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All the heraldic information and illustrations on these pages are by David Wicks and are reproduced by kind permission.

David has attempted to reproduce the arms in their original format, free of the embellishments and fripperies which became fashionable much later. The original purpose of these heraldic devices was identification on the field of battle, hence the simplicity of design and the similarity of the arms of closely related bearers. Achievement style is based loosely on the Armorial de Gelre 1370-1386.

The following is a list of the sources referenced in the text.
  • Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, London, 1880.
  • Burke, Sir Bernard, A Dictionary of Heraldry.
  • General Armory II (revisions and additions to Burke's General Armory), 1986(?).
  • Papworth, John W. Ordinary, An Ordinary Of British Armorials, London, 1874. Reprint London, 1961.
  • Foxe-Davies, Arthur Charles, Armorial Families, London, 1929.
  • Joseph Foster, Dictionary of Heraldry. Feudal coats of Arms And Pedigrees. Reprint 1996, Studio Editions . (Originally Some Feudal Coats Of Arms).
  • County Visitations of Heralds, from Harleian Society publications.
  • Victoria County Histories.
  • Fairburn's Book of Family Crests.
 
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