There are quite a lot of armigers with the surname Harris in the MS, here is one example:
Harris, Thomas, of Boreatton, Sheriff 1619, created baronet 1622.
Arms: Or, three hedgehogs 2 & 1 Azure.
Crest: A hedgehog Azure.
The arms of Thomas Harris of Boreatton, Sheriff 1619, created baronet 1622.
The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1693.
A hedgehog is an heraldic pun often used for the surname Harris (and more obviously Harrison) because of a linguistic connection between the Norman French word for hedgehog, "hérisson", and the pronunciation of the name Harris.
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