Adelman, Johann, Count, German Noble (c.1515). 
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A cross: 2 & 3, A Lion rampant, crowned. The shield Supporterd on either side by a cherub. 
Crests: 1, Two Eagle's wings addorsed: 2, A U-shaped object sprouting a panache of feathers at either point and filled in its centre with a lattice work. 
Supporters: Dexter, a Knight, holding a lance: Sinister, A Savage, holding a wooden club. 
(Armorial Carving, Monument to Count Adelman, 1515). 

Adelnburg, Endelhart von, German Minnesinger (13th century). 
Arms: Or, two Lobster's claws fesswise in pale Gules. 
Crest: Two Lobster's claws erect in pale Gules. 
(Weingarten und Heidelberg Minnesinger Songbooks). 

Adrian VI, Pope, Adrian Dedel of Utrecht, Flemish Ecclesiast: (Pope from 1522-1523). 
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Three crampons: 2 & 3, A Lion rampant. The shield ensigned with the triple crown of the Pope. 
(Tomb, St. Peter's, Rome). 

Aglié, Filippo de St. Martin, Count, (1604-1667), Minister of Madame Royale, Duchess Christina of Savoy, Italian Diplomat and Organiser of Revels for the Court of Savoy: (family Originally of Piedmont). 
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, nine lozenges (3,3,3) Azure: 2 & 3, Gules. 
Cri-de-guerre: 'In Armis Jura!". 
Motto: 'Sans Départir'. 
(Reitstap). 

Agricola, Doctor Karl, German Doctor (c.1588). 
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Party per fess, overall a child, vested about the waist with a sash: 2 &3, Three wooden stakes erect palewise in fess: 4, Party per fess, overall a child holding an Anchor bendwise sinister. The shield contained within a cartouche. 
Crest: An Angel holding in its dexter hand a latin cross, its sinister hand environed about with a serpent. 
(Ex-Libris, by J.B., 1588). 

Agrippa, Camillo, Italian Fencing Master (c.1604). 
Arms: On a compartment in base a (pear?) tree between two cocks (?). The oval shield contained within a cartouche. 
(Frontispiece: C. Agrippa, Trattorio di Scienza d'arme; et dialogo in detta matereia, 1604). 

Alatruye, Barthélemy, Administrator to the Duke of Burgundy (c.1446), French Noble. 
Arms: A covered cup. 
Crest: Two Eagle's wings addorsed. 
(Portrait, Flemish School, 1446). 

Alberoni, Giulio, Cardinal, (1664-1752), Italian Ecclesiast and Spanish Statesman, of Piacenza. 
Arms: On a conpartment in base a tree eradicated, in chief a mullet (8). The shield ensigned with an ecclesiastical hat supporting four tassels on either side of the shield. 
(Engraving). 

Albuquerque, Affonso d', (1453-1515), Governor General of India, of POrtugal. 
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, five escutcheons (1,3,1) Azure, each charged with five plates (2,1,2): 2 & 3, Azure, five fleurs-de-lis (2,1,2) Or. 
Crest: An Eagle's wing erect Sable charged with five fleurs-de-lis (2,1,2) Argent. 
(Elucidario Nobiliarchico). 

Aldeburgh, Sir William, English Kight (c.1360). 
Arms: Azure, a fess dancettée from point to point Argent, between three crosses botonée Or, the dexter chief cross charged with an annulet for difference. 
(Tomb Effigy, Aldeburgh Church, co. YOrkshire). 

Aldersey, Thomas, English Courtier (c.1586). 
Arms: (Gules?), on a bend engrailed, between two cinqfoil (Or?), three Lion's heads (Sable?). 
(Portrait, by Sir William Segar, 1586). 

Aldobrandini, Bishop, Italian Ecclesiast. 
Arms: A bend embattled between six mullets (6) pierced. 
(Case for a Crozier, 14th century). 

Alfieri, Francesco, Head of the Fencing Academy of Padua, Italian Fencing Master (c.1653). 
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, A banner: Sinister, A Lion rampant. The shield ensigned with a nobleman's helmet affronté. 
(Frontispiece: F. Alfieri, La Spadone di F. Alfieri, 1653). 

