Coat of arms

Speed's Hampshire 1611
Coat of arms

The title cartouche is surmounted by the royal coat of arms and mottoes:
DIEU ET MON DROIT
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
The coat of arms is that of the period, not the same as today's:
Quarterly 1. and 4., quarterly i and iiii azure three fleur de lys or (France), ii and iii gules three lions passant guardant or (England); 2. or a lion rampant within a tressure flory counter flory gules (Scotland); 3. azure a harp or stringed argent (Ireland).
With crests and supporters.


There are also coats of arms of Earls of Winchester and of Earls of Southampton drawn in columns either side of the map, each shield having a caption in a strapwork cartouche.


BOGO or BEAVOUS Earl of Southampton a famous warrier against ye Normans.


WILLIAM FITZ William created Earl of Southampton by Kinge Henry 8.


THO. WRIOTHEOSLEY created Earle of Southampton by K. Edward 6. Anno. 1.


CLITON a Saxon Earle of Winchester


SAER QUINCY Earle of Winchester


HUGH SPENCER Earle of Winchester.


LODOWICK BRUGET Earle of Winchester.


WILLIAM PAULET Marquess of Winchester

There are small letters of the alphabet in the quarters of coats of arms. These stand for the tinctures and furs used in heraldry. The letters to look for are:
O  or, gold, use yellow  series of dots
A  argent, silver, uncoloured
G  gules, red  vertical lines
AZ  azure, blue  horizontal lines
V  vert, green  lines diagonally left to right
P  purpure, purple  lines diagonally right to left
S  sable, black  cross hatched vertical and horizontal
T  tenne, tawney, use orange  cross hatched diagonally
Notes about coat of arms.

Notes about colouring.

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