It took longer than hoped but the last coat of arms was finally tracked down to the Matthews family, namely the Matthews of Blodwell whose daughter, Ursula, was the sole heir to the estate in Shropshire. She married the 3rd Baronet of Lever in 1694 and their son (Orlando) married into the Newport fa...

Yep, Earl of Bradford whose family seat was at Weston Park near Weston-under-Lizard in south Staffordshire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston_Park The Bradford he was earl of was in Shropshire and not the more well known one in Yorkshire. I'll try and id the other coat of arms when I have more time...

Great stuff again DiOz My time for identifying things has been very short over the last few days and will remain so for another week I still have about 30 buttons to id from people who send them via my website so they'll have to wait as well

I've been a bit of a dunce and I got myself mixed up a bit. The left hand arms are those of Spiers and the right hand side are those of the Pleydell and Bouverie families, known as Pleydell-Bouverie. Therefore this button is for one of the daughters of the Earls of Radnor and the only one that fits ...

The left hand side arms are for the Pleydell-Bouverie (Spiers) family, notably the Earls of Radnor. https://www.virtuousplanet.com/shops/userimages/00006/00000000074/watermark/00000000000000018262.png The 4th and 5th Earls were Lord-lieutenants of Wiltshire. I can not place the impaled arms on the r...

Inform the landowner and the local police that nighthawking is a strong possibility on this field as detecting is unlawful without the landowners permission. Worst case scenario, if you do nothing, is that the landowner withdraws your permission due to others leaving holes everywhere and stealing hi...

That's ok sweetie

A poor state of affairs Why don't they go cap in hand to the EU, they have several billion to spare and it isn't even audited

Cheers Barry, you have done a great job there. The reverse address (Firmin & Sons 153 Strand London) dates it to circa 1875

Sorry to have missed this one yesterday Barry but I worked a night shift Thanks again DiOz, great info as always

Looks to be a staff button then Great info DiOz More here Click Here Aston Villa football stadium now stands on the site.

Possibly for the Holt family from Aston Hall, I'll have a better look when I have more time Barry. Can you confirm what is written before 'Aston' if possible please? http://www.myfamilysilver.com/crestfind ... ?name=holt

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Apologies for being late to this one but I've had computer problems :g64: It looks like I have an error on my website as I didn't notice the cross so I'll correct that soon, sorry for any hassle caused and thanks to DiOz for sorting it out. There are a few Dugdales mentioned on line as coming from W...

Looking forward to seeing it over my home as Coningsby is close by. Not looking forward to all the Timothy Potter, plane spotters though, why must they stand in the middle of the road to take photos and then look puzzled when you almost run them down?