A Roll of Arms of Romantic and Historical interest
as compiled by Matthew Robert Glozier
A | B | C-D
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R - S
Radcliffe, John, Doctor of Medicin, English Medical Practicioner
(c.1714).
Arms: Argent, a bend engrailed Sable.
(Engraving, by Michael Burghers, after 1714).
Radetzky von Redetz, Joseph Wenzel, Count, (1766-1858),
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Austrian Field-Marshal, of Bohemia.
Arms: Party per pale Gules and Azure, a Spade in bend,
the blade in chief Argent, the handle proper. The shield ensigned by the
coronet of an Austrian count.
Crest: Three Ostrich feathers Gules, Argent and Azure.
Supporters: Two Knights reguardant in armour proper,
each plumed of three feathers Gules, and each holding a lance Or.
(Volborth).
Radziwill, Catherine, Princess, (1853-1941), Russian-American
Writer.
Arms: (On a lozenge) Or, an Eagle displayed Sable Imperialy
crowned of the field, charged on its breast with an escutcheon Azure bearing
three hunting horns conjoined at their mouthpieces Argent.
Motto: 'Bog Nam Radzi'.
All within a manteau ermine doubled Gules and fringed
Or, suspended from the crown of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
(Volborth).
Ragnoni, Iacomo, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Azure, a Lion rampant
Or: Sinister, Barry of six Gules and Or.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).
Rais, Gilles de Laval de, (c.1396-1440), French Soldier
and Follower of Joan of Arc.
Arms: Or, a cross Sable.
(Reitstap).
Rakoczy Ferenc II, Prince (1676-1725), Hungarian Patriot
and Ruler.
Arms: Party per fess Gules and Azure, in chief an Eagle
rising displayed Sable, holding a scimitar proper, crowned Or, and in base
a wheel Sable resting on a compartment of three mountain peaks in base
Vert.
Crest: An Eagle, as in the arms
Mantling: Dexter, Gules and Or: Sinister, Azure and Or.
All contained within a manteau ermine doubled Gules.
(Voblorth).
Raleigh, Sir Walter, (1552-1618), English Explorer and
Privateer.
Arms: Quarterly of sixteen: 1, Gules, a bend lozengy
Argent (Raleigh): 2, Semée of martlets, on a dexter canton a mullet
(6): 3, Three billets (?), on a chief, a Lion passant: 4, A fess between
two chevronels: 5, A bend vair, between six martlets: 6, Two bars wavy:
7, Three chevronels: 8, A Lion rampant: 9, Gules, a bend lozengy Argent
(Raleigh): 10, On a chief, three crossess: 11, Three garbs (?): 12, An
Eagle displayed: 13, Three Stag's heads caboshed: 14, On a bend cotised,
three Lion's gambs (?): 15, as the last: 16, On a bend, three Fish embowed
(?).
Crest: An Archducal crown, Supporting at its summit three
Ostrich feathers.
Motto: 'AmOre et Virtute'.
(Engraving, by Simon van de Passe, 1617: Frontispiece
to Raleigh's History of the World, 1617).
Arms: Gules, a bend lozengy Argent.
Crest: A Lion Sejant.
(Portrait).
Arms: Gules, a bend lozengy Argent.
Crest: A Stag statant proper.
(Raleigh's Map of Virginia, 1585).
Arms: A bend lozengy (alternative: fusily), in chief
a martlet for difference.
Crest: A Stag statant.
Supporters: Two Wolves.
Motto: 'Amore et Virtute.
(Seal Matrix, 1584).
Rameau, Jean-Philippe, (1683-1764), French Composer: (ennobled
1766).
Arms: Azure, a Dove close Argent holding in its beak
an Olive branch Or.
(Volborth).
Ramsay, Sir James, (b. 1589), Scottish General in Swedish
service, Scottish soldier.
Arms: An Eagle displayed. The shield ensigned with the
barred helm of a German noble.
Crest: Out of a ducal Or, coronet a demi-Unicorn rampant.
Supporters: Two Griffins (each standing outside of the
fully mantled achievement and holding the ends of the ribbon containing
the motto).
Motto: 'Ora et Labora'.
(Engraving, 1636).
Ramsay, Gilbert, Rector of Christchurch, Barbados, Benefactor
of Aberdeen University (1727), Scottish Ecclesiast.
Arms: Argent, an Eagle displayed Sable, beaked and armed
Gules.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Real, Laurents, Doctor, Governor General of the Dutch
East Indies (1615-1619).
Arms: Argent, a Lily slipped proper, between two serpents
combattant Vert.
Crest: A Rose proper, environed by two serpents combattant
Vert, all between two Eagle's wings addorsed Or.
Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.
Supporters: Dexter, Brittania, vested Gules, holding
a spear and shield and wearing a helmet all Or: Sinister, A Chevalier in
armour proper, holding in his dexter hand a baton of command.
('India quae Orientalis dicitur et Insvlae Adjacentes',
Map by W.J. Blaeu, Published in Novus Atlas, Amsterdam, 1635).
Rede, John, Serjeant-At-Arms, English Soldier (c.1404).
Arms: Or, three Rooks Sable.
(Funeral Brass, 1404).
Regnier, Claude-Louis-François de, Comte de Guerchy,
Marquis de Nangis, (d.1767), Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, French Ambassador
to the Court of St. James in London, of Burgundy.
Arms: Azure, six plates (2,2,2). The shield encircled
by collars of the Orders of St. Michael and of the Holy Spirit and ensigned
with the coronet of a French Marquis.
(Reitstap).
Rehm, Georg, German Burger (c.1600).
Arms: Azure, a Bull passant.
Crest: On a cushion a Bull passant.
(Ex-Libris, by Heinrich Ullrich, c.1600).
Reichenau, Walter von, (1884-1942), WWII German Field-Marshal,
of Nassau: (the family ennobled under the name of Reichman von Reichenau
27 March 1724).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, three hob-nails Sable:
2 & 3, Sable, a UnicOrn saliant Argent, armed Or.
Crest: A demi-Unicorn issuant Argent.
(Reitstap).
Reid, Alexander, Doctor of Medicine, BenefactOr of Aberdeen
University (1633), Scottish Intellectual.
Arms: Azure, an Eagle's head erased Argent, langued Gules.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Reid, Robert, Sub-Dean of Moray, Abbot of Kinloss, Scottish
Ecclesiast (16th century).
Arms: A Stag's head couped. The shield ensigned with
a Bishop's mitre.
(Armorial Carving, Bishop's Palace, Elgin).
Rennenkampf, Paul Karlovich von, (1853-1918), Russian
General, of Lithuania: (the family ennobled in 1602 and made Knights of
the Holy Roman Empire 20 December 1728).
Arms: Party per fess Vert and Gules, in chief a demi-Lion
issuant Or, and a demi-Griffin issuant Argent combatant, the Lion holding
a swOrd and the Griffin a scimitar, the blades of both weapons Argent and
the hilts Or.
