(last updated - 08 January 2004)
Transcribed by Esralin Casquejo Amadeo.
Armitage
(Dadnor, co. Hereford, and Coole, co. Louth; as borne by the late
WHALEY ARMITAGE, Esq., J.P., and his sons, the Rev. BRAITHWAITE ARMITAGE,
J.P., and ARTHUR ARMITAGE, Esq., J.P., of Dadnor, claiming from the
senior branch of the ARMITAGES of Yorkshire).
ARMS:..Gules (red) a lion's head erased between three cross crosslets Argent.
MOTTO:..FRACTUM NON ABJICIO ENSEM.
Armitage
(Milnsbridge House, co. York).
Same ARMS as AR MYTAGE, Bart.
Armitage
(Keresford Hill, co. York, Visit. co. York, by Dugdale, 1665).
ARMS:..Gules (red) a lion's head erased between three crosses bottonee, and
in chief a mullet Argent.
Armitage
(Egremont, co. Chester).
ARMS:..Or, two piles issuant from the chief, and one from the base
Gules (red) those in chief charged with a cross crosslet, and that in base with a
lion's head erased Argent.
CREST:..An arm bendwise Or, vested Gules (red) crusily and cuffed gold,
holding a holly branch erect slipped and fructed Proper.
MOTTO:..FORTITER ET FIDELITER.
Armitstead.
(GEO. ARMITSTEAD, Esq., now resident at Errol Park, Perthshire, J.P.,
and D.L., M.P. for Dundee).
ARMS:..Or, a chev. embattled Sable between three pheons Gules (red) a bordure
of the last.
CREST:..A sinister and a dexter arm embowed in armour, each hand
grasping a spear erect, Proper.
MOTTO:..EVER READY.
Armitstead
(granted 1799 to the Rev. JOHN ARMITSTEAD, of Middlewich, co. Chester,
and his descendants, and to the other descendants of his grandfather,
JOHN ARMITSTEAD, of Horton, co. York, gent.).
ARMS:..Or, a chev. counter-embattled Sable between three pheons Azure (blue)
two flaunches Gules (red) each charged with a tilting spear erect of the field
headed Argent.
CREST:..A dexter and sinister arm embowed in armour, each hand grasping
a spear erect Proper.
Armo.
ARMS:..Quarterly, Or and Gules (red) in the 1st and 4th quarter a lozenge of
the second.
CREST:..Three passions nails Proper one in pale and two in saltire.
Armony.
ARMS:..Gules (red) a bend Argent (another, Ermine) between six bezants.
CREST:..A stag Gules (red).
Armony.
ARMS:..Azure (blue) a bend Ermine between six bezants.
CREST:..A stag Gules (red).
Armorer
(London).
ARMS:..Gules (red) on a chev. Argent between three sinister gauntlets Or, two
palets between three half fleurs-de-lis split paleways.
Armorer
(Sir NICHOLAS ARMORER, Knt., Ireland).
ARMS:..Gules (red) a chev. between three dexter arms in armour embowed and
couped Argent.
CREST:..A gauntlet bendwise holding the shaft of a tilting spear
broken, all Proper.
Armory
(Kerry, Ireland).
ARMS:..Paly nebulee of six Argent and Gules (red) on a chief of the first a
lion passant guardant of the second.
CREST:..An eagle's head Or.
Armour
(Scotland).
ARMS:..Argent on a chev. Azure (blue) between three arms in armour fesseways
Proper embowed of the second three mullets of the first.
CREST:..A dexter hand holding an esquire's helmet, all Proper.
MOTTO:..CASSIS TUTISSIMA VIRTUS.
Armourer.
ARMS:..Barry of four counter-escalloped Argent and Gules (red) each scale
nailed Sable.
Armourers, Company of.
(London, borne on the dexter side of the escutcheon, impaling on the
sinister the ensigns of the Braziers [refer to that name], with which
company it is now incorporated).
