(last updated on February 11, 2001)

MAYO nad MAYOW

COATS OF ARMS

There are 10 entries for the above surname in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 674 & supp.

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...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY....

...A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER (1st pub. in 1894)

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...Mayo of co. Dorset, England

BLAZON:..Gules (red), a chevron vair between three ducal coronets Or (gold).

CREST:..Out of a ducal coronet Or (gold), a sinister hand Proper (natural color), between two wings Argent (silver).

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...Mayo of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex, England

NOTE:..Granted to James Mayo, gentlemen, son of Richard Mayo, Esq., of Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England...Visitation of Middlesex, 1663.

BLAZON:..Sable (black), a chevron between three roses Argent (silver), a chief Or (gold).

CREST:..N/A.

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Mayo

BLAZON:..Argent (silver), a woodman wreathed about the head and hips walking upon a mount between two trees with a club over the dexter shoulder all Proper (natural color).

CREST:..N/A.

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Mayo

BLAZON:..Sable (black), a fesse Argent (silver), between two lions passant reguardant Or (gold).

CREST:..N/A.

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Mayo

BLAZON:..Sable (black), a canton Argent (silver), a fesse Argent (silver), between two lions passant reguardant Or (gold).

CREST:..N/A.

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Mayo of Avebury, co. Wiltshire; Cheshunt House, co. Hertford, England

NOTE:..Borne by Rev. Charles Mayo, D.C.L., of Cheam, Surreyshire, England, Thomas Mayo, M.D., President of Royal College of Physicians, 1856, and Rev. William Mayo, M.A., Rector of Folke, Dorsetshire, England.

BLAZON:..Sable (black), a chevron between three roses Argent (silver), a chief Or (gold).

CREST:..A dove holding an olive branch in the beak all Proper (natural color).

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...Mayow of Dinton, co. Wilts, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a chevron Sable (black), between three birds of the last (i.e., black), five lozenges of the first (i.e., silver).

CREST:..N/A.

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...Mayow of Lowe and Bray, co. Cornwall, England

NOTE:..Philip Mayow, Esq., of Bray, son of John Mayow, grandson of Philip Mayow, and great-grandson of Philip Mayow, all of Lowe...Visitation of Cornwall, 1620.

ARMS:..Gules (red), a chevron vair between three ducal coronets Or (gold).

CREST:..A falcon Ermine, devouring a snake Proper (natural color).

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...Wynell-Mayow

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