Rounded shape

County of Cheshire, visitation of 1663.

Party per bend sinister: 1 Or, three martlets Sable; 2 Sable, three martlets Or.

Escudo tajado: 1^o de oro, tres marletas de sable; 2^o de sable, tres marletas de oro.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Or and Sable; the martlets outlined of the field and illuminated in Sable and Or; and the whole with a leather finish.

A coat of arms recorded in [Adams, A.; 1941] which Cheshire Heraldry blazons as follows: «Per bend sinister Or and Sable, six martlets counterchanged», note that no specific arrangement is specified for the martlets.

There is also an entry for «Allen de Brindley» in [Armytage, G. J.; Rylands, J. P.; 1909], but it only records the family tree without specifying the coat of arms.

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Blazon keywords: Party per bend sinister, Or, Sable and Martlet.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Allen de Brindley.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2^o y 3^o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.

Pre-existing arms interpreted by me as follows: the shield of arms has a rounded (semicircular) base; the quarterly field, the two castles and the two lions are illuminated; the lion and its crown are outlined in the colour of the field; the open royal crown and the castle are outlined in Sable, in the case of the castle because it is masoned; and the whole has a painted plaster finish.

In [Medél, R.; 1846; plate 10, illustration 4] his interpretation of the arms of Castile and León can be seen.

For the expression «a Castle triple towered» in the English blazon, I have followed [Burke, B.; 2009; pages 12, 27, 41, 51, 76, 104, 106, 109, 150, 159, 171, 189, 200, 226, 273, 281, 282, 287, 322 and others], where it is used more often with a hyphen «triple-towered» and less often without a hyphen «triple towered», which is the form I have chosen.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated and Gesso.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic, Coat of arms, Kingdom of Castile and Leon and Canting.

Bearer: Castile and León.

Azure, a sword erect Or, between three garbs Or, 2 and 1.

Escudo de azur, una espada alzada de oro, acompañada de tres gavillas de trigo de oro, 2 y 1.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Azure; the motto and charges illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a leather texture.

In England, Wales and Ireland, the term «heraldic visitations» ~ «visitas heráldicas» referred to the inspection tours carried out by the officers of the kings of arms, or even by the kings of arms themselves, with the aim of recording and sanctioning the family trees and coats of arms of the nobility, the counties and the bourgeoisie who bore them.

These journeys took place mainly between the year 1530 and the year 1688. The results of these inspections were recorded in books that could be considered a roll or heraldic census of the upper classes. For this reason, and since then, these records have been a valuable source of information for historians, genealogists and heraldists.

The County of Cheshire received the following «heraldic visitations»:

• The 1^st in 1533 visited part of the county of Chester, as part of a journey covering other areas. It is a visitation ordered by the king of arms Thomas Benolte (Benalt) and carried out by the herald William Fellow. This visitation is recorded, for example, in the book [Langton, W.; 1876].
• The 2^nd in 1558, the visitation was carried out by the king of arms Lawrence Dalton himself, accompanied by William Colbarne, a pursuivant ~ official of arms.
• The 3^rd in 1566, by the herald Robert Glover.
• The 4^th in 1580, by the king of arms William Flower and the herald Robert Glover.
• The 5^th in 1591, visiting Chester, the capital, by Thomas Chaloner. This 5^th visitation and the earlier 1^st, 3^rd, 4^th, but not the 2^nd, are recorded in the book [Rylands, J. P.; 1882] and also in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a].
• The 6^th in 1613, carried out by the king of arms himself Sir Richard Saint George accompanied by his son and pursuivant Henry Saint George. This visitation is recorded in the book [Armytage, G. J.; Rylands, J. P.; 1909] and also in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b].
• The 7^th and last in 1663 by the king of arms William Dugdale. This visitation is recorded in the book [Adams, A.; 1941].

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Sword, Point upwards, Between, Wheat, Garb and Ordered.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Civic and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Cheshire, County of.

County of Cheshire, The Vale Royal, 1656.

Sable, a crozier Or, between three garbs Or.