ARMS:..Argent on a chev. Sable a gauntlet of the first between two pair
of swords in saltire of the last, hilts and pomels Or, on a chief of
the second an oval shield of the field, charged with a cross Gules (red)
encircled with a carved shield of the third between two peers' helmets Proper
garnished gold.
CREST:..A demi man of arms armed Argent open-faced, porfled Or, holding
in his hand a mace of war.
Armstrech.
ARMS:..Argent an arm extended and couped, vested Gules (red) buttoned the
whole length Sable.
Armstrong
(Parknowe, Scotland).
ARMS:..Azure (blue) a fesse Or, between two arms armed couped at the shoulder
Argent.
CREST:..An arm issuing out of a cloud holding a club Proper.
MOTTO:..INVICTA LABORE.
Armstrong
(Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire).
ARMS:..Gules (red) three dexter arms vambraced Argent hands Proper.
CREST:..A dexter arm vambraced in armour, the hand Proper.
Armstrong
(Sir RICHARD ARMSTRONG, Knt. of Lincoln, col. in the army, and C.B.).
ARMS, &c. as preceding, the hand of the crest holding a leg in armour
couped at the thigh Proper.
Armstrong.
ARMS:..Sable three dexter arms conjoined at the shoulders and flexed in
triangle Or, turned up (Or cuffed) Argent the hands clenched Proper.
Armstrong.
ARMS:..Argent three torteaux.
Armstrong
(Bart. of Gallen Priory, King's Co.).
ARMS:..Quarterly,1st and 4th, Argent issuing from the sinister side a
dexter arm habited Gules (red) the hand grasping the trunk of an oak tree
eradicated and broken at the top Proper; 2nd and 3rd, Argent three pallets
Azure (blue).
CREST:..An armed arm embowed, the hand grasping the broken trunk of an
oak tree eradicated all Proper.
MOTTO:..INVICTUS MANEO.
A R N
Armstrong
(Mount Heaton, King's Co.).
See MACDONNELL, of New Hall, co. Clare.
Armstrong
(Rev. BENJAMIN JOHN ARMSTRONG, M.A., vicar of East Dereham, co.
Norfolk).
ARMS:..Gules (red) in pale three dexter arms vambraced in armour Argent hands
closed Proper.
CREST:..An arm in armour, as in the ARMS.
MOTTO:..VI ET ARMIS.
Armstrong
(Willow Bank, co. Clare).
ARMS:..Gules (red) three arms in armour vambraced hands Proper.
CREST:..An arm vambraced Proper.
MOTTO:..IN DEO ROBUR MEUS.
Armstrong
(Ballycumber, Clara, Ireland).
ARMS:..Gules (red) three dexter arms vambraced Argent hands Proper.
CREST:..A dexter arm vambraced in armour Argent the hand Proper.
MOTTO:..VI ET ARMIS.
Armstrong
(Hemsworth, co. York).
Same as ARMSTRONG of Ballycumber.
Armstrong
(Ballyard, King's Co.).
ARMS:..Gules (red) three dexter arms vambraced Proper the fists closed.
CREST:..An armed arm holding a broken tilting spear Proper.
Armstrong
(Termonfechan, co. Louth).
ARMS:..Per pale, Gules (red) and Vert three dexter armed arms couped at the
shoulders and embowed the hands clenched Proper.
CREST:..Out of a mural coronet Or, an armed arm embowed the hand
grasping an oak tree eradicated Proper.
MOTTO:..INVICTUS MANEO.
Armstrong
(Mangerton, co. Roxburgh).
ARMS:..Argent three pallets Azure (blue).
CREST:..An arm from the shoulder armed Proper.
Armstrong
(Whittoch, co. Ruxburgh).
ARMS:..Argent three pallets Sable.
CREST:..An arm from the shoulder Gules (red).
MOTTO:..INVICTUS MANEO.
