Sinister: Or, a bend sa.; over all a lion rampant gu. Abernethy (?).
Coronet.—That of a Duke.
Motto.—Fiel pero desdichado.
The whole arms are borne upon an Imperial eagle, the heraldic indication of the rank of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, a dignity given to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. The eagle is ensigned with a closed crown, the circlet of which bears the strawberry leaves and pearls of an English Marquis.
[Ferrarotto. Della preeminenza dell' officio di Stradicò della nobile città di Messina. Venetiis, 1593.]
Variety.—Used as Marquis of Blandford before 1817. Spencer.
Arms.—Quarterly.
1st and 4th quarterly, arg. and gu., on the second and third quarters a fret or; over all on a bend sa., 3 escallops of the first. Spencer.