Parrot

Parrot

Parrot, (fr. perroquet): is found in a few modern arms, but the more usual term is the old name Popinjay or Papegay, (fr. Papegaut, ital. Papagallo): the parrot when blazoned proper should be vert, beaked and membered gules. The old form papegai occurs very frequently in the old rolls of arms from Hen III. onwards. One coat bears wood wallises, by which some consider parrots to be meant, but possibly doves. In one case the wings only occur.

Per pale argent and gules, in the dexter fesse point a parrot russet beaked and legged or--SENHOUSE, Cumberland[also Richard SENHOUSE, Bp. of Carlisle, 1624-26].

Richard le FITZ MARMADUKE, de goules, ung fece et troys papegeyes d'argent a ung baston d'azure sur tout--Roll, temp. HEN. III.

Sire Richard FITZ MARMADUKE, de goules, a une fesse e iij papingais de argent e un baston de azure--Roll, temp. ED. II.

Sire Johan FIZ MARMADUC, de goules, a une fesse e iij papingays de argent--Ibid.

Marmaduk de TWENGE, d'argent, a trois papegayes de vert ung fece de goules--Roll, temp. HEN. III.

Sire Marmaduc de TUENGE, de argent, a une fesse de goules e iij papingais de vert--Roll, temp. ED. II.

Monsire de THWENGE, port d'argent, a une fes de gules entre trois popageis vert--Roll, temp. ED. III.

Sire Robert de LOMELEYE, de goules, a une fesse e iij papingais de argent; en la fesse iij moles de sable--Roll, temp. ED. II.

Argent, a fesse gules between three parrots proper, gorged with collars of the second--LUMLEY, Middlesex; and co. York.

Or, a parrot close vert, legged gules--POYNER, co. Salop.

Or, three parroquets vert--CHAUNCELER, Brafferton, co. Durham.

D'argent, à trois perroquets de sinople becqués et membrés de gueules--CHAMPS, Normandie.

Azure, two chevrons or between three wood wallises[? doves] proper--PINFOLD, Dunstable, co. Bedford; granted 1601.

Argent, on a fesse engrailed gules between three parrot's wings expanded and addorsed azure as many bezants each charged with a parrot's head erased sable--GEORGE.