Crest: A demi-Lion issuant Argent, holding in its dexter
gamb a sword proper.
(Reitstap).
Requesens, Luis de Zuñiga y, (1528-1576), Spanish
Soldier.
Arms: Argent, a bend Sable, overall a chain of eight
pieces in Orle Or (Zuñiga).
(Reitstap).
Reuss, Johannes Josef, Austraian Book Binder (?) (c.1779).
Arms: Party per fess, on a chief Or, a demi-Horse saliant
issuant Argent [sic], bridled, the base paly of four pieces Argent and
Azure. The oval shield contained within a plain cartouche.
(Ex-Libris, by J.G. von Müller, c.1779).
Reyger, Arnold von, German Noble (c.1604).
Arms: A Stork statant.
Crest: A demi-Stork issuant displayed.
Motto: 'Ad Deum Refugium'.
(Ex-Libris, by Aegidius Sadeler, 1604).
Rheims, ?, Archbishop of, German Ecclesiast (c. 1430).
Arms: Azure, semé-de-lis Or, overall a cross Argent.
(Grand Armorial équestre de la Toison d'Or).
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, (1893-1945), German Diplomatist,
of Prussia: (family of his adoptive aunt ennobled 1 June 1826).
Arms: Or, on a compartment in base Vert a Lamb passant
proper.
Crest: A Crane in its vigilance proper.
Mantling:Orand Vert.
(Reitstap).
Richelieu, Armand-Jean du Plessis, Duc de, (1585-1642),
French Cardinal, Admiral and 'Prime Minister'.
Arms: Argent, three chevronells Gules. The shield ensigned
with the coronet of a French Duke, surrounded by the collars of the Orders
of St. Michael and of the Holy Spirit, and suspended upon an anchor Argent.
Above the shield a Cardinal's hat Supporting fifteen tassels on each side
of the shield Gules. All within a manteau ermine doubled of the arms.
(Carte universelle hydrographique, by Jean Guérard,
1634).
Richthofen, Manfred, Baron von, (1892-1918), WWI German
Flying Ace.
Arms: Party per pale: Dexter, Per fess Argent and Gules,
in chief an Eagle's wing erect Azure, in base a Stalk in its vigilance
of the first: Sinister, Or, a Monk habited Gules, seated in a chair Sable
and holding in the dexter hand a staff in pale Argent. The shield ensigned
with the coronet of a German Baron.
Crests: Dexter, Two Eagle's wings Azure: Sinister, a
Stalk, as in the arms, Argent.
Supporters: Two Lions rampant Or.
(Volborth).
Richmond, Peter of Savoy, Earl of, English Noble (c.1268).
Arms: An Eagle displayed contained within a bordure.
(Tomb Effigy, Collegiate Church of Aquabella, Savoy).
Ridley, Nicholas, Bishop of London (c.1555), English Ecclesiast.
Arms: Argent, on a compartment in base Vert, a Bull passant
Or, before reeds of the second.
(Portrait, 1555).
Rimini, ? Malatestas, Lord of, Italian Ruler (c.1445).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A rod environed by a serpent:
2 & 3, Two bendlets engrailed. All within a bordure indented (alternative:
dancettée).
Crest: Out of a crest coronet Or, an Elephant's head
bearing a fin running down the back of its neck.
(Armorial Medal, by Pisanello, c.1445).
Rinach, Hesse von, Herr, German Minnesinger (c.1300).
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, its head couped from
its body Azure.
Crest: A Lion's head Azure bearing a fin down its back
Gules, garnished with Peacock's feathers proper.
(Weingarten und Heidelberg Minnesinger Songbooks).
Sabran, Elzear Joseph, Comte de, (d.1775), French General,
of Provence.
Arms: (Two oval shields accoulée): Dexter, Gules,
a Lion rampant Argent (Sabran): Sinister, Azure, an Eagle displayed Or,
on a chief Gules three fleurs-de-lis of the second (Jean de Manville).
The shields ensigned with the single coronet of a French Count.
Motto: 'Noli Irritare Leonem'.
(Seal, c.1785).
Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François, Marquis (Comte)
de, (1740-1814), French Writer, of Provence.
Arms: Gules, on a mullet (8) Or a double-headed Eagle
displayed sable, crowned of the second. The shield ensigned with the coronet
of a French Marquis.
(Reitstap).
Saint-Amand, Almaric, Lord, English Noble (c.1382).
Arms: Or, fretty sable, on a chief of the last, three
bezants.
(Tomb Effigy, Elsing Church, co. Norfolk).
Saint-Évremond, Charles Maguetel de Saint-Denis,
Seigneur de, (1610-1703), French Author, of Normandy.
Arms: Or, a cinqfoil Gules.
(Engraving, early 18th century).
Saint Germans, Comte de, (d.c.1784), French Mystic: (believed
to be the natural son of the Queen of Charles II of Spain: identified with
the noble Piedmontese house of Saint Martin d'Aglié by the author
Umberto Eco).
Arms: (of St. Martin d'Aglié) Quarterly: 1 &
4, Or, nine lozenges (3,3,3) Azure: 2 & 3, Gules.
Cri-de-guerre: 'In Armis Jura!'
Motto: 'Sans Départir'.
(Reitstap).
Saint-Simon de Vermandois, Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de, (1675-1755),
French Courtier and Writer, of Picardy.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Sable, a cross Argent charged
with five escallops Gules (Rouvroy): 2 & 3, Chequey Or and Azure, on
a chief of the second three fleurs-de-lis of the first (Saint-Simon). The
shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Duke.
(Reitstap).
Salern, Josef Ferdinand Maria, Graf von, Austrian Noble
(c.1780).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure: 2 & 3, Argent,
a Leopard rampant proper. The oval shield contained within a Rococo cartouche,
surrounded by the collar of an Order of Chivalry and ensigned with the
coronet of an Imperial Count.
Supporters: Two Lions.
(Ex-Libris, c.1780).
Salisbury, Bishop of, English Ecclesiast (16th century).
Arms: Sable, a cross engrailed ermine, in dexter chief
a crescent. The shield ensigned with a Bishop's mitre. Behind the shield
a pastoral cross and a crozier.
(Armorial Illumination, 'Das Concilium', 16th century).
Salley, Miles, Bishop of Landasse (c.1512), English Ecclesiast.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Sable, two pastoral
staffs crossed in saltire Or, a chief (Gules?), charged with three bishop's
mitres of the second (See of Landasse): Sinister, Sable, a saltire engrailed
Or, charged with a roundel of the field (Salley).
(Parliamentay Procession Roll, 1512).
Salmaso, Claudio, Knight and Count, Italian (?) Noble
(c.1620).
Arms: Argent, a chevron Azure, between three Acorns Or
[sic]. The shield ensigned with the helm of an Italian Noble.
(Map of Greece, by Willem Blaeu, c.1620).
