Pailloux, Jacques Barbazan de, (d.1724), Louisianan Soldier and Planter, of Languedoc.
Arms: Argent, a chevron Sable between in chief three roses Gules and in base a Tree Vert.
(Reitstap).

Palao, M. Pietro, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: Azure, a Stag's head caboshed Or, charged between the tines with a bezant.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).

Palmer of Lemmington, William, English Soldier (c.1540).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Chequey Or and Sable, a chief Gules: 2, Or, three COrbies Sable: 3, Or, on a chevron Gules, between three Lion's heads erased of the second, a mullet of the field for difference: 4, QuarterlyOrand Sable, on a bend Gules, three fleurs-de-lis of the first.
Crest: A Wyvern sejant coward Argent, garnished Or.
(Portrait, c.1540).

Palmer, Elizabeth, Lady Verney, English Noblewoman (c.1700).
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Azure, on a cross Argent, five mullets Gules (Verney): Sinister, Three (lances?) (Palmer).
(Portrait, by Sir Peter Lely).

Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu, (1594-1632), Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, German Imperial Cavalry Commander, of Bavaria.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Party per fess Sable and Argent, charged overall with two swords crossed in saltire Gules (Hereditary Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire): 2 & 3, Azure, six bells (3,2,1) Argent (Pappenheim). Overall a chief Or charged with an Imperial Eagle displayed Sable bearing on its breast the letters 'F II' of the first (Augmentation granted 1628). Behind the shield a sword and a Marshal's bâton crossed in saltire proper.
Crests: 1, Two banners erect bearing the arms shown in the first quarter of the shield: 2, The bust of a Negress in profile proper, crowned and habited Or.
Motto: 'In Deo Spero'.
All contained within a manteau ermine doubled Gules and suspended from an electoral crown proper.
(Reitstap).

Paracelsus, Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim called, (1493-1541), Physician and Alchemist, of Switzerland.
Arms: Argent, on an inescutcheon Or, between eight plain crosses couped in Orle Azure a bend sinister of the last charged with three plates.
Crest: A conical chapeau Or, turned up Azure, the cone charged with a bend sinister bearing three plates Argent, as in the arms, the point of the cone sprouting six feathers of the first.
(Volborth).

Parker, Matthew, Arcbishop of Canterbury (before 1572), English Ecclesiast.
Arms: On a chevron, between three keys erect, as many estoiles.
(Armorial Engraving, 1572).

Parkes of Ratton, Sir John, English Soldier (c.1589).
Arms: Grand Quarterly: 1 & 4, (Azure?), fretty, overall a fess (Or?): 2 & 3, Quarterly, 1 & 4, Sable, a chevron between three Boar's heads (?) (Or?), 2 & 3, Argent, a bend (Azure?), between six martlets (Sable?).
Crest: A Talbot passant.
(Portrait, by GeOrge Gower, 1589).

Parsons, Sir John, Knight, of Boveny, English Soldier, of co. Bucks: (knighted in Ireland on 31 March 1622).
Arms: Argent, a chevron between three Holly leaves slipped Vert.
Crest: On a chapeau Gules, turned up ermine, a Griffin's head erased Argent, beaked and langued of the first.
(Portrait).

Pascal, Blaise, (1628-1662), French Philosophe, of the Auvergne.
Arms: Azure, a Ram passant Argent Supporting over its sinister shoulder a pastoral staff in bend sinister bearing a banner of the second charged with a cross Gules (the Agnes Dei).
(Reitstap).

Paskievick, Ivan Fedorovich, Count of Erivan, Prince of Warsaw, (1782-1856), Russian General.
Arms: Quarterly: 1, (Poland): 2, Gules, a banner of three pieces in pale Or, surmounted by a demi-arrow in fess of the last (Radwan): 3, Azure, a fortified town Argent: 4, Gules, a 'tritan' Argent holding a sabre of the last. Overall an inescutcheon of the arms of Russia. The shield ensigned with the coronet of Russian Count.
(Reitstap).

Pasquali, Tulio, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: Party per pale Azure and Or, overall a Lion rampant Argent.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).

