(Beresford, co. Stafford, Bentley, Newton Grange, and Alsop, co. Derby, Otford and Squerres, Kent). Ar. a bear salient sa. armed gu. muzzled, collared, and chained or. Crest—A dragon’s head erased az. pierced through the neck with a broken spear or, the broken point ar. thrust through the upper jaw.
(Marquess of Waterford). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. crucilly fitchee, three fleurs-de-lis within a bordure engr. sa., for Beresford; 2nd and 3rd, ar. a chief indented sa., for La Poer. Crests—1st: A dragon’s head erased az. pierced through the neck with a broken spear or, the broken point ar. thrust through the upper jaw, for Beresford 2nd : A stag’s head cabossed ppr. attired or. between the horns a crucifix of the last, thereon the resemblance of Jesus ppr., for La Poer. Supporters—Two angels ppr. vested ar. crined and winged or, each holding in the exterior hand a sword erect, also ppr. pommel and hilt gold. Motto—Nil nisi cruce.
(Baron Decies). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. crucilly fitchee, three fleurs-de-lis within a bordure engr. sa.; 2nd and 3rd, ar. a chief indented sa., a mullet for diff. Crest—A dragon’s head erased az. transfixed in the neck with a broken spear or, the broken off point ar. thrust through the upper jaw. Supporters—Two angels ppr. habited in whitft robes, winged and crined or, each holding in the exterior hand extended a sword erect ar. pommel and hilt gold, each charged on the breast with a mullet for diff. Motto—Nil nisi cruce.
(Learmount, co. Londonderry). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. crucilly-fitchee, three fleurs-de-lis within a bordure engr. sa., for Besesford; 2nd and 3rd, ar. a chief indented sa., for La Poer. Crest—A dragon’s head erased ar. pierced through the neck with a broken spear or, point also ar. thrust through the upper jaw. Motto—Nil nisi cruce.
(Massy-Beresford, exemplified to Rev. Johh Maunsell Massy, of Barna, co. Limerick, and St. Hubert’s, Lisnaskea, co. Cavan, Rector of Kinowley, and Emily Sarah, his wife, elder dau. and senior co-heiress of the late Rev. John Isaac Beresford, on their assuming by royal licence the additional surname and arms of Beresford). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. crucilly fitchee three fleurs-de-lis within a bordure engr. sa. a canton erminois, for Beresford; 2nd and 3rd. ar. on a chev. betw. three lozenges sa. a lion pass. or, a martlet for diff., for Massy. Crests—1st: A dragon’s head erased az. charged with a crescent or, and pierced through the neck with a broken spear, the point thrust through the upper jaw gold, on an escroll abuve the dragon’s head the Motto: Nil nisi cruce, for Beresford. 2nd: Out of a ducal coronet or, a bull’s head gu. armed sa. charged with a martlet gold, for Massy. Motto—Pro libertate patria
(Viscount Beresford, extinct 1854). Arms, Crest, and Motto, granted to Sir William Carr Beresford, K.B., 1 July, 1811). Ar. semee of crosses crosslet fitchee, three fleurs-de-lis sa. within a border wavy pean. Crest—Issuant from a mural crown or, a dragon’s head per fess wavy az. and gu. the lower part of the neck transfixed by a broken spear, in the mouth the remaining part of the spear point upwards gold. Supporters—Two angels ppr. winged and crined or, vested ar. each holding in the exterior hand a sword of the last, pomels and hilts gold, and charged on the breast with three fleurs-de-lis az. Motto—Nil nisi cruce.
(Beresford-Peirse, Bart., Bagnall, co. Waterford). Ar. semee of crosses crosslet, three fleurs-de-lis sa. within a border wavy ermines. Crest—Out of a mural crown or, a dragon’s head per fess wavy az. and gu. the lower part of the neck transfixed by a broken spear in the mouth, the remaining part of the spear point upwards gold. Motto— Nil nisi cruce.
(Pack-Beresford, Finagh Lodge, co. Carlow; exemplified to Dennis William Pack, Esq., on his assuming by royal licence the additional name of Beresford, 1854). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. crucilly fitchee three fleurs- de-lis sa. within a bordure wavy pean, for Beresford; 2nd and 3rd quarterly, sa. and erm., in the 1st quarter a sword in bend sinister ar. encircled by a wreath of the last; in the 4th a cinquefoil of the third pendent from a crimson ribbon bordered blue, in the centre chief a representation of the golden cross and clasps presented to Major-General Pack, by His Majesty George III in testimony of his royal approbation of the signal valour displayed by the said Major-General Pack in divers actions with the enemy in the Peninsula of Spain. Crests —1st., Beresford: Issuant from a mural crown or, a dragon’s head per fess wavy ar. and gu. the lower part of the neck transfixed by a broken spear, in the mouth the remaining part of the spear the point upwards or; 2nd, Pack: A mural crown ar. issuing therefrom a lion’s head gu. gorged with a wreath or. Motto—Nil nisi cruce.
(St. Mary’s Church, Visit. Oxford). Gu. a fess betw. six pears or.
Az. a lion ramp. ar. guttee de sang.
Vicomte Beresford – Irlande – (Baron, 17 mai 1814; vicomte, 28 mars 1823. M. ét. en 1854) – D’argent semé de croix recroisettées au pied fiché de sable à trois fleurs-de-lis du même brochant sur le tout et une bordure ondée de sable semée de mouchetures d’hermine d’or Casque timbré d’une couronne murale d’or Cimier une tête de dragon coupée-ondée d’azur sur gueules le col percé en barre par une lance de tournoi éclatée d’or armée d’argent le dragon tenant le fer de lance entre ses dents Tenants deux anges ailés et chevelés d’or vêtus de dalmatiques d’argent chacun ch sur la poitrine de trois fleurs-de-lis d’azur 2 et 1 et tenant de sa main libre une épée d’argent garnie d’or en pal Devise NIL NISI CRUCE
Irlande – (Baronet, 21 mai 1814) – Les armes précédentes moins les tenants la bordure de l’écu de contre-hermine
Voir Horsley-Beresfor baron Decies, et de la Poer-Beresford marquis de Waterford.
