fishes (3)

Peyton (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly of 11 1. a cross engrailed in the first quarter a mullet (Peyton) 2. 3 piles wavy (Gernon) 3. a fess (Colvill) 4. a chevron in chief 3 mullets 5. quarterly per fess indented (Langley) 6, a cross crosslet (Atleze) 7. an eagle displayed (Athrig) 8. a fess in chief three roundels (Langley) 9. a bear rampant (Bernard) 10. in a bordure 3 fishes 11. a lion rampant Crest a griffin statant Helmet of a knight

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Unidentified Stamp

Dimensions:
Arms Three fishes naiant fessways in pale, the middlemost conturned

Possibilities for Identification:

The arms Azure three garvine fishes naiant fessways in pale argent the middlemost one conturned were granted to George Garvine, writer of Irvine (Lyon Register 1672 77). The arms of Peebles are Gules three salmon counternaiant in pale proper. Though the present grant only dates to 18 December 1894, the arms have been used by the borough since the middle ages. Adam Girdwood died at Peebles in 1838 aged 1831, so it seems likely that the arms on the stamp are those of Peebles.

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fishes (3)

Meek, George (1801 - 1859) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1. Gules three stirrups (Scudamore) 2. Azure two bars gemelle or in chief a lion passant (Tregoz) 3. Ermine two bars gemelle gules (Huntercombe) 4. On a bend cotised sable three fishes [trout] (Osborn) impaling Quarterly Ist and IVth grand quarters Quarterly 1 and 4. Or an eagle displayed sable (Weston of Rugeley) 2 and 3. Ermine on a chief azure five bezants [roundels] (Weston of Boston) IInd and IIIrd grand quarters Sable on a fess between three crosses flory or as many martlets sable (Sameways) Crest A lion rampant Helmet of an Esquire Motto FORTIS EST VERITAS

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