The Herald and genealogist . STANHOPE. Shropshire Quarterly per fess indented or and gules; and theSandfords of the same county Quarterly per fess indented azureand ermine. The shield of Vaire, or and gules, was adopted by FerrersEarl of Derby, at a very early period of armory, evidentlybecause it resembled his name in its sound— Le Comte de Ferrers, verree de or et de goiiles. Roll Hen. III. It was derived from Ferrers to Gresley, by which family it isstill borne tinctured ermine and gules. This was a coat assumedin token of feudality, for the manor of Drakelow was held underthe Earl by Gresl
The Herald and genealogist . STANHOPE. Shropshire Quarterly per fess indented or and gules; and theSandfords of the same county Quarterly per fess indented azureand ermine. The shield of Vaire, or and gules, was adopted by FerrersEarl of Derby, at a very early period of armory, evidentlybecause it resembled his name in its sound— Le Comte de Ferrers, verree de or et de goiiles. Roll Hen. III. It was derived from Ferrers to Gresley, by which family it isstill borne tinctured ermine and gules. This was a coat assumedin token of feudality, for the manor of Drakelow was held underthe Earl by Gresley, in the year 1200, by the yearly service of abow, quiver, and twelve
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