tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2942124997162626607.post4143397335783607721..comments2024-03-27T11:10:03.817-05:00Comments on Heraldry: Impaled and ImpalingDavid B. Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01094862082373555586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2942124997162626607.post-60186424228540099992023-04-17T12:05:40.123-05:002023-04-17T12:05:40.123-05:00Philip, Thank you for those extra instances of the...Philip, Thank you for those extra instances of the Geldart arms having a Vert field! That makes it much more likely that the person who did the most recent repainting of the arms on the gate misunderstood the color the field was supposed to be. (Either that, or he/she didn't have any green paint, and went with the lighter blue!)David B. Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094862082373555586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2942124997162626607.post-72818608904230636892023-04-17T05:19:02.094-05:002023-04-17T05:19:02.094-05:00The 1665 visitation of Yorkshire gives the arms of...The 1665 visitation of Yorkshire gives the arms of Geldart of Wigginthorpe as "Vert , a lion rampant regardant between three arrows in pale Or".<br />Berry's Encyclopedia Heraldica lists a grant to Gildart of Liverpool of "Vert , a lion rampant regardant crowned Or between three arrows of the last"<br />I'm not sure if/how Dr Geldart is connected to either of these, but they do lend support to vert as the tincture of the field Philip Allfreynoreply@blogger.com