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HERALDRY IN SILVERWARE
FAMILY CREST:

ASH, ASHE, BAIRD, BOUCHERETT, BROOME, CURSON (possibly)

A cockatrice, crested and armed (the cockatrice is a legendary creature, resembling a large rooster with a lizard-like tail)

The crest was found in a silver salt marked by Anne Tanqueray, London 1729

FAMILY CRESTS: LIST OF NAMES

ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF FAMILY CRESTS
family crest: ASH, ASHE, BAIRD, BOUCHERETT, BROOME, CURSON (possibly) silver salt marked by Anne Tanqueray, London 1729




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