Paston of Paston, William, English Notable (c.1573).
Arms: Quarterly of twelve: 1, Argent, six fleurs-de-lis Azure, a chief indented Or (Paston): 2, Argent, a fess between two chevrons Gules (Peche): 3, Ermine, on a chief Gules, three coronets Or (Leech): 4, Or, on a chevron, between three Lion's heads erased Gules, langued Azure, as many bezants (Somerton): 5, Azure, an escutcheon Argent, within an Orle of eight martlets of the second (Walcot): 6, Argent, a chevron Sable, between three Bear's heads couped of the second, muzzled Or (Barry): 7, Ermine, a chief indented Gules (Hengrave): 8, Argent, a fess Gules, in chief two crescents of the second (Watson): 9, Azure, a Lion rampant guardant Or (Hetherset): 10, Sable, a fess Or, between two chevrons of the second (Garbridge): 11, Argent, on a chevron Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Or (Pevor): 12, Azure, a cross pattée throughout Or (Mautby).
Crest: A Griffin sejant coward Or, gorged about the neck with a mural coronet Argent, holding in its beak a chain of the first.
Motto: 'De Mieulx En Mieulx',
Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.
(Heraldic Illumination, 16th century MS.).

Paterson, Patrick, 8th Principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen, (c.1678), Scottish Intellectual.
Arms: Argent, in three nests Vert, as many Pelicans in their piety Or, on a chief Azure, as many mullets of the field; a mitre of the fourth for difference.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).

Paterson, William, Supporter of the Failed Darien Scheme, Scottish Financier and Merchant (c.1700).
Arms: In three nests, as many Pelicans in their piety.
(Engraving, c.1700).

Pauli, Christof Franz von, German Noble (c.1699).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Party per pale, the dexter Or, charged with a double-headed Eagle dimidiated Sable, the sinister barry of six pieces Gules and Argent: 2 & 3, Argent, on a compartment in base Vert, an oak tree: 4, Party per pale, the sinister barry of six pieces Gules and Argent, the dexter Or, charged with a double-headed Eagle dimidiated Sable: Overall a inescutcheon Azure charged with St. Paul.
Crests: Dexter, out of a ducal coronet Saint Paul holding in his dexter hand a staff and in his sinister hand an open book: Sinister, Out of a ducal coronet an oak tree between two panaches each of three ostriche feathers.
Motto: 'Que Adest Deus Ubi'.
(Ex-Libris, 1699).

Pecci, Joachim, His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, (1810-1903), Italian Ecclesiast.
Arms: Azure, on a mount in base Vert a Pine tree proper between in base two fleurs-de-lis and in dexter chief the sun in its splendour radiating a ray in bend of the last, overall a fess Argent. The shield suspended upon two Keys crossed in saltire, the dexter Or and the sinister Argent, and ensigned with the triple crown of the Pope.
(Book Plate).

Peel, Sir Robert, (1788-1850), English Statesman.
Arms: Argent, three quivers each of three arrows (2,1) one in pale contourné surmounting two crossed in saltire Or, each quiver bound by a knotted rope Gules, on a chief Azure a Bee displayed of the field, a canton of the last bearing a dexter hand appaumée of the third.
(Volborth).

Pelham, Sir William, Lieutenant of the Ordnance, English Soldier and Courtier (c.1580).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Three Pelicans vulning themselves: 2, A demi-Vol (a Lion passant?): 3, A fret.
Crest: A Falcon displayed, wings addorsed, affronté.
(Engraving, by Federigo Zuccaro, circa 1580).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Three Swans vulning themselves: 2, Two belts bearing buckles in chief palewise in fess: 3, Fretty.
Crest: An Elephant passant.
(Tomb Monument, Brocklesbury Park, Lincolnshire, c.1600?).

Pelissier, Aimable Jean Jacques, Duc de Malakof, (1794-1864), Marshal of France: (created a Duke 22 July 1856).
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Azure, a swOrd in pale Or: 2, Or, a Palm branch in pale Vert: 3, Or, a Lion rampant and crowned Gules: 4, Azure, a cross alessée Argent. Overall a chief Gules semée of mullets Argent. An inescutcheon Argent charged with a mural crown Sable charged with the word 'Sevastopol' Or, surmounting three flags bearing the ensignes of England, France and Piedmont.
Compartment: Two 'Zouaves' of the 2nd green regiment of the Guard Ecossais (Scots Guard) wearing their uniforms in repose beneath the shield.
Motto: 'Virtutis Fortunacomes'.
All within a manteau ermine doubled Gules, and suspended from a Ducal coronet.
(Reitstap).

