Family / house

Cecil

Family / cadet branch

Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney, third-son branch of Exeter

Armiger / bearer

Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon

Entity type

cadet_branch

Social rank / class

peer

Heraldic authority

English armorial usage; Surrey county heraldic record

Record basis

recording

Issued / first recorded

1625

Until / superseded

1638-11-16

Historical period

Jacobean and Caroline

Grant / record reference

Created Baron Cecil of Putney and Viscount Wimbledon, 1625

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, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.

Plain-English description

Edward used the same hereditary Cecil shield as his father and elder brother, with the family crest of a golden sheaf supported by a silver lion and a blue lion. His title and residence created a distinct cadet identity centred on Wimbledon and Putney, although no shield difference is securely documented in the cited source.

Tinctures

Argent; Azure; Sable; Or

Charges / ordinaries

six escutcheons; six lions rampant; garb; two lions

Crest

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

Motto

COR UNUM VIA UNA

Exterior ornaments

Viscount's coronet in full achievement; no securely evidenced inherited shield difference in the cited Surrey record.

Difference / variant

Distinct cadet-branch record for Edward as a titled younger son. The shield remains the Exeter Cecil design rather than a separately differenced coat in the cited evidence.

Source reference

Surrey Coats of Arms, A–H, Surrey County Council

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

Mother

Dorothy Neville

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources