A Roll of Arms of Romantic and Historical interest
as compiled by Matthew Robert Glozier
A | B | C-D
| E-F | G-H | I-J
| K-L | M | N-O
| P-Q | R-S | T-U
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E - F
Ebertseyn, Christoph, Graf von, German Noble (c.1522).
Arms: A Rose.
Crest: The head and shoulders of a Bishop, charged on
his mitre with a rose.
(Armorial Engraving, by Hans Burgkmair, 1522).
Eck, Doctor Johannes, German Doctor (c.1518).
Arms: Party per fess, in chief a pile, its point in chief.
Crest: Two Eagle's wings addorsed each charged with a
pile as in the arms.
(Ex-Libris, by Hans Springinklee, c.1518).
Egenolph von Knöringen, Johann, Bishop of Augsburg,
German Ecclesiast (16th century).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Party per pale: 2 & 3,
Sable, an annulet Argent.
Crests: 1, Out of a ducal coronet a Bishop's mitre party
per pale, garnished around its edges with peacock's feathers: 2, A Bishop's
mitre proper: 3, An annulet supporting in chief a ducal coronet out of
which a panache of peacock's feathers.
(Heraldic Illumination, 16th century).
Egmond, Lamoraal, Graaf van, (1522-1568), Dutch Patriot.
Arms: Grand quarterly: 1 & 4, Quarterly: I &
IV, Chevrony of twelveor and Gules (Egmond), II & III,or, two bars
Gules (Buren): 2 & 3, (Gueldre). Overall an inescutcheon Or charged
with a Lion rampant Gules charged on its shoulder with an estoile Argent.
(Reitstap).
Eickendorff, Josef, Baron von, (1782-1857), German Poet.
Arms: Gules, the trunk of an Oak tree couped in bend
acorned Or.
Crest: An Oak tree, as in the arms.
(Volborth).
Eisenhower, Dwight, (1890-1969), American President and
General.
Arms: Or, an anvil Azure.
Crest: Five mullets (5) in Orle Argent.
Motto: 'Peace Through Understanding'.
(Volborth: College of Arms).
Elbée, Maurice Louis Joseph Gigost d', (1752-1794),
French (Vandéen) General, of Beauce.
Arms: Argent, three bars Gules.
(Reitstap).
Elphinstone, William, Bishop of Aberdeen (1431-1514),
Scottish Ecclesiast.
Arms: Argent, a chevron Sable, between three Boar's heads
couped Gules. The shield ensigned with a Bishop's mitre. Beneath the shield
a salmon in pale surmounted of two salmon crossed in saltire.
(Portrait, by William of Bruges, c.1500).
Arms: A chevron between three Boar's heads erased. The
shield ensigned with a Bishop's mitre.
Motto: 'Non (Conivoar?)'.
(Armorial Carving, King's College, Aberdeen).
Elwick, John, Director of the East India Company (c.1720),
English Gentleman.
Arms: Argent, on a chevron Azure, three fleurs-de-lis
Or.
Crest: Three Bay (?) leaves Gules.
Mantling: Argent doubled Gules.
(Armorial Plate, c.1720).
Empress, William le Fitz, Count of Poitou, (d.1164), Frankish
Ruler: (younger son of Geoffroi d'Anjou by the Empress Maud of England).
Arms: Two Lions rampant combatant.
(Seal, c.1150).
Engelshofen, Johannes Christophorus von, German Noble
(c.1623).
Arms: A demi-Angel, clasping both hands.
Crest: A demi-Angel, as in the arms.
(Ex-Libris, 1623).
Enzestorf, Wolf Christoph von, German Noble (c.1575).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A pale Azure: 2 & 3,
Gules, a Duck statant proper. The shield contained within a cartouche.
Crests: Dexter, Out of a ducal coronet an Eagle's wing
charged with a pale Azure: Sinister, A Duck statant.
(Ex-Libris, by Martin Rota, 1575).
Erasmus, Desiderius, (1466-1536), Dutch Humanist: (natural
son of Gerard de Praet of Gouda).
Arms: Gules, a Unicorn rampant Argent, on a bend sinister
Or, three fleurs-de-lis Sable.
(Reitstap).
Eschenbach, Herr Wolfram von, German Minnesinger (c.1300).
Arms: Gules, two axes addorsed Or.
Crest: Two axes Or.
(German Minnesinger Miniature, Manesse Codex, c.1300-10).
Esmonde of Huntington Castle, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet,
(1646-1661), Irish (Royalist) Soldier: (natural son of the Irish nobleman
Lord Esmonde).
Arms: Ermine, a chief Gules, charged with three mullets
of the field, on an inescutcheon Argent, a dexter hand couped and erect
of the second.
(Stained Glass Window, Huntington Castle, Co. Wexford).
Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, Comte d',
(1729-1794), French Admiral, of Rouerge.
Arms: Azure, semée-de-lis Or, a chief counter-charged.
The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Count and suspended from
an anchor Argent.
(Reitstap).
Este, Barco d', Duke of Modena and Reggio (1452) and Duke
of Ferrara (1471), (d.1471), Italian Ruler.
Arms: Azure, an Eagle displayed Argent, armed Or. The
shield ensigned by the coronet of an Italian Sovereign Duke.
(Reitstap).
Este, Hercules d', Duke of Ferrare, Knight of the Garter,
Italian Ruler (16th century).
Arms: (Shown on a banner): Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure,
an Eagle displayed Argent, armed, beaked and languedor (Este): 2 &
3, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or, within a plain bordure parted per dancettée
(Argent and Gules?). Over all a pale Gules, charged with two keys crossed
in saltire debruised of an escutcheon Azure bearing an Eagle displayed
Argent, armed, beaked and langued Or. The banner ensigned with the coronet
of a Duke.
Supporter: A Sea Lion, its wings displayed.
(Heraldic Illumination, 16th century MS.).
Este, Mary d', (1658-1718), wife of King James II of England.
Arms: (Two shields accoulée): Dexter, Grand quarterly:
1 & 2, Quarterly: I & II: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or: II &
III, Gules, three Lions passant guardant Or: 2,or, a Lion rampant contained
within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules: 3, Azure an Irish Harp
Or: Sinister, Azure an Eagle displayed Argent, armed and crowned Or. The
two shields contained within a love knot and ensigned with a royal crown.
(Book Bound for Mary d'Este, National Library of Scotland).
Estrées, Cesar d', French Ecclesiast (c.1660).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, (Or?), fretty Sable, on a
chief three martlets: 2 & 3, A Lion rampant. The shield ensigned with
the coronet of a French Duke and an ecclesiastical hat supporting on either
side of the shield ten (?) tassels. All contained within a manteau ermine
doubled of the arms.
(Engraving, by Robert Nanteuil, 1660).
Ettenhard, Georg von, Knight of the Holy Roman Empire,
German Noble (18th century).
(Two achievements of arms).
Arms (Dexter): Party per bend Azure and Argent.
Crest: Out of a crest coronetor, two Eagle's wings addorsed
party per pale Argent and Azure.
Arms (Sinister): Quarterly: 1 & 4, Sable, a Leopard
rampant proper, crowned Or: 2 & 3,or, a cross quarter pierced Sable.
Crest: Out of a crest coronetor, a Leopard rampant proper,
crowned Or, out of which crown spings a panache of Peacock's feathers proper.
(Illuminated Marriage Arms, Registre de la confrérie
de la Sagrada Passion).
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 3rd Baron, (1612-1671), English (Parliamentary)
General.
Arms: Or, three bars gemels Gules, overall a Lion rampant
Sable.
Crest: A Lion passant guardant Sable.
(Etching, Sir Thomas Fairfax Champion of England, 1646,
anon.).
Supporters: Dexter, a Lion guardant Sable: Sinister,
A bay Horse proper.
Motto: 'Fare, fac'.
(Portrait of Ferdinando Fairfax, 1st Baron Fairfax).
Arms: Three bars gemels, over all a Lion rampant.
(Equestrian Engraving, by William Marshall, 1650).
Falconer of Glenfarquar, Sir Alexander, Benefactor of
Aberdeen University (1716), Scottish Noble.
Arms: Or, a human heart Gules, ensigned by a Falcon's
head proper, between three mullets Azure.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Falkenhayn, Erich von, (1861-1922), German General, of
Silesia: (family made Counts 1 August 1682).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, three bezants in bend
Argent: 2, Gules, a Lion rampant queue fourchée Argent: 3, Party
per fess Argent and Sable, a Sea-Unicorn counter charged. Overall an inescutcheon
Argent charged with three hunting horns Gules (Falkenhayn).
Crests: 1 & 3, A hunting horn, as in the arms, between
two Peacock's tails proper: 2, A demi-Lion queue fourchée Argent.
(Reitstap).
Farmor of Easter-Neston, Sir William, Groom of the Bedchamber
to Charles, Prince of Wales and Captain of a Troop of Horse in the service
of King Charles I, English Gentleman and Soldier, of co. Northants (c.
1640).
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Argent, a fess between
three Unicorn's (Eagle's?) heads erased, in chief an escutcheon Argent
charged with a dexter hand erect and couped at the wrist Gules: Overall
an inescutcheon Argent, bearing on a chevron, between three Lions rampant,
as many hunting horns: Sinister, Argent, on a chevron, between three Lions
rampant, as many hunting horns.
Crest: Out of a crest coronet, an Eagle's head.
Motto: 'Hora Sempret'.
(Portrait, by William Dobson, c.1640).
Fastolf, Sir John, (temp. Henry V), English Military Commander.
Arms: Quarterlyor and Azure, overall a bend Gules charged
with three escallops Argent.
(Siege of Calais Roll).
Felbrigge, Sir George, English Knight (c.1400).
Arms:or, a Lion rampant Gules, charged on the shoulder
with a mullet pierced Argent for difference.
(Tomb Effigy, Playford Church, co. Suffolk).
Felbrigge, Sir Simon, Standard Bearer to King Richard
II of England (c.1416), English Knight.
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules.
(Tomb Effigy, Felbrigg Church, co. Norfolk: Parliamentary
and Ashmole Rolls).
Felibien, André, Esquier, Sieur des Avaux, Seigneur
de Lavercy &c., Historiographer Royal (c.1650), French Noble.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, a tree eradicated Vert,
a bordure Gules, bezanté Argent: 2 & 3, Azure, a chevronor,
between in chief two crescents Argent, and in base a human heart of the
second. The shield ensigned with the helmet of a French nobleman affronté.
Supporters: Two Unicorns statant reguardant on a compartment
in base.
(Bookplate, 1650).
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe
de, Archbishop of Cambrai, (1651-1715), French Ecclesiast and Academician,
of Périgord.
Arms: Or, three bendlets Vert. The shield ensigned with
an ecclesiastical hat supporting on either side of the shield five tassels
Vert. Behind the shield a Bishop's pastoral staff proper.
Motto: 'u.A Te Principium, Tibi Desinet.w'.
(Reitstap).
Ferieres-Avocat, Anne, Seigneur de Lastours, Échevin
of the City of Tours (c.1600), French Noble.
Arms: Gules, the sun in its splendour Or, on a chief
of the last, two mullets (?) of the first. The shield ensigned with the
helmet and mantling of a French nobleman.
(Painting, The Échevins of the City of Tours Receiving
King Louis XIV of France, c.1660).
Fernandez de Cordoba, Gonçalo, Spanish Noble (c.1513).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Vert, three bars Argent: 2, Two Cauldrons
chequey, a bordure gobony of Castile and Léon: 3, A pile in base
of Léon, between in chief two piles contourné of Castile:
4, Party per saltire, the chief and the base charged with two bendlets
Gules, the dexter side charged with the word 'AVEMARIA', and the sinister
side with the word 'GRATIA'.
(Armorial Engraving, Seville, 1513).
Fernandez de Quiñones, Claudio, Conde de Lura,
Spanish Noble (c.1548).
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Chequey Argent and
vair: Sinister, Quarterly: 1 & 4, Purpure, four bars Argent: 2 &
3, Five escallops (2,1,2). All within a bordure charged with four castles
in cross and as many Lions in saltire.
(Armorial Engraving, Valladolid, 1548).
Fielding, Henry, (1707-1745), English Writer.
Arms: Argent, a fess Azure charged with three lozenges
Or, in chief a mullet within an annulet Gules for difference.
(Volborth).
Filliol, Matilda de, English (Norman) Noblewoman (c.1290):
(daughter of Sir Roger de Lascelles: married Sir W. de Hilton 1288: married
Sir R. de Filliol 1293).).
Arms: (Three shields conjoined at their bases in pairle)
1, Gules, a Lion rampant Argent (Filliol): 2, Argent, three chaplets Gules
(Lascelles): 3, Argent, two bars Azure (Hilton).
(Seal, post-1293).
Finetti, François, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: Gules, on a bend Argent, a sword (?) Sable.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).
Fisher, John, Bishop of London (c.1512), English Ecclesiast.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Argent, a saltire
charged with a Bishop's mitre (See of London): Sinister, (Gules?), a Fish
embowed in fess between three garbs (?) (Fisher).
(Parliamentary Procession Roll, 1512).
FitzAlan, John, Earl of Arundel, (d.1434), English Noble.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, a Lion rampant Or
(FitzAlan): 2 & 3, Sable, a fret Or (Maltravers).
(Tomb Effigy, FitzAlan Chapel, Arundel).
FitzGerald, Gerald, Earl of Kildare, (c.1601), Irish Noble.
Arms: Argent, a saltire Gules.
Crest: A Monkey passant guardant gorged around the waist
and environed with a chain Or.
Supporters: On a compartment in base Vert two Monkeys
rampant guardant each gorged around the waist and environed with chains
Or.
(Heraldic Illumination, 1601).
FitzRalph, Sir William, English Knight (c.1323).
Arms: Or, three chevronels Gules, each charged with as
many fleurs-de-lis Argent.
(Tomb Effigy, Pebmarsh Church, co. Essex).
Fitzwaryn, Sir Ralph, Knight of the Garter (c.1360), English
Knight.
Arms: Quarterly (party per fess dancetée) ermine
and Gules.
Crest: A Wyvern Argent, armed and langued Or.
(Garter Stall Plate).
Fleetwood, Sir William, (d.1594), Recorder of London.
Arms: Party per nebuly Or and Azure, six martlets (2,2,2)
counter charged.
(Enamelled Seal Ring, 16th century).
Fletcher, John, (1579-1625), English Dramatist.
Arms: Argent, a cross flory Vert, between four escallops.
The shield contained within a cartouche.
(Engraving, by William Marshall, c.1628: Frontispiece
to Fletcher's Comedies and Tragedies, 1647).
Fogliani of Reggio, Guidoriccio di messer Niccolo dei,
War Captain of Siena (c.1328), Italian Knight and Military Commander.
Arms: Or, a bend lozengy Sable between two strawberry
(?) vines slipped Vert and flowered of the last.
Crest: A cushion supporting a panache of Peacock's feathers
erect in pale proper.
(Tavoletta di Biccherna, 1328, Fogliani at the siege
of Montemassi, Workshop of Simone Martini).
Foix, Gaston de, Duc de Nemours, (1489-1512), Constable
of France.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, three pallets Gules:
2 & 3, Or, two Bulls passant Gules, a riband round the neckVert, over
all a label (3) the pandants cruceform Sable, each charged with five escallops
in cross Argent.
(16th century MS.).
Forbes, Katherine, Scottish Noblewoman (c.1561).
Arms: Azure, three Bear's heads couped Argent, bridled
Gules, in the centre point a cinqufoil Sable for difference.
Crest: A demi-Savage with his arms crossed holding a
club and wearing a hat (all proper?).
(Extract of Matriculation and Confirmation, Lyon Court,
1561).
Forbes, William, Doctor of Divinity, 4th Principal of
Marischal College, Aberdeen, (c.1620), Scottish Intellectual: (of the family
of Forbes of Corsindae).
Arms: Azure, three Boar's heads couped at the neck Argent,
langued Gules (but not muzzled).
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell, Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Forbes, Patrick, Bishop of Aberdeen, 9th Chancellor of
King's College, Aberdeen, (c.1618), Scottish Ecclesiast.
Arms: Azure, a passion cross Or, between three Bear's
heads couped Argent, muzzled Gules.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Forbes (Forboys), Samuel de, Seigneur de Presles et de
Villiers, Éscuyer, Premier Homme d'Armes de France, Commendant en
la Garde Escossoise du Corps du Roi (c.1590), Scottish Soldier in French
Service.
Arms: Three Bear's heads erased and mussled. The shield
ensigned with the open-visored helm of an untitled French Nobleman.
Supporters: Dexter, A horse: Sinister, A Savage.
(Engraving).
Fordyce, Sir William, Doctor of Medicine, Fellow of the
Royal Society, Benefactor of Aberdeen University (1790), Scottish Intellectual.
Arms: Azure, three Boar's heads couped Argent, muzzled
Or.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Forman of Luthrie, Sir Robert, Lord Lyon King of Arms,
Scottish Noble (c.1567).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Three Boar's heads erased
(Forman): 2 & 3, A chevron between three fish erect palewise.
Crest: A Boar's head couped (?).
(Seal, 1567).
Fouquet, Nicolas, Marquis de Belle Isle, Vicomte de Melun
et de Vaux, (1615-1680), French Statesman, of the Ile-de-France.
Arms: Argent, a Squirrel Gules, all within a bordure
of the second semée-de-lis Or. The shield ensigned with the coronet
of a French Marquis.
Motto: 'Quo Non Ascendum'.
(Reitstap).
Fowler of Coulmauld, David, Baillie of Inverness, Scottish
Notable (c.1674): (married Margaret, daughter of Murdoch Mackenzie, Bishop
of Moray).
Arms: (Two shields accolée): Dexter, Quarterly:
1 & 4, A cinqufoil (Fowler): 2 & 3, A Swan vulning itself (the
swan in the third quarter contourné): Sinister, A Stag's head caboshed,
between the tines a mullet (Mackenzie).
(Armorial Door-Lintel, 1674).
Foxe, Richard, (c.1446/7-1528), Bishop of London, English
Ecclesiast.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Gules, a sword erect
in pale Argent, surmounted of two keys crossed in saltire (Or?) (See of
London): Sinister, Sable, a Swan rising vulning itself Argent, holding
between its claws a ducal coronet Or (Foxe). The shield ensigned with a
Bishop's mitre and surrounded by the Order of the Garter.
(Portrait, by Johannes Corvus).
Foxley, Sir John de, English Knight (c.c.1378).
Arms: Gules, two bars Argent.
Crest: A Fox's head.
(Tomb Effigy, Bray Church, co. Berkshire).
France, Louis, Dauphin de, (later Louis XI), French Ruler.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis
Or, a bordure Gules: 2 & 3, Or, a Dolphin embowed Azure, langued and
finned Gules.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a Dolphin as in the
arms impaled upon a bâton in pale Gules.
(Hyghalmen Roll, c.1450).
Franco Bahamonde, Fransisco, Duque de, (b.1892), Spanish
Dictator.
Arms: Or, a cross Gules between four fleurs-de-lis Azure.
The shield ensigned by the coronet of a Spanish Duke, and contained within
a manteau ermine doubled of the arms and suspended from a Duke's coronet.
(Bugallal).
Francolin, Johann von, (c.1560), Royal Hungarian Herald.
