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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
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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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ASTERLEY, or Asterly, a star between two wings, ppr. pl. 88,   6.

ASTLE, Staff., a sea-horse couchent, (ducally gorged.) p1. 101, n. 1. ASTLEY, Bart., Warw., on a chapeau, gu., lined erm., a demi-pillar of the first, environed with a ddal coronet, or, thereout issuing a plume of feathers, ar. pi. 98, n. 13.

—, Bart., Wilts, out of a ducal coronet, or, a plume of seven ostrich-feathers, gu. p1.98, n. 18, (but seven feathers.) Fide, sed eari vide.

, Kent. and Norf., out of a ducal coronet, or, a plume of feathers in a case, ar. p1. 08, n. 11.

--, Salop., out of a ducal coronet, ar.,

a plume of feathers, gu., surmounted

with another plume, or. p1.98, n. 18. —, Ess., on a chapeau, a plume of fea-

thers ar., banded gu., and environed

with a ducal coronet, or. pl. 83, n. 11. —, out of a ducal coronet, or, a harpy,

ar. p1.35, n. 8.

ASTON, of Forfar, Lord, Sco.,(Hutchin-

son-Aston) ; a bull's head cooped, sa.

pl. 18, n. 21. Numini et patrice asto. —, Hants. and Chesh., an ass's head,

ppr. p1. 41, n. 17.

—, Chesh., an ass's head, per cheveron, ar. and sa. p1. 41, n. 17; and another, per pale.

ASHTON, Th., a bull's head, or, armed ar, tipped sa. p1. 18, n. 21.

—, a bull's head, or, armed per fess, sa. and ar. pl. 18, n.21.

—, a bull's head, couped, or, armed sa. pl. 18, n. 21.

, Staff. and Lane., an ass's head, per pale ar. and sa. pl. 41, n. 17. Prot d'accoinplir.

—, an etoile, ppr. pl. 92, n. 2. E tcnebr is lux.

—, a fox's head, ppr. p1.21, n. 18. —, a chapeau, gu., turned up erm., on

each side thereof, within the ermine,

a horn, ppr. pl. 91, n. 2.

ASTONNE, an ass's head, gu. pl. 41, n. 17. AsTvIE, and Astry, a stag's head erased,

gu., attired or. pl. 37, n. 40. ATCNESON, and Atchison. See ACHESON

and ACHIESON.

ATCLIFF, Atcliffe, or Atclyff, a cross croslet, ar. pl. 89, n. 21.

ATESTE, a Cornish chough, ppr. p1.76, n. 31.

ATFIELD, an arm embowed, throwing

an arrow in fess. pl. 53, n. 40. Arroz, on a chapeau, a lion's head era-

sed, ppr. pl. 8, n. 277.

ATHELL, a dog sleeping, ppr. pl. 12,n. 31. —, Suff. and Sco., a castle, ar., masoned sa. p1. 21, n. 26.

ATHELSTAN, and Athelston, a hand

holding a sword in pale, enfiled with a savage's head, cooped and wreathed. pl. 59, n. 2.

ATHERLEY, on a chapeau, a stork, ppr. p1. 74, n. 11.

A.THERLY, a lion's head erased, sa. p1.5, n. 2.

ATfiawroll, Lane., a hawk, ppr., legged and beaked, or. pl. 80, n. 7.

, a swan, az. (but ducally gorged and lined, or.) pl. 81, n. 6.

—, York., a demi-swan, ar., beaked gu., enfiled with a ducal coronet, or. p1. 81, n. 12.

ATHIL, Athill, and Athyll, an arm in armour embowed, holding a scymitar, all ppr. p1. 56, n. 7.

ATHILL and Athyll, an arm in armour embowed, holding a sword, all ppr. pl. 56, n. 17.

ATHLONE, Earl of, (De Ginkell) ; a pair of wings erect, ar., charged with two bars dancettee. pl. 73, n. 25. Mato mori gaunt pedari.

Almon, Sco., an arm in armour brandishing a scymitar, ppr. p1. 54, n. 16. ATHOLL, Duke, Marquess, and Earl of, Sco.; Earl and Baron Strange, and Baron Murray, Eng., (Murray); a demi-savage, ppr., wreathed about the head and waist, vcrt., holding in his dexter hand a dagger, also ppr., porn-el and hilt, or, and in his sinister hand a key, of the last. pl. 47, n. 9.

Forth fortune, and fill the fetters.

Arfiow, Norf., a bird, an. p1. 76, n.30. ATHWAT, on the wreath, a horse's head, erm., issuing out of a plume of five ostrich-feathers, gu. pl. 83, n. 9.

ATKIN, Iri., an ox-yoke, az., stapled or. pl. 94, n. 16.

ATKINS, Herts. and Giotto., two greyhounds' heads erased, addorsed, collared and ringed, counterchanged ar.

and sa. p1.32, n. 3. Vincunt CUM leg ibas arma.

—, Somers., two greyhounds' heads addorsed, collar dovetailed, per pale or and az., counterchanged, erased gu. p1. 32, n. 3.

—, Lurid., an etoile. pl. 96, n. 29. —, Norf., a demi-lion rampant, erm., langued go., armed and ducally gorged or, with a chain affixed to the coronet, pending down the breast between the feet, and thence over the back, also or. pl. 6, n. 22.

, Norf., a demi-tiger, erm., collared and lined, or. pl. 10, n. 14.

ATKINSON, York. and Notts., a pneon, or. p1. 91, n. 20.

Lond., Northumb., and Somers., an eagle, wings expanded, ar., beaked and legged go. pl. 68, n. 21.