England
Tyssen of London and Hackney — Francis Tyssen, 1687 grantee
- Family / house
- Tyssen; Tyssen-Amherst; Hackney
- Family / cadet branch
- Tyssen of London and Hackney
- Armiger / bearer
- Francis Tyssen, Esquire
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- armigerous_gentry
- Heraldic authority
- College of Arms; Burke's General Armory
- Record basis
- grant
- Issued / first recorded
- 24 November 1687
- Historical period
- Late Stuart period
- Grant / record reference
- Grant of arms dated 24 November 1687
- Blazon
- Or, on a chevron Azure between three French marigolds slipped Proper two lions respecting each other of the first.
- Plain-English description
- Gold, with a blue chevron between three slipped French marigolds and two gold lions facing each other.
- Tinctures
- Or; Azure; Proper
- Charges / ordinaries
- chevron; French marigolds; lions respecting each other
- Difference / variant
- Parent Tyssen arms later quartered by the Daniel-Tyssen and Tyssen-Amherst family.
- Source reference
- Wikimedia Commons, TyssenArms.svg
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
The exact genealogical path from Francis Tyssen to Mary Tyssen and the Amhurst marriage should be expanded from estate deeds and the Tyssen family papers rather than inferred solely from surname continuity.