De Grey Coat of Arms - Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, UK
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The De Grey coat of arms is displayed above the front entrance door, above the rear door and inside Wrest Park, which is their family home.
Waymark Code: WM9C9R
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/31/2010
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Today Wrest Park belongs to English Heritage and is open to the public. The coat of arms above the front entrance door is made of stone and is between two dragons. It has an inscription 'Foy est Tovt'.
Inside the entrance, past the shop, are two more coats of arms with Latin inscriptions: Qualis ab incepto (The same as from the beginning) and Foy est Tovt. The first contains Cowper heraldry detailed below and the second is the same as that above the main entrance door.
At the rear of the house above the exit door into the gardens is a further coat of arms bearing the same De Grey heraldry with putto reliefs.
Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family
Full name of the bearer: De Grey
Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?:
Above the entrance door.
Material / Design: Stone
Blazon (heraldic description):
De Grey. Barry argent and azure with three roundels gules in the chief.
Cowper. Argent three martlets gules and a chief engrailed gules with three rings or thereon.
Address:
Wrest Park
Silsoe
Bedfordshire
MK45 4HR
Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link]
Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]
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