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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–Pierrepont of Conholt Park — Lady Sophia Cecil and the Manvers younger-son marriage

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Exeter; female branch through Sophia Cecil into Pierrepont of Conholt Park

Armiger: Lady Sophia Cecil, later Sophia Manvers Pierrepont

Issued / recorded: 1792

Blazon: Marital combination, reconstructed from the documented paternal and matrimonial arms: dexter, 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 Exeter; sinister, Argent semée of cinquefoils Gules, a lion rampant Sable, for Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont and the Earls Manvers. The complete contemporary impalement for Sophia and Henry has not been located and is not treated as a separately attested personal grant.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil–Tyssen-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Exeter cadet branch under the special remainder of the Amherst barony

Class: Peer

Branch: Foulden and Hackney branch descended from Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst and Colonel Lord William Cecil, third son of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter

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

Issued / recorded: 26 August 1892

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 — the special-remainder marriage of Mary Tyssen-Amherst and Lord William Cecil

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Exeter marital branch joined to the Tyssen-Amherst heiress succession

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

Issued / recorded: 1885-09-02

Blazon: No single contemporary impalement or quartered personal shield for the marriage has been securely located. The documented armorial components are: Cecil of Exeter, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, each charged with a lion rampant Argent; and Amherst of Hackney, Quarterly Cecil and Amherst as described in the associated title achievement.

Variant: Marshalling

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Cecil of Exeter — William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, and the nephew succession through David Cecil of Wakerley

Class: Peer

Branch: Senior Exeter succession after the extinction of the first Earl's direct eldest-son line

Armiger: William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, and David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter

Issued / recorded: 1623

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

Variant: Historic Variant

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Cecil of Exeter — John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter, restoration of the Burghley succession after David's death

Class: Peer

Branch: Wakerley-descended Exeter succession

Armiger: John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter and 5th Baron Burghley

Issued / recorded: 1643-04-18

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. In fuller Exeter achievements this principal coat could be displayed with the inherited Winstone, Caerleon, Heckington, Walcot and Latimer-Nevill quarterings.

Variant: Same Design

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Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney — Edward Cecil, sibling of Richard and peerage founder of the Wimbledon branch

Class: Peer

Branch: Third-son branch of Cecil of Exeter, Wimbledon and Putney

Armiger: Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon

Issued / recorded: 1601

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. Crest: A garb Or supported by two lions rampant, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

Variant: Same Design

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Cecil of Exeter–Coke of Stoke Poges — Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Hatton and Lady Coke, marital achievement

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Exeter; collateral issue through Elizabeth Cecil's second marriage

Armiger: Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Hatton and Lady Coke

Issued / recorded: 1598

Blazon: Sir Edward Coke's arms, Quarterly: 1st, per pale Gules and Azure, three eagles displayed Argent; 2nd, Argent, a chevron Azure between three chaplets Gules; 3rd, Sable, a chevron Argent between two covered cups Or; 4th, Gules crusily fitchy, a griffin segreant Or, impaling Elizabeth Cecil's inherited Cecil achievement, 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; 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 between three chess-rooks Ermine, for Walcot.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil of Exeter–Amherst of Hackney — marital and special-remainder cadet branch of Lord William Cecil and Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney

Class: Peer

Branch: Cecil of Exeter through the younger-son line of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter; Amherst of Hackney through the special remainder granted to Mary as eldest daughter of William Amhurst

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

Issued / recorded: 1885-09-02

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, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent, for Amherst.

Variant: Cadet

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Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — 1821 Royal Licence and heiress-derived adoption of the Gascoyne arms

Class: Peer

Branch: Salisbury and Hatfield branch, formed by the marriage of the Cecil heir to Frances Mary Gascoyne of Childwall Hall

Armiger: James Brownlow William Cecil, later James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC

Issued / recorded: 1821-03-22

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.

Variant: Marshalling

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Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — 1821 Royal-Licence cadet formation through Childwall heiress descent

Class: Peer

Branch: Salisbury branch founded by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury; Gascoyne-Cecil continuation through Childwall Hall

Armiger: James Brownlow William Cecil, later James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

Issued / recorded: 22 March 1821

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.

