Hello all.
I live in a house built in 1931-2 for Thomas Leslie Stafford in Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. High in the entrance of this lovely old Tudor-style mansion is a Coat of Arms as shown. I seek your help in understanding its meaning, provenance.
It is similar to the Stafford Borough Coat of Arms:
http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/stafford_fbc.JPG
but there are major differences.
In particular - there are two Stafford knots but they are upside down!
The castle has square turrets rather than domes; the lion passant guardant is red, not gold; the helmet apparently means that of a gentleman; the wreath is capped by a simple crest.
Can you help?
I live in a house built in 1931-2 for Thomas Leslie Stafford in Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. High in the entrance of this lovely old Tudor-style mansion is a Coat of Arms as shown. I seek your help in understanding its meaning, provenance.
It is similar to the Stafford Borough Coat of Arms:
http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/stafford_fbc.JPG
but there are major differences.
In particular - there are two Stafford knots but they are upside down!
The castle has square turrets rather than domes; the lion passant guardant is red, not gold; the helmet apparently means that of a gentleman; the wreath is capped by a simple crest.
Can you help?