Grant of Arms
Grant of Arms

Members' Roll of Arms

Many of the members of the Heraldry Society are armigerous, ie. they have a coat of arms. This gives us an opportunity to introduce you to the wide range of designs and styles that are used for modern, and ancient, heraldry. The arms are organised by the member’s surname.

Current Members

Plowman, Stephen J F

Arms
Argent three anchors Sable each entwined by a serpent Gules on a chief enarched nebuly Azure three martlets rising Or
Crest
Within a circlet of crosses each cross having seven triangular arms each arm terminating in two points Argent a demi-savage wreathed about the waist and head with laurel leaves holding in his dexter hand a sword erect proper quillons hilt and pommel Or and in his sinister hand a shepherd's crook proper
Motto
Custodite et Ducite (Guard and Guide)
Authority

Arms granted (College of Arms): 24th May 1993 (To Ronald Tweedy Fitzherbert Plowman)
Badge granted (College of Arms): 6th September 2017
Matriculated (Lord Lyon): Volume 92 folio 19, 7th August 2017

Notes

Badge: A Grey Wolf passant proper plain collared with a chain attached thereto reflexed over the back Or resting the dexter forepaw on a Maltese Cross of seven limbs Argent

Porcelli, Luca

Arms
Or on a fess gules three porcupines Proper.
Motto
Hic manebimus optime (Here we will remain most excellently) (Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, Bk.5, 55)
Authority

Certificación de armas a favor de Luca Porcelli, Cronista de Armas de Castilla y León, no.61, 2021.

Notes

The ancestry and arms have been traced back nearly three centuries.

Porter, Kenneth

Arms
Per pall Ermine Or and Gules in chief a computer ferrite core memory store matrix also Gules and in base two bells counterchanged
Crest
A demi-maiden in profile proper vested Ermine crined Or holding in the dexter hand bendwise across the right shoulder a staff terminating in a fleur-de-lis Gules pendent from the upper end a triangular pennon Or and resting the sinister hand on a bell Gules
Motto
Animus Supremus Est
Authority

The College of Arms, 1 January 1986.

Notes

Artist: Romilly Squire.

Potts, the Hon. Randy David Lee Xavier

Arms
Azure, a Saltire Argent between two fleur-de-lys Or; in Chief Argent, a Bald Eagle displayed Azure, head Blanc armed and membered Or
Crest
On a Wreath of the colours Argent and Azure, a Dragon passant Azure armed and langued Or; in front of rising sun Or
Motto
In Honorem Victoria (The Victory is in the Honour)
Authority

Arms assumed in The United States of America 2020; registered with Deutches Erbe Wappenrolle under number 2220 on 15 Oct 2022; The International Society of Commoners Heraldry number 2023379 on 1 April 2023; The American Heraldry Society on 12 June 2024; Committee on Heraldry – New England Historical Genealogy Society 12 August 2024; and, with difference granted by The Office of Chief Herald of Malta ✠ on 1 September 2024 (Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 21,237 on 7 May 2024)

Notes

Artist: Neil Bromley
Badge: a Bald Eagle displayed Azure, head Blanc, armed and membered Jaune; in front of a circlet fleur-de-lys Or
Standard: Of four yards in length fringed compony Argent and Gules rounded in the fly, the Arms in the hoist, the livery field Azure bearing a bar Argent is split into three by two transverse bands bearing the motto In Honorem Victoria, the crest in the centre between two representations of the Badge.

Powys-Lybbe, Timothy F

Arms
Quarterly, 1st & 4th Ermine a bend between two lions rampant gules [Lybbe] 2nd & 3rd Or a Lion's Gamb bendwise between two Cross crosslets fitchy Gules [Powys]
Crest
1) On a wreath an arm embowed in mail and holding a halbert erect proper [Lybbe], (2) On a Wreath A Lion's Gamb erased erect Gules holding a staff ensigned with a Fleur de Lis Or [Powys]
Authority

These impartible arms granted by Royal Licence on 12th April 1907 to Reginald Cecil Lybbe Powys-Lybbe, being arranged through the College of Arms. Powys arms granted by Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, c. 1661-3.

Purvis, Chris

Arms
Argent a demi Ellipse issuant from the dexter Azure surmounting in the centre a like demi Ellipse issuant from the sinister thereon in fess three Pallets the top and upper part of each conjoined to an Annulet all counterchanged.
Crest
Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Azure Within a Circlet of Pallets the top and upper part of each conjoined to an Annulet Argent a demi Stag Or supporting between the legs a like Pallet Argent. Mantling: Azure double Argent
Motto
I Purvey All
Authority

The College of Arms on 3 August 2012 and the agent was Robert Noel, Lancaster Herald.

Notes

Artist: Alison Hill.

Quigley, Michael J

Arms
Azure an saltire engrailed Ermine fretting a voided escutcheon surmounted by the saltire in dexter chief and sinister base Or
Crest
A sea lion sejant with leonine legs Ermine piscene parts Or winged Azure semy of mullets Argent gorged with a naval crown resting dexter claws upon an anchor bendwise Or
Motto
QUIS SEPARABIT (Who Will Separate Us?)
Authority

Earl Marshal’s warrant dated 17 November 2011. Honorary Arms, Crest and Badge granted by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms on 10 December 2012. College reference: Grants 177.12.

Notes

Artist: Quentin Peacock
For a badge: A harp, the pillar and neck in the form of a winged sea lion sans legs Or encircled by thirteen mullets Argent.

Rabbolini, Dr David John

Arms
Azure, three bars wavy Argent, in pale an African shield Or with three bars wavy Gules.
Crest
Upon a stack of three closed books fesswise those at the top and bottom with their spines to the dexter and that in the middle with its spine to the sinister Azure edged and garnished Or a fructed oak tree eradicated also Or.
Motto
Be Impeccable
Authority

Registered: The International Register of Arms, 21st January 2020. Registration No. 0528 (Vol.3). Registered: The International Society of Commoners heraldry, 4/8/2020, registration number 2020294. Current application, in process – The South African Bureau of Heraldry.

Redman, Adrian de

Arms
Quarterly Ermine and Or overall a cushion tasselled Gules charged with a crescent Argent
Crest
A cushion Gules tasselled Or lying thereon a rose Or barbed slipped and leaved proper
Motto
Mon Dieu Et Ma Reine (My God and my Queen)
Authority

The College of Arms, 24 October 1989.

Notes

For a badge: A candle Azure the wick Sable and enflamed proper.

Regina di San Vincenzo al Volturno, Nob. Fabio Valerio

Arms
Gules on a bend Or three roses Gules.
Crest
According to heraldic rules the arms can be represented ensigned with the coronet of an Italian Noble; issuant from the coronet, a helm befitting duke degree with mantling Gules doubled Or. Upon a wreath of the liveries the coronet of an Italian Duke.
Authority

The arms as represented and described is taken from Mazzella, Scipione; Descrittione del Regno di Napoli, first publication 1586, fol. 583
The same description and representation is also present in other Italian and Spanish texts since the beginning of the 17th century.
The armigerous, professor of history and history of fashion, is a member of the noble Regina family of the dukes of Pesche and Grottolelle, of the Counts of Macchia Valfortore and Castel San Vincenzo, Neapolitan nobles and of the princes of Sant’Angelo of the Lombardi with predicate of San Vincenzo al Volturno, as also indicated in a work of the Studio Araldico e Nobiliare Guelfi Camaiani of Genoa.
By virtue of this he was also recognized as the holder of the arms by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office – Drawings section and accepted for registration by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta and by the Cronista de Armas de Castilla y León.

 

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