A Heraldry Addict's Weblog

A Heraldry Addict's Weblog

The diary of a Heraldry Addict

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Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Cheshire Heraldry

I have just turned down a very polite request to licence the name "Cheshire Heraldry" for commercial use by someone who thought it...

Friday, 29 April 2016

I just can't keep up with it any-more!

I can't keep up with it any more and I'm wondering why I should even bother. On 23rd January 2014 I wrote on my Cheshire Heraldry...

Friday, 15 April 2016

Mathews' American Armoury

This is the latest historical reprint from the stable of The Armorial Register. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book First p...

Sunday, 7 February 2016

Lawton of Lawton (Not)

My reader will know that I wear a number of hats, one of which is Director and Editor to The Armorial Register and it is no secret that we ...

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Bookplate Society Complains

Bookplate Society Complains; I copy below a Press release penned by the Chairman of The Bookplate Society as a complaint against The Nationa...

Friday, 15 January 2016

Grants of Arms by 'Private' Individuals in England and Wales

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow at Macclesfield when The Cheshire Heraldry Society will be the hosting the talk Grants of Arms by...

Thursday, 14 January 2016

One step closer to equality with Wales and Scotland?

Yesterday the UK Parliament discussed the possibility of England and Northern Ireland having their own anthems for use at sports events and,...

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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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