Crest Courtenay Monument Meshaw
Summary
Crest of mural monument to James Courtenay(d.1683), Meshaw Church, Devon. A triple impalement: centre: Or, 3 torteaux a label of 3 points azure each point charged with 3 roundels in pale, differenced by a crescent azure (Courtenay of Molland, differenced for a second son); Dexter: Azure, 3 bars wavy argent (Sandford); Sinister:
Or, a demi-lion rampant gules[1] (Lynn). Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or, a plume of 7 ostrich feathers 4 and 3 argent (Courtenay)[2].
References
↑ Robson, Thomas, The British Herald, gives Lynn with tinctures reversed: Gules, a demi-lion rampant or
↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.353, Courtenay Earls of Devon
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Date
26/10/2011
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)