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The General Armory |
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Transcribed by Liamie C. Madewell.
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Vernon of Hilton Park, co. Stafford, England NOTE:..Descended from HENRY VERNON, younger brother of GEORGE VERNON, the grandfather of the first Baron Vernon. ARMS:..Argent (silver), fretty Sable (black). CREST:..A boar's head erased Sable (black), ducally gorged Or (gold). MOTTO:..VERNON SEMPER VIRET...(Vernon always flourishes).
Vernon NOTE:..Baron Lyveden. RICHARD VERNON, born in 1726, the fifth son of HENRY VERNON, Esq., of Hilton, died without male issue. His second daughter and co-heir, CAROLINE MARIA VERNON, married in 1798, ROBERT PERCY SMITH, Esq., and her son, ROBERT SMITH, assumed the surname of VERNON by royal license in 1846, and was created a peer in 1859. ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent (silver), a fret Sable (black), for VERNON; 2nd and 3rd, Gules (red), three bars gemel Argent (silver), a chevron Ermine, on a chief of the second (i.e., silver), three blackamoors' heads Proper (natural color), a canton of the field (i.e., red), charged with a battle axe Or (gold), all within a border counter-compony of the second (i.e., silver) and Azure (blue), for SMITH. CRESTS:..1st - A boar's head erased Sable (black), ducally gorged Or (gold), for VERNON; 2nd - A cubit arm erect in armour Proper (natural color), charged with a battle axe Sable (black), the hand grasping two wreaths of laurel pendent on either side also Proper (natural color), for SMITH. SUPPORTERS:..Dexter, a boar Sable (black), ducally gorged, and suspended therefrom by a chain an escutcheon Or (gold), charged with a rose Gules (red), slipped Proper (natural color); sinister, a wyvern Vert (green), plain collared, and suspended therefrom by a chain an escutcheon Or (gold), charged with a rose Gules (red), slipped Proper (natural color). MOTTO:..VERNON SEMPER VIRET...(Vernon always flourishes).
Vernon of Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin, Ireland NOTE:..Descended from JOHN VERNON, Esq., the younger son of Sir EDWARD VERNON, Knt., born in 1584, ancestor of Lord Vernon. Pedigree registered and arms entered with sixty-three quarterings in Ulster's Office. ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fret Sable (black), a mullet Azure (blue), for difference. CREST:..A boar's head and neck erased Sable (black), ducally gorged and charged on the neck with a mullet Or (gold), for difference. MOTTO:..VERNON SEMPER VIRET...(Vernon always flourishes).
Vernon of Sudbury, co. Derby, Ireland NOTE:..Descended from Sir JOHN VERNON, the fourth son of Sir HENRY VERNON, Knt., of Haddon, temp. Henry VII, who married ELLEN, daughter and co-heir of Sir JOHN DE MONGOMERIE, Knt., of Sudbury. The heiress of this line, MARGARET, daughter of HENRY VERNON, married Sir EDWARD VERNON, ancestor of Baron Vernon. ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fret Sable (black). CREST:..A boar's head erased Sable (black), ducally gorged Or (gold). MOTTO:..VERNON SEMPER VIRET...(Vernon always flourishes).
Vernon of Hanbury, co. Worcester, England NOTE:..Descended from Rev. RICHARD VERNON, Rector of Hanbury for forty-six years, died in 1627, aged 77, the second son of RALPH VERNON, of Cranage and Twemlow, co. Chester; his eldest son, EDWARD VERNON, purchased the estate of Hanbury, and recorded his pedigree at Visitation of Worcester, 1634. ARMS:..Or (gold), on a fess Azure (blue), three garbs of the first (i.e., gold), in chief a cross crosslet fitchy Gules (red). CREST:..A demi Ceres Proper (natural color), habited Or (gold) and Purpure (purple), crined gold, wreathed about the temples with wheat and holding in her arms a garb Proper (natural color). MOTTO:..VERNON SEMPER VIRET...(Vernon always flourishes).
Vernon of Little Beligh, co. Essex, and co. Nottingham, England ARMS:..Argent (silver), fretty Sable (black), on a canton of the last (i.e., black), a maunch Or (gold). CREST:..A boar's head erased per fess Sable (black) and Gules (red), ducally gorged Or (gold). ANOTHER CREST:..A tiger's head erased Gules (red), ducally gorged Or (gold), charged on the neck with a marlet of the last (i.e., gold).
Vernon of Whatcroft, co. Chester, England ARMS:..Or (gold), on a fess Azure (blue), three garbs Proper (natural color).
