B29755-Holford

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Name of the family:

Holford

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. on a mount vert a greyhound pass. sa. collared or, for Holfobd ; 2nd and 3rd, sa. a fesse cotised or, betw. two swords ar. hilts and pommels gold, the one in chief pointing upwards, the one in base downwards.

Crest(s):

1st: From the sun in splendour or, rising from behind a hill vert a greyhound's head issuant sa.; 2nd: A dexter arm in armour ppr. issuant from a crescent ar. holding a sword erect alBO ppr. hilt and pommel gold, enfiled by a boar's head or, erased and vulnedppr.

Motto:

Over the crest: Vim vi repellere licet; under the arms: Toujours fldele.

Info about the family:

Lieut-Colonel James Price Gwvnne Holfobd, of Buclilami, near Brecknock, eldest son of John Josiaii IIolfobd, Esq., of Kilgwyn, co. Carmarthen, who m. in 168C, Anna Mabia Eleanob, dau. of Thynne Howe Gwtnne, Esq., of Buckland, and assumed in consequence, the following year, the additional name and arms of Gwtnne

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499

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