Salter, Sir John, (d.1744), Lord Mayor of London (1740),
Director of the East India Company, English Notable.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Gules, ten billets
(4,3,2,1) Argent, a bordure engrailed of the last (Salter): Sinister, Or,
a cross engrailed party per pale Gules and sable (Brooke). The shield surounded
by a cartouche.
Crest: A Cock's head (proper?), charged on the neck with
three billets in chevron.
Supporters: Two cannon erect on either side of the shield.
(Enamelled Arms on Plate, c.1730).
Salzburg, Leonhard von Keutschach, Archbishop of (1495-1519),
German Ecclesiast.
Arms: Sable (Azure?), a Turnip proper.
(Seal, c.1510).
Salzburg, Maximilian Gandolf, Archbishop of, Count von
Khuenburg (1668-1687), German Ecclesiast.
Arms: Quarterly of six (2,2,2): 1, A Lion rampant: 2,
Gules, a fess Argent: 3 & 4, A Linden leaf: 5 & 6, Party per fess
Gules and Argent, overall a fer-de-moline Or. The oval shield contained
within a cartouche. Behind the shield an Archbishop's staff. The shield
ensigned with an eccesiastical hat supporting six tassels on either side
of the shield Vert.
(Seal, c.1670).
Sanderson, Sir Thomas, Knight of the Order of the Bath,
English Landowner (c.1728).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a fess Gules, between
three Falcons (?) close: 2 & 3, Gules, six Falcons (?) close (or?).
The oval shield surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Bath.
Crest: In a nest, a Pelican in her piety.
Supporters: Two Falcons addorsed.
(Engraving, of Roche Abbey, by Samuel Buck, 1728).
Sandys, ?, Lord, English Noble (16th century).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a cross raguly Azure:
2, Argent, a chevron Azure, between three Eagle's talons Gules: 3, Vair,
three bendlets Gules.
Crest: A Goat's head couped Argent, armed Or, between
two wings displayed Or.
Supporters: Two winged Goats Argent, winged and armed
Or.
(Heraldic Illuminataion, 16th century MS.).
Santa-Cruz, Alvaro de Bezán, Marquis de, (1526-1588),
Spanish Admiral.
Arms: Argent, a cross quarter pierced sable, on a bordure
Gules eight 'flanchis' of the first. The shield ensigned with the coronet
of a Spanish Marquis.
(Reitstap).
Santi, Pietro, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: Party per pale, the dexter part chequey Azure and
Or, the sinister part Gules, charged with a three pointed mount enhanced
and dimidiated Argent, on a chief of the second, a double-headed Eagle
displayed sable.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).
Satan, Prince of Darkness, Fallen Angel.
Arms: (Attributed) Gules, a fess Or, between three Frogs
displayed Vert.
(Heraldic Illumination, 16th century MSS.).
Savoy, Amadeus V, Count of, Italian Ruler (c.1307).
Arms: Gules, a cross Argent.
Crest: A fan-crest.
(Seal, c.1307).
Savoy, James of, Count of Romont, Lord of the Vaud (1460-1486),
Savoyard Ruler in France.
Arms: Gules, a cross Argent, all contained within a bordure
Azure, charged with eight bezants of the second. The shield ensigned with
a barred Nobleman's helm affrotée and encircled by the French Order
of the Camail (called the "Porcupine").
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, a Lion's head affrontée
Or, between two Eagle's wings displayed of the last.
Supporters: Two Bears coward proper.
Motto: 'Cominus Eminus".
Mantling: Gules doubled Argent.
(Armorial Memorial Plaque, 15th century).
Saxe, Maurice, Marèchal de, (1696-1750), French
Military Commander.
Arms: Barry of nine sable and Or, a crançelin
Vert, charged overall with a fess of the first passing over the crançelin
and covering the third bar of sable and the third bar of Or.
(Woodward).
Saxton, Christopher, English Cartographer (c.1579).
Arms: Argent, three chaplets in bend Gules, garnished
Or, double cotised sable.
Crest: On a wreath Argent and sable, an arm in pale vested
Gules, the hand holding a compass Or.
(Draft For Grant of Arms, 1579).
Say, Sir John, Eglish Knight (c.1473).
Arms: Party per pale Argent and Gules, three chevronels
Or, voided counter-charged.
(Tomb Effigy, Broxbourne Church, co. Herts).
Arms: Party per pale Argent and Gules, three chevronells
Or, voided counter-charged.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours a Stag's head couped
Or.
(Heraldic Illumination, 15th century MS.).
Scharfeneck, Heinrich von, German Noble (c.1292).
Arms: A Lion rampant within a bordure.
Supporters: Two Women vested.
(Seal, 1292).
Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von, (1755-1813), Prussian
General, of Hanover: (ennobled 14 December 1802).
Arms: Azure, a bend Argent.
Crest: Three Ostrich plumes Argent.
(Reitstap).
Schiller, Friedrich von, (1759-1805), German Poet: (ennobled
in the Holy Roman Empire 1802).
Arms: Party per fess Or and Azure, in chief a demi-Unicorn
Argent, and in base a fess of the first.
Crest: On a Laurel Wreath proper, a coronet Or, out of
which a demi-Unicorn as in the arms.
Mantling: Azure and Or.
(Volborth).
Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von, (1833-1913), German Field-Marshal,
of Prussia: (family made Counts 1 March 1812).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, on a mount in base
Vert a Lion rampant Or: 2 & 3, Or, a fess chequey Azure and Argent.
Charged overall with an inescutcheon Argent bearing the head and shoulders
of an Old Man in profile Gules, his beard of the field, wearing an Albanian
cap Gules turned up ermine.
Crests: 1, The head of the Old Man, as in the arms: 2,
A demi-Eagle displayed sable, beaked Or: 3, A Lion atop a mount, as in
the arms.
Supporters: Two Lions regaurdant Or.
(Reitstap).
Schnock von Kiederich, D. Michael, Abbot of Eberbach,
German Ecclesiast (18th century).
Arms: Tierced in pairle, the dexter sable, charged with
a bend sinister counter-compony Argent and Gules, the sinister Argent,
charged with a Bear passant on a compartment in base, the base Argent,
charged with an arrow and a quill crossed in saltire between four mullets
(8), and in chief a cross. The oval shield contained within a cartouche
and ensigned with an Abbot's mitre. Behind the shield a crozier in bend
sinister.
Motto: 'Consilio et Amore'.
(Ex-Libris, 18th century).
Schoenegg, Hogolin de, Marshal of the Papal Duchy of Spoleto,
Swiss (?) Knight (14th century).
Arms: Azure, on a pale Argent, three escutcheons Gules.
(Tomb Effigy, St. Basil's Church, Basel).
Schönroide, John, Protopotentary of the Holy Apostolic
See, Dean of Aix-la-Chapelle (c.1538), German Ecclesiastic.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, An Oak tree eradicated and
acorned: 2 & 3, A bend counter-compony. The shield ensigned with an
Ecclesiastical hat supporting six tassels on either side of the shield.
(Armorial Carving, Oak Chimney Front, 1538).
