Motto:
Dat Gloria Viris =
With Glory Comes Strength
Lynn
Crest:
Cambridgeshire,
Gules, a demi-lion rampert-argent,
ducally Bordure Sabel Bazantee.
Crest, a
demi lion erased argent, ducally crowned or collared-gules.
Visitation
of Cambridgeshire.
Gules, or
red, denotes military fortitude and magnanimity. It is also the martyr's color
Argent or
silver signifies peace and sincerity.
Sable
denotes constancy and sometimes more rarely grief.
Gold
denotes generosity and according to Sir John Ferne, elevation of mind. Also
denotes faith and constancy
The Lion
has always held a high place in heraldry as the emblem of deathless courage.
The
Bordure: This form of bearing is of great antiquity, and was frequently
adopted as a "difference" between relatives bearing the same arms. In
other cases it was used as an augmentation of honor.
The Basants
of the border (so called) from their resemblance to the flat gold coins of the
To the
Colors: also there has been assigned certain attributes.
To red (sometimes called the color of martyrs) is ascribed to charity and
magnanimity.
To white, purity hope and innocents
To black, prudence and stability
To gold, faith and constancy
The words,
spelling etc. can be attributed to old "trunk" papers of John
Galloway Lynn II