Pellet, Thomas, Doctor of Medicine (c.1719), English Gentleman.
Arms: Argent (?), two bars Sable, the bar in chief charged with a roundel of the field.
Crest: A Lion passant guerdant, holding in its dexter gamb an olive branch.
(Engraving, Map of Tunbridge Wells, From J. Harris, The History of Kent, 1710).

Penn, William, (1644-1718), Settler of Pennsylvania.
Arms: Argent, a fess Sable charged with three plates.
(Volborth).

Pepys, Samual, (1633-1703), English Diarist and Naval Administrator.
Arms: Sable, on a bendure between two Nag's heads erased Argent three fleurs-de-lis of the field.
Crest: A Camel's head erased Or, bridled, lined, ringed and gOrged with a ducal coronet Sable.
Motto: 'Mens cujusque is est quisque'.
(Burke).

Perignon, Catherine Dominique, Marquis de, (1754-1818), Marshal of France, of Lorraine.
Arms: Azure, a Ram passant its head Supporting a cross of Lorraine Or. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Marquis.
(Reitstap).

Pesaro, Jacopo, Bishop of Pafo, Commissioner of the Papal Galleys (which defeated the Turks at Santa Maura in 1502), Italian Ecclesiast (c.1502).
Arms: Party per pale fusily Or and Azure.
(Painting, Pope Alexander II Presenting Jacopo Pesaro to Saint Peter, 16th century).

Pescara, Fernando Francesco de Avalos, Marchese di, (1490-1525), Spanish Soldier in Imperial Service.
Arms: Azure, a castle Or, all within a bordure compony Argent and Gules. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Spanish Marquis.
(Reitstap).

Petre, Sir William, (d.1572), Secretary of State, English Courtier.
Arms: Gules, on a bend Or, between two plates, a martlet Sable, between two roses Vert, on a chief of the second, a rose of the field, between two demi-fleur-de-lis, parted per pale of the last.
Crest: An Ape's (?) head affronté party per pale Azure and Or, ringed through its dexter ear of the last and gOrged about the neck with a collar of the second.
(Portrait, by Van der Meulen, 1567).

Pett, Phineus, (1570-1647), English Shipbuilder.
Arms: Or, on a fess Gules between three roundels Sable a Lion passant guardant of the field.
Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a Swan vulning itself Argent.
(Portrait, 1613).

Peutinger, Konrad, German Noble (?) (c.1516).
Arms: On a bend three escallops.
Crest: The head and shoulders of a Man vested, wearing a chapeau turned up, charged with three escallops, and bearing an ostriche plume.
Motto: 'Moderantur Ipsa Et Fata Leges Ac Regunt'.
(Ex-Libris, 1516).

Pfinzing von Henfenfeld, Seyfried, German Noble (c.1560).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Party per fess, Argent and Sable: 2 & 3, Party per fess, in chief a demi-Eagle issuant displayed, in base an annulet: Overall an escutcheon charged with a fess. The shield contained within a cartouche.
Crests: Dexter, Out of a ducal coronet, two Buffalo's horns each perty per fess, the chief Argent, the base Sable: Sinister, Out of a ducal coronet, a demi-Lion issuant rampant between two Eagle's wings addorsed each semée of linden leaves.
(Ex-Libris, by Matthias Zündt, 1569).

Phélypeaux, Jean-Fréderique, Comte de Maurepas et Pontchartrain, (c.1700), French Statesman, of the Ile-de-France.
Arms: Azure, semée of quatrefoils Or, a canton ermine. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Count.
(Reitstap).

Piccolomini de Aragona, Ottavio, Count-Prince, (1599-1656), Italian Soldier in Imperial Service.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, on a cross Azure, five crescents Or: 2 & 3, Party per pale of four pieces, 1, a cross moline, 2, Three fleurs-de-lis in pale, 3, Gules, three bars Argent, 4, Two pallets. The shield contained within an architectural cartouche, ensigned with the coronet of an Imperial Count and encircled by the Order of the Golden Fleece.
(Engraving, by Cornel).

Pierrpoint, Right Honourable William, Earl of Kingston upon Hull, Viscount Newarke upon Trent, Baron of Holme, Pierrepoint, Manners and Herris, English Noble (c.1700).
Arms: Semé of cinqfoils, a Lion rampant. The shield ensigned with the coronet of an English Earl.
Supporters: Two Lions rampant Sable.
Motto: 'Pic Repont Te'.
(Engraving, by Richard Blome).

