Arms of Sir William de Montacute (2nd Earl of Salisbury) – The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, The Royal Chapel – St. John’s, Isle of Man
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A framed picture of the arms of Sir William de Montacute are displayed inside the Royal Chapel in the Village of St. John’s.
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Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 05/15/2021
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A framed picture of the arms of Sir William de Montacute are displayed inside the Royal Chapel in the Village of St. John’s.
This is one of a series of pictures which hang on the walls of The Royal Chapel which depict the arms of successive Lords of Mann, and the successive Lieutenant Governors from the Isle of Man Purchase Act 1765.
Source:
The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, The Royal Chapel – A brief history and guide(copies of which are available inside the Church).
On this picture below the representation of the arms is the following description:
‘ARMS OF SIR WILLIAM DE MONTACUTE
1344– 92’
The dates shown being before the purchase of the Island by the British Crown indicate that
Sir William de Montacute was Lord of Man, between 1344 and 1392.
The Blazon for this depiction of the arms is as follows:
Escutcheon quarterly 1st and 4th gules three armed legs flexed and conjoined argent garnished or (for the lordship of Man), 2nd and 3rd gules, argent three lozenges conjoined in fess gules
Sir William de Montacute (aka William Montagu) 2nd Earl or Salisbury, 4rd Baron Montagu, King of Man (1328 – 1397)
’An English nobleman and commander in the English army during King Edward III’s French campaigns in the Hundred Years War. He was one of the Founder Knights of the Order of the Garter.’ Wikipedia