England
Cecil–Noel of Wimbledon — Edward Cecil and Theodosia Noel, marital impalement
- Family / house
- Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney; Noel of Dalby and Brooke
- Family / cadet branch
- Wimbledon and Putney Cecil branch through Theodosia Noel of Dalby
- Armiger / bearer
- Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, and Theodosia Noel
- Entity type
- family
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- Surrey County Council; St Mary's Church, Wimbledon; Noel and Cecil family genealogical records
- Record basis
- recording
- Issued / first recorded
- 1601
- Until / superseded
- 1615/1616
- Historical period
- early Stuart England
- Blazon
- Marital impalement: dexter, Cecil, Barry of ten Argent and Azure over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two, and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent; sinister, Noel, Or fretty Gules, a canton Ermine.
- Plain-English description
- The husband's Cecil shield occupies the right-hand side and the wife's Noel shield the left. The Noel arms are a gold field covered by a red fret, with a small ermine canton in the upper corner.
- Tinctures
- Argent; Azure; Sable; Or; Gules; Ermine
- Charges / ordinaries
- Six black escutcheons bearing silver lions; A red fret; An ermine canton
- Exterior ornaments
- A marital window or domestic memorial display rather than a separate hereditary Cecil cadency. It records the marriage alliance that connected the Wimbledon Cecil branch to the landed Noel family of Dalby and Brooke.
- Difference / variant
- This is a marital display of the undifferenced Wimbledon Cecil arms with the Noel arms of Theodosia Noel. It should not be confused with later Noel baronetcy or Noel-Cecil material.
- Source reference
- Surrey County Council, Surrey Coats of Arms, Noel entry
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke
- Mother
- Mabel Harington, daughter of Sir James Harington of Exton and Lucy Sidney
- Spouse(s)
- Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, married 10 July 1601
- Children / next generation
- Dorothy Cecil; Albinia Cecil; Elizabeth Cecil; Frances Cecil; Utriche Cecil
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
Theodosia's marriage is the principal documented marital transmission associated specifically with the Wimbledon and Putney branch. Her daughters subsequently exposed the Cecil arms to Wray, Willoughby, and Fiennes alliances; those downstream armorial records are already represented in the registry and are therefore supplied only as expansion links.