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Thursday, 16 July 2026

Oops - they've done it again!

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As an ex-Leekensian, I have a passing interest in matters Civic, especially so when it involves heraldry.  The Government has just confirmed...
Saturday, 4 July 2026

Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - Book Update

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 I'm almost there. The content is ready and the book cover has been designed. On Monday I shall be contacting the printers for a quote. ...
Friday, 26 June 2026

The "tincture rule" - what good is it?

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With my other hat on ,  I have recently had the pleasure of assisting a new armiger by  enblazoning for him his own design to bring it to l...
Monday, 22 June 2026

Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - 185 images

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Today I have completed all of the illustrations for the Shropshire's Punning Heraldry series - all 185 of them. Now begins the work of p...
Thursday, 18 June 2026

Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - Wingfield

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 Wingfield Wingfield, of Shrewsbury, Preston-Brockhurst, & Onslow. Arms: Argent, on a bend Gules cotticed Sable three pairs of wings in ...
Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - Willaston

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Willaston Arms: Or, three mullets* two and one Sable (visitations). Crest: Crest: A demi-lion issuing out of a ducal coronet holding in his ...
Saturday, 13 June 2026

Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - Watson

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Watson Watson, William. Arms: Azure, a hare courant Proper between three suns 2 & 1 Or. The arms of William Watson, co. Salop. There is ...
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Martin Goldstraw
The Cheshire Heraldry and Heraldry Addict Web Sites are the public face of a Heraldry Addict, a brand or trading style of Martin Goldstraw. Martin Goldstraw is the author and illustrator of the Cheshire Heraldry web site and the book CHESHIRE HERALDRY – THE VISITATIONS OF 1533 TO 1580. He is also one of the two Directors and a founder of the publishing company The Armorial Register Limited. Born at a very early age in Leek, a town in rural North Staffordshire known as the Queen of the Moorlands, his interest in the heraldry of the County of Cheshire began when it became apparent that the origins of the surname Goldstraw lie in the surname of Goostrey. The village of Goostrey is within the bounds of the County Palatine of Cheshire. Heraldry is something of an addiction as far as Martin is concerned and he was pleased to be granted armorial bearings of his own from the College of Arms at the commencement of the new Millennium.
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