Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

    quarterly of 16
1st arg a fess gu in chief 3 torteaux  
(Devereux, Earls of Essex)
2nd arg a cross gu between 4 water bouget sa larger
 (Bourchier, Earl of Essex)
3rd quarterly i az 3 fleurs de lys or lower to the
 sinister ii gu 3 lions passant gardant in pale or
 armed and langued az lower to the dexter iii gu 3
 lions passant gardant in pale or armed and langued
 az higher to the sinister iv az 3 fleurs de lys or
  higher to the dexter;; over the quarters a bordure
 arg 
(Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Gloucester)
4th az a bend arg cotised or [between 6 lions rampant
 or] in sinister chief 3 lions rampant or 2 and 1 much
 larger lower slightly to the dexter in dexter base
 3 lions rampant or 1 and 2 much larger higher to the
 dexter
(Bohun, Earls of Hereford)
5th gu 2 bendlets arg 
(Miles FitzWalter, Earl of Hereford - the upper bendlet
 should be or)
6th quarterly or and gu a carbuncle sa slightly higher
 
(Mandeville, Earls of Essex)
7th gu a fess arg in chief 9 billets or 5 and 4 slightly
 lower in the lower half 9 billets or 5 and 4 much
 lower slightly smaller smaller 
(Godfrey de Louvaine)
8th arg a fess gu a canton gu a canton abased gu 
(Wydville, Earl Rivers)
9th arg a saltire gu fretty or 
(Crophull)
10th or a fret gu 
(Verdun/Verdon)
11th per pale or and vert a lion rampant gu lower
 
(William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, as Earl Marshal)
12th gu a bend lozengy or 
(William the Marshal)
13th vairy or and gu 
(Ferrers, Barons Ferrers of Chartley)
14th az 3 garbs or 
(Ranulf de Blondeville, Earl of Chester)
15th gu 7 mascles conjoined or 3,3 and 1 
(de Quincy, Earls of Winchester)
16th gu a cinquefoil ermine very much higher much
 smaller much to the dexter (Beaumont, Earls of Leicester)

(Previously entry no. 8993)

Notes

The quartered arms of Sir Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG

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