Escudo de sable, un báculo de oro, acompañado de tres gavillas de trigo de oro.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Sable; the crozier illuminated in Or, facing right on the shield and outlined in Sable; the garbs illuminated in Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a leather texture.

A coat of arms recorded in [King, D.; 1656] which in Cheshire Heraldry is blazoned as follows: «Sable a crozier in pale between three garbs Or».

As a curiosity, it can be observed that in [King, D.; 1656] and in Cheshire Heraldry, the croziers ~ báculos are depicted with their head facing left on the shield, whereas, in general, it is more common to represent them facing right; for my interpretation I have chosen this latter arrangement.

Since the three garbs are arranged in the usual heraldic manner, it is possible to omit the expression «2 y 1» or «ordered», though it may also be included to avoid any doubt.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Or, Crozier, Between, Wheat, Garb and Ordered.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Delacres, Abbey of.

First Prince of Wales from 1301 to 1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 to 1327.

Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure.

Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur.

Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the mouth rounded; the field illuminated Gules; the figures illuminated in Or and Azure, outlined in Sable, and the third leopard slightly smaller; and the whole finished with a plastered effect.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Gesso.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.

Bearer: Edward II of England.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a wolf rampant Sable; 2 and 3 Gules, a garb Or.

Coat of arms emblazoned by me with a shape ended with an rounded arch, illuminated, and its finishing is that seems leather.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, One, Wolf, Rampant, Sable, Gules, Garb and Or.

Style keywords: Rounded, Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Gräupl, Edwin.

Checky of nine Or and Azure, the checks Or: 1^st, 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th, two cotises Azure; 2^nd, a sun Or; 4^th, 6^th, and 8^th, two martlets Or, palewise. Supporters: Two leopards rampant guardant, the dexter Or, armed, langued, fanged, and inflamed Azure, and the sinister Azure, armed, langued, fanged, and inflamed Or. Motto: «Unitas est fortitudo»

Escudo equipolado de oro y azur: 1^o, 3^o, 5^o, 7^o y 9^o, dos cotizas de azur; 2^o, un sol de oro; 4^o, 6^o y 8^o, dos marletas de oro, en palo. Soportes: Dos leopardos leonados, el diestro de oro, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de azur y el siniestro de azur, armado, lampasado, fierezado y encendido de oro. Lema: «Unitas est fortitudo»

Shield with its motto and supporters created by me as follows: its mouth is rounded; the fields in flat tinctures metal Or and color Azure; all its elements outlined in Sable and illuminated in Azure and Or; the whole assembly with a slightly hammered metal finish.

Leopardo leonado ~ Leopard rampant guardant

About the term 'leopardos leonados' (leopards rampant guardant), [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 99] writes that «it is said of leopards rampant» and shows an example in [Avilés, J.; 1725a; plate 7, figure 138] a shield Azure, with a leopard rampant Argent, looking towards the viewer's face, that is, 'leonado' (rampant guardant), and in this case 'difamado' (cowardly, without a tail).

León leopardado ~ Lion passant guardant

In [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 330] he again emphasizes the term 'leonado' (rampant guardant) when writing that the posture of the leopard «is never rampant, like that of the Lion, but passant; because if ever the Leopards are put rampant, they are blazoned 'Leopardos Leonados' (Leopards Rampant Guardant), for adopting the posture that Lions have in armory», and he also takes the opportunity to introduce the term 'leopardado' (passant guardant), which is complementary to 'leonado' (rampant guardant), telling us «in the same way, Lions are blazoned 'Leones Leopardados' (Lions Passant Guardant), when they are passant, because it is the posture of the Leopards».

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Blazon keywords: Chequy of nine squares, Or, Azure, Bendlet, Sun in splendour, Martlet, In pale, Supporter (animal), Supporter, Lion rampant guardant, Dexter, Sinister, Armed, Langued, The fangs, The eyes, Motto and Lion passant.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.

Classification: Created, Personal and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Fernández Marqués, Enrique.

Cheshire, visitation of 1613.

Argent, on a bend Azure three garbs Or, bendwise.

Escudo de plata, una banda de azur cargada de tres gavillas de trigo de oro, puestas en banda.

