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Christopher Philipson Stow

Port Carling, Ontario
Registration of Arms
July 4, 2000
Vol. IV, p. 36

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Blazon

Arms

Quarterly first and fourth Vert on a cross nebuly between four leopards' faces Or a rose Gules (for Stow) second and third Gules two chevronels between three boars' heads couped Ermine (for Philipson);

Crest

Issuant from a mural crown Or charged with a rose Gules a plume of five ostrich feathers alternately Argent and Gules;

Crest

Issuant from an antique crown charged with a rose Gules a leopard's face Or between two wings Vert;

Motto

FIDE NON FRAUDE;


Symbolism

Arms

Not available.

Crest

Not available.

Crest

Not available.

Motto

This Latin phrase means "By faith not by fraud."


Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 24, 2001, in Volume 135, page 937 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Not available

Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet

Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet


Recipient Information

Individual

The recipient's emblems were originally recorded at the College of Arms, London, England, 29 June 1907.