Name
Christmas
5 coats of arms in 2 sources
Attestations: what are they?
Some arms carry an “Attested: in Renesse’s dictionary…” or “in … Ordinary” note. It points to a reference work, separate from the armorial that gives the blazon, where this name appears with these arms. It is independent corroboration: two books that agree are worth more than one.
Papworth, Ordinary of British Armorials (1874) and Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms (Scotland, 1893): sort arms by their design and name who bears them.
Medieval armorials (after Clemmensen): rolls of arms, painted or blazoned, from the 13th to the 16th century in which these arms appear.
Only sure matches are counted (same name in Renesse, a confirmed entry in Papworth). Each coat’s page lists every citation, with a link to the scanned printed page.
Coats of arms of the name
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Christmas Burke (General Armory) · London
Gules on a fesse raguly argent three martlets sable a canton ermine
Attested in Papworth’s Ordinary (1) · see the citations →
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Christmas Burke (General Armory) · Essex
Gules on a fesse or, between three conies argent a crescent azure between two martlets sable
Attested in Papworth’s Ordinary (1) · see the citations →
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Christmas Burke (General Armory)
Gules on a fesse between three conies argent as many mullets sable
Attested in Papworth’s Ordinary (1) · see the citations →
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Christmas, or Christmass Burke (General Armory)
Gules on a fesse or, between three hares argent a crescent between two martlets of the first
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Christmas Clemmensen (Ordinary of Medieval Armorials) · GB
generatedGules, on a bend Sable three cups Argent
Attested in 1 medieval armorial · see the citations →