Coat of arms interpreted as follows: with a rounded base; the field and the bend illuminated in Or and Azure; the garbs outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or; and with a leather texture.

A coat of arms recorded in [Armytage, G. J.; Rylands, J. P.; 1909] and in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b], blazoned as «Argent, on a bend Azure, three garbs Or».

It is the norm in heraldry that charges upon a bend are arranged bendwise, so since the three garbs are disposed in this way it is possible to omit the expression «bendwise», though it may also be included to avoid any doubt, as I have done in this instance.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure, Bend, Charged, Wheat, Garb, In bend and Bendwise.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Fitton de Carden, Clutton and Chester.

Party per fess: 1 Or, a tower Gules between in chief a crescent and a mullet of eight points Azure; 2 Azure, three demi-horses courant in bend sinister nascent from the ends of three bars wavy issuant from sinister Argent. Crest: A crown of the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada.

Coat of arms painted by me, highlighted with lights and shadows, contoured in Sable, with a rounded outer contour and with a texturized finish.

Arms of Francisco Jose Bermejo Fernandez Briceño, designed by Ignacio Koblischek, emblazoned by Antonio Salmeron for the Soberana y Muy Noble Orden de la Granada, and carved by Juan Miguel Rocamora Narro.

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Blazon keywords: Or, Azure, Gules, Argent, One, Three, Party per fess, Tower, Between, In chief, Crescent, Mullet, Demi, Horse, Courant, In bend sinister, Nascent, Bar, Wavy, Issuant, Sinister and Crown.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated and Rounded.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Boa, Coat of arms and Armorial stone.

Bearer: Bermejo Fernandez-Briceño, Francisco Jose.

County of Cheshire.

Sable, three crescents Argent.

Escudo de sable, tres crecientes de plata.

Coat of arms of the County of Cheshire interpreted as follows: the base of the shield is rounded; the field is illuminated in Sable; the crescents are illuminated in Argent and outlined in Sable; and the whole is given a raised-stroke finish.

As «Gleyve de High Ligh» this coat of arms appears in [Rylands, J. P.; 1882] and [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a] and as «Gleave de High Lea» in [Armytage, G. J.; Rylands, J. P.; 1909], [Adams, A.; 1941] and [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b].

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Sable, Argent, Crescent and Ordered.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Gleave de High Lea.

You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave. It is their daring, nerve and chivalry that set Gryffindors apart.

Party per pale Gules and Or, overall a lion rampant counterchanged.

Escudo partido de gules y oro, un león rampante del uno al otro.

Imaginary arms of Gryffindor House made with the following characteristics: the mouth of the imaginary coat of arms is rounded; the shield is party per pale; the field is enameled in flat tinctures of Gules and Or; the lion is illuminated in Or and Gules and outlined in Sable; and the whole is finished with a raised-stroke effect.

The initial quote, next to the Hufflepuff coat of arms, is taken from [Rowling, J. K.; 1997] and corresponds to «You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart».

This imaginary coat of arms of the Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been interpreted without taking much into account other of the multiple realizations that have been produced and disseminated.

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Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Or, Gules, Lion, Rampant and Counterchanged.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Harry Potter saga.

Imaginary bearer: Gryffindor at Hogwarts.

Cheshire, 1533-1580.

Azure, on a chevron Or, a martlet Gules, between three garbs Or.

Escudo de azur, un cabrio de oro, cargado de una marleta de gules, acompañado de tres gavillas de trigo de oro, 2 y 1.

Coat of arms interpreted by me as follows: with a rounded base; the field illuminated in Azure; the chevron, with a wide angle in the Cheshire style, is illuminated in Or; the garbs are illuminated in Or and all outlined in Sable; the martlet is also outlined in Sable, but illuminated in Gules; and with a leather texture.

Recorded in [Rylands, J. P.; 1882], [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a] blazons it as «Azure, on a chevron between three garbs Or, a martlet Gules for difference». The expression «...a martlet Gules for difference» means that the martlet has been added to the arms of a son who is not the eldest, to differentiate his shield from that of his father and his elder brother.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Gules, Chevron, Charged, Wheat, Garb, Ordered, Between and Martlet.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Hatton de Woodhouse.

You might belong in Hufflepuff where they are just and loyal. In Hufflepuff they are very patient and unafraid of hard work.

Party per pale: 1 Or, a badger rampant Sable; 2 Sable, a badger rampant, regardant Or.

Escudo partido: 1^o de oro, un tejón rampante de sable; 2^o de sable, un tejón rampante, contornado de oro.

Imaginary arms of Hufflepuff realized in the following way: the mouth of the coat of arms is rounded; the field is illuminated and has a marble finish; and the badgers, each facing one side, are illuminated, outlined by the field, and finished with a hammered metal effect.

The initial quote, next to the Hufflepuff coat of arms, is taken from [Rowling, J. K.; 1997] and corresponds to «You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil».

When blazoning the 2^nd badger, it must be taken into account that its head is regardant, which is what «is said of animals, or their heads, turned toward the sinister side of the shield» [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 55] and [Avilés, J.; 1780a; page 61].

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Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Or, Sable, Badger, Rampant and Regardant.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in the field tincture, Marmoreal and Metal beaten.

Classification: Interpreted, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Harry Potter saga.

Imaginary bearer: Hufflepuff at Hogwarts.

Cheshire, 1613, 1663 and Vale-Royal.

Azure, a chevron Or, between three lozenges Or.

Escudo de azur, un cabrio de oro, acompañado de tres losanges de oro, dos y uno.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and chevron illuminated in Azure and Or respectively; the lozenges in plain Or enamel and outlined in Sable; and with a leather finish.

In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] it is blazoned as «Azure, a chevron between three lozenges Or» and includes a crest blazoned as «Crest: An eagle with wings expanded Sable, beaked Or», which is not represented here.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Azure, Or, Chevron, Between, Lozenge and Ordered.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Hyde de Norbury.

King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1199 to 1216.

Gules, three lions, passant, guardant, in pale Or, armed and langued Azure.

Escudo de gules, tres leopardos en palo de oro, armados y lampasados de azur.

Arms of King John interpreted with: a rounded (semicircular) base; the field enamelled with a flat tint of Gules; the leopards illuminated in Or and Azure, outlined in Sable, all three of the same size; and the whole finished with a crystalline effect.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Or, Azure, Three, Leopard, Armed, Langued and In pale.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Crystalline.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, House of Plantagenet and Kingdom of England.

Bearer: John I of England.

Argent, four leaves of silver-leaved whitebeam (Sorbus Aria Lutescens) in saltire, stems interlaced Vert, on a chief Gules, three crosses of Saint Brigid Argent. Motto: «Family is Everything» Sable, with initial letters Gules, over a scroll Argent.

Escudo de plata, cuatro hojas de serbal blanco (Sorbus Aria Lutescens) en sotuer, los tallos entrelazados de sinople, en un jefe de gules, tres cruces de santa Brígida de plata. Lema: «Family is Everything» de sable, con letras iniciales de gules, sobre una filacteria de plata.

The arms of Kathleen Kane was presented in my lecture Women and Arms: Contemporary Coats of Arms for Women Worldwide (lecture). The presentation included her coat of arms shown together with the blazon and the design rationale.

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Blazon keywords: Argent, Four, Leaf, In saltire, Stem, Interlaced, Vert, Chief, Gules, Three, Cross of Saint Brigid, Cross couped, Motto and Scroll.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Rounded, Illuminated and Leather.

Classification: Personal, Interpreted, Coat of arms and English language.

Bearer: Kane, Kathleen.

Gules, a lion passant, guardant Or.

Escudo de gules, un leopardo de oro.

Arms interpreted by me with: the shape of the coat of arms rounded; the field illuminated in Gules; the leopard illuminated in Or, outlined in Sable, and shaded; and the whole composition finished with a marble texture.

A description of the leopard in heraldry can be found in [Medél, R.; 1846; page 38].

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, One, Leopard and Or.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Marmoreal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms, Duchy of Aquitaine, Kingdom of France and Kingdom of England.

Bearer: Leonor de Aquitania.

