Copyright 1999-2002 by Steven B. Madewell

(last updated on April 4, 2002)

TEARLE

COATS OF ARMS

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.

There are __ entries for the above surname in Rietstap's "Armorial General", Vol. 2, pg. ____;

SOUTH AFRICAN ARMORIAL.

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...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY

...A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER

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...Joan Marguerite Tearle ¹³³¹

REMARKS:..Aansoek/Application. GK/GN 40: SK/GG 7982, 1982-01-08...Registrasie/Registration. GK/GN 298: SK/GG 8542, 1983-02-11...Wapenbrief uitgereik/Certificate issued: 1983-05-20 (English)...REFERENCE 1331 - H4/3/4/197.

SUMMARY WAPEN:..Kepersgewys verdeel van rooi en silwer, twee verhoogde versmalde kepers, ook van silwer, in die skildhoof vergesel van twee goue voetboeie en in die skildvoet, op 'n groen grasgrond, van 'n gefortifiseerde rooi woonhuis met twee hangtorings, goue vensters en swart deur en dak.

HELMTEKEN:..Uitkomend van agter 'n dwarsbalksgewysgeplaaste silwer rol, rooi gebind, tussen twee goue magriete, swart geknop, en 'n regopgeplaaste rooi roos, groen gepunt en goud geknop, almal gestingel en geblaar van natuurlike kleur, twee rooi esdoringblare, alle stingels aanstotend.

WRONG EN DEKKLEDE:..Silwer en rooi.

WAPENSPREUK:..RESPICE FINEM.

ARMS:..Per chevron Gules and Argent, two chevronels enhanced, also Argent, between in chief two fetterlocks Or and in base on a grassy mound Vert, a fortified house with two bartizans Gules, lights Or, roof and door Sable.

CREST:..Issuant from behind a scroll fesswise Argent, tied Gules, between two marguerites Or seeded Sable, and a rose erect Gules, barbed Vert and seeded Or, all slipped and leaved proper, two maple leaves Gules, all slips conjoined.

WREATH AND MANTLING:..Argent and Gules.

MOTTO:..RESPICE FINEM...(Consider the end).

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