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Keywords: Arms of Hugh Denys.jpg en wikipedia 2012 January 1 Hugh Denys of Osterley c 1440-1511 Groom of the King's Close Stool to King Henry VII a younger son of Morys Denys d 1466 of Olveston Court son of Sir Gilbert Denys d 1422 of Siston Court and Alice Poyntz da of Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton both in Gloucestershire Gules 3 leopards' faces or jessant-de-lis azure over all a bend engrailled of the last charged with a crescent argent As seen with tinctures in a 1509 depiction in British Library Add MS 45131 f 54; Burkes Armorials 1884 p 279 Denys of Gloucestershire The crescent was borne as the mark of a second son over the paternal arms Gibbon p 153 op cit At nota semper erit accrescens luna secundi Moreover the growing moon will always be the mark of the second The 1623 Heralds' Visitation of Gloucester however gives him as the 3rd son The arms are those of Cantilupe of Glamorgan differenced by a bend engrailled likely to have been granted by the latter family seated at Candleston Castle Glamorgan to their feudal officers or tenants the Denys's during the 13th c The arms are an unusual ancient exception to the rule promulgated retrospectivly by John Gibbon in 1682 in his Introductio ad Latinam Blasoniampp 150-1 of No colour on colour no metal on metal He quotes the Denys blason saying Now for my reader's diversion delight I will insert what hath fallen under my observation Colours gules red azure blue Metals or gold argent silver Jessant-de-lis signifies fleurs-de-lis issuing out The early Cantilupe arms pre 1220 were the lillies without leopards faces See early Cantilupe deeds relating to the enfeoffment of the Woodford family at Brentingby manor Planche an authority in heraldry believes the change to have been a cadence not an evolution The arms quartered with Denys are the Raven of Corbet Corbeau the family of Gilbert Denys's first wife who brought him his Gloucestershire estates by marriage The above image is from a modern water-colour re-creation based on the above sources 2010-5-20 Own <br />Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia Lobsterthermidor at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia en wikipedia Lobsterthermidor Original upload log page en wikipedia Arms_of_Hugh_Denys_ jpg 2010-05-20 15 05 Lobsterthermidor 1001×1224 589686 bytes <nowiki>Armourials of Hugh Denys of Osterley c 1440-1511 Groom of the King's Close Stool to King Henry VII Gules 3 leopards' faces or jessant-de-lis azure over all a bend engrailled of the last charged with a crescent argent '</nowiki> Tudor people People of Gloucestershire Medieval people England in the 15th century England in the 16th century 1511 deaths 15th-century births
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