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Some Special Interests => Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms => Topic started by: bearkin on Sunday 23 June 19 22:44 BST (UK)

Title: help identifying charge
Post by: bearkin on Sunday 23 June 19 22:44 BST (UK)
Hi, Can someone identify the name of the 3 charges in quarters 1 and 4. Thanks, Peter
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: Viktoria on Sunday 23 June 19 22:55 BST (UK)
Could they represent snakes?
Not sure what that means but snakes are generally thought of as sly, sneaky,
but hardly think that would be advertised.
Perhaps wiliness  in the sense of no one pulling a fast one over you.
Viktoria

Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: Kiltpin on Monday 24 June 19 00:27 BST (UK)
It looks to me like a stylised yoke. 

Regards 

Chas
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: KGarrad on Monday 24 June 19 07:28 BST (UK)
An heraldic yoke is normally drawn as an ox-yoke (for 2 beasts) and, in any case a yoke would be drawn the other way up?
See Hay and Newthall (Chester)

It does look familiar, but I can't place the name of the charge :(

What is the name of the person who was granted the arms?
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: MaecW on Monday 24 June 19 08:13 BST (UK)
I agree with KGarrad : certainly not a common representation of a yoke, but although the design does look familiar I can't identify it at present.

Taking an indirect approach, the other(female) arms appear to be those of a member of the Brabazon family so perhaps a look at the marriages of Brabazon heiresses might give a clue ?

Maec
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: MaecW on Monday 24 June 19 08:56 BST (UK)
Just an afterthought :
Could this possibly be an astrological symbol ? It looks much like something called "the lunar node".

Any thoughts ?

Maec
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: KGarrad on Monday 24 June 19 09:40 BST (UK)
If so, it would be the symbol of a descending lunar node; aka Dragon's Tail ;D

But, the ends normally end in circles?
Similar to a torc/torque.
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: Skoosh on Monday 24 June 19 09:48 BST (UK)
A Greek letter omega maybe upside doon?  The birds are martlets!

Skoosh.
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: Mike in Cumbria on Monday 24 June 19 09:50 BST (UK)
A rowlock?
Title: Re: help identifying charge
Post by: Skoosh on Monday 24 June 19 09:54 BST (UK)
St Rollox?  ;D

Apparently it's the sign for a descending lunar node!

Skoosh.