Escudo de plata, un cabrio de gules cargado de tres plumas de plata, acompañado de tres espadas alzadas de gules, 2 y 1. Mote: «Ab Initio Goostrey».

This is the coat of arms of Martin Goldstraw emblazoned by me over his family tartan. This tartan was designed by Don Smith and is registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans, 2002.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Gules, Chevron, Charged, Sword, Point upwards, Ordered, Between, Quill and Motto.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Cheshire County and Tartan.

Bearer: Goldstraw, Martin S. J..

Cheshire, 1613 and Vale-Royal.

Argent, a chevron Sable, between three lozenges Sable.

Escudo de plata, un cabrio de sable, acompañado de tres losanges de sable, dos y uno.

Coat of arms interpreted as follows: the base of the personal shield is rounded; the field is illuminated in Argent; the chevron is illuminated in Sable; the 3 lozenges are enamelled in plain Sable and outlined in the same colour; and the whole has a leather finish.

It appears in [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] blazoned as «Argent, a chevron between three lozenges Sable».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Sable, Chevron, Between, Lozenge and Ordered.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Massey de Sale.

Cheshire, 1533-1580.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, three escallops Argent; 2 and 3 Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de gules, tres veneras de plata; 2^o y 3^o de oro.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Gules and Or; the escallops, that is the scallop shells of the pilgrim, outlined in Sable and illuminated in Argent; and the whole in leather.

[Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013a] blazons it as follows: «Quarterly, Gules and Or, in 1 and 4 three escallops Argent».

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Argent, Escallop and Ordered.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Massy de Tatton.

Cheshire, 1613.

Argent, a bend Sable, between two lions' heads ereased Sable, langued Gules.

Escudo de plata, una banda de sable, acompañada de dos cabezas de león de sable, lampasadas de gules.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and the bend illuminated in Argent and Sable; the charges in plain Sable and Gules tinctures, outlined in Sable; and the whole in leather.

[Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] blazons it as «Argent, a bend between two lions' heads ereased Sable», this being the first coat of arms I interpreted from the County of Cheshire.

Use of the plural with the Saxon genitive

While in Castilian one uses the plural for the heads and the singular for the lion, that is, one writes «dos cabezas de león», in English one uses the plural for both the heads and the lions, that is, one writes «two lions' heads» and, therefore, the «s» of the Saxon genitive is omitted and only the apostrophe is written. This usage is general, for example:

• «there boars' heads» ~ «tres cabezas de jabalí»,
• «a pair of eagles' wings» ~ «dos medios vuelos»,
• «two ravens' wings» ~ «dos alas de cuervo»,
• «three hinds' heads» ~ «tres cabezas de cierva»,
• «four tritons' trumpet» ~ «cuatro trompetas de tritón»,
• «three wolfs' claws» ~ «tres garras de lobo»,
• «two greyhounds' heads» ~ «dos cabezas de galgo»,
• «two bears' forepaws» ~ «dos patas delanteras de oso»,
• «four dragons' heads» ~ «cuatro cabezas de dragante»,
• «two roe deers' attires» ~ « dos cuernas de corzo»,
• «three spears' heads» ~ «tres puntas de lanza»,
• «two unicorns' heads» ~ «dos cabezas de unicornio»,
• «two rams' horns» ~ «dos cuernos de carnero» o
• «three leopards' faces» ~ «tres cabezas de leopardo».

Except in cases where the term is used in English as if it were an adjective, for example «two Catherine wheels» ~ «dos ruedas de Santa Catalina», which are the wheels used to martyr her, or «three wagon wheels» ~ «tres ruedas de carro».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Sable, Gules, Bend, Head and Lion.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Meoles de Meoles.

Party per pale: 1 Vair; 2 Sable, a barn owl Argent, the eyes Sable, beaked and armed Or.

Escudo partido: 1^o de veros; 2^o de sable, una lechuza de plata, encendida de sable, picada y armada de oro.

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Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Argent, Azure, Vair, Sable, Or, Barn owl, The eyes, Beaked and Armed.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Parchment.

Classification: Created, Imaginary, Coat of arms and Greco-Roman antiquity.

