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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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BRO   [ 66 ]   BRO

BliooK, a fleur-de-lis, ar., and around it a serpent entwined, ppr. pl. 99, 11. 9.

BROOKE AND WARWICK, Earl of, and Baron Brooke, (Greville) ; out of a ducal coronet, gu., a swan, wings expanded, ar., beaked of the first, p1. 70, n. 19; and secondly, a bear erect, ar., muzzled, gu., collared and chained, or, supporting a ragged staff of the first. pl. 16, n. 23. Vix ea nostra 'Coco.

—, Bart. (De Capell), Northamp., a demi sea-horse, ar., maned and finned or. pl. 43,   37. Spes mea Deus.

—, Bart., Chesh., a brock (or badger), ppr. pl. 21, n. 21.

, Bart., Ifi., the same crest.

—,

Kent, on a chapeau, a wing dis- plwed, gu., charged with a cheveron, ar., and thereon a lion rampant, sa., crowned, or. p1. 99, n. 21.

—, Suff., the same, but the chapeau turned up erm.

—, man in armour, in the right hand a spear, and on the left a shield, all ppr. p1.48, n. 24.

—, Bucks., out of a coronet, or, a

plume of six ostrich-feathers, or and

sa. counterchanged. pl. 98, n. 18.
—, Bucks., a hawk's lure, with the

lined formed into a bow-knot, between

two wings, all ppr. pl. 93, n. 20.

, Hants., a lion rampant, or. p1. 1,

n. 10.

—, a stork, or crane, or. p1.81, n. 29. --, Salop. (on a mount, vert), a brock

(badger) passant., ppr. p1. 21, n. 21.
—, a goat's head erased, sa., horned

and bearded or. p1.21, n. 12.

—, an Indian goat's head, bendy of six gu. and az., erased per fess, or, eared and armed of the last.

—, a demi-lion, gu., holding between the paws a broad arrow, or, feathered and headed ar. pl. 2, n. 40.

—, (on a ducal coronet) a cock, ppr.

combed and wattled gu. p1.75, n. 23. —, a griffin's head erased, (charged

with a fess dancett,5e,-,and in base a

croslet fitch6e,) gu. p1. 27, n. 1.
BROOKESBY, a boar's head couped, gu.,

bristled or. pl. 18, n. 14.

BROOKING, a sword in pale, enfiled

with a savage's head couped, ppr.

pl. 10, n. 22.

BROOKMAN, or Brockman, Kent, on a sword erect, a, hilt and pomel or, a stag's head cabossed, ppr., attired of the second, the blade through the head, and bloody at the point. pl. 83, a. 16.

—, a crane, holding in the dexter claw a stone. pl. 81 n. 30.

BROOKS, a beaver passant, —. pl. 21, n. 25. Perseverando.

—, a badger, ppr. pl. 21, n. 21.

—, a lion passant, —. pl. 2, n. 15. —, a bear, ppr., muzzled and lined, —. pl. 16, n. 29.

Bitoom, and Broome. See BROME. BROOME, Heref., a demi-eagle, or, winged sa. (in the beak a slip of broom, ppr.) p1. 79, n. 23. BROOMFIELD, a hand issuing from a cloud in fess, pointing to a serpent, head erect, ppr. pl. 59, n. 24.

—, a demi heraldic-tiger, holding in the dexter paw a broken sword, —. pl. 22, n. 29.

BROOMHEAD, a cockatrice displayed, gu. pl. 24, n. 20.

BitooN, a branch of holly and a cross croslet fitchée in saltier. pl. 99, n.12, (with a holly-branch, as pl. 100, n. 35, across it.)

BROSTER, Chesh., a dexter hand, ppr., vested barry of five ar. and gu., holding a palm-branch, vert. pl. 61, n. 7, (but vested.)

BROTHERS, a demi - greyhound, sa.,

(holding in the feet a dart, gu., fea-

thered ar.) pl. 40, n. 33. BROTHERTON, a hand holding a club

in pale, ppr. pl. 59. n. 28, (without

the cloud.)

—, Berks., 1. an eagle displayed, ppr. pl. 79, n. 1 ; 2. a bear's head, erased at the neck, ar., (in the mouth an arrow, or, pheoned and feathered of the first.) p1. 20, a. 17.

BROUGH, Line., a lion sejant, collared and lined, or. pl. 6, n. 11.

—, Sco., a buffalo's head, ppr. pl. 18, a. 31.

Buoy GUAM &Vaux, Baron, (Brougham); a hand and arm in armour embowed, holding a lucy, ar., Oil the elbow a rose, gu. pl. 103, n. 30. Pro rege, lege, grege.

—, Wel., out of a ducal coronet, gu., a dexter hand brandishing a sword, ppr. p1. 49, n. 20.

BliouGirron, Bart., Staff., a sea-dog's head, gu., erased and finned, ar. pl. 15, n. 9.

—, Berks., out of a ducal coronet, or, a boar's head, sa., bristled of the first, (gorged with a collar, az., charged with three escallops, ar.) pl. 25, n. 5.

—, Salop., a talbot passant, gu. pl. 12, n. 24.

Ess. and Beds., an eagle's head erased, sa., holding in the mouth a snake, ar. (and charged on the breast with a cheveron, of the last.) p/. 69, n. 4.