Jessant-de-lys
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Jessant-de-lys is a heraldic term denoting a fleur-de-lys issuing out of any object. It is most frequently seen in conjunction with a leopard's face, meaning in heraldic language the face of a lion.
Seal of William de Cantilupe (died 1239) showing on an escutcheon three fleurs-de-lys
Seal of Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe showing arms of Cantilupe ancient on each side of the bishop.
Jessant de lys Lys Erect
Jessant De Lys
Thomas Tenison
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Thomas Tenison was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs.
Jessant-de-lys
…formerly from Glamorgan, in connection with Candleston Castle. From the Denys family the arms were apparently borrowed by the unrelated family of Thomas Tenison (1636-1715), Archbishop of Canterbury, from whom the unrelated family of Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate, again borrowed, probably as their family…
Portrait by Simon Dubois
Archbishop Tenison was one of seven Lord Justices whom King William appointed to administer the kingdom whilst he was on campaign in Europe.
Memorial in the floor of the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, which is next to the entrance of Lambeth Palace, London