Richard Globe

Heraldry of the World
Personal arms

RICHARD GLOBE

Individual/family : Individual
Country of origin : Denmark
Place of origin : Copenhagen
Granted : No
Granted/officially recorded by : -

Official English blazon

Arms: Gules, semy of nails Or.

Crest: Issuant from an ancient ship’s hull Proper two demi-lions combatant guardant Azure armed and langued Gules supporting between them an armillary sphere Or.

Pennon: Upon a Pennon of 120 centimetres long to these Liveries Or and Gules the Arms in the hoist bearing the motto 'Recte Facias' in two lines counterchanged.

Motto: Recte Facias

Other language blazon

Origin/meaning

The nails strewn across the shield (semy) are based on the armiger’s ancestor John Ball, baptised July 1, 1759, Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, the illegitimate son of Sarah Ball of Castle Frome, Herefordshire. John Ball was handed over to the London Foundling Hospital in July 20, 1759, re-baptised and given the name Thomas Globe.

Thomas Globe became a nailer (nail maker), settling in Wentworth, Yorkshire.

In the crest the ancient hull represents the Globe name crossing the oceans to at least three continents. The armillary sphere is intended as a pun on the name.

Assumed: Denmark May 2011.