eagle displayed

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Crest An eagle displayed holding a serpent Motto LITEM • NATVRA DIREMIT This crest appears on English books. The heraldry of crests. London, 1829 shows it for Backhouse (Plate 66 no 21). Fairbairn's Crests (Edinburgh, 1860) has an entry for Backhouse of Durham, Cumberland and Kent, but gives the motto as Confido in Deo. Burke's General Armory 1884 gives the eagle as wings close. Fairbairn (1860) in its illustration gives the eagle, wings elevated not displayed (Plate 75 Crest 11), but Backhouse is not mentioned in the descriptions to the plate. The motto is from Ovid Metamorphoses

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Arms A chevron between three eagles displayed Crest Out of a mural coronet an eagle displayed Helmet of an Esquire Motto EXPERTVS CREDO

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Arms Quarterly of twenty five 1. Per saltire in chief three trefoils slipped two and one in base three trefoils slipped one and two (Tresham) 2. A chevron engrailed between three martlets (Pevensey) 3. A fret (Harrington) 4. Three lions passant gardant (Aigles?) 5. On a bend three lozenges each charged with a saltire (Urswick) 6. A lion rampant (Champneys) 7. A cross flory voided (Pilkington) 8. Two bars a bordure engrailed (Parr) 9. Three water bougets (Roos) 10. A saltire fretty (Crophull) 11. A fret (Verdon) 12. A fess (Colville) 13. A lion rampant (Bigot) 14. Five lozenges in bend...

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Arms On a chevron between three Bibles closed with clasps an eagle displayed with a nimbus between two roses in chief issuing out of a cloud irradiated the Holy Spirit as a dove with a nimbus.

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Arms Quarterly Ist grand quarter Quarterly 1 & 4. France 2 & 3. England debruised by a baton sinister overall (Scott or Crofts, Duke of Monmouth) IInd grand quarter Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent three lozenges in fess a bordure (Montagu) 2 & 3. An eagle displayed (Monthermer) IIIrd grand quarter Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent a heart gules ensigned with an imperial crown on a chief azure three mullets argent (Douglas) 2 & 3. A bend between six cross crosslets fitchy (Mar) IVth grand quarter On a bend a mullet between two crescents (Scott) Supporters Dexter A unicorn ducally gorged and chained and...