Schomberg, Frederick, Graf von, Duke of, (1615-1690),
German General in English Service: (created a Duke in the Peerage of England
9 March 1689).
Arms: Argent, an escutcheon sable, charged overall with
an escarbuncle of eight rays Or. The shield ensigned with the coronet of
an English Duke.
(Burke).
Schopenhauer, Arthur, (1788-1860), German Philosophe.
Arms: Vert, a bend Argent between two mullets (6) Or.
(Volborth).
Schwarz von Haselbach, Diettrich, German Noble (c.1551).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, A triple-towered castle:
2 & 3, A Moor's head, a bordure engrailed, couped at the outer edges
of the shield.
Crest: A human arms palewise, vested, holding a hunting
horn fesswise.
(Armorial Engraving, c.1551).
Schwarzbach, Michael Behaim von, German Noble (c.1509).
Arms: A bend wavy contourné.
Crest: A falcon rising, its dexter wing displayed.
(Ex-Libris, by Albrecht Dürer, c.1509).
Scolari, Lorenzo, Italian Noble (15th century).
Arms: Or, three bendlets sable.
(Double Portrait of Lorenzo Scolari & Angiola di
Bernardo Sapaiti, by Fra Filippo Lippi, 15th century).
Scorailles, Marquis de, French Diarist (c.1700), of the
Auvergne.
Arms: Azure, three bendlets Or. The shield ensigned with
the coronet of a French Marquis.
(Reitstap).
Scotland (Scots), James III, King of, (1452-1488), Scottish
Ruler.
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, contained within a double
tressure flory counter-flory, couped in chief, of the last. The shield
ensigned with a Royal crown.
Supporters: Two Unicorns Argent.
(Armorial Carving, Stone from the King's Wark, Leith,
c.1480).
Scotland (Scots), James IV, King of, Knight of the Golden
Fleece, Scottish Ruler (15th century).
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, contained within a double
tressure flory counter-flory of the last.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or, a Lion rampant Gules,
holding in its sinister gamb a sword Argent.
(Armorial de l'Europe de la Toison d'Or).
Scotland (Scots), Mary Stuart, Queen of, (d.1587), Scottish
Ruler.
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, contained within a double
tressure flory counter-flory of the last. Behind the shield two banners:
Dexter, the arms as on the shield (Stewart, Kings of Scots): Sinister,
Azure, a saltire Argent (St. Andrew). The shield surrounded by the collar
of the Order of the Thistle.
Crest: On an imperial crown Or a Lion sejant erect affronté
Gules holding in its dexter gamb a sword and in its sinister a sceptre,
imperially crowned Or.
Supporters: Two Unicorns Argent, armed and mained Or.
Each gorged about the throat with an open crown and environed about the
body with a chain Or.
Motto: 'In Defens'.
(Personal Seal Ring).
Arms: (As Dauphine de France): (The shield impaled):
Dexter, Party per fess, the chief quarterly of 1 & 4, Azure, three
fleurs-de-lis Or (France), 2 & 3, Or, a Dolphin embowed Azure, langued
and finned Gules (the dolphin in the 3rd quarter contourné) (Dauphiné
de Viennois): the base, Or, a Lion rampant Gules, contained within a double
tressure flory counter-flory on the last (Scotland). Over all an inescutcheon
dimidiated (therefore appearing to be) party per pale, charged in chief
Azure, and bearing three fleurs-de-lis Or (France), charged in base Gules,
and bearing three Lions passant guardant Or (England): Sinister, Grand
Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, a Lion rampant Gules, contained within a double
tressure flory counter-flory of the last (Scotland): 2 & 3, Quarterly,
I & IV, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or (France), II & III, Gules,
three Lions passant guardant Or (England). The shield ensigned with the
royal crown of France.
(Armorial Design for the Arms of Mary, Queen of Scots,
as Dauphine de France Demonstrating her Claim to the Throne of England,
c.1559).
Arms: (On a lozenge) A Lion rampant, within a bordure
semé of fleurs-de-lis. The lozenge ensigned with a ducal coronet.
(Engraving, by Hans Hefrinck, 1559).
Scott, Janet, Lady Ferniehirst (c.1593), Scottish Noblewoman.
Arms: Or, a bend Azure charged with a mullet and two
crescents of the field. The shield contained within a chaplet proper and
between the letters 'I' and 'S' in fess and the letter 'D' in chief.
Motto: 'Ubi Amor Ibi Fides'.
(Portrait, 1593).
Scott of Abbotsford, Sir Walter, Baronet, (1771-1823),
Scottish Poet and Author.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, two mullets in chief
and a crescent in base all within an Orle Azure: 2 & 3, Or, on a bend
Azure three lozenges of the field, in chief a Buckle of the second. Charged
overall with an inescutcheon Argent bearing a dexter hand appaumée
Gules.
(Volborth).
Scott of Branxholm and Kirkurd, Sir Walter, Scottish Knight
(c.1529).
Arms: Or, a bend Azure, charged with a mullet followed
by two crescents of the field.
(Seal, c.1529).
Scott of Buccleuch, William, (k.1547), Scottish Noble:
(killed at the battle of Pinkie Cleugh).
Arms: Or, a bend Azure, charged with a mullet between
two crescents of the field.
(Engraving, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, of his Relative the
1st Earl of Marchmont, 1698).
Scott, Thomas, English (Parliamentarian) Politician (c.1649).
Arms: Two bendlets.
(Seal, King Charles I's Death Warrant).
Scougal, Patrick, Bishop of Aberdeen, 5th Chancellor of
King's College, Aberdeen, (c.1664), Scottish Ecclesiast.
Arms: Argent, on a chevron sable, a human eye proper,
in base a cinqfoil Azure.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Secondat, Charles Louis de, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu,
(1689-1755), French Writer and Philosophe, of the Guyenne.
Arms: Azure, two escallops in chief Or and a crescent
in base Argent. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Baron.
(Reitstap).
Seeckt, Hans von, (1866-1936), German General, of Pomerania:
(family ennobled 1786).
Arms: Or, on a compartment in base Vert a Tree-trunk
proper supporting a Dove Argent holding in its beak a Laurel branch of
the second, a chief party per pale Azure and sable charged on the dexter
side with the sun in its splendour of the field and on the sinister with
three mullets (2,1) of the last.
Crest: A Tree-trunk and Dove, as in the arms, between
two Eagle's wings displayed sable.
Mantling: Dexter, Or and Azure: Sinister, Or and sable.
(Reitstap).
Seefried, Doctor Georg, German Doctor (c.1650).
Arms: Party per fess, in chief a demi-Man issuant vested,
wreathed about the head, and holding in his dexter hand two linden leaves
slipped.
Crest: A demi-Man issuant, holding linden leaves, as
in the arms, between two Buffalo's horns.
(Ex-Libris, by Wolfgang Killian, c.1650).
