B61089-Bedford

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Name of the family:

Bedford

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st and 4fh, per chev. ar. and aa. four bears' paws erased, three in chief and one in base, within a bordure engr. all counterchanged, for Bedford; 2nd, per saltire chequy or, and az. and ar.on a Baltire gu. betw. two battle-axes erect in fesse ppr. a cross pattée of the first, for Gbaison ; 3rd, or, three demi-lions couped gu. on a chief of the last a rose betw. two chaplets of the first, for Hall.

Crest(s):

In front of a bear's paw erased sa. holding a terrestrial globe ppr. an annulet ar.

Motto:

Gare le pied fort.

Info about the family:

John Bedford, Esq.. of Oughtibridge, and Blrley House, West Biding, co. York, only son of John Bedford, of Ponds, and of Oughtiliridge, by Anne, his wife, elder dau. and eventual sole heir of George Gbatbon, of Ros-slngton, in the West Riding, and of Oughtibridge, by Mart, his wife, elder dau. and co-heir of Joseph Hall, of Oughtibridge

Page in the book:

086

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