Ancient arms of Killigrew: Gules, three mascles or
Effigy of Blanche Killigrew (d.1595) on monument to her husband John Wrey (d.1597) of Trebeigh, St Ive, Cornwall. The monument was moved from St Ive Church to its present position against the east wall of the nort transept of St Peter's Church, Tawstock, Devon, in 1924 by Sir Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 12th Baronet (1858-1936), of Tawstock Court.(Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.790). Showing the
ancient arms of Killigrew: Gules, three mascles or (source: Dunkin, Edwin Hadlow Wise, The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall with Descriptive, Genealogical and Heraldic Notes, 1882, p.20;
Tregellas, Walter Hawken (1831–1894), Cornish Worthies, 1884, Vol.2, pp. 115–195, The Killigrews: Diplomatists, Warriors, Courtiers and Poets, p.116, footnote).
Modern arms of Killigrew: Argent, an eagle displayed with two heads sable a bordure of the second
bezantée. The bezantée bordure reflects the border found in the arms of the ancient
Earls of Cornwall
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