Sunday, 3 May 2026

Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - Dovey

 Dovey, Humphrey, Of Nordley, Obit, 1700.

Arms: Azure, a fess between three doves, wings expanded, Argent [Dovey], impaling Azure, a sun in splendour Or [as yet not identified].

(Monument in Alveley Church)

I don't think I need to explain how this one is a pun.



The arms of Humphrey Dovey (from a monument in Alveley Church)


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