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Armorial Registry

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General Armorial Registry

Armorial Registry

A digital registry of armorial bearings centred on landed and armigerous gentry, their cadet/offshoot branches and upward connections into knighthood, baronetcies, peerage and royal houses, while also retaining other documented heraldry. Links to manors, lordships and historical people are optional.

908 armorial records

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Willoughby of Parham — Francis Willoughby, historically 5th Baron and principal Civil War armiger

Class: Peer

Branch: Parham and Knaith; senior male line

Armiger: Francis Willoughby, historically 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham

Issued / recorded: 1617

Blazon: Or fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in its beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.

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Willoughby of Parham — Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron, documented direct issue and extinction of his male line

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior male line of the 1547 Parham barony; direct line extinct in the male sex in 1666

Armiger: Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham

Issued / recorded: 1618

Blazon: Or, fretty Azure. Crest commonly recorded for the Parham barons: A Saracen's head affrontée, couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters in fuller peerage achievements: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in its beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.

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Willoughby of Parham–Cecil of Wimbledon — Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron, and Elizabeth Cecil matrimonial branch

Class: Peer

Branch: Parham succession through William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham, joined by marriage to the younger Wimbledon branch of Cecil of Exeter

Armiger: Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, and Elizabeth Cecil, Baroness Willoughby of Parham

Issued / recorded: 1628

Blazon: Matrimonial impalement reconstructed from the documented marriage: dexter, Or, fretty Azure, for Willoughby of Parham; sinister, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, for Cecil of Wimbledon. The Cecil side is the undifferenced paternal shield associated with Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon; the Willoughby side is the established Parham coat.

Variant: Impalement

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Willoughby of Parham–Cecil of Wimbledon — matrimonial cadet branch founded by Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron, and Elizabeth Cecil

Class: Peer

Branch: Parham branch of Willoughby de Eresby joined to the younger Wimbledon branch of Cecil through Elizabeth Cecil

Armiger: Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, and Elizabeth Cecil, later Baroness Willoughby of Parham

Issued / recorded: circa 1628

Blazon: Matrimonial impalement reconstructed from the documented marriage: dexter, Or, fretty Azure, for Willoughby of Parham; sinister, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, for Cecil of Wimbledon. In a feminine or memorial representation the order may be reversed according to the purpose of the display.

Variant: Impalement

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Senior Willoughby of Parham succession — corrected male-line descent from William, 1st Baron, through Charles, 2nd Baron, to the extinction of the Lincolnshire senior line

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior Parham succession of the 1547 creation; Parham and Knaith Hall; eldest-son line of Charles, 2nd Baron

Armiger: The senior male-line succession of the Barons Willoughby of Parham descended from William Willoughby, 1st Baron, through Charles Willoughby, 2nd Baron

Issued / recorded: 1547

Blazon: Or, fretty Azure.

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Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, younger son of the 3rd Baron, successor to Francis and father of the later Parham succession

Class: Peer

Branch: Parham senior male line; third-son branch of William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham

Armiger: William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, also styled 5th Baron in contemporary or alternative numbering

Issued / recorded: 1666-07-23

Blazon: Or, fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in the beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper, wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.

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Willoughby of Parham — Sir William Willoughby, 1st Baron, founder of the 1547 senior line

Class: Peer

Branch: Parham, Suffolk; first holder of the 1547 patent

Armiger: Sir William Willoughby of Parham, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham

Issued / recorded: 1547

Blazon: Or fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in its beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.

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Willoughby of Parham and Knaith Hall — Lincolnshire junior branch of Willoughby de Eresby

Class: Peer

Branch: Parham and Knaith Hall; junior male line issuing from Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham, younger son of Christopher Willoughby, de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

Armiger: The Willoughby family of Parham and Knaith Hall, represented by the barons Willoughby of Parham and their descendants

Issued / recorded: c.1538

Blazon: Or, fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in the beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper, wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.

Variant: Cadet

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Willoughby of Parham — Charles Willoughby, 10th Baron, youngest son of William, 6th Baron, and final male heir of the senior Parham line

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior male line of the 1547 Willoughby of Parham barony; Knaith succession

Armiger: Charles Willoughby, 10th Baron Willoughby of Parham

Issued / recorded: 1678-09

Blazon: Or, fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in the beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper, wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.

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Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 6th Baron, Barbados governor and Knaith proprietor

Class: Peer

Branch: Parham senior succession; Knaith Hall and Hunsdon estates

Armiger: William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham

Issued / recorded: 1666

Blazon: Or, fretty Azure. Crest: A Saracen's head affrontée couped at the shoulders Proper, ducally crowned Or. Supporters: Dexter, an ostrich Argent holding in the beak a horseshoe Or; sinister, a savage Proper, wreathed about the temples and loins with ivy Proper. Motto: VERITÉ SANS PEUR.

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