B33574-Knight

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Name of the family:

Knight

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st, ar. three pallets gu. and a border indented az. on a chief of the last three spurs erect or, for Knight; 2nd, ar. on a chev. betw. three cross crosslets fitchée sa. as many bucks' heads cabossed or, vulned in the forehead ppr. on a chief gu. a goat pass. of the field, and a crescent of the same for diff., for Boughton, of Loughton; 3rd, sa. three crescents or, for Boughton; 4th, sa. two bars engr. ar., for Rouse.

Crest(s):

1st, Boughton, A stork's head erased chevronny of four sa. and ar. holding in the beak or, a snake ppr.; 2nd, Knight, On a spur fessways or, an eagle rising ppr. holding in the beak a spear erect gold; 3rd, Rouse, The bust of a man couped at the shoulders ppr. hair beard, and whiskers sa. the head surrounded and crossed by a riband knotted at the top, and the eods flowing from either temple ar.

Motto:

Eques sit semper aequus.

Info about the family:

Boughton-Knight ; exemplified to Andrew Johnes Rouse Boughton, Esq., of Downton Castle, co. Hereford second son of Sir William Edward Rouse Boughton tenth bart. of Lawford, by Charlotte, his wife, dau. of Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., of Downton Castle upon his assuming, by royal licence, 1857, the name of Knight, on inheriting the estates of his maternal grandfather

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572

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