Segar, Sir William, (d.1633), Garter King of Arms, English
Herald.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a cross moline Gules:
2 & 3, Argent, a chevron Gules, between three mullets of the last.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet an aesculapius rod between
two Eagle's wings displayed.
(Engraving, by Francis Delaram).
Segni, Antonio, Italian President (1962-4).
Arms: Or, a cross Azure, on a chief of the last an Eagle
displayed sable.
(Volborth).
Seguier, ?, French Statesman (temp. Louis XIV), of Brittany.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a Moor's head couped
proper (Seguier): 2 & 3, Argent, a Squirrel Gules (Fouquet).
(Reitstap).
Ségur, Louis Philippe, Comte de, (1753-1830), French
Diplomatist and Author, of Limousine.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, a Lion rampant Or:
2 & 3, Argent. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Count.
(Reitstap).
Septvens, Sir Robert, English Knight (c.1306).
Arms: Azure, three cornflans Or.
(Tomb Effigy, Chartham Church, co. Kent).
Sergardi, Tiberio, Siennese Noble (c.1607).
Arms: Party per fess: The chief party per fess, its part
chief Or, charged with a double-headed Eagle displayed sable, and in base
Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or and a label of four points Gules: The base,
Party per pale Gules and Azure, overall two hammmers crossed in saltire
Or.
(Siennese Tournament Roll in Honour of Ferdinand I, 1607-1610).
Sérrurier, Jean Mathieu Phibilert, Comte, (1742-1819),
Marshal of France.
Arms: Gules, a Greyhound Argent, on a chief(?) Azure
a mirror Or, environed by a Serpent Argent. The shield ensigned with the
coronet of a French Count.
(Reitstap).
Seton, Charles, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, (d.1672), Scottish
Noble: (succeeded his father 1622).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Three crescent contained
within a double tressure flory counter-flory (Seton): 2 & 3, On a fess
three cinqfoil ermine (Hamilton). The shield ensigned with the coronet
of a Scottish Earl.
(Seal Matrix, 17th century).
Seton, George, 7th (called 5th) Lord, (c.1533-1585), Master
of the Household of Mary, Queen of Scots (c.1565), Scottish Noble.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, three crescents Gules,
a bordure of the last charged with a tressure flory of the first (Seton):
2 & 3, Azure, three garbs Or (Buchan).
Crest: A Dragon Or, langued Gules.
Motto: 'Hasard Sit Forduard'.
Supporters: Two Leopards (Monkeys?) proper, each gorged
about the neck and environed with chains Argent.
(Portrait, c.1570).
Seton of Pitmedden, Sir Alexander, Baronet, Scottish Knight
(c.1690).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, a human heart dripping
blood Gules, between three crescents of the last, all contained within
a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second (Seton): 2 & 3,
Argent, from out of a fess wavy sable, a demi-Lion issuant in chief of
the last, crowned Or. Over all an escutcheon Argent, charged with a saltire
Azure and bearing an inescutcheon of Scotland. This shield imperially crowned
Or.
Crest: A demi-Soldier habited in his uniform Azure, braided
Or, holding a banner Gules, charged with a dexter canton Azure, bearing
a saltire Argent.
Supporters: Dexter, A Greyhound, gorged about the neck
with a collar: Sinister, A Bull sable.
Motto: 'Sustento Sanguine Signa: Merces Faec Certa Laborum'.
(Armorial Engraving, by C. Norton, Edinburgh).
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin de Chantal, Marquise
de, (1626-1696), French Writer, of Burgundy.
Arms: (Two shields accoulée): Dexter, Quarterly
sable and Argent (Sévigné): Sinister, Quarterly: 1 &
4, Or, a cross quarter pierced Gules: 2 & 3, Or, a cross sable (de
Rabutin de Chantal). The two shields ensigned by the single coronet of
a French Marquis.
(Reitstap).
Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm, Feiherr von, (1721-1783),
Prussian Soldier, of Silesia.
Arms: Argent, a bend ondée Azure between three
Fish naiant Gules. The shield ensigned with the coronet of a German Baron.
Crest: Two banners crossed in saltire, Argent and Gules,
attached to jousting lances and held together at their centre by a mascle
Or, all between two Buffalo's horns, the dexter Gules and the sinister
Argent.
(Reitstap).
Seymour, Jane, third wife of King Henry VIII of England,
English Queen.
Arms: Quarterly of six: 1, Or, on a pile radiating from
in chief Gules, between six fleurs-de-lis Azure, three Lions of England
(Seymour): 2, Gules, two Eagle's wings in lure Or: 3, Vair: 4, Argent,
three Lions Argent: 5, Party per bend Argent and Gules, three Roses in
bend counter-charged: 6, Argent, on a bend Gules, three Leopard's faces
Or. The shield ensigned with an Imperial crown proper.
Supporters: Dexter, A Unicorn proper crowned Or and gorged
at the throat with a Laurel of Roses alternating Gules and Argent: Sinister,
A Tiger proper, gorged about the neck with a coronet and environed about
its body with a chain.
(Heraldic Illumination, c.1536).
Sforza, Francesco Alessandro, Duke of Milan, (1401-1466),
Italian Condottiere, of Florence.
Arms: Sable, a Lion rampant Or, holding between its paws
the branch of a Pear tree slipped and fructed proper.
Crest: A demi-Creature being the Head and arms bearing
clawed hands holding a gem-ring of an Old Man and the neck of a Dragon,
the multiple fins protruding from its back supporting as many gem-rings,
all proper.
(Reitstap).
Shaftsbury, see Cooper.
Shakespeare, William, (1564-1616), English Poet and Playwrite,
of co. Warwickshire.
Arms: (Granted to his father John Shakespeare) Or, a
bend sable charged with a lance of the field.
Crest: A falcon close proper, holding in its dexter claw
a lance erect in pale Or.
Motto: 'Non Sanz Droict'.
(Burke).
Shelton, Sir Ralph, English Knight (c.1423).
Arms: Azure, a cross Or.
(Tomb Effigy, Great Snoring, co. Norfolk).
Sherborne, Robert, Bishop of Chichester (c.1512), English
Ecclesiast.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, A Monk seated on
a bench (See of Chichester): Sinister, Argent, a Lion rampant guardant
(sable?) (Sherborne).
(Parliamentary Procession Roll, 1512).
Shirley, Sir Anthony, English Adventurer (c.1600).
Arms: Paly of six, a canton ermine.
Crest: A Moor's head.
Motto: 'Libertate et Patriae'.
(Engraved Arms, Military Sabre, c.1625-1630).
Shovell, Sir Cloudesley, Knight, English Naval Commander
(c.1692).
Arms: A chevron ermine, betwen two crescents in chief
and a fleur-de-lis in base.
(Mezetint, by John Smith, 1692).
Shurland, Sir Robert, English Knight (c.1308).
Arms: Azure, six Lioncels rampant Argent, a canton ermine.
(Tomb Effigy, Minster Church, co. Kent).
Skram, Peder, (b.1503), Danish Naval Hero.
