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TIDWELL, TIDSWELL and TODWELL

COAT 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 3 entries for the above surname in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 1014 & 1017;

Fox-Davies "Armorial Families....", Vol. 2, pp. 1936-1937.

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...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY

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

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...Tidwell or Todwell of co. Devon, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fess between three annulets Sable (black), a border engrailed Gules (red).

CREST:..N/A.

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...Richard Henry Tidswell, Esq., J.P. co. Suffolk, Barrister-at-Law

NOTE:..Born Dec. 27, 1848, being the second son of Robert Tidswell of Denmark Hill, London, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Ingham of Leeds.

ARMS:..Party per pale, on the dexter side, Azure (blue), two bendlets nebuly Or (gold), guttee-de-poix, between four escallops Argent (silver), three in chief and one in base, impaling on the sinister side the arms of Brooke, namely Argent (silver), a cross nebuly per pale Gules (red) and Sable (black), in the first and fourth quarters a boar's head erased of the last (i.e., black).

CREST:..A demi-lion rampant per pale nebuly Or (gold) and Azure (blue), holding in the dexter paw a cross moline and resting the sinster upon an escallop of the last (i.e., blue).

MOTTO:..CERTUM PETE FINEM...(Aim at a sure end).

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...Todwell of Todwell, co. Devon, England

ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fess engrailed between six mullets Sable (black).

CREST:..N/A.

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...Todwell

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a chevron between three ewers Argent (silver).

CREST:..N/A.

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