Allegrini, Francesco, Italian Noble (c.1761). 
Arms: Azure, between two swords erect, points in base, in fess proper, an Albanian cap Argent. 
(Engraving, by Lorenzino, 1761). 

Allen, William, English Merchant (?), (c.1647). 
Arms: Ermine, a chief Argent, charged with thre mullets Sable. 
(Enamelled Wine Bottle, 1647). 

Alte, Reimar der, Herr, German Minnesinger (13th century). 
Arms: Barry of eight pieces Or and Azure, a pale Gules. 
Crest: A conical chapeau Or, charged with three bars Azure and a pale Gules, supporting at its summit a panache of Peacock's feathers proper. 
(Weingarten und Heidelberg Minnesinger Songbooks). 

Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duque de, (1508-1583), Spanish Soldier. 
Arms: Azure, seven piles radiating from in base Argent. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Spanish Duke and surrounded by twelve Moorish standards proper. 
Crest: An Angel proper, crowned Or and holding in its dexter hand a Latin cross. 
(Reitstap & Woodward). 

Alvensleben, Gustav von, (1803-1881), Prussian General: (family made Counts 6 July 1798). 
Arms: Or, two bars Gules, the uppermost charged with two Roses and the bottommost charged with one Rose Argent. 
Crests: 1, A Tree-stump party per pale Gules and Or, supporting in chief a Rose Argent: 2, A demi-Eagle of Prussia. 
Supporters: Two Lions regaurdant Or. 
Mantling: Or and Gules. 
(Reitstap). 

Amazons, ?, Queen of, Brazilian (?) Ruler (c.1430). 
Arms: Azure, a Swan Argent, beaked and armed Gules. 
(Grand Armorial équestre de la Toison d'Or). 

Amherst, Sir Jeffery, 1st Baron, (1717-1797), Commander in Chief of H.M. Forces in North America, of England. 
Arms: Gules, three Lances erect palewise in fess Or, the points Argent. 
Crest: On a compartment in base Vert one lance erect in pale and two lances crossed in saltire Or, the points of each Argent, environed by a wreath of Olive of the first. 
Supporters: On the Dexter side a War Indian of a swarthy or Copper colour his exterior Arm embowed holding a War Axe proper Rings in his Nose and Ears and Bracelets on his Arms and Wrists Argent over his Shoulders two Buff Belts in saltire one with his powder horn, the other his scalping knife before him a short Apron Azure tied around the Waist with a string Gules having also blue Gaters seamed Or, the Legs fettered and fastened by a Chain to the Bracelet on the exterior wrist. On the Sinister side a like Canadian holding in his exterior hand a Wand thereon a Scalp proper. 
Motto: 'Tria Juncta In Uno'. 
(College of Arms). 

Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of Winchester, (1555-1626), English Ecclesiast. 
Arms: (The shield impaled) Dexter, Or, a double queued key and a sword crossed in saltire: Sinister, Argent, a fess engrailed Sable, cotised of the last, charged with three mullets pierced of the field. The shield surrounded by the Order of the Garter and ensigned with a Bishop's mitre. 
Motto: 'OPOOTOMEIN KAI OPOO_OÆEIN'. 
(Engraving, by John Payne, 1632). 

Angrer, Doctore Gregor, German Doctor (c.1521). 
Arms: Party per pale, overall, upon a three pointed mountain in base, a savage, holding in his dexter hand a scimitar, and in his sinister hand a human head couped. 
Crest: On a wreath of the liveries, a panache of Peacock's feathers, emerging therefrom a demi-Savage with sword and head, as in the arms. 
(Ex-Libris, by H.R., 1521). 

Anchemant, Alfonse, Seigneur de Beke, (d.1624), Flemish Noble. 
Arms: Azure, three clarions Or. 
Crest: Out of a crest coronet Or, an Elephant's head (?) proper, between two aillets erect displayed party per pale Or and Azure, each bearing a pale counter-charged. 
(Cabinet d'Armes, Church of Our Lady, Bruges, Belgium). 