Arms: Argent, a demi-Unicorn couped and courant fesswise
issuant from the dexter side of the shield (Azure?).
Crest: A panache of pennons alternating in colour Argent
and (Azure?).
(Portrait).
Sibbald, Patrick, Professor of Divinity, Minister of St.
Nicholas', Aberdeen, Benefactor of Aberdeen University (1697), Scottish
Ecclesiast.
Arms: Or, a cross moline Azure, pierced of the field,
within a bordure counter-compony Argent and of the second.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Sidney, Sir Philip, (1554-1586), English Noble and Courtier,
Arms: Or, a pheon Gules.
Crest: A Porcupine.
Motto: 'Vix Ea Nostra Voco'.
(Engraving, by Renald Elstracke).
Sidney, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, English Noble and
Courtier (c.1615).
Arms: Or, a pheon (sable?). The shield ensigned with
the coronet of an English Earl.
(Portrait, c.1615).
Sixt von Arnim, Frederick, (1851-1936), German General,
of Nuremburg.
Arms: Azure, a mullet Or.
Crest: A mullet Or between two Eagle's wings displayed
Azure.
(Reitstap).
Skevington, Thomas, Bishop of Bangor (c.1512), English
(Welsh?) Ecclesiast.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, (Gules?), a bend
goutée sable, between two mullets Argent (See of Bangor): Sinister,
Argent, three Bull's heads erassed (sable?) (Skevington).
(Parliamentary Procession Roll, 1512).
Smith, John, (1580-1631), English Military Captain and
Governor of Virginia.
Arms: (granted by Prince Sigismund Bathory of Transylvania,
1603) Argent, a chevron Gules, between three Turk's heads couped in profile
proper turbaned Or.
Crest: A Cock.
Motto: 'Vincera est Vivera'.
(Map of New England, by Simon Paseus, 1614).
Sobieski, John, King of Poland, (1624-1696), Polish Ruler.
Arms: Or (alternative: Gules), an oval Buckler of bronze
(alternative: Purpure) (Janina Group).
(Woodward).
Solms, ? von, Rhenish Province.
Arms: Per fess Gules and Argent, a Lion rampant guardant
counter-charged.
Crest: A Lion rampant guardant per fess Argent and Gules.
(Reitstap).
Soranzo, Giacomo, Italian Noble (c.1588).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, On a compartment in base,
a Leopard rampant, holding between both of its gambs a rose in chief: 2
& 3, Party per bend Argent and Or, a chief Or, charged with a double-headed
Eagle sable, crowned of the last, overall an inescutcheon, charged with
a fleur-de-lis. The shield contained within a cartouche.
(Bookplate, Seville, 1588).
Soubise, Charles de Rohan, Prince de, (1715-1781), French
Soldier, of Brittany.
Arms: Gules, nine mascles (3,3,3) Or. The shield ensigned
with the coronet of a French Duke.
Motto: 'A Plus': 'Rai ne puis, Prince ne daigne Roha
suis'.
(Reitstap).
Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu, Duc de Dalmatie, (1769-1851),
Marshal of France.
Arms: Or, an escutcheon Gules charged with three Lion's
faces Or, overall a chief Gules semée of mullets Argent. The shield
ensigned with the coronet of a Duke of the 1st Empire.
(Reitstap).
Southcote, John, English Courtier (c.1589).
Arms: Quarterly of five (3,2): 1, Argent, a chevron between
three ravens sable: 2, Sable, a bendlet wavy cotised: 3, Argent, a fess
between three martlets: 4, Three maces erect in fess: 5, Argent, a Lion
rampant, a chief.
Crest: A Martlet.
Motto: 'Contentus Spero'.
(Portrait, by Sir William Segar, 1589).
Spain, Pedro, King of, 'The Cruel', (d.1369) Spanish Ruler.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, a triple-towered castle
Or: 2 & 3, Argent, a Lion rampant Purpure.
Crest: A demi-Griffin Or.
(Gelre's Wapenboeck).
Spee, Maximilian, Graf von, (1861-1914), German Admiral.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a Cock Gules, crowned
Or: 2 & 3, Or, three lozenges (2,1) Gules. The shield ensigned with
the coronet of a German Count.
Crests: 1, A demi-Eagle displayed sable and crowned Or,
charged on each wing with an escutcheon bearing the first quarter of the
arms: 2, Two Eagle's wings displayed each charged with an escutcheon bearing
the second quarter of the arms.
(Volborth).
Speke, John Hanning, (1827-1864), English Explorer, of
co. Somerset.
Arms: Argent, two bars Azure, overall an Eagle displayed
Gules, on a chief of the second the word 'NILE' Or.
Crests: Dexter, An Aligator passant proper: Sinister,
A Porcupine passant proper.
Supporters: Dexter, An Aligator proper: Sinister, A Hippopotamus
sable.
Motto: 'Super Aethera Virtus'.
(College of Arms).
Spencer, Sir John, (d.1586), English Noble.
Arms: Quarterly of seven (4,3): 1, Quarterly Argent and
Gules, the second and third quarters charged with a fret Or, overall a
bend sable, charged with three escallops of the third (Spencer): 2, A fess
ermine, between six Eagle's heads erased: 3, Gules, three stirrups in pale
Or: 4, Or, on a cross Gules, five escallops Argent: 5, Argent, a chevron
Gules, between three cinqfoils of the last: 6, Or, semée of ermine
spots sable, a chevron Gules, charged with five roundels Or, in chief a
crescent for difference: 7, Or, a bend between two Lions rampant.
(Armorial Carving, Funeral Monument, by Jasper Hollemans,
Great Brington Church).
Spens, Thomas, Bishop of Aberdeen, Scottish Ecclesiast
(c.1473).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Two covered cups: 2 &
3, Three martlets (?) in fess. The shield ensigned with a Bishop's mitre.
(Armorial Carving, Aberdeen ?, c.1473)
Spinola, Ambrosio, Marquis de Los Balbasses, (1569-1630),
Spanish Soldier, of Genoa.
Arms: Tierced in pale: 1, Or, a fess chequey Gules and
Argent, in chief a fleur-de-lis of the second: 2, Gules, a Column Argent,
crowned Or: 3, Party, per pale Or and Argent, charged with an Eagle displayed
sable, crowned, beaked and langued of the last. The shield ensigned with
the coronet of a Spanish Marquis.
(Reitstap & Woodward).
Stabius, Johann, Historiographer and Court Astronomer
to Emperor Maximillian I.
Arms: An Eagle displayed.
Crest: On an Imperial crown an Eagle displayed.
(Woodcut, by Albrecht Dürer, c.1521).
Staël de Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne
de, (1766-1817), French Writer.
Arms: (On a lozenge) Quarterly: 1 & 4, Gules, two
banners crossed in saltire bound at the centre by an open crown Or: 2,
Azure, a Lion rampant, holding a battle-axe, Argent: 3, Azure, two cannon
crossed in saltire Argent. Surmounted overall by a cross Or. Overall an
inescutcheon Argent bearing eight tourteaux in Orle. The shield ensigned
with the coronet of a Swedish Baron.