Arms: Party per chevron Or and Azure, a chevron Gules
charged with a chevronel gobony of the first and second between in chief
two Falcons (Francolins?) combatant closed proper and crowned of the first
and in base an Eagle displayed Argent charged over its body with a saltire
couped Gules.
Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a falcon close proper crowned
of the first.
Motto: 'Di Stera Fide Sustine'.
Mantling: Dexter,Or and Azure: Sinister, Or and Gules.
(Hungarian Heraldic MS., 1560).
Franklin, Benjamin, (1709-1790), Second President of the
U.S.A.
Arms: Argent, on a bend Gules, between two Lion's heads
erased of the last, a Dolphin charged of the field between two martlets
Or.
Crest: A Dolphin's head Argent between two olive branches
proper.
(Volborth).
Fraser, Sir Simon, Hero of the Battle of Rosslyn, Scottish
Knight (c.1300).
Arms: (At the battle of Falkirk, 1298) Sable, six roses
(fraises) Argent.
Arms: (At the siege of Carlaeverock, 1300) Sable, nine
roses (fraises) (3,3,2,1) Argent.
(Siege of Carlaeverock Roll).
Fraser, Sir William, Scottish Knight (c.1296).
Arms: A label of three points charged with two frasies
on each of its points.
(Seal, c.1296).
Fraunberg, Ladislas von, Graf von Haag (c.1557), German
Noble.
Arms: Gules, a Horse salient Argent, bridled of the first.
The oval shield contained within a golden cartouche and ensigned with a
golden helmet.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a demi-Man vested Azure,
semée-de-lisOr, wearing a Papal crown proper, from which sprouts
a panache of Peacock's feathers.
Motto: 'Cum Labore et Deoivvante'.
(Portrait, by Hans Mielich, 1557).
Fritsch, Werner, Freiherr von, (1880-1939), German General,
of Silesia.
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Azure, a figured cross Or: 2, Or,
a pair of pincers in pale Sable: 3, Azure, a bunch of Grapes proper: 4,
Or, a bunch of Grapes proper. Overall an inescutcheon Gules bearing a sword
erect Argent, the hilt Or.
Crest: An Eagle's wing Argent, charged with a pair of
pincers erect Sable.
Mantling: Or and Argent.
(Reitstap).
Fugger (Fuggeris), Phillippo Eduardo and Octaviano II,
Lords of Kirchberg and Weissenhoren, Imperial Nobles (c.1589).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Party per pale, two fleurs-de-lis
(counter-charged?): 2, A Bishop (?), vested in his Vestments, holding in
his
dexter hand a Bishop's mitre: 3, Three hunting horns stringed in pale.
The shield ensigned with a nobleman's helm affronté.
Crest: A hunting horn stringed.
(Engraving, of St. Helena, by Reygnold Elstracke, 1589).
Fugger, Johann Jacob, Graf von Kirchberg (c.1553), German
Noble.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Party per pale, two double-headed
fleur-de-lis (counter-charged?): 2, A Queen (?) vested, holding in her
dexter hand a Bishop's mitre: 3, Three hunting horns in pale.
Crests: Dexter, A fleur-de-lis, as in the arms, between
two Buffalo's horns: Sinister, A Queen (?) vested, crowned with a mitre.
(Armorial Engraving, Lyon, 1553).
Fulke, William, (1538-1589), Master of Pembroke College,
Cambridge, English (Puritain) Divine.
Arms: A fleur-de-lis between three escallops.
Crest: A Talbot's head gorged about the neck with a collar.
(Engraving, by William Marshall, 1633).
Fullerton of Halstead, James, Benefactor of Aberdeen University
(1692), Scottish Laird.
Arms: Argent, a chevron between three Otter's heads erased
Gules.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Fychan, Edynfed, (d.1246), Steward of Llywelyn the Great,
Welsh Knight: (ancestor of the Tudor sovereigns of England and Wales).
Arms: Gules, a chevron Argent, between three Englishmen's
heads couped proper.
(College of Arms).