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Saturday, 28 March 2026

One of my favourite design projects

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 A recent review of the designs I have completed for clients reminded me of one of my very favourites, that of Peter Ffrench, completed back...

Another new heraldry talk

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I have just finished preparing another talk, this one will be presented to the Wrekin U3A next year (I'm well ahead of myself). Shropshi...
Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Two new talks

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 I now have two new talks all ready to go (well, one brand new one and one I presented to the Yorkshire Heraldry Society last year). The fir...
Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Playing catchup

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 I have been playing catch up recently having been busy with matter Armorial Register. Having recently completed a newly designed coat of ar...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Remember Remember the 5th of November

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 It's that time of year again. It's quite a long video but you can of course pause it at any time to make a cuppa.
Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Burke's Peerage Foundation struck off the charity register.

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 Burke's Peerage Foundation has been struck off the charity register. A GOV.UK statutory inquiry, launched in March 2022, found serious...
Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Mayoral Chain Leek Staffordshire

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 As a Leekensian and a heraldry addict I have a double interest in any news that touches upon both interests. The Leek Town Council website ...
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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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