergh...He obtained a grant of arms in 1550, and died in 1598; his grandson, Sir William Strickland, first baronet of Boynton, was summoned to Oliver Cromwell's "Other House of Parliment" as Lord Strickland; Sir George Strickland, seventh baronet, son of Sir William, the sixth baronet, by Henrietta his wife, daughter and co-heir of Nathaniel Cholmley, Esq., of Whitby, assumed by royal licence, 1865, the surname of Cholmley only; his son, the eighth baronet, resumed the name.

ARMS:..Gules (red), a chevron Or (gold), between three crosses pattee Argent (silver), on a canton Ermine, a buck's head erased and attired Sable (black).

CREST:..A turkey-cock in his pride Proper (natural color).

MOTTO:..A la volonte de Dieu...(At the will of God).

Cf. the 12 entries for Strickland in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 981.

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Strother

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

CREST:..A greyhound sejant Or (gold).

Cf. the 2 entries for Strother in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 982.

Strother of Eastfield, co. Northumberland, England

ARMS:..Azure (blue), fretty Argent (silver), on a bend nebuly Or (gold), three eagles displayed of the first (i.e., blue).

CREST:..Upon a mount Vert (green), in front of an oak Proper (natural color), fructed Or (gold), a falcon belled also Proper (natural color).

MOTTO:..Accipter praedam sequitur, nos gloriam...(The hawk follows the prey, we glory).

Cf. the 2 entries for Strother in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 982.

........STUBBS.....^SA

...Studley of Dorsetshire, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fess Vert (green), between three stags' heads cabossed Sable (black).

CREST:..A stag's head cabossed Sable (black).

Cf. the 3 grants listed under Studley in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 984.

Studley of Sandrich-Could Park, Kentshire, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a fess Vert (green), three stags' heads cabossed Or (gold).

CREST:..A stag's head cabossed Or (gold), pierced through the scalp with an arrow in bend sinister vert, feathered Argent (silver), headed Sable (black).

NOTE:.."It is a strict law, that a charge of metal must rest upon a field that is of a colour or fur; or, contrariwise, that a charge of a colour must rest on a field that is of a metal or fur, - that is, metal be not on metal, nr colour on colur......There are, of course, a few exceptions, but they are not numerous, the one usually instanced as an intentional violation being the silver armorial Shield of the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem ... upon which five golden crosses are charged; the motive in this remarkable exception to an established rule being said to ... cause this Shield to be unlike that of any other potentate." - Charles Boutell's "English Heraldry", pp. 43-44...In short, ... you can't have a gold charge on a silver field.

Cf. the 3 grants listed under Studley in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 984.

...Studley of Salopshire, England

ARMS:..Gules (red), on a chevron Argent (silver), three crosses crosslet fitchee Sable (black).

CREST:..An eagle devoring a turtle all Proper (natural color).

Cf. the 3 grants listed under Studley in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 984.

...Stutterheim

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 146.

.......SUGGERAET - COAT OF ARMS

........SULTZER -- Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 214.

.......SUNDE.....^SA

...Sundlhausen

Ref. Wappenbuch von 1605 by Johann Siebmachers, pg. 147.

.......SURPIERRE

...Suzanne de Cerny of Champagne

ARMS:..Sable (black), three annulets Argent (silver).

CREST:..

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........SWANEPOEL.....^SA

.......SWELLINGTON

...Swets of Hardiuxvelt, Holland

ARMS:..D'azur a quatre fasces ondees a baissees d'argent, accompagne d'un poisson contourne du meme, nageant sur la premiere fasce.

CREST:..Un vol a l'antique coupe, l'aile de derriere d'azur sur argent, l'alie de devant d'argent sur azur.

This is the only entry for the above surname in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 2, pg. 875.

Requested by Gary.Swets@priority-health.com.

.......SWILLINGTON

Cf. Heraldry in Gilling Castle

Sherburn of Stonyhurst

Argent a lion rampant vert

St. Philibert

Bendy of six argent and azure

St. Quintin

Or a chevron gueules, a chief vair

Stapleton

Argent a lion rampant sable [sometimes with a mullet on the lion, or a crescent on its shoulder, for difference]

Sutton

Or a lion rampant azure debruised by a bend compony argent and gueules

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