Quentin Read Rakestraw

Registered: The International Register of Arms, 25th July 2014. Registration No. 0314. (Vol.2).

Arms: Sable three rustres Argent.

Crest:   A fox's head erased Gules gorged with a collar Or, pendant therefrom a rustre Or.

Assumed: The United States of America, July 2013.

Private Registration: United States Heraldic Registry, 11th July 2013. Registration No. 20130711A.

The armiger is descended from William Rakestraw, who came to North America from England as part of William Penn's settlement of Pennsylvania. Rustres in the arms are a canting reference to the Rakestraw surname.

The fox's head alludes to the Fox family of Philadelphia, whose patronage the Rakestraws enjoyed in the 18th Century. The armorial bearings were assumed in the 330th anniversary year of the Rakestraw family's arrival in the Province of Pennsylvania.

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