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As Sir Walter subsequently admitted to the armiger, he had omitted to check the de Houby arms so this achievement was created from scratch to reflect the armiger’s medico-surgical background with the Barber-Surgeons’ red and white pole and the fleam (or lancet), the harrow on a green field (triangular to fit the shield) for the centuries of East Anglian farming and the white roses as a Ricardian and one-time Lords of the Manor over which the Battle of Bosworth was fought. The crest was a Bear, from the armiger’s first name, Bernard (bear-like) and an in-joke, muzzled because he gave a lot of public speeches. | As Sir Walter subsequently admitted to the armiger, he had omitted to check the de Houby arms so this achievement was created from scratch to reflect the armiger’s medico-surgical background with the Barber-Surgeons’ red and white pole and the fleam (or lancet), the harrow on a green field (triangular to fit the shield) for the centuries of East Anglian farming and the white roses as a Ricardian and one-time Lords of the Manor over which the Battle of Bosworth was fought. The crest was a Bear, from the armiger’s first name, Bernard (bear-like) and an in-joke, muzzled because he gave a lot of public speeches. | ||
On the 10th March 1981 - again with Sir Walter- Dr. Juby was Granted his own design for the | On the 10th March 1981 - again with Sir Walter- Dr. Juby was Granted his own design for the badge and Standard of “An Egytian Ankh Gules surmounted by a rose Argent slipped and leaved Proper”: Medicine again for the ankh is a symbol of long life and health with the rose for obvious reasons. The ankh was also a pun on the name of the armiger’s earliest forebear, Anketil de Normandie who was invited by William the Conqueror to help administer his new realm. He was given the Manors of Houby (now Hoby), Sutone Cheynill (Sutton Cheyney) and Anabein (Ambion Hill), all in Leicestershire, and took his name from the largest of these. The de Houby family changed to the phonetic J in the 14th Century. | ||
On the death of Sir Walter, John Brooke-Little, Norroy & Ulster, took over the Agency and, after much research in the family archives, State Papers, Calendar of Close Rolls, Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls and Inquisitions Post Mortem the armiger was able to show descent from de Houby and was Granted an updated shield by Letters Patent on the 15th July 1996 of de Houby suitably differenced. | On the death of Sir Walter, John Brooke-Little, Norroy & Ulster, took over the Agency and, after much research in the family archives, State Papers, Calendar of Close Rolls, Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls and Inquisitions Post Mortem the armiger was able to show descent from de Houby and was Granted an updated shield by Letters Patent on the 15th July 1996 of de Houby suitably differenced. |
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