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ARMS OF SOME OF THE FAMILIES ALLIED TO THE STOREYS.
- BROWNRIGG. Argent, a lion rampant sable, guttee d'or between three cresents of the second.
Crest, a lion rampart holding in the dexter paw a fleur de lis proper.
- BROWNRIGG (Bart.). Argent, a lion rampart between three cresents gules, in dexter forepaw
a sword proper, panel and hilt, or, entwined by a serpent vert. Motto: Virescat vulncre virtus.
Augmentation by royal permission granted in 1822, viz.: A chief emb. Vert thereon a sceptre and representation
of the sceptre and banner of the Kingdom of Kandy, in saltire ensigned, with the crown of that Kingdom, and,
as a crest of honourable augmentation, a demi Kandian proper, holding in the dexter hand a sword and in
the sinister the crown of Kandy.
- Another - Argent, a lion rampart guardant, between three cresents gules. Crest, a sword erect in pale,
environed with a snake, all proper.
- BROWNRIGG, Sir Henry Moore, 3rd Bart. Argent, a lion rampart, guardant, sable grasping in the dexter
paw a sword proper, pommel and hilt, or, blade entwined by a serpent also proper between three cresents
gules, and, as an honourable augmentation (granted by King George IV., March 23rd, 1822), a cheif emb.
vert thereon a representation of the sceptre of the Kingdom of Kandy, or, and the banner of the said King,
being gules within a bordure with a ray of the sun issuing from each angle, a lion passant gold, holding
a sword proper in saltire, the whole ensigned with a representation of the Crown of the Kingdom of Kandy
(Celyon). Ceylon in the Indian Ocean, a Buddhist seat, 307 years B.C. Ancient name, Taprobane. Wars at
Candy or Kandy 1803. King made prisoner when war was renewed by General Brownrigg 19th February, 1815.
Sovereignty vested in Great Britain 2nd March, 1815. Armorial Families, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
(p. 142). Crest, out of a mural crown, or, sword erect proper, hilt and pommel, or, entwined by a serpent
vert. Motto: Virtute et sapientia. Crest (augmentation) upon a wreath of the colours a demi-Kandian
proper, the body vested argent, and belted, or, cap, gold, holding in the dexter hand a sword, and in the
sinister a representation of the Kanian crown, also proper.
- GREENOUGH. (Is this identical with Greenup?) Argent, on a bend, engraled, sable, three bugle horns
stringed of the field.
- No GREENUPS entered
- ROBINSON, Westmorland, borne by Lieutenant Thomas Robinson, derived from Robertson, of Strowan,
Scotland. Gules, three boars' heads erased argent, the shield resting on a man in chain armour. Crest, a
hand holding an imperial crown, all proper.
- JAMES ROBINSON, of Sunderland, Durham, bore vert, a chevron erminous between two cinquefoils pierced
in chief and a stag trippant in base, or; a bordure engrailed of the last. Crest, a mount vert thereon
a stag regardant, or, holding in the mouth a cross calvary, in bend sinister gules, the dexter fore-paw
resting on a cinquefoil pierced as in the arms.
- ROBINSONS of Rokeby, Yorkshire, bore similar arms. In Burke's "Dictionary of Heraldry" there are 48
Robinsons entered.
- SPEIGHT. Argent on a fesse sable, three pheons of the field. Crest, a dexter arm habited sable.
Cuffed argent, holding in the hand a pheon proper of the second. (SPEIGHTS OF HUTTON.)
- EDWARD THOMAS TYSON, JP., Cumberland, eldest and only son of Edward Tyson, gentleman, by his wife,
Isabella Birkett, daughter of the late Thomas Scaife, of Liverpool, bore vert, guttee d'eau, three
lions rampart argent, each holding in the dexter paw a torch erect fired proper. Crest, upon a wreath
of the colours a demi-lion rampant vert, guttee d'eau holding in the dexter paw a torch, and resting
upon a rose gules, barbed and seeded proper. Motto: Fortiter et vigilanter.
- TYSON (Malton and Alnwick). Vert, three lions rampart argent collared or, chains fixed to the
collar of the last, pendant between the legs and over the lions.
- Another - Vert, a lion crowned, or.
- TYSSEN, of London and Norfolk. (Two TYSSENS and two TYSONS.)
- WILSON, of Kendal (1586). Argent, three wolves' heads couped, sable, guttee de sang. Crest, a
crescent, or, issuing fire proper.
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