Some notes on Soulton Heraldry

This is the coat of arms above the Soulton Hall front door.  

It is the marital coat of arms of Thomas Hill and his wife Sarah. 

The blazen of the quaterings are as flows:

A: Hill of Court of Hill ermine, on a fesse sable a triple towered castle argent

B:  Hill of Longslow: Sable, a lion rampent argent, langued and armed, crowned or between three croffed fromee fitchee of the second;

C: Evans of Watstay, Co Denbigh Argent, a fesse between three fleur-de-lys, sable;

D: Eyton of Rhiwabon C Denbigh ermine, a lion rampant crowned or, langued and armed;

E: Bird of Charleton, per pale or and argent, an eale displayed, beaked and armed;

F:  Hill of Buntinsdale;  gules, a chevron between three pheons argent, pionts downwards;

G: Lloyd, (Bishop of St Asaph, 1680) argent, a chevron between three crows sable, each holding in its beak an ermine spot;

H: Grifith, Lord of Bromfield Play of eight argent and gules, a lion rampant sable;

Flagstaf re-instated at Soutlon Hall

Following the enthusiasm for the jubilee, we have re-instated the flagpole here. 

There was a flag pole here during WWII certainly, and the fixings on the parapet are substantially older than that.  Indeed, it is (we think), reasonable to assume that Thomas Hill and Rowland Hill (late 1600s and 1550s/1560s respectively) would have used heraldic flags during their time.  Rowland Hill was Lord Mayor of London and to this day this office uses heraldic flags; Thomas Hill was High Sheriff and as such conducted significant parts of county administration from Soulton, not least (by Royal command) the recovery effort following the Great Fire of Wem.

This picture below shows the hall displaying our county colours (the Shropshire flag). 

Below is Soulton's own banner of arms.