Category:Belleme arms

Basic arms & blazon[edit]

Arms of "Belleme / Belisme / de Belismo (Latinised form) / Balesmore / Montgomery / Town of Montgomery, Shropshire / Shrewsbury Abbey (Benedictine), Shropshire", etc (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.67 "Belismo"; p.43 "Balesmore", p.698 "Montgomery", but with field gules) (Papworth, John Woody, Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.I, London, 1874, p.118 "Balesmore, Belisme, de Belismo (Latinised form), Montgomery, Town of Montgomery, Shropshire, Shrewsbury Abbey (Benedictine)). Attributed arms of w:Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (c. 1052 – after 1130), seigneur de Bellême (or Belèsme), seigneur de Montgomery, viscount of the Hiémois, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Count of Ponthieu, eldest surviving son of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême. He lived before the heraldic era, which started in England circa 1200-1215. Burke calls these arms "Montgomery" (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.995); see w:Montgomerie family. Arms of Montgomery Cricket Club. Azure a lion or shields