(Reitstap & Woodward).
Stafford, Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham (1444), Captain
of Calais, English Noble.
Arms: (After 1442) Grand Quarterly: 1, Quarterly: 1 &
4, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or (France): 2 & 3, Gules, three Leopards
passant guardant Or (England). All within a bordure Argent (Thomas of Woodstock):
2, Azure, a bend Argent, cotised Or, between six Lioncels of the second
(Bohun of Hereford): 3, Azure, on a chevron Argent, cotised Or, between
six Lioncels of the second, three mullets (6) (of the field?) (Bohun of
Northampton): 4, Or, a chevron Gules (Stafford).
Crest: A Swan rising, issuant from a crest coronet Or.
Supporters: Two Antelope Argent.
(Seal, post-1442).
Stafford, Ralph, Lord, English Noble (c.1347).
Arms: Or, a chevron Gules.
(Tomb Effigy, Elsing Church, co. Norfolk).
Stanhope, Anne, Duchess of Somerset, English Noblewoman
(c.1549).
Arms: (The shield impaled) Dexter, Seymour: Sinister,
Quarterly: 1, Quarterly ermine (and Gules?): 2, Three Talbots passant:
3, A bend between six crossess crosslet: 4, Argent, three saltires couped
sable, in chief a crescent for difference of the last. The shield ensigned
with the coronet of an English Marquis.
(Portrait, c.1549).
Stanley, James, Bishop of Ely (c.1512), Engish Ecclesiast:
(brother of the Earl of Derby).
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Three antique crowns
(See of Ely): Sinister, Argent, a bend Azure, charged with three Stag's
heads caboshed Or, in chief a crescent for difference (of the second?)
(Stanley).
(Parliamentary Procession Roll, 1512).
Stanley, Sovereign Lord of Man, English Noble.
Arms: Grand Quarterly: 1 & 4, Quarterly: 1 &
4, Argent, on a bend Azure, three Stag's heads caboshed Or (Stanley), 2,
Or, on a chief indented Azure, three plates, 3, Checquy Or and Azure: 2
& 3, Gules, three human legs embowed in armour and conjoined at the
tingh Argent, garnished Or (Lordship of Man).
Crest: A Pelican in her piety feeding her young Or.
Mantling: Gules doubled ermine.
(Herladic Illumination, 15th century MS.).
Starckmann, Doctor Johannes Georg, German Doctor of Philosophy
and Medicine (17th century).
Arms: Party per fess Azure and Argent, overall on a compartment
in base a savage, holding a club resting on his shoulder and environed
about his body with a sash.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet two Eagle' wings displayed
each party per fess, the dexter Argent and Azure, the sinister Azure and
Argent.
(Ex-Libris, 17th century).
Stauffenberg, Claus Philipp, Graf Schenk von, Colonel,
(1907-1944), German Soldier and Leader of the 'Bomb Plot' to Assasinate
Hitler, of Württemberg: (son of the Lord Chancellor of the Kingdom
of Württemberg: family raised to the Imperial Baronage 1698: made
counts of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1874).
Arms: Argent, a fess Gules between two Lions passant
Azure.
Crest: A conical chapeau Gules, turned up ermine, charged
with a fess (Argent?), Ornamented with six Cock's feathers sable and supporting
two flaming torches proper. The chapeau supporting six more Cock's feathers
at its point sable.
Mantling: Argent and Azure.
(Reitstap).
Staunton, Sir William, English Knight (1326).
Arms: Argent, two chevronels sable, a bordure of the
last.
(Tomb Effigy, Staunton Church, co. Notts).
Stawel, Ralph, 1st Baron, English Noble (late 17th century).
Arms: A cross lozengy voided, a bordure. The shield ensigned
with the coronet of an English Baron.
Crest: On a chapeau, a falcon rising.
Supporters: Two Lions rampant reguardant.
Motto: 'En parole, je suis'.
(Armorial Key).
Steinmetz, Friedrich von, (1796-1877), Prussian General.
Arms: Quarterly: 1, Gules, three mullets Or: 2, Argent,
a Lion rampant Or: 3, Sable, a Moor's head Argent: 4, Gules, three crosses
pattée Or.
Crest: Two Eagle's wings displayed sable.
Supporters: Two Griffins coward, langued Gules.
Motto: 'Alles met God, niets zonder Kristus!'.
Mantling: Gules and Argent.
(Reitstap).
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Freiherr von, (1730-1794),
American General, of Saxony.
Arms: Party per pale Azure and Argent, overall a bend
Gules (alternative: tierced in pale Azure, Gules and Argent).
Crest: Two Buffalo's horns each party per fess, the dexter
Azure and Argent, the sinister Argent and Azure.
(Volborth).
Steward, Walter the, Scottish Noble (c.1290): (supporter
and son-in-law of Robert the Bruce: father of Robert II of Scotland).
Arms: Or, a fess chequey Azure and Argent.
(Bute Mazer, Early 14th century).
Stewart of Buchan and Badenoch, Sir Alexander, 'The Wolf
of Badenoch', (d.1404), Scottish Knight.
Arms: Or, a fess chequey Azure and Argent.
Crest: Out of a crest coronet Gules a demi-Lion Purpure
between two feathers erect in pale Argent.
(Gelre's Wapenboeck).
Stewart, David, Contender for the Scottish Throne (c.1375):
(son of Robert II of Scotland by his second queen Euphemia Ross).
Arms: Or, a Lion rampant Gules, contained within a double
tressure flory counter-flory of the last, overall a label of three points
(Azure?). The shield suspended upon the breast of an Eagle displayed.
(Seal on Indenture, 1375).
Stewart, James, 1st Earl of Moray, c.1530-1570), Scottish
Ruler and Noble: (natural half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Or, a Lion rampant Gules,
contained within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the last (Scotland):
2 & 3, Or, three cushions Gules, contained within a double tressure
flory counter-flory of the last (Dunbar): Overall a ribbon in bend wavy
sable.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet a Pelican vulning itself
surrounded by its young all Gules.
Supporters: Two Greyhounds (Talbots?) Argent, each gorged
about the neck with a collar Or..
Motto: 'Salus Per Christum'.
(Forman Armorial, c.1568).
Stewart, John, Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland (c.1524),
Scottish Ruler.
Arms: (The shield impaled): Dexter, Quarterly: 1st, Or,
a Lion rampant Gules, contained within a double tressure flory counter-flory
of the last (Scotland): 2nd, A Lion rampant contained within a tressure
flory counter-flory: 3rd, Gules, three human legs conjoined at the thigh
embowed in armour Argent (Isle of Man): 4th, Or, a saltire and a chief
Gules (Bruce): Sinister, Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Azure semée-de-lis
Or, a tower Argent (De la Tour): 2nd & 3rd, Or, a maunche (?) Gules:
overall an inescutcheon Or, bearing three torteaux (Courtenay). The shield
ensigned with a Ducal coronet Or.
