otter's head

Unidentified Stamp

Dimensions:
Crest Out of a mural coronet an otter’s [talbot's] head couped

Possibilities for Identification:

The crest resembles an otter's head, though it could be a talbot's. There is nothing fitting under "otter" in any of the reference guides, but in Fairbairn's Crests there are ten entries under "Out of a mural coronet a talbot’s head couped": Amory; Brampton; Bromige; Damer; Holme; Martin; Nesbitt; Reanolds or Reignolds; Richards; Routh.

Heraldic Charges:

coronet, mural, out of a

otter's head

talbot's head

Patton, George (1803 - 1869) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Crests 1. A sparrow hawk rising 2. An otter's head erased holding a fish Motto VIRTUTE ADEPTA

Heraldic Charges:

fish

otter's head

sparrow hawk

Beaton, Alexander (1524 - 1556) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A fess between three mascles (Beaton) 2 & 3. On a chevron an otter's head erased (Balfour) Motto SVI SIMILIS Legend + ALEXANDER BEATOVN ARCHIDIACONVS LAVDONIÆ • 1556

Heraldic Charges:

Beaton, James, Archbishop of Glasgow (1517 - 1603) (Stamp 3)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A fess between three mascles (Beaton) 2 & 3. On a chevron an otter's head erased (Balfour) Cross of an Archbishop Badge At the foot of the staff a salmon holding a ring in its mouth (See of Glasgow) Motto FERENDVM : VT : VINCAS : Legend + IACOBVS : ABETOVN : ARCHIEPISCOPVS : GLASGVENSIS * 1576 :

Heraldic Charges:

Beaton, James, Archbishop of Glasgow (1517 - 1603) (Stamp 2)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A fess between three mascles (Beaton) 2 & 3. On a chevron an otter's head erased (Balfour) Badge At the foot of the staff a salmon holding a ring in its mouth (See of Glasgow) Motto FERENDVM : VT : VINCAS : Legend + IACOBVS : ABETOVN : ARCHIEPISCOPVS : GLASGVENSIS * 1576 :

Heraldic Charges:

Beaton, James, Archbishop of Glasgow (1517 - 1603) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A fess between three mascles (Beaton) 2 & 3. On a chevron an otter's head erased (Balfour) Cross of an Archbishop Badge At the foot of the staff a salmon holding a ring in its mouth (See of Glasgow) Motto FERENDVM : VT : VINCAS : Legend + IACOBVS : ABETOVN : ARCHIEPISCOPVS : GLASGVENSIS * 1576 :

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