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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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Cecil of Burghley and Exeter — senior male-line family arms, crest and motto

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior male-line continuation from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Armiger: The senior Exeter Cecil male line descended from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

Issued / recorded: 1605

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

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Cecil of Exeter — collateral family branch descended from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Exeter, the elder-son branch of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Armiger: The Exeter Cecil branch descended from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, including its documented younger-son and Wakerley offshoots

Issued / recorded: 1542

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil of Exeter — senior male-line branch from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior Exeter line of Burghley House, descended through Thomas Cecil, elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Armiger: The senior Exeter Cecil line descended from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

Issued / recorded: 1571

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent.

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Cecil of Exeter — Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, Garter-era ancestral achievement

Class: Peer

Branch: First Earl of Exeter and founder of the senior Exeter succession

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

Issued / recorded: 1542

Blazon: Quarterly of six: 1st and 6th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, 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 sustaining 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.

Variant: Quartering

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Cecil–Neville of Exeter — Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, and Dorothy Neville, documented matrimonial achievement with full Neville-Latimer quartering

Class: Peer

Branch: Exeter Cecil line through Dorothy Neville of Snape and Latimer

Armiger: Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG, and Dorothy Neville, Countess of Exeter

Issued / recorded: 1564

Blazon: Impalement: dexter, Quarterly of six: 1 and 6, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, for Cecil; 2, per pale Gules and Azure, a lion rampant Argent sustaining a tree eradicated Vert, for Winston; 3, Sable, a Plate between three towers triple-towered Argent, ports open; 4, Argent, on a bend cotised Gules three cinquefoils Or, for Heckington; 5, Argent, a chevron between three chess-rooks Ermine, for Walcot. Sinister, Quarterly of seventeen: 1, Gules, a saltire Argent, for Nevill of Raby; 2, Lozengy Or and Gules, a canton Ermine, for Nevill; 3, Gules, a lion rampant Argent, for FitzAlan; 4, Or, a chief indented Azure, for Butler; 5, Azure, crusily and three crescents Argent, for Glanvill; 6, Quarterly Or and Gules, a bend Sable, for Beauchamp of Bedford; 7, Quarterly Gules and Or, in the first quarter a mullet Argent, for de Vere; 8, Quarterly Or and Vert, for Berners of Woolverstone Park; 9, Vert, a lion rampant Argent, for Hume; 10, Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure, for Basset; 11, Argent, a fess between two bars gemelles Gules, for Badlesmere; 12, Argent, a saltire Sable between four trefoils Gules slipped Vert, for Sergeaux; 13, Gules, a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchy Argent, for Howard; 14, Gules, six escallops Argent, three, two and one, for Scales of Middleton; 15, per pale Or and Gules, a lion passant gardant Argent, for Playz; 16, Or, a chevron Gules, a bordure engrailed Sable, for Stafford of Bromshull; 17, per chevron Sable and Argent, in chief three lions' faces Or, for Swinfen.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil of Hatfield and Salisbury — Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Garter-era cadet achievement with Or crescent

Class: Peer

Branch: Hatfield and Salisbury line, descended from William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, through his younger surviving son Robert Cecil

Armiger: Sir Robert Cecil, 1st Baron Cecil of Essendon, 1st Viscount Cranborne and 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC

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 Winston or Winstone; 3rd, Sable, a plate between three towers triple-towered Argent, their ports open, for Caerleon or Caerlion; 4th, Argent, on a bend cotised Gules three cinquefoils Or, for Heckington, Heckinton or Dauney; 5th, Argent, a chevron Ermine between three chess-rooks Sable, for Walcot or Walcott; over all a crescent Or for difference. 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. The complete Garter achievement may include the Garter and the appropriate earl's coronet.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil of Burghley — early quartered achievement displayed on the monument of Richard Cecil and Jane Heckington at Stamford

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Early Stamford–Burghley branch before the peerage of Burghley

Armiger: Richard Cecil of Burghley and Jane Heckington

Issued / recorded: c.1519

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 sustaining a tree eradicated Vert, for Winston; 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. The surviving monument presents the Cecil paternal arms with the associated ancestral and maternal quarterings; the exact original order and tinctures of every quarter should be checked against the monument itself and contemporary heraldic copies.

Variant: Quartering

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Cecil of Exeter — Brownlow Henry George Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter, senior Exeter succession

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Exeter; Burghley senior line; 4th Marquessate succession

Armiger: Brownlow Henry George Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter

Issued / recorded: 1867

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules. 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 lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

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Cecil of Exeter — David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG, inherited senior-line achievement

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior Exeter line of Cecil, descended from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter; Burghley House succession

Armiger: David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG, KStJ

Issued / recorded: 1956-08-06

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA. The achievement was displayed with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG).