Imaginary bearer: Odysseus of Ithaca.

Party per fess: 1 Gules, a cross patty Argent; 2 Or, four pallets Gules.

Escudo cortado: 1^o de gules, una cruz patada de plata; 2^o de oro, cuatro palos de gules.

These already existing arms have been interpreted with: the mouth of the coat of arms rounded; its field has received an enamel of flat tincture style, of Gules color and Or metal; its cross patty and its 4 pales are illuminated; and the whole coat of arms has received a cloth-like finish.

The party per fess coat of arms of the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives is the fusion of 2 gifts: the cross patty that was donated to the Order by Bishop Berenguer de Palou on the day of its foundation and the coat of arms of Aragon that King James I of Aragon, the Conqueror, also present at the ceremony, on August 10, 1218, gave to the Order as a symbol of support for the redemptive work of Peter Nolasco.

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Blazon keywords: Party per fess, Gules, Or, Argent, Cross, One, Cross patty, Cross couped and Pale.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Fabric.

Classification: Interpreted, Religious and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Our Lady of Mercy, Order of.

Azure, two arrows in saltire points upward, the arrow bendwise Or, the arrow bend sinisterwise Argent, overall a double vajra per saltire Or and Argent charged with a bezant per saltire curved Or and Argent.

Escudo de azur, dos flechas alzadas en sotuer, la flecha puesta en banda de oro, la flecha puesta en barra de plata, brochante sobre el todo una vajra doble cuartelada en sotuer de oro y plata cargada de un bezante cuartelado en sotuer curvilíneo de oro y plata.

Coat of arms interpreted and emblazoned by me with different shapes and a freehand finishing.

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Blazon keywords: Azure, Two, Arrow, Point upwards, In saltire, Bendwise, Or, Bend sinisterwise, Argent, Overall, One, Double vajra, Quarterly per saltire, Charged, Bezant and plate and Curved.

Style keywords: Outlined in sable, Illuminated, Freehand, Rounded, Ogee and Pointed.

Classification: Interpreted and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Rage from Discord.

The 1^st Flag of the Spanish Army Paratrooper Brigade bears his name and his coat of arms.

Argent, a fleur de lis Gules.

Escudo de plata, una flor de lis de gules.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; a fleur de lis illuminated in Gules and outlined in Sable; and an overall lightly-hammered metal finish.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Gules and Fleur de lis.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Army and Navy and Coat of arms.

Bearer: Flor, Roger de.

The 2^nd Battalion of the Parachute Brigade of the Spanish Army bears its name and its coat of arms.

Argent, three bendlets sinister Azure.

Escudo de plata, tres barras de azur.

For the interpretation of this coat of arms, I have used: a rounded mouth; the angle I use most often, for example in bends, bendlets, bends sinister, or bendlets sinister, which is 50.2^o, resulting from calculating the arctangent of 6/5, that is, the opposite side 6 divided by the adjacent side 5; with a division of the main diagonal into 7 equal parts, resulting from crossing this diagonal with the 6 lines that will form the edges of the 3 bend sinisters; and for the whole, a finish of lightly hammered metal.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Argent, Azure and Bend sinister.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Soft metal.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Army and Navy.

Bearer: Lauria, Roger de.

Son of Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Gules, a castle triple towered Or, port and windows Azure, masoned Sable; 2 and 3 Argent, a lion rampant Purpure, armed and langued Gules, crowned Or. Crest: An open royal crown Or.

Escudo cuartelado: 1^o y 4^o de gules, un castillo de oro, aclarado de azur, mazonado de sable; 2^o y 3^o de plata, un león rampante de púrpura, armado y lampasado de gules, coronado de oro. Timbrado de una corona real abierta.

Arms of the king interpreted by me as follows: the shield of arms has a rounded (semicircular) base; the quarters are in flat tinctures Argent and Gules; the castles, lions and crown are illuminated; the castles and lions are shaded; and the whole has a parchment finish.

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Gules, Or, Azure, Sable, One, Castle, Port and windows, Masoned, Argent, Purpure, Lion, Rampant, Armed, Langued, Crowned, Crest, Open royal crown and Crown.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated and Parchment.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Coat of arms and Kingdom of Castile and Leon.