(Gold Medal, 1524).
Stewart, Henry, Lord Darnley, Seigneur d'Aubigny, King
Matrimonial of Scots, (d.1568), Scottish Ruler.
Arms: Grand Quarterly: 1, Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure,
three fleurs-de-lis Or, a bordure Gules charged with eight buckles Or (Aubigny):
2 & 3, Or, a fess chequey Azure and Argent, a bordure Gules (Stewart
of Lennox): 2, Gules, Three legs embowed in armour conjoined at the thing
(Kingdom of Man): 3, Gules, three Lions rampant Or: 4, Quarterly: 1, Gules,
a Lion rampant Argent: 2, Or, a Lion rampant queue fourchée Gules:
3, Argent, five piles, their points conjoined in base, sable (Anstruther?):
4, Or, a fess chequey Azure and Argent, a bend Gules, charged with three
buckles Or (Stewart): The 4th grand quarter charged overall with an inescutcheon
Argent, charged with a human heart Gules, on a chief Azure, three mullets
of the field (Douglas).
(Memorial Paining of Henry, Lord Darnley, by L. de Vogeleer,
1568).
Arms: Grand Quarterly: 1 & 4, Quarterly: 1 &
4, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or (Aubigny), 2 & 3, Or, a fess chequy
Azure and Argent, within a bordure Gules (Stewart): 2, Gules, three Lions
rampant Argent: 3, Gules, three human legs embowed in armour and conjoined
at the thigh Argent (Lordship of Man): Over all an escutcheon Argent, charged
with a saltire Gules, between four roses of the last (Lennox).
(Armorial Illumination, Seton Armorial, 1591).
Stewart, Henry Benedict, Prince, (1725-1807), Cardinal
of York, Pretender to the Throne of Scotland: (younger brother of Prince
Charles Edward Stewart, the 'Young Pretender').
Arms: Grand quarterly: 1st & 4th, Quarterly: 1st
& 4th, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or (France): 2nd & 3rd, Gules,
three Lions passant guardant Or (England): 2nd, Or, a Lion rampant Gules
contained within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the last (Scotland):
3rd, Azure, a harp Or (Ireland). Overall a crescent for difference (or?).
The shield contained within a cartouche, ensigned with a princely crown
and an ecclesiastical hat supporting six tassels on either side of the
shield Gules.
(Arms Impressed on Bound Book, c.1760).
Stewart, William, Bishop of Aberdeen (c.1532), Scottish
Ecclesiast.
Arms: Or, a fess chequey Azure and Argent, overall a
bend engrailed Gules.
(Armorial Carving, Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen).
Strolenburg, Johann von, German Knight (c.1350).
Arms: Or, a pheon in bend Azure.
Pennon/Banner: Or, a pheon in bend Azure.
Crest: Out of a crest coronet Or, two Eagle's wings addorsed
of the last.
(Heraldic Illumination, 15th century MS.).
Stuart, Bérault, Seigneur d'Aubigny, (b. 1452/3),
French Soldier and Military Writer: (author of the Traité sur l'Art
de la Guerre).
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Three fleurs-de-lis: 2 &
3, Chequey.
(Seal).
Stuck, Franz von, (1863-1928), German Painter.
Arms: Sable, a Centaur rampant Or upon a compartment
in base Vert.
Crest: A Centaur, as in the arms.
(Volborth).
Suchet, Louis Gabriel, Duc d'Albufera, (1770-1826), Marshal
of France.
Arms: Quarterly of eight: 1, Or, four 'vergettes' Gules,
overall three pike-heads Argent: 2, Argent, a tower of three points sable:
3, Quarterly Gules and Or, in the 1st & 2nd quarters a Tower sable,
in the 2nd & 3rd a Tree Vert: 4, Argent, three palets ondée
Azure: 5, Azure, a roof supported by six poles Argent bearing the letters
S.A.G. of the field, in base a Dolphin and an escallop Argent: 6, Or, four
'vergettes' Gules, overall a Lily Argent: 7, Azure, on a terrace in base
Vert a tower of three points sable: 8, Or, five mullets Azure. Overall
an inescutcheon Gules charged with a Lion passant guardant Or on a bridge
of the last and holding in his dexter gamb an Olive branch Argent. Overall
a chief Gules semée of mullets Argent.
(Reitstap).
Sucre, Antoine José de, (1795-1830), South American
Soldier, of Venezuala.
Arms: Qaurterly: 1 & 4, Argent, a fess sable: 2 &
3, Or, a cross moline sable.
(Reitstap).
Suffren, Pierre André de, Marquis de Saint-Tropez,
(1729-1788), Chevalier de l' Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis, French
Admiral, of Provence.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 & 4, Azure, a fess Or: 2 &
3, Gules, three palets vair, a chief Or. Overall an inescutcheon Azure
bearing a saltire Argent between four Leopard's faces Or (Suffren). The
shield ensigned with the coronet of a French Marquis and suspended upon
an anchor Argent.
Motto: 'Dieu y pourvoira'.
(Reitstap).
Sutton, ?, Brigadier, English (Parliamentary) General
(c.1645).
Arms: Argent, a canton sable, overall a crescent (Gules?)
for difference. The shield contained within a cartouche.
(Map of the Battle of Newark, by Samuel Buck, 1726).
Swedenborg, Emmanuel, (1688-1772), Swedish Scientist and
Mystic.
Arms: Party per pale Gules and Or: Dexter, Two Keys crossed
in saltire between two cotises in bend sinister Argent: Sinister, A Mountain
enhanced and enflamed at the summit Argent, charged overall with an Arrow
in bend of the last. On a chief Azure a Bishop's mitre between two mullets
(5) Or.
Crest: Between two Olive branches sable a demi-Lion Or
holding in its dexter paw a Key Azure.
(Volborth).
Sweers, Isaac, Dutch Admiral (c.1666).
Arms: (Two shields accoulée): Dexter, Quarterly,
1 & 4, Party per pale fussily, 2, Three triangles, 3, Paly of six pieces.
Overall an escutcheon charged with a chevron: Sinister, Party per fess,
the chief parted per pale, the dexter part charged with three (Stag's heads
caboshed?), the sinister charged with a (greyhound?) courant, charged in
base with a Duck statant. The sinister shield oval.
(Engraving, Silver Biscuit Box, c.1666).
Swift, Jonathan, (1667-1745), English Author.
Arms: Sable, an Anchor Or, environed of a Dolfin naiant
embowed contourné Argent.
(Volborth).
Swinton, The Honourable Sir John, Baron of Swinton (c.1707),
Scottish Noble.
Arms: Gules, three Boar's heads couped Argent.
Crest: An oak tree proper debrused of a Boar statant
(proper?).
Supporters: Two Boar proper.
Motto: 'Le Espere'.
Slogan: 'Je Pense'.
(Armorial Bookplate, 18h century).