Family / house

Cecil

Family / cadet branch

Exeter line; Wakerley succession

Armiger / bearer

John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter

Entity type

cadet_branch

Social rank / class

peer

Heraldic authority

Cracroft's Peerage; History of Parliament; Burghley House family history

Record basis

ancient_usage

Issued / first recorded

1628

Until / superseded

February 1678

Historical period

English Civil War and Restoration

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.

Plain-English description

A silver-and-blue striped shield bearing six black shields, each charged with a silver rampant lion.

Tinctures

Argent; Azure; Sable; Gules

Charges / ordinaries

Six escutcheons; Six rampant lions

Crest

A garb Or supported by two lions rampant, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure.

Motto

COR UNUM VIA UNA

Exterior ornaments

An earl's coronet; peerage and parliamentary achievements could include supporters and other ornaments appropriate to the period.

Difference / variant

No separate tinctured difference is recorded here; John inherited the Exeter arms as head of the Wakerley-succeeding branch.

Source reference

History of Parliament, John Cecil (1628–78)

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter

Mother

Lady Elizabeth Egerton

Spouse(s)

Lady Frances Manners; Lady Mary Fane

Children / next generation

John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter; Lady Frances Cecil, later Viscountess Scudamore

Notes / sources