Bearer: Sancho IV of Castile.

Sir Robert Knollys ~ Sir Robert Knolles (1325-1407).

Gules, on a chevron Argent three roses Gules, barbed Vert, and seeded Or.

Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata cargado de tres rosas de gules, barbadas de sinople y botonadas de oro.

Coat of arms interpreted with: the rounded form; the field illuminated in Gules; the chevron illuminated in Argent metal and outlined in Sable; the roses illuminated in Gules, Vert and Or and outlined in Sable; and the whole with a raised-stroke effect.

Sir Robert Knollys was an English man-at-arms who was born in the County of Cheshire in 1325 and died in Sculthorpe, Norfolk, in 1407, and whose military career was framed within the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions and Gules.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal, Kingdom of England and Army and Navy.

Bearer: Knollys, Robert.

Cheshire, 1613.

Quarterly: 1 and 4 Argent, a crescent Sable; 2 and 3 Gules, a crescent Argent.

Cuartelado: 1 y 4 de plata, un creciente de sable; 2 y 3 de gules, un creciente de plata.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field illuminated in Argent and Gules; the 4 crescents, outlined in Sable, in plain Argent and Sable tinctures; and the whole in raised-stroke style.

Regarding the moon, [Avilés, J.; 1780a; página 306] tells us that «según el error popular figuran con cara humana algunos, se ve muy poco usada en las Armerías de España, y lo mismo en las de Francia; y porque se encuentra así en muchos Escudos de Alemanes.». On the crescent he adds that «es una figura en forma de Luna, llamada por esto de muchos así, ó por su diminución Luneta».

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Argent, Gules, Crescent and Sable.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Freehand.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Tatton de Wythenshawe.

Quarterly of four in four: 1 and 11 Or, embrassé Azure; 2 and 12 Or, chaussé Azure; 3 and 9 Azure, embrassé Or; 4 and 10 Azure, chaussé Or; 5 and 15 Or, chapé Azure; 6 and 16 Or, contre-embrassé Azure; 7 and 13 Azure, chapé Or; 8 and 14 Azure, contre-embrassé Or.

Escudo partido de cuatro y cortado de lo mismo: 1^o y 11^o de oro, embrazado de azur; 2^o y 12^o de oro, calzado de azur; 3^o y 9^o de azur, embrazado de oro; 4^o y 10^o de azur, calzado de oro; 5^o y 15^o de oro, cortinado de azur; 6^o y 16^o de oro, contraembrazado de azur; 7^o y 13^o de azur, cortinado de oro; 8^o y 14^o de azur, contraembrazado de oro.

Imaginary coat of arms created for artistic purposes with: a rounded base; the fields enameled with plain tinctures Or and Azure; its charges, that is, those by whose action the embrassé, chaussé, chapé, and contre-embrassé are formed, illuminated in Or and Azure and outlined in Sable; and the shield has received a beaten metal finish.

In [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 68] the embrassé is explained, reminding us that the field is what remains inside the 2 charges, upper and lower, that accompany it. In the embrassé, the charges enter from the sinister, leaving their points on the dexter of the shield as shown in [Avilés, J.; 1725a; ilustración 150].

Opposite to this embrassé to the sinister, [Avilés, J.; 1725a; page 69] calls the contre-embrassé simply as «embrazado a la diestra».

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Blazon keywords: Quarterly, Chapé, Chaussé, Embrassé, Contre-embrassé, Or and Azure.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Metal beaten.

Classification: Imaginary.

Imaginary bearer: Triangulation.

Party per pale: 1 Azure, an angel Argent, crowned, crined and vested Or holding an open book Argent; 2 Or, three horses' heads couped, in pale Sable.

I had the honor of being commissioned to design and paint the coat of arms of the Val'Quirico Equestrian Center, in Tlaxcala state, Mexico.

Their facilities are finished and operational, they are magnificent, I have excited to see their photographs.

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Blazon keywords: Party per pale, Azure, One, Angel, Argent, Crowned, Crown, Crined, Vested, Or, Charged, Book, Open, Three, Head, Horse, Sable, Couped and In pale.

