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Cary of 4 quartering Giffard of six, detail from monumental brass of Wilmota Giffard (c.1540/1-1581) in St Saviour's Church, Tor Mohun (now Torquay), Devon

Quartered arms of John Giffard of Yeo Vale, Alwington, Devon, as visible on monumental brass in St Savoiur's Church, Tor Mohun (now Torquay), Devon, of his daughter (by his wife Margaret Milliton, daughter of John Milliton of Meavy) Wilmota Giffard (c.1540/1-1581), who married firstly John Bury of Colleton, Chulmleigh, from whom she was divorced, and secondly Sir George Cary (1541-1616) of Cockington, near Tor Mohun, Lord Deputy of Ireland. (Source: Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.151 (Cary), p.279 (Dennis), p.404 (Giffard)). Quarterly of six:

  • 1: Giffard of Halsbury, and of Yeo Vale, Alwington, Devon: Sable, three fusils conjoined in fesse ermine with a crescent for difference;
  • 2: Dabernon of Bradford, Devon (a Dennis heiress): Argent, a cross moline and on a chief azure three estoiles or (Colby, Rev. Frederick T., The Heraldry of Exeter, Archaeological Journal, Volume 30, 1873, p.236[1]). However Pole gives the arms very differently as Azure, a chevron or (Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.479)
  • 3: (Blank? Should be Dennis of Giddicott, Bradford, Devon, (Ermine, three Danish battle axes erect gules) which brought in quarters 5 (Buckerell) and 6 (Cristenstow). The Dennis arms should appear in the 4th quarter, with Brewer (an earlier marriage) in the 3rd)
  • 4: Brewer of Buckland Brewer & Tor Brewer (Tor Mohun): Gules, two bends undée or (Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.473;
  • 5: Buckerell (a Dennis heiress) of Buckerell, near Honiton (Pole, p.200) (or Bokerell in Heavitree, Pole, p.235) and "lord of Allertrewe" (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.279, unidentified location, ???Aller Tree Farm, Beaford, Winkleigh) (a Dennis heiress): Sable, two bucks passant in pale argent a bordure of bezants (Pole, p.471);
  • 6: Cristenstow of Weycroft, Axminster, Devon (a Dennis heiress): Azure, a bend indented or and ermine two cotises ermine (Pole, p.479),
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Source own work, using buck element from File:BuckPassant SVG Element.svg by Lobsterthermidor (talk) 21:13, 12 February 2020 (UTC) based on File:Arms of Terence David McCarthy.svg by User:Sodacan
Author Lobsterthermidor (talk) 17:27, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

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