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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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Salisbury of Great Wigsell — Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil and the Egyptian-Sudanese collateral branch

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Fourth-son branch of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; Great Wigsell branch

Armiger: Colonel Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, KCMG, DSO

Issued / recorded: 1894

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a crescent Gules for difference, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Argent, on a pale Sable a conger's head erased and erect Or, charged with an ermine spot, for Gascoyne. Crest: Six arrows in saltire Or, barbed and flighted Argent, bound together with a belt Gules, buckled and garnished Or, surmounted by a morion Proper. Supporters: Two lions Ermine. Motto: SERO SED SERIO.

Variant: Cadet

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Salisbury of Hatfield — Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil and the Rhodesian collateral branch

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Second-son branch of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury; Rhodesian collateral line

Armiger: Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil

Issued / recorded: 1948

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a crescent Gules for difference, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Argent, on a pale Sable a conger's head erased and erect Or, charged with an ermine spot, for Gascoyne. Crest: Six arrows in saltire Or, barbed and flighted Argent, bound together with a belt Gules, buckled and garnished Or, surmounted by a morion Proper. Supporters: Two lions Ermine. Motto: SERO SED SERIO.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil–Percy of Northumberland — Lady Anne Cecil and Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland

Class: Peer

Branch: Salisbury Cecil transmitted through Anne Cecil into the Percy earls of Northumberland

Armiger: Lady Anne Cecil and Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, KG

Issued / recorded: 1629

Blazon: Marital impalement: dexter, Or, a lion rampant Azure, quarterly with the Percy-Louvain and Lucy quarterings appropriate to the Earl of Northumberland; sinister, the Salisbury Cecil paternal arms, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, with the branch difference used by the Salisbury line where applicable.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil of Salisbury — pre-Gascoyne parent arms used immediately before the heiress transmission

Class: Peer

Branch: Salisbury branch descended from Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, younger son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Armiger: James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury

Issued / recorded: 1789

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a crescent Gules for difference. In fuller ancestral achievements the Salisbury Cecil coat could be displayed with the Winston, Caerleon, Heckington and Walcot quarters.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil–Sidney of Penshurst — Lady Catherine Cecil and Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester

Class: Peer

Branch: Salisbury Cecil transmitted through Catherine Cecil into the Sidney earls of Leicester

Armiger: Lady Catherine Cecil and Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester

Issued / recorded: 1645

Blazon: Marital impalement: dexter, Or, a pheon Azure, for Sidney; sinister, the Salisbury Cecil paternal arms, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, with the Salisbury branch difference appropriate to the period.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil–Wray of Wimbledon and Ashby — Albinia Cecil's matrimonial transmission into the Wray baronetage

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Wimbledon female-line branch into Wray of Ashby and Glentworth

Armiger: Albinia Cecil and Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby

Issued / recorded: 1623-08-03

Blazon: Cecil: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, impaling or paired with Wray of Ashby and Glentworth: Azure, on a chief Or three martlets Gules.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil–Wray of Wimbledon and Ashby — Albinia Cecil's matrimonial transmission

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Female line from Wimbledon into the Ashby Wray family

Armiger: Albinia Cecil and Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby

Issued / recorded: 3 August 1623

Blazon: Matrimonial combination reconstructed from documented parental arms: dexter, Azure, on a chief Or three martlets Gules, for Wray of Ashby and Glentworth; 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 and Putney.

Variant: Impalement

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

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Wimbledon transmitted by marriage into the Willoughby of Parham baronial line

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

Issued / recorded: 1628-11-16

Blazon: Reconstructed matrimonial impalement: 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 and the Exeter Cecil line.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil–Willoughby of Parham — Elizabeth Cecil and Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron, source-critical matrimonial transmission

Class: Peer

Branch: Willoughby of Parham senior male line, joined by the Wimbledon Cecil female line

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

Issued / recorded: 1628

Blazon: Reconstructed impalement: 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 and the Exeter Cecil line. This is a genealogical reconstruction rather than a directly attested contemporary matrimonial shield.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil–Wray of Ashby — Hon. Albinia Cecil’s matrimonial transmission into the Wray landed family

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Wimbledon Cecil female-line transmission into Wray of Ashby

Armiger: Hon. Albinia Cecil, wife of Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby

Issued / recorded: 1623-08-03

Blazon: Cecil: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent; impaling Wray of Ashby and Glentworth: Azure, on a chief Or three martlets Gules.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil-Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Class: Peer

Branch: Salisbury marquessate; Victorian Hatfield line

Armiger: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Issued / recorded: 1868

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a crescent Gules for difference; 2nd and 3rd, Argent, on a pale Sable a conger's head erased and erect Or, charged with an ermine spot.

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Cecil-Gascoyne-Cecil of Quickswood — Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood, fifth-son difference

Class: Peer

Branch: Quickswood; fifth-son branch of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Armiger: Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood

Issued / recorded: 1941-01-25

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Cecil, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent; 2nd and 3rd, Gascoyne, Argent, on a pale Sable a conger's head erased and erect Or, charged with an ermine spot; an annulet for difference.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil-Hamilton of Castle Hamilton — heiress-transmitted continuation through Margaret and Nichola

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Female-transmitted Castle Hamilton co-heiress branch

Armiger: Margaret Cecil Hamilton and Nichola Ann Cecil Hamilton

Issued / recorded: 1741

Blazon: The daughters’ personal arms are not separately documented. Their armorial significance is the transmission of the Cecil-Hamilton and Castle Hamilton inheritance through marriage; no new quartering should be invented.

Variant: Marshalling

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Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil and the North African wartime collateral branch

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Foulden and Hackney branch through Captain William Amherst Cecil; North African wartime collateral line

Armiger: Lieutenant the Honourable Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil

Issued / recorded: 1914-04-01

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons three, two and one Sable, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent, for Amherst. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions rampant, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a heron Proper collared Or. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil, posthumous sporting and literary collateral branch

Class: Knight

Branch: Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil collateral line; posthumous branch of the Foulden and Hackney Cecils

Armiger: Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil

Issued / recorded: 1943-01-11

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons three, two and one Sable, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent, for Amherst. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions rampant, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a heron Proper collared Or. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Rear-Admiral Sir Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil and the Barclay collateral branch

Class: Knight

Branch: Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil collateral line; naval and Barclay-marriage branch

Armiger: Rear-Admiral Sir Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil

Issued / recorded: 1925-11-11

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons three and two and one Sable, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent, for Amherst. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions rampant, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a heron Proper collared Or. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil of Exeter — Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, complete six-quarter Garter achievement

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior Exeter line; Burghley House

Armiger: Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Burghley and 1st Earl of Exeter, KG

Issued / recorded: 1605

Blazon: Quarterly of six: 1st and 6th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, for Cecil; 2nd, per pale Gules and Azure, a lion rampant Argent supporting a tree eradicated Vert, for Winstone; 3rd, Sable, a plate between three towers triple-towered Argent, their ports open, for Caerleon; 4th, Argent, on a bend cotised Gules three cinquefoils Or, for Heckington; 5th, Argent, a chevron Ermine between three chess-rooks Sable, for Walcot; 6th, Gules, on a saltire Argent an annulet Sable, for Neville of Latimer.

Variant: Quartering

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