Style keywords: Freehand, Illuminated, Rounded, Outlined in the field tincture and Outlined in sable.

Classification: Photographic, Created and Socioeconomic.

Bearer: Club Ecuestre Val'Quirico.

Cheshire, 1533-1580.

Or, on a fess Azure, three Garbs Or.

Escudo de oro, una faja de azur, cargada de tres gavillas de trigo de oro.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field, fess and garbs outlined in Sable and illuminated in Or and Azure; and the shield in leather.

In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] for «Sir Raulfe de Vernon ye old». the following blazon is recorded: «Or, on a fesse Azure three garbs of the field».

Background on the bearer of this coat of arms:

• The first Vernon to arrive in England was William de Vernon, who came during the Norman Conquest and obtained lands in the county of Cheshire. He held them thanks to its first earl, known as Hugh d'Avranches.
• His son Richard de Vernon settled in Shipbrook, near Northwich, also in county of Cheshire and was the first Baron of Shipbrook.
• The barony passed down until Warine Vernon, 5^th Baron of Shipbrook, had no male heirs and his vast lands were divided among his daughters and his brother Raplh de Hanwell.
• The son of Raplh de Hanwell was also named Ralph and lived so many years that he earned the nickname «The Old Liver». I understand that his arms are those presented in this article, which is titled Vernon the Elder, Sir Raulfe.
• He was succeeded by his son Sir Richard, the fruit of his 2^nd marriage with Matilda Grosvenor of Kinderton, Cheshire, who was therefore the 7^th Baron.
• His grandson, also named Sir Richard, fought at the Battle of Shrewsbury with the forces opposed to King Henry IV of England, was captured and executed for treason.

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure, Fess, Charged, Wheat, Garb and In fess.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Vernon the Elder, Sir Raulfe.

Cheshire, 1533-1580.

Or, a fess Azure.

Escudo de oro, una faja de azur.

Coat of arms with a basic interpretation based on: a rounded base; the field and its fess illuminated in Or and Azure and outlined in Sable; and the shield in leather.

In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] for «Vernon, baron of Shubbroc, bulgo Shipbroke» ~ Shipbrook, the following blazon is recorded: «Or, a fesse Azure».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure and Fess.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Vernon, Baron of Shubbroc.

Blazon equivalent to: Vidaurre de Navarra.

Cheshire, 1533-1580.

Or, a bend Azure.

Escudo de oro, una banda de azur.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and the bend illuminated in Or and Azure and outlined in Sable; and the shield with a leather finish.

In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] for «Sir Ralfe Vernon». the following blazon is recorded: «Or, a bend Azure».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Or, Azure and Bend.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Vernon, Sir Ralfe.

Cheshire, 1533-1580.

Gules, a chevron Argent between three martlets Argent.

Escudo de gules, un cabrio de plata, acompañado de tres marletas de plata, 2 y 1.

Coat of arms interpreted with: a rounded base; the field and chevron illuminated in Gules and Argent; the martlets illuminated in Argent and outlined in Sable; and with a leather texture.

In [Goldstraw, M. S. J.; 2013b] the following blazon is recorded: «Gules, a chevron between three martlets Argent».

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Blazon keywords: Without divisions, Gules, Argent, Chevron, Between, Martlet and Ordered.

Style keywords: Rounded, Illuminated, Outlined in sable and Leather.

Classification: Interpreted, Personal and Cheshire County.

Bearer: Walkington of the County of Cheshire.

All these blazons are equal two by two, except one blazon without a partner.

Which one is the single blazon?

This is an heraldic riddle based on the arms of Vittorio Gifra, «Paly of six Azure and Or; over all a bend Azure.», painted the very first, row 1 and column 1.

Think before you move the cursor or click on the following link and see the solution.

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Categories: Riddle, Semi-circular, Pointed, Triangular curved, Ogee, Rounded, Outlined in sable, Freehand, Paly, Six, Surmounted, Overall (deprecated), Bend, Azure, Vert and Or.

Root: Gifra, Vittorio.