Grant of Arms
Grant of Arms

Members' Roll of Arms

Many of the members of the Heraldry Society are armigerous, ie. they have a coat of arms. This gives us an opportunity to introduce you to the wide range of designs and styles that are used for modern, and ancient, heraldry. The arms are organised by the member’s surname.

Current Members

Naesmyth of Posso, Major (Retd) Richard William

Arms
Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Gules, a dexter hand couped proper, holding a sword palewise Argent, between two broken hammers, Or (for Naesmyth), 2nd and 3rd, Azure, on a fess Argent between three mullets in chief and a sanglier passant in base of the second, a boar's head couped Gules (for Baird).
Crest
Above the shield is placed a chapeau Azure, furred Ermine, thereon a Helm befitting his degree, with a Mantling Gules doubled Argent and upon a Wreath of the Liveries a hand holding a hammer, as in the Arms and in an escrol over the same this Motto:
Motto
NON ARTE SED MARTE
Authority
The Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, 7th July 1958; being Confirmation of the Arms recorded in Volume 1 of the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.

Nepomuceno dos Santos, Nelmar

Arms
Azure a pile between three escutcheons Or each charged with a lion rampant Purpure; in honour point an escutcheon Azure charged with Nelmar Nepomuceno's stylized monogram Or.
Crest
On a dexter profiled iron helm with ferrule, on a torse Or and Azure, an owl displayed Or.
Motto
Sapientia potentia est (Wisdom is power)
Authority
Assumed in Brazil.
Notes

Arms assumed and used since university graduation in 2009 as an arts teacher.

Newman-Norton, William Henry Hugo

Arms
Azure a chevron between two bells in chief and a crescent in base Or
Crest
In a crest coronet or a demi-lion double queued azure holding in the dexter paw a bell Or
Motto
'Agios, 'Agios, 'Agios (Holy, Holy, Holy)
Authority
The College of Arms, 1 August 1991.

Norman, Jeremy N F

Arms
Argent Ermined and on a Bend engrailed Vert between two Moorcocks close Sable legged wattled and combed Gules an Ostrich Feather Argent spined Or
Crest
Statant upon a Woodstock Or a Moorcock wings elevated and addorsed Sable legged wattled and combed Gules charged on the breast with a Morion Or holding in the dexter claw an Ostrich Feather erect Argent spined Or
Motto
Lente Sed Opportune (Slowly But Opportunely)
Authority
The College of Arms, 10 March 2009.

Nourse, Robert Scott

Arms
Gules, a fess between two chevrons Argent; a crescent Gules for difference
Crest
An arm embowed proper holding a snake Vert, entwined round the arm
Motto
Virtute non Astutia (By Virtue, not by Cunning)
Authority
On 27 May 1629 in the fifth regnal year of Charles I, a Patent of Arms and Crest was granted to John Nourse of Chilling Place in Oxfordshire, son of John Nourse of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, by William Segar, Garter Principal King of Arms.
Notes

A letter, dated 9 May 1984, from Elizabeth Dowman, Assistant to the York Herald of Arms, written to the member's cousin Reba Nourse Coombs, verifies the grant of arms, as well as the right of the family to use it. The member's branch of the family descends from the second son of John Nourse of Milton Keynes, Bucks; its arms are differenced with a crescent.
Artwork by Robert Scott Nourse.

 

Please address any queries to roll@theheraldrysociety.com.