B30459-Howard

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Name of the family:

Howard

Supporters:

Dexter, a lion; sinister a horse, bothar. the latter holding in his mouth a slip of oak vert, fructed ppr.

Motto:

Sola virtus invicta. Comment-Thomas, Earl of Surrey {afterwards Duke of Norfolk}, who achieved the victory of Flodden over James IV. of Scotland, had a special grant from Henry VIII. of an honourable augmentation of his arms to him and the heirs male of his body, viz., "On the bend of the original Howard coat, in an escutcheon or, a demi lion ramp. pierced through the mouth with an arrow, within a double treasure flory counterflory gu," being the treasure of the Royal Arms of the Scottish monarch.

Info about the family:

Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England).- (the insigna of Earl Marshal

Comment (Additional info):

Thomas, Earl of Surrey {afterwards Duke of Norfolk}, who achieved the victory of Flodden over James IV. of Scotland, had a special grant from Henry VIII. of an honourable augmentation of his arms to him and the heirs male of his body, viz., "On the bend of the original Howard coat, in an escutcheon or, a demi lion ramp. pierced through the mouth with an arrow, within a double treasure flory counterflory gu," being the treasure of the Royal Arms of the Scottish monarch.

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511

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