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Survey of London
… rooks gules (Walsingham); 3, argent, on a bend gules a besant (Pinchbeck) impaling Lawrence. Two crests are carved …
The Environs of London
… by Colvill temp. Edw. III. and 2. Arg. on a bend Sab. a besant for Pinchbeck, and impaling Lawrence. Antiquities of …
Survey of London
… fact has been noticed by such writers as L'Estrange and Besant, and some speculation indulged in as to its purpose. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… three griffons' heads razed [sable] each charged with a besant, and motto HABENTI DABITVR T.B. The inscription sets …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… I have erred in good company, as the late Sir Walter Besant has ( Medival London, vol. ii., Appendix 3 made … p. 180 of this work, as others have done, including Sir W. Besant in his Medival London (vol. ii., p. 241), which was …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… erm. Crest, on a wreath, bull passant per pale S. and G. besant. On the top of the arch was Hobart's coat; the bull as …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III
… coram justiciariis itinerantibus etc. versus Ricardum Besant de diversione cursus aque in Stibeh' ad nocumentum …