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When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
La très ancienne et illustre maison des Poyet, noble lignée de France, se distingue par la pureté de son sang et la constance de ses vertus. Ses rameaux, florissants en diverses provinces du royaume, en Bretagne, en Anjou et en l’Île-de-France, témoignent de sa vaste implantation et de son antique renom, dont les premières traces s’élèvent jusqu’au seizième siècle de notre ère. Parmi ses membres les plus éminents, on doit révérer la mémoire de Messire Guillaume Poyet, Seigneur de Beinne, lequel fut élevé à la dignité de Chancelier de France sous le règne du très chrétien Roy François premier. Ce noble personnage portait, en son blason, d’azur à trois colonnes d’or, rangées en pals, écartelé de gueules au griffon d’or. Mais, ayant accédé aux hautes charges de la Justice du royaume, il voulut marquer ce nouveau lustre par une transformation héraldique : il substitua au griffon un lion, noble image de force et d’équité, et choisit pour devise ces paroles pleines de majesté et de sens : Justitiae columnam sequitur leo, « Le lion suit la colonne de Justice ». ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonPoyet
1. Crest of family: Poyet
Language of the text: Français
Écartelé; aux 1° et 4° d'azur, à trois colonnes rangées d'or; aux 2° et 3° de gueules, à un griffon d'or. Devise JUSTITIAE COLUMNAM SEQUITUR LEO
Sources: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée"; "La vraye et parfaite science des armoirs ..." par Pierre Paillot, 1660.
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