Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 197
led argent, between in chief thekeep of Dudley Castle (very faithfully represented) and in base a sala-mander in flames proper, a trilobite1 or Dudley locust between an anchorcabled on the dexter and a Davy lamp on the sinister, all it may be sup-posed proper. Crest, On a wreath a lions head… … The crest is intended for that of Lord Dudley, Out of a ducal coronet ora lions head azure; but a wreath has been substituted for the coronetunder the (mistaken) supposition probably that the crest-coronet wasapplicable only to a peer. The Priory at Dudley is a very handsome house erected by the…
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