English family of herald painters and genealogists
Memorial board in St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors, probably by Randle Holme III
Randle Holme was a name shared by members of four successive generations of a family who lived in Chester, Cheshire, England from the late years of the 16th century to the early years of the 18th century. They were all herald painters and genealogists and were members of the Stationers' Company of Chester. All four painted memorial boards and hatchments, and some of these can still be found in Cheshire churches.
RandleHolme was a name shared by members of four successive generations of a family who lived in Chester, Cheshire, England from the late years of the...
(died 1634?), English lexicographer Randle Wilbraham Falconer (1816–1881), British medical doctor and writer RandleHolme, name shared by four family members...
work The Academie of Armorie, RandleHolme records the arms of Liverpool as a blue "lever" upon a silver field. Holme takes this word to be an adaptation...
the knees in the style of a gown. It was worn with a petticoat. As per RandleHolme, it was a long-skirted jacket with four separate tails falling to knee-length...
from the attributed arms of Jesus when the images were copied into RandleHolme's Book (c. 1464–1480). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hyghalmen...
the 17th century heraldry collector RandleHolme made a fine distinction between manticore and mantyger. Holme's description of the manticore seems to...
much like to Kinge H8 . . . (Harley MS. 1971, 22, written either by RandleHolme I (1570/1-1655) or by Jacob Chaloner (d. 1631)). See Peter Beauclerk-Dewar...
fourteen) for a term of ten years to RandleHolme I, the Chester Herald painter and antiquary. In 1600 and again in 1606 Holme had been appointed a deputy herald...
Freemason in 1931 while playing for Everton and England. He was initiated in RandleHolme Lodge, No. 3261, in Birkenhead on 18 February 1931. After retiring, he...
either in renunciation of their vows or in a bid to escape detection. RandleHolme, writing in 1688, associated beards with Templars, Teutonic Knights,...
German heraldry, but it was omitted when this image was copied into RandleHolme's Book (c. 1464–1480). The image on the opposing page (shown above) includes...
1726–1752) who died in 1752, and three painted monuments by a member of the RandleHolme family. The south transept, formerly the parish church of St Oswald contains...
cloisters were still present. A 17th-century sketch plan by one of the RandleHolme family shows that the gatehouse remained at that time, although almost...
Tom Heaton, footballer Malcolm Hebden, actor Joe Hewitt, footballer RandleHolme - name shared by four successive generations of a family of herald painters...
Lancaster I. Their son, William Whitfield, married to the sole heiress of RandleHolme of Alston Moor in Cumberland, in turn had son, William Whitfield. His...
argent (symbolising Hendwr) which was confirmed in a grant of arms by RandleHolme, deputy herald for Chester and North Wales at the College of Arms. Their...
the arms of the Gamul family, which Pevsner considers was executed by RandleHolme. The barrel-vaulted plaster ceiling has eight richly-carved pendants...
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