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Heraldry

In Metcalfe's book of Knights banneret, Knights of the bath, and Knights bachelor, made between the fourth year of King Henry VI and the restoration of King Charles II are two differing entries for Richard Wentworth's heraldic achievements, for the two times he was knighted. The first time, for his 1509 knighting, his coat of arms are described as follows:

Quarterly (of four)

1) Gules (red) background, with three Azure (blue) escallops placed on a on a Argent (silver) bend.

2) Divided into four quarters with the top left and bottom right quarters in Argent (silver), and the top right and bottom left quarters in Gules (red). Over the red and silver quarters is a Or (gold) interlacing fretty pattern. A black diagonal bend runs across this entire part with three Argent (silver) Mullets (stars with usually five sides and straight rays) placed on top. Fretty (on the left), to be distinguished from masculy (middle) and fret (right)

3) Argent (silver) background, with a Gules (red) saltire (diagonal cross) that has an engrailed edge.

4) Divided into six horizontal stripes of equal width (Barry of six), that alternate between Or (gold) and Gules (red). A canton, a rectangle in the upper left corner, typically occupying about one-third of the top part of the shield, is filled with an Ermine pattern. Some of the many variations of ermine spots found in heraldry over the centuries. In the case of Richard Wentworth, the design is not specified

To that, the crest is described as a Or (golden) griffin in the passant position (depicted as walking with the right forepaw raised from the ground). When knighted for the second time, his coat of arms has become more detailed:

1) Sable (black) background, with a chevron surrounded by three leopards' faces. Both the chevron and the faces are Or (gold). A Gules (red) crescent is added for distinction in the family tree. A crescent indicates the second son	2) The same as in 1509.
3) The same as in 1509.	4) Argent (Silver) background with three horizonzal bands (a fess surrounded by two bars-gemelles) in Gules (red).
5) Same as the fourth quarter of 1509.	6) Three pike fish in the hauriant position (head up; as if rising up from the water) between as many Or (golden) cross-crosslets. The Cross Crosslet, to be distinguished from similair Crosses in Heraldry and other Christian Cross variants

The crest has undergone major changes, as it is now an ewer, pitcher or jug encircled by an Argent (golden) wreath.