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Bart sylva subit aspera

Paddy, William, Sir (1554 - 1635) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Two dragons rampant wings extended between them a tree Crest A demi-lion Helmet of an Esquire Motto BART SYLVA SVBIT ASPERA
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Be mind full

Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 2)
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Arms Quarterly 1. Or a stag’s head caboshed (Calder) 2. Gyronny of eight or and sable (Campbell) 3. Argent a ship (Lorne) 4. Per fess azure and gules a cross or (Lort) impaling Quarterly 1 & 4. Barry of ten or and sable (Botevile) 2 & 3. Argent a lion rampant tail nowed and erect (Thynne) Supporters Dexter A lion rampant gardant and Sinister a hart Crest A swan crowned Helmet of a Peer Coronet of a Baron Motto BE MIND FULL
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Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 4)
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Arms Quarterly 1. Or a stag’s head caboshed (Calder) 2. Gyronny of eight or and sable (Campbell) 3. Argent a ship (Lorne) 4. Per fess azure and gules a cross or (Lort) Coronet of a Earl Motto be mind full
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Be mindfull

Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 5)
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Monogram CC (addorsed) Coronet of an Earl Motto BE MINDFULL

Be trew

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 1)
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 2)
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 3)
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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Bee fast

Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent on a bend sable three owls of the field (Savile) 2 & 3. Argent a fess gules between three parrots (Lumley) Supporters Two parrots Crests 1. An owl (Savile) 2. A pelican in her piety wings addorsed (Lumley) Coronet of an Earl Mottoes bee fast / murus aeneas conscientia sana
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Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 2)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent on a bend sable three owls of the field (Savile) 2 & 3. Argent a fess gules between three parrots (Lumley) Supporters Two parrots Crests 1. An owl (Savile) 2. A pelican in her piety wings addorsed (Lumley) Coronet of an Earl Mottoes BEE FAST / MURUS AENEAS CONSCIENTIA SANA
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Bon temps viendra

Bourchier, Rachel, Countess of Bath (1613 - 1680) (Stamp 1)
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Arms A cross engrailed between four water bougets (Bourchier) impaling Three dexter gauntlets (Fane) Coronet of a Countess Mottoes NON EST MORTALE QVOD OPTO BON TEMPS VIENDRA NE VILE FANDO [sic] SEMPER EADEM Legend EX DONO RACHAEL COMITISSAE BATHON : DOTARÆ AN DOM MDCL
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Bonis omnia in bonum mihi vita Christus ``

Johnson, George (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a bend between two pairs of shackles three pheons issuant from a chief between two mascles a demi lion charged on the shoulder with a crescent for difference Monogram G J Motto ? BONIS ? OMNIA ? IN ? BONVM ? MIHI ? VITA ? CHRISTVS
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Bonitas regnabit

Oxford University (Stamp 1)
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Arms An open book with seven clasps inscribed with the words SAPI/ENT/IA ET // FOEL/ICIT/ATE between three ancient crowns Supporters A lion gardant and a pascal lamb holding a flag and a key Crest Sun rising in the clouds Mottoes DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA BONITAS REGNABIT • VERITAS LIBERABIT
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Oxford University (Stamp 2)
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Arms An open book with seven clasps inscribed with the words SAPI/ENT/IA ET // FOEL/ICIT/ATE between three ancient crowns Supporters A lion gardant and a pascal lamb holding a flag and a key Crest Sun rising in the clouds Mottoes DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA BONITAS REGNABIT • VERITAS LIBERABIT
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Oxford University (Stamp 3)
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Arms An open book with seven clasps inscribed with the words SAPI/ENT/IA ET // FOEL/ICIT/ATE between three ancient crowns Supporters A lion gardant and a pascal lamb holding a flag and a key Crest Sun rising in the clouds Mottoes DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA BONITAS REGNABIT • VERITAS LIBERABIT
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Bonne esperaunce et droit en avant

Nugent-Grenville, George, 2nd Baron Nugent of Carlanstown (1788 - 1850) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Vert on a cross argent five torteaux [roundels] Coronet of a Baron Motto bonne esperaunce et droit en avant
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By it we live

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 1)
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 2)
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 3)
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
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By my ancestors merit

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Initial D Crest An arm in armour embowed holding a serpent Motto BY MY ANCESTORS MERIT
Possibilities for Identification: 
Not in Fairbairn’s Crests. Clements identifies the stamp as belonging to the Denis family. Burke’s General armory: Peter Denis – a hand grasping a snake, but not an arm in armour embowed
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By truthe & diligence

Lucy, George Hammond (1789 - 1845) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly of eight 1. Three luces hauriant between seven cross crosslets 2. A lion rampant crowned and double queued 3. An eagle displayed 4 A stag's head caboshed 5.Three bars overall on a bend three mullets 6. Billety of eight (three & five) a lion rampant crowned 7. A fess between six cross crosslets three and three 8. A cross between four martlets Initials G L Motto By truthe & diligence
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