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Cecil of Exeter — Lord Martin Cecil, Canadian ranch cadet branch before succession to the marquessate

Class: Peer

Branch: Younger son of the 5th Marquess; Bridge Creek Ranch and 100 Mile House, British Columbia

Armiger: William Martin Alleyne Cecil, styled Lord Martin Cecil, later 7th Marquess of Exeter

Issued / recorded: 1930

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

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Cecil of Exeter — William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lord Burghley

Class: Peer

Branch: Exeter senior line of the Cecil family; Burghley House succession

Armiger: William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter

Issued / recorded: 1867

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. 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 lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

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Cecil of Exeter — William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, founder of the Bridge Creek Canadian estate

Class: Peer

Branch: Exeter senior line; Burghley House; Bridge Creek Ranch, British Columbia

Armiger: William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, KG

Issued / recorded: 1912

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules. 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 lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

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Cecil of Exeter — William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, Garter achievement and senior succession

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Exeter, Burghley House — direct senior succession from Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

Armiger: William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, KG

Issued / recorded: 1898

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, armed and langued Gules. 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 lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA. As a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter from 11 May 1937, the shield was capable of being displayed within the Garter and beneath the coronet appropriate to his rank.

Variant: Historic Variant

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Cecil of Exeter — Captain William Amherst Cecil and the interrupted first-generation succession

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Eldest son of Lord William Cecil and Mary, 2nd Baroness Amherst; intended successor under the special remainder

Armiger: Captain the Honourable William Amherst Cecil

Issued / recorded: 1910-04-14

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Lieutenant the Honourable Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil and the royal-warrant younger-son branch

Class: Other Historical

Branch: Younger-son branch of Captain William Amherst Cecil

Armiger: Lieutenant the Honourable Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil, MC

Issued / recorded: 1 April 1914

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting spears two and one Or, headed Argent, for Amherst. No separate personal cadency mark has been securely located.

Variant: Cadet

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

Class: Armigerous Gentry

Branch: Elder-nephew collateral branch; son of Captain William Amherst Cecil and cousin of Sir Nigel Cecil

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 Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil–Baggallay of Didlington and Hackney — heir-presumptive branch through Captain William Amherst Cecil

Class: Peer

Branch: Eldest-son branch of Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst; heir-presumptive to the Amherst barony

Armiger: Captain the Hon. William Amherst Cecil, MC

Issued / recorded: 2 September 1885

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, supporters and motto as for the Amherst of Hackney barony.

Variant: Cadet

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Amherst of Hackney — Hugh William Amherst Cecil, 5th Baron, and the continuing male-line remainder from the Exeter third-son branch

Class: Peer

Branch: Amherst of Hackney, senior male-line continuation from William Alexander Evering Cecil

Armiger: Hugh William Amherst Cecil, 5th Baron Amherst of Hackney

Issued / recorded: 2009

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting spears two and one Or, headed Argent.

Variant: Cadet

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Amherst-Cecil of Foulden and Hackney — Rear-Admiral Sir Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil and the naval-gubernatorial continuation

Class: Knight

Branch: Only surviving son of Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil; Isle of Man and Royal Navy continuation

Armiger: Rear-Admiral Sir Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil, KBE, CB

Issued / recorded: 1925-11-11

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent.

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Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Lieutenant the Honourable Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil, Royal-Warrant younger-son status and North African wartime collateral branch

Class: Other Historical

Branch: Younger-son branch of Captain William Amherst Cecil and Gladys Evelyn Baggallay; collateral line of the Barons Amherst of Hackney through William Amherst Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney

Armiger: Lieutenant the Honourable Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil

Issued / recorded: 8 January 1921

Blazon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent, for Amherst.

Variant: Cadet

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Exeter Cecil–Amherst of Hackney — marriage transmission from the 3rd Marquess's son to Mary Tyssen-Amherst

Class: Peer

Branch: Exeter Cecil male line through William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter, joined to the Amelia Amherst–Tyssen-Amherst heiress line

Armiger: Colonel Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney

Issued / recorded: 1885

Blazon: Marital combination: dexter, Cecil of Exeter, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent; sinister, Amherst, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent. The later baronial achievement quartered Cecil and Amherst, with the Amherst quarters occupying 2nd and 3rd.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil of Exeter–Brooks — marriage branch of Lord Francis Cecil and Edith Brooks

Class: Other Historical

Branch: Stocken Hall marriage branch; Cecil–Brooks connection

Armiger: Lord Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil and Edith Brooks

Issued / recorded: 1874

Blazon: Marital association: the Exeter Cecil arms, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, each charged with a Lion rampant Argent, with the Exeter crest, supporters and motto. Edith Brooks's paternal arms are not included as a quartering in the sources consulted, and no faithful impaled achievement for the couple has been located.

Variant: Impalement

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