Saturday, 24 April 2021

Heraldic Puns abound in Cheshire - Bird of Clopton

To the arms of Delves and Bonbury of Stanney, in that first division, we may now add Bird of Clopton who bore on silver a cross paty between four martlets all coloured red, with a canton differently coloured for each branch of this family. 

Bird of Clopton
Arms: Argent, a cross flory between four martlets Gules, a canton Azure.





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