Heraldry: Cinderella’s Royal Table
This is the motherlode.
Towards door
Three coats.
Tryon (Bulwick Park and Haringworth, co. Northampton). Az. a fess embattled betw. six estoiles or.
Sable a saltire between four mullets argent.
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1. Placeholder
Blazon: “Argent a bend between three escallops
sable.” Arms associated with the Cotterell family.1 |
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2. Placeholder
Blazon: “Placeholder.” Placeholder.2 |
Big door
Where is this door? Two full achievements flank a door.
Above this door you can see a purely decorative shield with the arms of the Spanish kingdom of Castile, which as the name implies features a castle. This is flanked by two full achievements of arms.
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1. Burny MattinsonLegend, animator, director Blazon: “Gyronny of eight sable and gules a lion
rampant or, armed argent all within a bordure of the third, charged with
eight crosses pattée gules.” This is one of several similar arms associated with the Matheson family of Scotland, this one specifically of a colonel.3 |
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2. William SullivanLegend, vice president, skipper Blazon: “Per fess, the base per pale, in chief
or, a dexter hand couped at the wrist, grasping a sword erect, pommel
and hilt gules, the blade entwined with a serpent proper between two
lions rampant respecting each other of the second; the dexter base vert,
charged with a buck trippant or, on the sinister base per pale argent
and sable a boar passant counterchanged.” The arms of an English branch of the Irish Sullivan family.4 |
Towards fireplace
Right before you reach the monumental fireplace, two more coats of arms greet you.
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1. William CottrellLegend, writer, WED president Blazon: “Argent a bend between three escallops
sable.” Arms associated with the Cotterell family.5 |
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2. Placeholder
Blazon: “Placeholder.” Placeholder.6 |
Fireplace
As you continue towards the seating areas, you pass a monumental fireplace.
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1. Edna Francis DisneyLegend, wife of Roy Blazon: “Argent a chevron between three eaglets
gules.” Arms of the Francis family of Derby.7 Possibly means the Disney arms to the left are Roy’s. |
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2. Joe FowlerLegend, admiral, general manager Blazon: “Azure on a chevron argent between three
lions passant guardant or, as many crosses formée sable.” Arms associated with one of the Fowler families. Originally, the lions would have been golden.8 |
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3. Michael BagnallChief financial officer Blazon: “Ermine two bars or, over all a lion
rampant rampant langued gules.” Arms in this manner belonged to several branches of the Bagnall family, though known examples tend to have the lion in a different color.9 This arms might also be for his father George who sat on the Board of Directors. |
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4. Card WalkerLegend, president, chairman Blazon: “Argent a fess embattled
counter-embattled between three crescents sable.” Arms of the Walkers of Hillingdon.10 |
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5. Dick NunisLegend, chairman Blazon: “Per pale argent and gules, on the
dexter a bend sinister azure, on the sinister a lion or rampant or, in
each corner a merlette of the same.” Arms associated with the Portuguese Nunes family.11 |
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6. Larry SlocumFood operations director Blazon: “Argent on a fess Gules between three
griffins’ heads couped Sable three wings Or.” Arms of a branch of the Slocum family that settled in Massachusetts.12 |
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7. UnknownPlaceholder Blazon: “Per chevron argent and tenné (?) three
lions rampant counterchanged.” No records found. Looks like Ripley, but no employee found. |
Immediately on the wall to the right of the fireplace you’ll find four additional coats of arms.
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1. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “X.” To be determined |
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2. Richard IrvineLegend, art director, imagineer Blazon: “Argent three small bundles of holly,
two and one, each consisting of as many leaves slipped vert, banded
gules.” Arms of the Irvine family.13 |
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3. John HenchLegend, imagineer, animator Blazon: “Argent a chevron between three
buglehorns sable, on a chief of the second three lions rampant of the
first.” Arms of the Henchman family of Northampton.14 |
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4. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “X.” To be determined |
John Hench -> Hinchman. Ar. a chev. betw. three buglehorns sa. stringed gu. on a chief ot the second as many lions ramp. of the first.
Main Area (decagon)
This is a decagon, a ten-sided polygon. Please compare the schematic to this photo by Disney Food Blog.
