England; Yorkshire; ancient Barony of Latimer
Neville of Latimer — John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer, differentiated Neville saltire
- Family / house
- Neville of Latimer; Neville of Raby; Latimer of Snape; Nevill
- Family / cadet branch
- Latimer branch of Neville descending from George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer
- Armiger / bearer
- John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- College of Arms tradition; Burke's General Armory; Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society
- Record basis
- ancient_usage
- Issued / first recorded
- 1543
- Until / superseded
- 1577
- Historical period
- Tudor England
- Blazon
- Gules, a saltire Argent, an annulet Sable for difference.
- Plain-English description
- A red shield bearing a silver diagonal cross, with a small black ring at its centre to distinguish the Latimer branch from the senior Neville coat.
- Tinctures
- Gules; Argent; Sable
- Charges / ordinaries
- saltire; annulet
- Difference / variant
- The black annulet is the established Latimer difference on the Neville saltire. It is materially different from the undifferenced Neville arms, Gules, a saltire Argent, and should not be replaced by a generic Nevill quarter.
- Source reference
- Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society, Arms of Neville (Baron Latimer)
- Linked historical person
- John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer
- Mother
- Dorothy de Vere
- Spouse(s)
- Lucy Somerset
- Children / next generation
- Katherine Neville; Dorothy Nevill, later Countess of Exeter; Lucy Neville, later wife of Sir Thomas Cornwallis; Elizabeth Neville, later wife of Sir John Danvers
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
This finding corrects the recurrent error in the Gray's Inn glass, where the Latimer inescutcheon appears with a dark or ermine-like saltire treatment. The documented Latimer form is a silver saltire on red with a black annulet.