Anchemant née de la Motte, Anna, (d.1625), Flemish Noblewoman. 
Arms: (The lozenge impaled): Dexter, Azure, three clarions Or (Anchemant de Beke): Sinister, Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, three bars Sable, all within a bordure of the first (de la Motte): 2 & 3, Sable, a fess Argent, between three estoiles Or, in chief a demi-pale issuant of the second (Catville). The lozenge surrounded by the cordeliere of a widow Or. 
(Cabinet d'Armes, Church of Our Lady, Bruges, Belgium). 

Arc, Jeanne d', Saint, (1412-1431), French Religious and Military Leader, of Champagne: (her two brothers ennobled by Charles VII in December 1429). 
Arms: (Of her two brothers) Azure, a sword in pale proper hilted and supporting on its point an open crown Or between two fleurs-de-lis of the last (Hordel du Lys). 
(Heraldic Illumination, 15th century MS.: Reitstap). 

Arciszewski, Christopher von Artischav, Polish Noble (c.1620). 
Arms: Party per fess embattled, the chief part Azure, charged with a demi-Lion issuant Or, the base part Argent masoned Sable. 
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet proper, a Demi-Lion issuant Or. 
(Map of Brasil, by Willem Blaeu, c.1620). 

Argenson, Maître François Elie de Voyer de Paulmy d', Bishop of Dol, Archbishop and Prince-Elector of Embrun, Comte de Guillestre et de Beaufort (c.1698), French Ecclesiast. 
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, two Lions passant guardant Or: 2 & 3, Argent, a fess Sable. Overall an escutcheon Gules, on a compartment in base Or a Griffin passant guardant of the last holding in its sinister gamb a sword proper. Both the inescutcheon and the shield ducally crowned Or. The shield suspended upon an Archbishop's pastOral staff, contained within a manteau ermine doubled of the arms and ensigned with an Ecclesiastical hat supporting ten tassels on either side of the shield Gules. 
(Heraldic Illumination, French MS., 1698). 

Argot de Molina, Gonçalo, Spanish Noble (c.1588). 
Arms: Argent, a cross Vair (ancient). 
Crest: A Knight issuant out of a turret holding in his dexter hand a sword, and in his sinister a severed head. 
(Armorial Engraving, Seville, 1588). 

Arnim, Hans Georg von, (1581-1641), German (Mercenary) Soldier. 
Arms: (Ancient) Gules, two bars Argent. 
Crest: Two Buffalo's horns Gules, each charged with two bars Argent. 
(Volborth). 

Aston, Sir Thomas, English Noble (17th century). 
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Party per chevron Sable and Argent, in chief an escutcheon of the second, charged with a dexter hand erect and coped at the wrist Gules (Aston): Sinister, Argent, a fess dancettée Gules, in chief three Leopard's faces Sable, langued of the second. The shield surrounded by a laurel wreath party per pale Or and Vert. 
(Painting, Sir Thomas Aston at the Deathbed of his Wife, by John Souch). 

Austin, Jane, (1775-1817), English Authoress. 
Arms: Or, a chevron Gules between three Lion's gambs Sable. 
(Volborth). 

Aue, Hartmann von, (c.1300), German Minnesinger Poet. 
Arms: Azure, three Eagle's heads erased Argent, beaked Or. 
Crest: An Eagle's head erased proper, beaked Or. 
(Minnesänger Miniature, c.1300). 
Arms: Sable, three Eagle's heads erased Argent. 
Crest: An Eagle's head erased Argent, beaked and gorged about the neck with an annulet Or. 
(Minnesinger Miniature, c.1300). 

Augereau, Pierre François Charles, Duc de Castiglione, (1757-1816), Marshal of France, of the Ile-de-France. 
Arms: Azure, a Lion rampant guardant Or, crowned of the last, a chief Gules semée of estoiles Argent. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Duke of the 1st Empire. 
(Reitstap). 

Axel, Philipp van, Flemish Noble (c.1400). 
Arms: Or, a chevron Gules. 
Crest: A Fish diving proper into a crest coronet Gules. 
(Armorial de Gelre). 

Ayscue, Sir George, English Admiral (c.1666). 
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, a fess between three Donkeys (?) statant: Sinister, A cross lozengy flory. The shield surrounded by two laurel branches crossed in saltire beneath the shield. 
(Engraving, Silver Biscuit Box, c. 1666).