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a. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Azure three mullets argent.” Families: Dawes, Malvin, |
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b. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Or, a fesse indented gules between
three eagle heads sable.” Families: Closest is Newman (full eagles) |
Difficult to fit these to any known employee. These might either have been purely decorational, or are of less known employees.
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1. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Sable, two lions passant in pale
argent.” Might be arms of Strangewayes or Dymoke? |
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2. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Barry wavy of six or and gules / Or,
three bars wavy gules ” Families: Ballet, Basset, Drumond, Dansey |
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3. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: Families: To be determined |
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4. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Or, a pale azure” Families: Sladden |
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5. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Gules, a bend chequy Argent and
Sable.” Might be arms of Menteith? |
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6. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent a cross gules.” Families: Bardevile, Bardenill, Durward, Galaad, Hertlaw, Lyndford, Musenburgh, Offield, |
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7. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Per bend argent and sable a bend
ragulée counterchanged.” Families: Strangman (colors reversed) |
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8. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Or, a lion rampant gules” Families: Cherleton, Rowland, Griffith, Mallory, Lee, Carleton, Gould, Charlton, Wale |
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9. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent a chevron between three
cinquefoils vert.” Families: To be determined |
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10. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent a chevron gules between three
??? sable.” Families: To be determined |
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11. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: .” Families: To be determined |
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12. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “123” Families: To be determined |
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13. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent a cross crosslet in saltire
gules, on a chief a ??? or.” Families: To be determined |
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14. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: ‘Or a bend gules, in chief a label of
three points sable’’ Families: To be determined |
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15. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Vert a greyhound courant argent between
three trefoils slipped or.” Families: To be determined |
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16. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Vair a bend gules.” Families: Brolhole, Delamotte, Hellam, Mancester, Mansuen, |
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17. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Or, a cross patonce sa.” Families: Brocket |
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18. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: ‘Something potent, with some kind of
chevron’’ Families: To be determined |
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19. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Or some kind of plant azure.” Families: To be determined |
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20. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent a cross gules, in chief
??.” Families: To be determined |
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21. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Vair gules and or, a fess sable.” Families: To be determined |
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22. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: ‘Too much’’ Families: To be determined |
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23. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent a fess vert.” Families: To be determined |
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24. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “.” Families: To be determined |
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25. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Gules a bend sinister argent.” Families: Berkely, |
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26. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: ‘Per bend argent and sable a lion
rampant or.’’ Families: To be determined |
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27. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “portcullis.” Families: To be determined |
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28. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “cross fleury or something.” Families: To be determined |
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29. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “chevrons black white red chief” Families: Berkely, |
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30. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: ‘Azure a saltire or.’’ Families: To be determined |
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31. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent, a cross raguly sable.” Families: Sandys, Sands |
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32. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “too much” Families: To be determined |
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33. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Vert, a cross crosslet or, on a canton
argent, an ermine spot sable.” Families: Bury |
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34. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: ‘Per bend embattled sable and
or.’’ Families: To be determined |
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35. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Too much” Families: To be determined |
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36. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Or three pallets gules” Families: To be determined |
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37. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent, ??? sable.” Families: To be determined |
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38. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: ‘"Argent on a cross gules a lion"
rampant or.’’ Families: To be determined |
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39. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Too much” Families: To be determined |
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40. PlaceholderPlaceholder Blazon: “Argent a bend gules” Families: To be determined |
Notes
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Henry Grazebrook, “Cotterell”, The Heraldry of Worcestershire, p. 142↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Sullivan”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 986↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Matheson”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 668↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Sullivan”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 986↩︎
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Henry Grazebrook, “Cotterell”, The Heraldry of Worcestershire, p. 142↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Sullivan”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 986↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Francis”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 374↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Fowler”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 372↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Bagnall”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 39↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Walker”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 1065↩︎
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António Machado de Faria, “Nunes”, Armorial Lusitano, p. 399↩︎
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John Matthews, “Slocum”, American Armoury and Blue Book, p. 70 (addendum)↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Irvine”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 531↩︎
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Bernard Burke, “Henchman”, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 478↩︎