Dimensions: Crest A buglehorn stringed Motto SPERO MELIORA
Possibilities for Identification:
This is either the stamp of the recipient of the prize book or possibly that of the donor.
Fairbairn offers 49 possible owners for the crest, while for the motto Fairbairn gives 32 possibilities, Burke’s General armory a further 17. However, none of these gives the crest and motto together. For the motto the closest is that for Hunter of Burnside, (“Spero”) and for Daunt of Owlpen Manor Gloucestershire is “Vigilo et spero”.
Dimensions: Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent a chevron between three escallops sable (Littleton) 2 & 3. Or three piles sable a canton ermine (Wriothesley) impaling Sable a chevron and a canton ermine (Harper) Crest A stag's head caboshed surmounted of a buglehorn Helmet of an Esquire Motto UNG DIEU ET UNG ROY
Dimensions: Arms Argent on a chevron gules between three buglehorns a crescent between two roses
impaling impaling Gules three keys fessways in pale (Gibson) Crest A buglehorn Motto SPERO
Dimensions: Arms A chevron in base a buglehorn on a chief two buglehorns (Hornby) impaling Three chevrons on a canton vair (Langton) Crest A buglehorn hanging from an arrow fessways point to the sinister Helmet of an Esquire Motto CREDE CORNV Legend HUGH F. HORNBY
Dimensions: Arms A chevron in base a buglehorn on a chief two buglehorns (Hornby) on an escutcheon of pretence A chevron and in chief three crosses patty (Barclay)
Crest A buglehorn hanging from an arrow fessways point to the sinister Helmet of an Esquire
Dimensions: Arms A chevron in base a buglehorn on a chief two buglehorns (Hornby) on an escutcheon of pretence A chevron and in chief three crosses patty (Barclay)
Crest A buglehorn hanging from an arrow fessways point to the sinister Helmet of an Esquire