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Possible Arms of the 25 Sureties for the Magna Carta of 1215
Last Name Forename (Birth-Death) Proposed Arms Blazon from ‘Magna Charta Dames & Barons Soc’
Blazon Source Comments Tinctured
Albini William (III) d' >1146-1232 Or 2 chevs border Gules. MP p. 23 (tinc); TBDA, Vol 2, p. 511 (untinc) Gules a lion rampant Or.
Bigod Hugh -<1224 Or 1 plain cross Gules. TBDA, Vol 3, p. 103 Or a cross Gules with a label of three points Azure.
Bigod Roger -<1221 Or 1 plain cross Gules. TBDA, Vol 3, p. 103 These are also the arms of Ulster. Or a cross gules.
Bohun Henry de 1176-1220 Azure bend Argent cotised & between 6 lions Or. TBDA, Vol 2, pp. 89-90 Azure, a bend argent cotised between six lioncels or.
Clare Gilbert de ca1180-1230 Or 3 chevrons Gules. TBDA, Vol 2, p. 519 Or three chevrons Gules a label of three points.
Clare Richard de ca1162-<1217 Or 3 chevrons Gules. TBDA, Vol 2, p. 519 Or three chevrons Gules.
FitzRobert John -1241 Qtly Or and Gules a bend Sable. MP p. 66, (tinc); TBDA, Vol I, p. 335 (untinc) Or, two chevrons Gules. (The chevron arms belong to a FitzRobert of Northants, not this one of Warkworth.)
FitzWalter Robert (II) -1235 Or a fess between two chevrons Gules. TBDA, Vol 3, pp. 384-5 Or, a fess between two chevrons Gules.
Forz William de -1241 Gules cross patonce Vair. TBDA, Vol 3, p. 150 Gules a cross patonce Vair.
Hardell William Vert a fesse flory counterflory Or. Burke: General Armory, pub 1884, p. 454. No contemporary arms found. Vert a fesse flory counterflory Or.
Huntingfield William de -1220 Or on a fess Gules 3 roundels Argent. TBDA, Vol 3, p. 473 Or on a fess Gules three plates.
Lacy John de ca1192-1240 Qtly Or and Gules, a bend Sable, a label of [four] points. MP p. 26 (tinc); TBDA, vol I, p. 363 (untinc) His seal clearly has a 4 pt label. Qtly Or and Gules a bend Sable and a label of four points Argent. Or a lion rampant Azure.
Lanvalay William de -1217 Gules a lion passant Or. Anon, poss J H Round “History of Colchester Castle”, pub Benham & Co, 1882, p. 43, note (7). Gules a lion statant with dexter paw raised Or.
Malet William (II) c.1180-c.1215 Ermine a lion passant. "Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family" by Arthur Malet, published 1885, pp 77-78. Untinct as from seal. Ermine a lion passant Or. Gules a lion rampant Or surmounted by a bend Ermine.
Mandeville Geoffrey de -1216 Quarterly Or and Gules an escarbuncle Sable. TBDA, Vol 3, p. 263; MP, p. 61. Paris omits the escarbuncle. Quarterly Or and Gules an escarbuncle counterchanged.
Marshal William ca1190-1231 Per pale Or and Vert, 1 lion rampant Gules. MP, p. 22; TBDA, Vol 1, pp. 143-4 (untinc lion) Per pale Or and Vert a lion rampant Gules.
Montbegon Roger de -ca1226 2 palets, 6 plates in orle. Cheshire 1580 visitation, pub Harleian 1882, seal 12 on p. 6 and text on p. 182. Refers to Harl 1424, fo. 111. Untinct as from seal. Gules 2 palets 6 plates in orle Argent. Paly of 6, Argent and Gules, in bordure 14 roundels Counterchanged.
Montfichet Richard de ca1193-ca1268 Or, 3 chevs Gules, a label azure MP pp. 40, 56, 130; TBDA, Vol 2, p. 524 (untinc) Or, three chevrons Gules a label of 7 points Azure. Gules three chevrons Or.
Mowbray William de -<1224 Gules lion Argent TBDA, Vol I, p. 130 and cf untinc p. 117. Gules a lion rampant argent.
Percy Richard de ca1170-ca1244 Azure five fusile Argent. MP p. 46; TBDA, Vol 3, p. 323 He adopted his mother's name and arms. Father's arms were the lion. Or a lion rampant Purpure (or might it be Azure?).
Quency Saher (IV) de 1155-1219 A fess & label of 7, or 8, points TBDA, Vol 3, p. 329 Untinct as from seal. Argent a fess with a label of 7 points Gules. Or a fesse Gules with a label of 8 points Azure (or Purpure).
Ros Robert de ca1170-<1226 Gules 3 bougets Argent. TBDA, Vol 2, pp. 310-311; MP p. 47 Other tinctures also used. Gules three water bougets Argent.
Say Geoffrey (II) de ca1180-<1230 Qtly Or and Gu. J H Round “Geoffrey de Mandeville”, pp. 392-96. Quarterly or and Gules.
Vere Robert de >1164-<1221 Qtly Gu and Or, a mullet Arg in qtr 1. J H Round “Geoffrey de Mandeville”, pp. 392-96; MP p. 39. Quarterly Gules and Or, in Quarter 1 a mullet Argent.
Vescy Eustace de ca1170-1216 Gules I cross patonce Argent. MP p. 17; TBDA, Vol 3, p. 146 Gules a cross Argent.

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