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 Devon Notes and Queries. 197 is time for a collateral branch. Now, as regards the dimidiated '* baron,*' Mr. Chalk says the animals are not at all like Carew, and are fiill faced, and that they are more like hounds, so I think this must be read as *^ Argent three hounds (may be leopards) passant guardant sable" In default of a pedigree to guide us, I cannot identify this with any one in reference books ; the question is, can this be the coat of Trepe, whose arms nobody seems to know, as John Leigh married the heiress : if so, it is very valuable. The " ? femme " : " Gules, a chevron between three birds close argent" Birds are always a trouble, but I do not think they are coots, which are generally more duck-like. They remind me most of the '* sea-pies " of Sayer, but as on them rests the identification of the family, I must leave it a query ; as also I must the impaled femme^ seeing there are so many families bearing this coat. I would remark that the shield, by its marshalling, would imply a Leigh or Lee, distinguished by its dimidiated coat, apd his wife distinguished by her impaling, or two wives ; and I have known cases of the man being in the middle with two wives one on each side. F.W. 156. Armorial Panel at Soldbn, Sutcombe (II., p. 149, par. 113.) — The quarters in the above shield appear to be as follows : — i. Prideaux {Arg, a chevron sa. a label of '^points gu.) These were, originally, the arms of Orcharton, which were assumed by the Prideaux family, Herden Prideaux having married the daughter and heiress of Ralph Orcharton in the 12th century. 2. Adistone (Arg. a fess gu, between 3 pellets.) 3. GuNSTONE {Arg. a fess sa. between 3 ogresses.) See Carew Scroll of Arms, No. 404. 4. Gifford {Sa. 3 fiisils in fesSf erm,) 5. Spencer {Arg. on a bend sa. two pairs of keys endorsed, or.) 6. Huddy {Arg. a fess per fess indented vert, and sa. between two cotises counterchanged of the fess.) 7. Esse {Arg. 2 chevrons sa,) 8. Query. 9. Poyntz ( 5 bars ) should be, barry of 8 or and gu.) 10. Henscott (Arg. a chevron az. charged with 3 pallets or, between 3 leopards heads of the 2nd.) The marriage with the Gifford heiress brings in the Spencer, Huddy, Esse, and Churchill quarters ; Spencer bringing in Huddy, and Esse bringing in Churchill. No. 8 is not easy to determine from the sketch ; the charge or