A Heraldry Addict's Weblog

A Heraldry Addict's Weblog

The diary of a Heraldry Addict

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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

Friday, 2 December 2022

Mrs. Jane Leycester, Widow, 1629.

The latest edition to the Lancashire and Cheshire Funeral Certificates: Mrs. Jane Leycester, Widow, 1629. Daughter of William Stokes of Ches...

Saturday, 19 November 2022

Stunning pub heraldry

An article in "Cheshire Live" is one not to be missed for heraldry addicts. Headlined as "Inside the stunning pub on the door...

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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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