Timeline for Field family motto
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| Dec 7, 2018 at 13:51 | comment | added | AdrianB38 | @JeremyC - so I guess that from 1909 to 1991 there might well be gentle changes... Thanks | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 13:41 | comment | added | JeremyC | @AdrianB38 The Letters Patent were issued in 1991 by Sir Colin Cole, who was then Garter. I would guess that it was his usual way of working. | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 12:52 | comment | added | AdrianB38 | Thanks @JeremyC - in the image but not the text? Curious. Still, I'm sure that there are always oddities. | |
| Dec 7, 2018 at 12:45 | comment | added | JeremyC | I offer a slight correction to @AdrianB38 's excellent answer: mottoes are sometimes included in the Letters Patent. I am looking at an example now in which the motto is clearly shown in the depiction of the arms. It is not mentioned in the text of the document, however. | |
| Oct 31, 2018 at 2:20 | vote | accept | Mike Field | ||
| Oct 31, 2018 at 1:59 | comment | added | user8608 | Wow! Thanks you for all your research, Adrian. It's really appreciated. And no, I didn't know the word 'engrailed' either. But a search on Wiki shows all sorts of field boundary-line shapes, including engrailing. It seems your resources far outweigh mine. Thank you for employing them on my behalf. As Chenmunka suggested, I've also asked my question of the College of Arms, and I'll post whatever reply is elicited. | |
| Oct 30, 2018 at 20:51 | comment | added | AdrianB38 | @MikeField - I have updated my answer having failed to find anything particularly useful on my Burke's CD, but did find some extra items elsewhere. | |
| Oct 30, 2018 at 20:49 | history | edited | AdrianB38 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Mottoes
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| Oct 30, 2018 at 20:31 | history | edited | AdrianB38 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Found 1 escutcheon described and several others
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| Oct 30, 2018 at 7:16 | comment | added | AdrianB38 | Yes - what I have no idea about is how precise heraldic descriptions are. In other words: are your 2 sheaves the same heraldically speaking, because a sheaf is a sheaf is a sheaf? The edges to the chevron sound a bit more important, however, but, as I say, I have no knowledge how exact descriptions are. I don't know where you found your examples but if in a book like Burke's Landed Gentry and there is no motto there but there is on the others, then I'd be inclined to think that there is no motto associated with that coat of arms. | |
| Oct 30, 2018 at 1:51 | comment | added | Mike Field | Thank you, I appreciate that. However, I have only found two instances, and they're remarkably similar. Both are black with a white chevron and three wheatsheaves (or if you prefer, sable, a chevron engraved between three garbs argent.) The chevron has in one case straight edges and in another wavy, and both are placed slightly differently; and the wheatsheaves are slightly different in shape, as are the two escutcheons themselves. Other than that, the two instances are pretty-much the same. All that aside, the family motto should, I imagine, remain the same throughout the family. | |
| Oct 29, 2018 at 17:59 | history | answered | AdrianB38 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |