(Earl Amherst, representative of an Ancient family seated in the 13th century at Amhurst, Pembury, Kent, whence the name). Gu. three tilting spears two and one erect or, points ar. Crest— On a mount vert three tilting spears or, headed ar., one in pale and two in saltire environed with a chaplet of laurel vert. Supporters—Two Canadian war Indians, of a copper colour, rings in their noses and ears, and bracelets on their arms and wrists ar. cross-belts over their shoulders buff. To one a powder-horn pendent, to the other a scalping-knife; each of their waists covered with a short apron gu., their gaiters az. seamed or, their legs fettered and fastened by a chain to the bracelet of the outer wrist ppr., the dexter Indian holding in his exterior hand a battle-axe the sinister holding in his exterior hand a tomahawk, thereon a scalp all ppr. Motto—Constantia et Virtute.
(Amhurst, co. Kent, Didlington Hall, co. Norfolk, and Hackney, co. Middlesex, exemplified, Coll. of Arms, to William – Amhurst Tyssen- Amhurst, Esq. of those places). Quarterly: 1st and 4th, as preceding, viz., gu. three tilting spears two and one erect or, points ar. for Amhurst, as representing Nicholas Amhurst, living at Judds, in Tudeley, temp. Queen Elizabeth, one of the four sons of Thomas Amherst, of Amherst, and brother of John Amherst, ancestor of Earl Amherst; 2nd, Daniel, per saltire ar. and or, two dexter arms fessewise, couped in pale, vested gu. cuff az. the hand ppr. holding a cross crosslet fitchee erect of the third and as many lions ramp. in fesse, also of the third; 3rd, Tyssen, or, on a chev. az. betw. three French marygolds slipped ppr. two lions pass. respecting each other of the first, within a bordure compony ar. and of the second. Quartering Auchmcty, Evering, Wayland, Sydnor, Morris, Earde, Babisford, and Leach. Crests—Amhurst: On a mount vert three tilting spears, one in pale and two in saltire or, encircled by a wreath of laurel ppr. Daniel: In front of a trefoil slipped vert a dexter arm couped fesseways habited gu. cuffed az. the hand ppr. holding a cross-crosslet erect also gu. Tyssen: A demi-lion rampant per fesse wavy or and az. ducally crowned gu. and holding in the paws an escutcheon of the second charged with an estoile of the first. Mottoes — Amhurst: Victoria concordift crescit. Daniel: Toujours pret. Tyssen: Post mortem virtus virescit.
(Pembury Court Lodge, East Farleigh, Barnjett and Boxley Abbey, Kent, confirmed by Camden, May, 1607). Gu. three tilting spears two and one erect or, points ar. Crest—On a mount vert three tilting spears headed ar. environed with a chaplet of laurel vert.
Comte Amherst – Kent – (Baron Amherst de Holmesdale, 20 mai 1776; vicomte Holmesdale et comte Amherst d’Arracan, 2 déc. 1826) – De gueules à trois lances de tournoi d’or armées d’azur posées en pals rangées en fasce Cimier trois lances pareilles à celles de l’écu posées une en pal et deux en sautoir liées d’une couronne de laurier de sinople et soutenues par un tertre du même Tenants deux Canadiens de carnation les pieds dextres et les mains senestre réunies par une chaîne portant à la ceinture une poire à poudre et un scalpel celui à dextre tenant une hache d’armes celui à senestre un tomahawk Devise CONSTANTIA ET VIRTUTE
