A pun of the first division, the arms of Biston:
Biston, Randle, Bailiff of Shrewsbury, 1520.
Arms: Argent, a bend between six bees Sable.
Also recorded in the same volume (The Armorial Bearings of Shropshire Families) are the arms of Bishton (with an h)
Bishton, Thomas, 1834.
Arms: Argent, a bend between six bees volant 2 & 1 and 1 & 2 Sable. (from a seal). [I have taken a slight liberty with the lower bees in order to fit them in]
I believe that this is a dialectal variation on the surname Beeston, especially as the arms themselves are identical to those of Beeston of Beeston Castle, Cheshire:
Arms: Argent a bend between six bees Sable.
Crest: On a mount Vert, a castle Or, therefrom issuing an arm embowed, in armour proper, the gauntlet holding a sword Argent, hilt and pommel Gold.
Motto: Si Genus Jactas Aliena Laudas
Visitations of Cheshire 1613.
"Branches of this family are to be found in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, Rutlandshire and Hampshire.”

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