Vernon of London, England NOTE:.."The Blind Marchant Stapler," a great benefactor to the Merchant Tailors' Company, died in November 1616. Visitation of London, 1568. ARMS:..Or (gold), on a fess Azure (blue), three garbs of the field (i.e., gold), in chief two mullets Gules (red). CREST:..A stag sejant Or (gold).
Vernon of London, England ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fret Sable (black), a canton Gules (red).
Vernon ARMS:..Or (gold), a cinquefoil Gules (red).
Vernon ARMS:..Or (gold), a bend Azure (blue).
Vernon ARMS:..Sable (black), a lion passant Argent (silver).
Vernon NOTE:..Sir THOMAS VERNON, knighted at Dublin by ROBERT, Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant, on 12 July 1599. ARMS:..Argent (silver), fretty Sable (black), a canton Azure (blue).
Vernon NOTE:..Impaled by BEAGHAN. Funeral Entry in Ulster's Office, 1675. ARMS:..Argent (silver), a fret Sable (black).
Vernon NOTE:..Rev. CHARLES VERNON, D.D., of Herringswell, co. Suffolk, England. ARMS:..Or (gold), on a fess Azure (blue), three garbs of the field (i.e., gold), a cross crosslet in chief of the second (i.e., blue), for distinction. CREST:..A demi Ceres Proper (natural color), vested Azure (blue), holding in the dexter arm a garb, and in the sinister hand a sickle, about her head a wreath of wheat all Proper (natural color), charged on the vest with a cross crosslet Or (gold).
Vernon NOTE:..BORLASE-WARREN-VENABLES-VERNON. Exemplified to Hon. WILLIAM JOHN VENABLES-VERNON, the second son of GEORGE JOHN, the fifth Lord Vernon, who assumed, by royal license in 1856, the additional surnames of BORLASE and WARREN. ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st, VERNON, 2nd, VENABLES, both the same as Lord Vernon; 3rd, WARREN, chequy Or (gold) and Azure (blue), on a canton Gules (red), a lion rampant Argent (silver), between the forepaws a crescent of the first (i.e., gold); 4th, BORLASE, Ermine, on a bend Sable (black), two arms issuant from clouds Proper (natural color), the hands alsoProper (natural color), rending a horseshoe Or (gold). CREST:..1st, VERNON; 2nd, VENABLES; both the same as Lord Vernon; 3rd - Out of a ducal crown Or (gold), a double plume of ostrich feathers Argent (silver), in the centre an eagle's leg inverted Sable (black), for WARREN; 4th - On a wreath a wolf passant reguardant Argent (silver), in the mouth an arrow Or (gold), vulning the neck Proper (natural color), for BORLASE.
Vernon-Harcourt See HARCOURT, of Stanton Harcourt.
Vernon-Wentworth of Wentworth Castle, co. York, England See WENTWORTH.
Vernoyle ARMS:..Argent (silver), fretty Sable (black), a canton Gules (red).
Verrall,or Verrell ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a mount Vert (green), a bull passant under an oak all Proper (natural color).
Verschyle ARMS:..Argent (silver), a chevron between three boars' heads erased Gules (red). CREST:..A boar's head, as in the arms.
Verst ARMS:..Gules (red), three organ rests Or (gold). CREST:..A horse's head erased Argent (silver). MOTTO:..VIRTUS UBIQUE...(Virtue everywhere)...Stevenson, Verst
Verst ARMS:..Gules (red), three fusils Or (gold).
Verst ARMS:..Gules (red), three fleurs-de-lis Or (gold).
Verthon, De ARMS:..Azure (blue), on a fess Argent (silver), a bee volant arriere Sable (black). CREST:..An arm in armour embowed holding a battle axe all Proper (natural color).
Vertnige ARMS:..Or (gold), a cross Vert (green), over all a bend Gules (red).
Verulam, Earl of See GRIMSTON.
Veryet ARMS:..Gules (red), on a chief Or (gold), a lion passant Sable (black).
Vesci NOTE:..Baron Vesci, extinct 1297. Descended from YVO DE VESCI, on whom William I bestowed in marriage ALDA, daughter and heir of WILLIAM TYSON, Lord of Alnwick, co. Northumberland, and Malton, co. York; his only daughter and heir, BEATRICE DE VESCI, married EUSTACE FITZ-JOHN, Lord of Knaresborough, co. York, and her eldest son, WILLIAM, assumed the surname of DE VESCI. The great-grandson of this WILLIAM DE VESCI, another WILLIAM DE VESCI, was Justice of Ireland, temp. Edward I, and was in the wars of Gascony. He was summoned to Parliament in 1264, and died without surviving issue. ARMS:..Gules (red), a cross Argent (silver).
Vesci NOTE:..Baron Vesci, extinct 1314. WILLIAM DE VESCI, illegitimate son of the foregoing WILLIAM, Baron Vesci, was bequeathed all the VESCI estates except the Castle of Alnwick. He was summoned to Parliament in 1313 and died without issue. Arms as the preceding, with a sinister baton.
Vescy of Bromfleet ARMS:..Sable (black), a bend flory counterflory Or (gold).
Vescy ARMS:..Or (gold), a lion rampant Azure (blue), a bendlet Gules (red).
Vescy ARMS:..Barry of six Or (gold) and Azure (blue), on a canton Gules (red), a cross flory Argent (silver).
Vescy ARMS:..Quarterly, Or (gold) and Gules (red), a border Vair.
Vesey NOTE:..Viscount De Vesci. ARMS:..Or (gold), on a cross Sable (black), a patriarchal cross of the field (i.e., gold). CREST:..A hand erect in armour holding a laurel branch all Proper (natural color). SUPPORTERS:..Two savages, each holding in his exterior hand a club over his shoulder, habited about the middle all Proper (natural color). MOTTO:..SUB HOC SIGNO VINCES...(Under this sign you shall conquer).
Vesey of Derrabard, co. Tyrone, England Arms, Crest and Motto as the preceding.
Vesey NOTE:..COLTHURST-VESEY, Lucan, co. Dublin, Ireland. Exemplified to CHARLES COLTHURST, Esq., of Lucan House, on his assuming by royal license in 1860, the additional surname and arms of VESEY. ARMS:..Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or (gold), on a cross Sable (black), a patriarchal cross of the field (i.e., gold), for VESEY; 2nd and 3rd, Argent (silver), on a fess between three colts courant Sable (black), as many trefoils slipped Or (gold), for COLTHURST. CRESTS:..1st - A hand in armour holding a laurel branch all Proper (natural color), for VESEY; 2nd - A colt statant Sable (black), for COLTHURST. MOTTO:..SUB HOC SIGNO VINCES...(Under this sign you shall conquer).
Vesey-Fitzgerald See FITZGERALD,Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey, extinct.
Vessey of Isham, co. Cambridge, England ARMS:..Sable (black), a lion rampant Argent (silver), a bend Or (gold). CREST:..A griffins head Or (gold), erased per fess Gules (red), ducally gorged Argent (silver).
Vessey NOTE:..Vessey of Pondhall, co. Essex, Beddingham, co. Norfolk, Chimney, co. Oxford, and co. Suffolk, England. ARMS:..Ermine, on a cross Sable (black), five marlets Or (gold). CREST:..An arm embowed and couped at the shoulder, erect from the elbow, habited Gules (red), cuffed Ermine, holding in the hand Proper (natural color), four leaves Vert (green).
Vetnall ARMS:..Vert (green), a cross engrailed Argent (silver).
Vex of co. Suffolk, England ARMS:..Or (gold), on a cross Gules (red), a crescent of the first (i.e., gold), a chief Vert (green).
Vezey or Vezay ARMS:..Argent (silver), a bend Gules (red), between two eagles displayed Sable (black). CREST:..On a ducal coronet Or (gold), a wyvern issuant Vert (green).
Vezey ARMS:..Or (gold), a bend Gules (red), between four eagles displayed Sable (black).
Vialls of Twickenham, co. Middlesex, England ARMS:..Argent (silver), on a bend Gules (red), three lozenges Or (gold), in the sinister chief point a trefoil slipped Gules (red). CREST:..A demi leopard Proper (natural color), sans tail, ducally gorged Or (gold).
Vian ARMS:..Azure (blue), a bend cotised between six lions rampant Or (gold).
Vian ARMS:..Or (gold), billety Gules (red), a lion rampant of the last (i.e., red).
Vian NOTE:..Funeral Entry in Ulster's Office, 1597, JAMES VIAN, buried at St. John's Church, Dublin, Ireland. ARMS:..Argent (silver), billety Gules (red), a lion rampant of the last (i.e., red), billety Or (gold), on a chief Azure (blue), three lions rampant of the first (i.e., silver). CREST:..(Registered in Ulster's Office) - A demi lion rampant Gules (red), billety Or (gold), holding between the paws a baton gold.
Viand ARMS:..Azure (blue), a fess dancetty Or (gold).
Transcribed by Liamie C. Madewell. |