Gurnet

Gurnet

Gurnet, gournet, or gurnard(lat. trigla): this fish, found on our coats, occurs in the crest of one Norfolk family and in the arms of one Cornish family; in the latter case on account of the local name by which it is known, namely, tubbe fish. With it may be associated the mullet, which is sometimes found blazoned in the arms of WAYE, and the French rouget, which appears to include both kinds of fish.

Or a chapeau gules turned down ermine, a gurnet fish in pale with the head downwards--Crest of GURNEY, Norfolk.

Argent, a chevron sable between three gournets[or tubbe fish] hauriant gules--TUBB, Trengoff, Cornwall, granted 1571.

Argent, a cross engrailed gules, between four mullets of the second[probably the fish]--GORNEY.

Azure, three mullets hauriant argent[elsewhere three fish, and in one case three lucies]--WAYE, or WEYE, Dorset.

D'or à trois rougets de gueules en pals bien ordonnés--ROUGET, Guyenne.