Pius V, Pope, Michele Ghisleri, (1504-1572), Italian Ecclesiast.
Arms: Barry of six pieces Gules and Or. The arms contained within an oval cartouche ensigned with two swords crossed in saltire behind the shield and a Papal crown in chief proper.
(Enamel Arms, Model Ship, by Johann Zeckl).

Pius IX, Pope, Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti, (1792-1878), Italian Ecclesiast.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, On a bezant in base a Lion rampant: 2 & 3, Two bendlets. The shield ensigned with the triple crown of the Pope.
(Lamp-Base, St. Peter's, Rome).

Pizzaro, Fransisco, (1471-1541), Spanish Conquistador.
Arms: Argent, a Pine tree Vert fructedOrbetween two Bears rampant combatant proper standing on as many 'slates' in base Sable.
(Reitstap).

Plantagenet, Geoffrey, Comte d'Anjou et de Maine, (d.1151), French Ruler and Military Leader.
Arms: Azure, six Lioncels rampant (3,2,1) Or.
Crest: On a pointed cap Azure a Lioncel passant Or.
(Tomb Plate, Le Mans Cathedral).

Plunkenet, Leonard, D.M., English Notable (c.1691).
Arms: Ermine, a bend engrailed Gules. The shield ensigned with a tournament helm.
(Engraving, by Collins, for L. Plunkenet's Phytographia Sive Stirpium IllustriOrum, London, 1691).

Poilvilain, Henri de, Baron de Crenay, (c.1731), Louisianan Soldier, of Normandy.
Arms: Party per pale Or and Azure. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Baron.
(Reitstap).

Polcan, Lord Thomas, Protonotary to the King of England, English Ecclesiast (16th century).
Arms: Three spur rowels pierced.
(Heraldic Illumination, 16th century MS.).

Pole, Reginald, Cardinal, (1500-1558), Archbishop of Canterbury (c.1580), English Ecclesiast.
Arms: (The shield impaled) Dexter, Azure, a chasauble ermine, fringed Or, in chief a cross of the last (See of Canterbury): Sinister, Party per paleOrand Sable, a saltire engrailed counter-charged. The shield ensigned with a Cardinal's hat Gules, Supporting a single gold tassel at the end of an elaborately entwined red cord.
(Portrait).

Polheim, Martin, Seigneur de, (d.1498), Burgundian Knight.
Arms: Bendy of eight Gules and Argent. The shield surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, two Eagle's wings erect in pale bendy of eight Gules and Argent.
(Knight's Plate, St. Rimbout's Cathedral, Mechlin, Belgium).

Polignac, Auguste Jules Armand Marie, Prince de, (1780-1847), French Politician.
Arms: Barry Argent and Gules. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Duke.
Supporters: Two Griffins proper.
Motto: 'Sacer Custus Pacis'.
(Reitstap).

Pömer, HectOr, Provost of St. Lorenz (c.1521), German Ecclesiast.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A Rack: 2 & 3, Party per bend Argent and Sable, in chief two bendlets.
Crest: The head and shoulders of a Monk, habited in the vestments of his Order.
(Armorial Engraving, by Dürer, 1521).

Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Etioles, Marquise de, (1721-1764), Mistress of Louis XV, of the Orléanais.
Arms: (As Madame d'Etioles, before 1745) Quarterly Or and Gules, a chess rook in each quarter counter-charged, overall an inescutcheon Azure charged with a fleur-de-lis Or.
Arms: (As Marquise de Pompadour, after 1745) Azure, three towers Argent. The lozenge ensigned by the coronet of a French Marquis.
(Reitstap & Mitford).

Ponce de Léon, Juan, (c.1460-1521), Spanish Explorer.
Arms: Party per pale Argent and Or, the dexter charged with a Lion rampant Purpure and the sinister with four pallets Gules, all within a bordure Azure charged with eight shields Or, each bearing a fess of the fifth.
Crest: A demi-Lion as in the arms.
Mantling:Or and Azure.
(Reitstap).

Poniatowski, Joseph Anton, Prince, (1763-1813), Marshal of France, of Poland.
Arms: Argent, a Calf passant Gules, tined Or, standing on a compartment in base Vert (Ciolek group). The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Polish Prince.
(Reitstap).

