#maunch

Also, look at this sexy scroll that was made for me! The words are the pattern in the Damascus!

Arms of Braunstone Town Council, England

Granted 1976

Blazon: Gules on a fess wavy azure fimbriated or between in chief a maunch argent between two bezants and in base a cross paté argent, two shovellers close of the last

Crest: On a wreath argent and gules a stag statant resting its dexter leg on a mound of stones, all proper

Mantling: Gules lined argent

Arms of Ralph de Tosny from the Dering Roll (c. 1270-1300)

Blazon: Argent a maunch gules

I didn’t know anything about the de Tosnys before I started looking into this, but they seem to have been extremely prominent in the eleventh through thirteenth centuries. Roger I, the first well-documented family member, was exiled from Normandy and spent his time away killing Muslims in the Reconquista. He eventually came back, although the peace didn’t last for long. In 1035, some new duke came to power in Normandy - Bill? Willy? Whatever - and Roger refused to serve him due to the fact the new duke was, literally, a bastard. Instead, Roger took the opportunity to raid the holdings of nearby nobles, which got him killed in 1040. Twenty-six years later, of course, that bastard duke would invade and conquer England, earning himself a more famous sobriquet… accompanied by Roger’s grandson, Raoul II. Raoul also had the good fortune to marry Isabel de Montfort, daughter of Simon de Montfort (no, not the Simon de Montfort who basically exterminated the Cathars). There are reports of Isabel riding out in full armor and participating in at least one local conflict during the late eleventh century. No word on whether she bore arms, sadly.

Arms of Jon de la Mare from the Dering Roll (c. 1270-1300)

Blazon: Gules a maunch argent

Arms of John de Monceux from the Dering Roll (c. 1270-1300)

Arms of George Hastings, 3rd Baron Hastings of Hastings and 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1488-1545)