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J P
Gauthier de la
Martiniere, FRGS, FRSA
Lord of the the Manor
of Sholden and Hull
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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 7th May 2011.
Registration No. 0187
(Vol.2). (Lordship
& Barony Register)
Arms:
Azure, a cross flory
between four alerions
Or.
Crest:
A lion's head Or wearing
an ancient crown all
between two sweet grass
plants Azure.
Badge:
On a plate the Crest
encircled by an annulus
Or edged and inscribed
with the Motto in
letters Azure.
Motto:
De Deu Aiez Vertut
Grant:
15 May 2008. Public
Registry of Arms, Flags
and Badges of Canada,
Vol.V, p283. Canada
Gazette, Part I, Vol.
142. No. 42 of 22
November 2009, p. 2984.
Recorded at the College
of Arms, Ref. Canada
1/22 (July 2014).
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The
colours are
those of the
grantee's
ancestral arms
recorded in
d’Hozier’s
L'Armorial
général du
Poitou (1697)
and in Pétiet’s
L’Armorial
Poitevin (1911),
and registered
in L'Armorial de
la
Nouvelle-France
as well as Luz’
L'Armorial de
France et
d'Europe. They
are also those
of New-France
and of the
Regroupement des
Anciennes
Familles, of
which the family
are titular
members. The
cross flory
represents
Christ, Our Lady
and New-France.
The alerions
were adopted
from the arms of
St-Yves de
Kermartin,
patron of
lawyers, and
Godefroy de
Bouillon,
founder of the
Order of the
Holy Sepulchre
--the grantee's
profession and
order. The motto
is from the
Chanson de
Roland, in which
Comte Gaultier's
presence is
recorded.
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The
Armiger is a
Canadian
Barrister,
Officer of HM’s
Courts and
Member of the
Commonwealth in
England
Barristers
Association
(CEBA). He is a
Fellow of the
Royal Geographic
Society and of
the Royal
Society for the
encouragement of
Arts,
Manufactures and
Commerce, as
well as a member
of the Spalding
Gentlemen’s
Society (founded
1701). The
Armiger is a
member of
l’Association
des Vieux Noms
Français
Subsistants
(AVNF) and the
former dean of
the Society of
the Descendants
of the Latin
Kingdom of
Jerusalem
(founded 1956).
He is a member
of the OESSJ and
a Companion of
SMOM, as well as
a recipient of
the Pilgrim’s
Shell of the
Order of the
Holy Sepulchre
and of the Holy
Land Pilgrim’s
Cross (a
Pontifical
Honour). The
Armiger has been
inducted into
the House of
France’s
dynastic ‘Ordre
de l’étoile’
(founded 1022,
revived by
Prince Henri
d’Orléans 2013).
He resides in
Sholden, Kent,
with his wife
and two sons,
being the
current Lord of
a manorial
estate first
cited in
Domesday.
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