Variant: Marshalling

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Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — 1821 heiress-derived marital formation through Frances Mary Gascoyne

Class: Peer

Branch: Salisbury Gascoyne-Cecil branch formed by the marriage of the Cecil heir to the Childwall Gascoyne heiress

Armiger: Frances Mary Gascoyne and James Brownlow William Cecil, later James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

Issued / recorded: 1821-02-02

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.

Variant: Marshalling

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Rockley of Lytchett Heath — principal baronial achievement established for Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley

Class: Peer

Branch: Rockley branch founded by Evelyn Cecil, eldest son of Lord Eustace Cecil and grandson of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

Armiger: Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, GBE, PC, and successors

Issued / recorded: 11 January 1934

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure over all six Escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a Lion rampant of the first, and for difference a Crescent Gules charged with another Crescent Or. Crest: Six Arrows in saltire Or, barbed and flighted Argent, girt together with a Belt Gules buckled and garnished Gold, over the Arrows a Morion Cap proper. Supporters: On either side a Lion Ermine gorged with a Collar Or, pendent therefrom an Escutcheon the dexter Sable a Lion rampant Argent and the sinister Gules three Tilting Spears erect Or headed Argent. Motto: SERO SED SERIO.

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Rockley of Lytchett Heath — Anthony Robert Cecil, 4th Baron Rockley and the present male-line succession

Class: Peer

Branch: Rockley of Lytchett Heath, Poole, Dorset; junior male branch issued from Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil, fourth son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

Armiger: Anthony Robert Cecil, 4th Baron Rockley

Issued / recorded: 5 December 2011

Blazon: Barry of ten Argent and Azure over all six Escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a Lion rampant of the first, and for difference a Crescent Gules charged with another Crescent Or. Crest: Six Arrows in saltire Or, barbed and flighted Argent, girt together with a Belt Gules buckled and garnished Gold, over the Arrows a Morion Cap proper. Supporters: On either side a Lion Ermine gorged with a Collar Or, pendent therefrom an Escutcheon, the dexter Sable a Lion rampant Argent and the sinister Gules three Tilting Spears erect Or headed Argent. Motto: SERO SED SERIO.

Variant: Cadet

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Cecil of Wakerley and Exeter — David Cecil's succession from the Wakerley cadet household to the senior Exeter peerage

Class: Peer

Branch: Wakerley succession; senior Exeter continuation through the second son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

Armiger: David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter and 4th Baron Burghley

Issued / recorded: 1640

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, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a lion Ermine. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

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Cecil–Fiennes of Wimbledon — Frances Cecil's memorial matrimonial achievement

Class: Peer

Branch: Wimbledon female-line branch into Fiennes of Saye and Sele

Armiger: Frances Cecil and James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele

Issued / recorded: 1620

Blazon: Matrimonial achievement recorded in the Cecil Chapel: Cecil of Wimbledon, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, paired with the arms of Fiennes of Saye and Sele. The accessible photograph does not permit a sufficiently secure formal blazon of the complete Fiennes half.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil–Fiennes of Broughton and Wimbledon — Frances Cecil's complete matrimonial impalement with James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele

Class: Peer

Branch: Wimbledon Cecil female line into the Broughton Fiennes succession

Armiger: Frances Cecil, wife of James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele

Issued / recorded: 1630

Blazon: Impalement: dexter, Azure, three lions rampant Or, for Fiennes of Saye and Sele; 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 surviving Wimbledon evidence identifies the Fiennes and Cecil halves but does not securely preserve the complete original memorial arrangement, crest or supporters.

Variant: Impalement

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Cecil–Noel of Wimbledon — Theodosia Noel's matrimonial transmission into the third-son Exeter branch

Class: Peer

Branch: Wimbledon and Putney through the Noel marriage

Armiger: Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, and Theodosia Noel

Issued / recorded: 1601-07-10

Blazon: Cecil: Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent. The Noel half is not normalized here because the accessible evidence confirms the marriage and Noel descent but does not provide a sufficiently secure formal blazon for the specific Dalby and Brooke representation.

Variant: Impalement

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