Keywords: AlabasterOfBictonDevonArms.PNG of the County of Devon Sir John-William de la Pole ed London 1791 p 468; Tristram Risdon d 1640 Tristram Risdon's Notebook Pun on French Arquebusier a crossbow-man or derived from Latin Balistarius a bowman Not to be confused with the possibly later and apparently unconnected family of Alabaster/Arblaster of East Anglia/Essex whose arms were Ermine a cross-bow bent in pale gules Heraldic Visitation of Essex 1634 p 485 William Scot of Chigwell co Essex will was dated 20 November 1597 married Prudence daughter and coheir of Edmund Alabaster of Bretts Hall in Tendring Essex The Arms of Scot include as eighth quartering the Arms of Alabaster namely Ermine a crossbow palewise gules modified from File Kyiv City coat of arms XVII-XVIII svg commons Lobsterthermidor <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 18 45 6 February 2014 UTC 2014 Crossbows in heraldry |