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Charles E. F. Drake

Blazon of Arms:

First & Fourth, Azure, on a bend Argent, a wyvern Gules a bordure counter-compony Argent and Purpure charged with three oak leaves Or.
Second, Per pale Argent and Azure, three oak trees eradicated, counterchanged, fructed Or, a chief per pale Azure and Argent
Third, Argent goutty de sang on a fess Azure surmounting a lion rampant Gules three mullets Argent.
In pretence, Azure three Chabots haurient Argent jessant de lis Or within a Tressure flory on the outer edge of Maple Leaves Or

Blazon of Crest:

(1) A wyvern Gules, charged on the wings, one visible, with a wheel Argent.
(2) A dragon passant Vert grasping in its dexter foreclaw an oak tree eradicated per pale Azure and Argent fructed Or
 

Motto:

Nunquam Captat Muscas (Never catch flies)

Dei Gratia (Thanks be to God)

Registrations:

Quarters 1 & 4 and dexter crest, Scottish pronominal coat, Court of the Lord Lyon, 2006
Quarter 2 and sinister crest, English pronominal coat, College of Arms, 1984
Quarter 3, from my mother, Augustan Society Register of Arms, 2003
In pretence, my wife's arms, College of Arms, 2004
A quartered version registered in Spain by Don Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Crónista de Armas de Castilla y León, No. 20/2005