Pontalier, Guy de, Seigneur de Talmer, Burgundian Knight (c. 1433), of Dijon.
Arms: Gules, a Lion rampant Or, armed and langued Azure.
Crest: Out of a crest coronet Or, a Lion's head Or, armed Argent, langued Azure, between two Eagle's wings displayed Gules.
(Grand Armorial équestre de la Toison d'Or).

Popham, Sir John, (c.1531-1607), English Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a chevron (Gules/Azure?), charged with two pheons (Or?): 2 & 3, (Gules?), two Eagle's wings conjoined in lure (Or?).
(Engraving, by GeOrge Harding).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a chief (Gules?), charged with two Stag's heads caboshed: 2 & 3, (Gules?), two Eagle's wings conjoined in lure (Or?).
Crest: A Stag's head erased (proper?).
(Portrait).

Pot, Philippe, Great Chamberlain of King Louis XI of France and Seneschal of Burgundy (late 15th century), Burgundian Noble.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, a fess Azure: 2 & 3, Chequy Or and Azure.
(Tomb, Louvre, Paris).

Potemkin, Grigori Alexandrovich, Prince, (1731-1791), Russian Statesman and Soldier.
Arms: Or, a dexter arm embowed in armour appearing out of a cloud in sinister and holding a sword Argent. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a Russian Prince.
(Reitstap).

Powlett, Charles, Duke of Bolton, English Noble (c.1699).
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Sable, three swords in pile their points all meeting in base, the hilts Or, the blades Argent: Sinister, Azure, a bend Or, a bordure of the last. The shield ensigned with the coronet of an English Duke.
Supporters: Two Pantheons proper, the dexter semée of estoiles Argent, the sinister semée of estoiles Or, each gorged at the neck with a ducal coronet of the last.
(Heraldic Illumination, 1699).

Pozzo di Borgo, Carlo Andrea, Count, (1764-1842), Russian Statesman, of Corsica: (close cousin of Napoleon Buonaparte).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, on a rock in base Argent a three towered castle of the last: 2 & 3, Argent, an escutcheon Azure bearing a fleur-de-lis Or. On a chieforan Eagle displayed Sable, beaked and langued Gules.
Motto: 'Consilio et virtute'.
(Reitstap).

Precipiano, Humbertus Guilielmus de, Archbishop of Mechlin (1689-1711), Primate of the Spanish Netherlands.
Arms: Gules, a sword in fess, the point at the dexter side of the shield Argent, the hilt Or. The shield contained within a cartouche, ensigned with a ducal coronet and suspended upon an Archbishop's pastoral staff. Above the shield an Ecclesiastical hat Supporting six tassels on either side of the shield Vert.
Motto: 'Non ingladio sed in nomine domini'.
(Registre de la confrérie de la Sagrada Passion).

Procter, Thomas, English Writer and Soldier (c.1578).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Fretty, on a chief three roundels: 2 & 3, A fess dancettée between three Lions rampant.
Crest: A Lion rampant assailing a collumn.
Motto: 'Virtus Superat Ardua'.
(Frontispiece, Thomas Procter's Of the Knowledge and Conduct of Warres, 1578).

Prouvelle, Alexandre de, Marquis de Tracy, (b.c. 1600), French Commander in Quebec, French Soldier.
Arms: A cross. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Marquis.
Motto: 'Is Hoc Sleno Vinces'.
(Engraving).

Pryde, William, Esquire, (d.1632), Lt-Colonel in the Belgium Wars, English Soldier: (married the daughter of Sir Gerald Spracklin, Knight: killed at the battle of Mastricht, 12 July 1632).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, three Boars (?) passant Or: 2 & 3, Gules, on a chevron Argent, between three trefoils slipped of the second, as many roundels Sable
Crest: On a wreath of the colours a Boar's head (?) couped Or.
(Armorial Carving, Tomb Monument, Canterbury Cathedral, c.1640?)

Purcell, Henry, (c. 1658-1695), Organist of Westminster Abbey, Organist of the Chapel Royal, English Composer.
Arms: Barry wavy of six pieces Argent and (Azure?), on a bend Sable, three Boar's heads couped.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a Boar's head erect palewise.
(Engraving, by R. White, for H. Purcell's A Collection of Ayres, London, 1697).

Quartermayne, Richard, English Knight (c.1420?).
Arms: Gules, a fess Argent, between a pairs of human hands in chief and in base Or.
(Illuminated MS. Showing the Endowment of the Church of Ricoff, co. Oxen).