Armyn
(Cornwall).
ARMS:..Or, a chev. between three escallops Azure (blue).
Armyn.
ARMS:..Gules (red) six roses Argent three, two, and one.
Armyne.
See ARMINE.
Armytage
(Kirklees, co. York, bart.)
ARMS:..Gules (red) a lion's head erased between three crosses crosslet
Argent.
CREST:..A dexter arm embowed couped at the shoulder vested Or, cuff
Argent holding in the hand Proper a staff Gules (red) garnished gold.
MOTTO:..SEMPER PARATUS.
Armytage
(London and Yorkshire).
ARMS:..Argent three crosses botonnee Gules (red).
CREST:..A demi lion Argent holding in the dexter paw a cross botonnee
Gules (red).
Armytage
(Yorkshire).
ARMS:..Azure (blue) a lion's head erased between three crosses crosslet Or.
Arnais
(France).
ARMS:..Argent a cross Sable.
Arnald, or Arnauld.
ARMS:..Azure (blue) a chev. between three palm branches Or.
CREST:..A demi cat guardant Proper.
Arnalt.
ARMS:..Gules (red) a stork in trian aspect to the sinister Argent on a mount
Vert in base.
Arneford, or Arnford.
ARMS:..Azure (blue) three bars Or, a bordure Ermine.
Arneil
(Scotland, 16th century).
ARMS:..Argent two serpents linked together in pale Azure (blue) between two
mullets in fess Gules (red).
Arnes
(Cornwall).
ARMS:..Vert five martlets Argent two, two, and one.
Arnest
(Devonshire).
ARMS:..Argent three holly leaves barways, two and one, the stalk
towards the dexter part of the escutcheon Proper.
Arnest.
ARMS:..Argent a holly-leaf Proper.
Arnett, or Arnott.
ARMS:..Gyronny of eight Sable and Or, on a chief Argent a galley the
sails furled of the first flags Gules (red).
CREST:..On a tower Proper a flag displayed Azure (blue).
Arneway, or Arnaway, and Arnold
(Buckinghamshire).
ARMS:..Argent three escallops Sable.
CREST:..A crosier Or.
Arnewood
(Hampshire).
ARMS:..Ermine on a bend between two cottises Azure (blue) three lions passant
Or.
CREST:..Out of a ducal coronet a demi leopard.
Arney
(Chambury, co. Dorset).
ARMS:..Argent a fesse compony Or, and Azure (blue) in chief three martlets
Gules (red).
CREST:..On a mural crown Or, three arrows through a human heart two in
saltire and one in pale Argent.
Arnford.
See ARNEFORD.
Arnold
(Devonshire).
ARMS:..Sable a chev. between three dolphins embowed Argent.
CREST:..Out of a ducal coronet an antelope's head.
Arnold
(Cromer, co. Norfolk and Ballesford, co. Suffolk).
ARMS the same.
CREST:..A dolphin embowed Argent.
Arnold
(Gloucestershire, granted 1653).
ARMS:..Gules (red) a chev. Ermine between three pheons Or.
Arnold
(Gloucestershire).
ARMS:..Gules (red) a chev. Ermine between three escallop shells Or.
Arnold
(Chilwick, co. Hertford).
ARMS:..Gules (red) a chev. quarterly Ermine and ermines, between three pheons
Or.
CREST:..An eagle's head erased Gules (red) gorged with a mural coronet Argent
holding in the beak an acorn, slipped, leaved Vert.
Arnold
(Huntingdonshire).
ARMS:..Sable two lions passant Or.
Arnold
(London, granted 31 December, 1612).
ARMS:..Gules (red) three pheons Argent on a chief of the second a bar nebulee
Azure (blue).
CREST:..A demi tiger Sable bezantee, maned and tufted Or, holding a
broad arrow shaft Gules (red) feathers and pheon Argent.
Transcribed by Esralin Casquejo Amadeo.