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The Book of Family Crests
Their Source and Significations

Published 1882 By
Reeves and Turner

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Comprising nearly
EVERY FAMILY BEARING
properly
BLAZONED AND EXPLAINED
Accompanied by Upwards of
FOUR THOUSAND ENGRAVINGS
Illustrative of the crests of the peers and Baronets -- Nearly every family of England, Wales and Scotland and Ireland, The Colonies, etc etc
With the
SURNAMES OF THE BEARERS
Alphabetically arranged
A Dictionary of Mottos
An essay on the origins of arms, crests, etc
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Glossary of Terms

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ALDWINCKLE, or Aldwinkle. See ALDEWINCKLE.

ALnwonnr, Sco. a torteau, gu. p1. 90,

n. 13.

, Sco., a sand-glass (winged). pl. 93,

n. 28.

ALESTON, a lion passant regardant, gu., (ducally gorged and chained, or.) pl. 1,

n. 19.

ALEXANDER. See CALEDON, and STIRLING (Earls of).

ALEXANDER, a horse's head, ar., bridled, sa. pl. 43, n. 15. Ducitur non trahitur.

   , an arm in armour embowed, hold-

   ing a sword, all ppr. pl. 56, n. 11.    

, Bart, Iri., the same, (charged on the hilt with a mullet, or.)

, Sco., a hand holding a pa.r of scales, equally poised, ppr. pl. 61.

a. 24. Quod tibi sic altcri.

Sco., a hand holding a pen, ppr. pl. 64, n.16. Fident servo.

, Sco., a horse's head (couped), gu., bridled, ar. p1. 43, n. 18. Ducitur non trahitur.

—, Sco., a beaver, ppr. pl. 21, n. 23. Per mare, per terms:

  •  Sco. two dexter hands conjoined, ppr. p1. 50, a. 3. Ora et inborn. , Sco., a serpent coiled, ppr. pl. S7,

p. 8. Ingcnium mires superat.

—, Hants, a talbot's head erased, ar., collared, gu. pl. 15, n. 10.

, a cock, ar., beaked and membered gu. pl. 75, n. 17.

  •  a dexter arm grasping a sword, ppr. pl. 60, 0. 11.

—, Kent, a cubit arm erect, holding a sword, ppr., pomel and hilt or. pl. GO,

a. 11.

ALFORD, Berks and Sass., a boar's head, ar., with a broken spear in the molith, the handle thrust down the throat, or. pl. 11, n. 7.

  •  Surr., York., and Salop., a boar's tumid erect, ar., in the mouth three feathers of a pheasant's tail, ppr. pl. 18, a. I.

—, Suff., a hind's head, ppr. pl. 39,

n. 34.

—, Viscount. Sec BRowNLow, Earl. iLrouNort, Ess., an arm cooped at the elbow and erect, vested gu., cuffed ar., in the hand, ppr., three nails, or., all between two wings, ar. pl. 51, n. 22.

ALritRY, and Allfrey, Suss., an ostrich's head and neck, between two ostrich-feathers, ar., gorged with a ducal corouet, or. pl. 70, n. 6.

A.LciAR and Alger, a greyhound's head, sa., (charged with four besants, or.) p1.32 n. 5.

ALGIST, two arms from the shoulder in

saltier (vested gu., cuffed or.), each holding in the hand, ppr. a scymitar, ar., hilted of the second. p1. 50, n. 2.

ALGOE, a bear rampant, supporting a ragged staff. pl. 16, n. 23.

AoGooD, Northumb. and Devon, (granted 1752), two arms in armour embowed, ppr., holding in the hands a human heart, gu., inflamed or., charged with a tower triple-towered, at. pl. 103, n. 8. ALICOCK. See ALCOCK.

ALINGToN, Line., a tallz41 passant, erm. pl. 12, n. 40.

ALISON, a tree, ppr., with a bell hung to the branches on each side. p1. 84,

  1.  Crescit sub pondere virtus.

, Sco., an oak-teee, ppr., but with a weight hanging on each side. Motto, same as last.

  •  Sco., an eagle's head erased, ppr. pl. 79, n. 27. Vincit vcritas.

—, and Allison, a falcon's head erased, ppr. Motto, same as last.

AL50Y, Sco., the stump of an oak-tree,

o-

shootin forth a new branch. p1.93, n. 26. shooting   dyteit alter.

ALLAN, a cross croslet fitchke, gu. pl. 99, 12. Fide et labore.

  •  Sco. and Middx., an eagle rising, ppr. pl. 70, n. 6. Fortit cr.

—, Dur., a demi-lion rampant, ar., ducally crowned, gu., holding in the dexter paw a cross-potent, or., and in the sinister a rudder, gu. p1. 103,

  1.  

    Dur., a demi-lion rampant, ppr. holding up a rudder, gu. p1.3, n. 31. Fortiter aerie eruerm.

—, a comet, ppr. pl. 103, a. 1. ALLAND, a bear's paw erect, ppr. pl. 17,

  1.  

ALLANSON-WINK, See HEADLEY, Baron.

ALLARDICE, Sco., a naked man from the middle, (but holding in his dexter hand a segmitar) all ppr. p1.47, n. 6. In (Vence of die distressed.

Seo., an ear of wheat and branch of palm in saltier, ppr. pl. 94, a. 10. Belie qui pacifier!.   •

ALLATT, on a demi-besant issuing, a beehive with bees swarming, ppr. pl. 99, n. 5.

ALLAUNSON, Darla, a pheon, ar., the shaft broken, or. pl. 99, n.37. ALLAwAY,an anchor in pale. pl. 86,n. 2.5 ALLCOCK, a cock, ppr. pl. 82, n. 26. ALLDEN and Alldin, a scymitar and Ca•duceus in saltier, ensigned with a round hat. p1. 103, n. 13.

ALLEN, Essex, a demi-lion, az. holding in his paws the rudder of a ship. pl. 3, n. 31.