tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post5374679211677679996..comments2024-02-29T11:54:28.419+00:00Comments on Ed's Beer Site: Heraldry at Brewers' HallEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-90414642887911070742018-06-30T22:07:49.518+01:002018-06-30T22:07:49.518+01:00According to Burke's General Armory, the image...According to Burke's General Armory, the image you have for Whitbread is actually the arms of a Whitebread family. Whitbread (no e after "Whit") was the same except that the chevron was red not black.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-44944119484828111642015-12-15T20:27:31.867+00:002015-12-15T20:27:31.867+00:00The birds in Becket's arms are knewn as "...The birds in Becket's arms are knewn as "beckets", apparently. And the Moorish woman in the second version of the guild arms is a subtle rerefence to the (incorrect) story that Becket's mother was a Moor who had followed his father home from the Crusades.Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-48182596141914703722015-12-15T17:45:01.807+00:002015-12-15T17:45:01.807+00:00Cheers TBN, I was a bit concerned that this post w...Cheers TBN, I was a bit concerned that this post would be of interest only to myself. And maybe it's time Whitbread had a revival...Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-90401580091404393742015-12-15T13:24:08.532+00:002015-12-15T13:24:08.532+00:00Great piece! There was that 20th century tendency ...Great piece! There was that 20th century tendency to name beers after the brewery logo: Red Barrel, White Shield, Harp. I think Whitbread badly overlooked the hind when they went with Tankard instead.<br /><br />Whitbread Hind: It's Not Deer!<br /><br />Endless possibilities...The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-65372762864591355202015-12-15T12:57:14.220+00:002015-12-15T12:57:14.220+00:00Good point, I notice only their black banding is m...Good point, I notice only their black banding is mentioned in the description. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-42690675779928067992015-12-15T12:27:02.465+00:002015-12-15T12:27:02.465+00:00The Brewers Company one seems unusual to me - I wa...The Brewers Company one seems unusual to me - I was taught you never placed a colour on a colour or a metal on a metal, yet there you have gold on silver. Maybe the black hooping makes enough of a difference to keep the heralds happy!Bryan Bettshttp://www.beerviking.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-42419850038239326912015-12-15T09:51:16.880+00:002015-12-15T09:51:16.880+00:00Excellent! The translations are all from google so...Excellent! The translations are all from google so may well be ropey. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-48902005756615727072015-12-15T09:32:01.837+00:002015-12-15T09:32:01.837+00:00Whitbread's motto 'virtute non astutia'...Whitbread's motto 'virtute non astutia' actually means 'by virtue, not by cunning'.<br /><br />They must never have got round to replacing it with 'by cunning, not by beer'.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com