Dimensions: Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A chevron gules between three escallops 2. Ermine a lion rampant between a fleur-de-lis and a mullet in chief 3. A lion couchant gardant in chief two swords in saltire on an escutcheon of pretence Quarterly 1 & 4 Ermine a millrind 2 & 3 Two bars in chief three [?] heads erased Crests 1. An escallop 2. A cock Helmets of a peer (2) Motto CE QUE VEULT PEULT
Possibilities for Identification:
There is no trace of this stamp in the various reference sources. It remains a mystery.
Unlikely to be Cressy, whose name is inscribed on the titlepage of one of the books cited.
Fairbairn’s Crests, plate 91/2 lists 143 families who used this crest.
Dimensions: Arms Quarterly of nine 1. A fess dancetty between three cocks heads erased (Tamworth) 2. A bend lozengy (unidentified) 3. Three garbs within a bordure charged with roundels (Clement) 4. A chevron between three bells (Bell) 5. Semy de lys a lion rampant (Holland) 6. A bend (unidentified) 7. Ermine a bend lozengy (unidentified) 8. Per fess two lions passant counterpassant gardant (unidentified) 9. Three bars on that in fess point three martlets on a canton a saltire (Finch) Crest A cock Helmet of an Esquire