A Heraldry Addict's Weblog

A Heraldry Addict's Weblog

The diary of a Heraldry Addict

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Monday, 29 April 2024

College of Arms Newsletter April 2024

The latest College of Arms Newsletter for April 2024 is now online .

Monday, 25 March 2024

A free heraldry symposium courtesy of the Yorkshire Heraldry Society

The Yorkshire Heraldry Society will be hosting a free heraldry symposium on Saturday 20th April 2024 at Bradford Grammar School. You can do...

Monday, 5 June 2023

Do It Yourself Heraldry

A "Zoom" talk given to the Genealogical Society of Ireland on the 9th May 2023. Do It Yourself Heraldry, the design, assumption an...

Saturday, 18 February 2023

Davenport of Ballhaye AKA Ballhaye Jack

A question has recently been asked on the Facebook forum of The Heraldry Society by a person researching the Davenport surname who states t...

Sunday, 22 January 2023

Mainwarings updated Funeral Certificates

I've updated a few images on the Funeral Certificates section of the Cheshire Heraldry website. Those of Mrs Sysely Mainwaring, Widow, 1...

Saturday, 21 January 2023

An unusual mantling

Looking through the various and varied oddments saved on my hard drive I came across a record of the auction held by Forum Auctions * on th...

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

The Armorial Register

The website address for The Armorial Register is now www.armorialregister.com

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About Me

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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