Earl of Abingdon
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Earl of Abingdon is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 30 November 1682 for James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote. He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, b
The Grant of deed of Arms of Earl of Abingdon, 1682 V&A Museum nos. W.25:1 to 3-1987
Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon PC, styled Hon. Montagu Bertie until 1682 and Lord Norreys from 1682 to 1699, was an English nobleman.
The funeral hatchment of Mary, Dowager Countess of Abingdon, in St. Peter's Church, Dorchester, Dorset, England.On a lozenge, the arms of Bertie, "Argent, three battering rams fesswise in pale proper, headed and banded azure," with an escutcheon of pretence showing the arms of Gould, "Per saltire or and azure, a lion rampant counterchanged." Supporters: Dexter: a grey friar holding in his right hand a staff and rosary, Sinister: a wild man. Each supporter charged on the breast with a fret Or.Above all, an earl's coronet.
