Coats of arms of selected families

The Trie family

The TRIE family was a cadet of the maison Beaumont-sur-Oise from northern France, and was prominent during the 14th and 15th centuries before its extinction in the male line in 1487. The basic family coat-of-arms is well-known: Or a bend azure, and various family members differenced their arms in the usual way, but which member who used a certain coat is sometimes difficult to ascertain.

With the acquisition of the county of Dammartin-en-Goële, the ancient arms of the counts were also used by the head of the comital branch while a sub-cadet used it as a brisure on the bend.

The arms of family members are widely in armorials and on seals. The paper below is an attempt to clarify the use of differentiation by individuals and branches.


The Montfort l'Amaury

The members of the northern french family of Montfort-l'Aumery reportedly used two coats-of-arms simultaneously: 1) Gules a lion argent, and 2) Pily-barry argent-gules, with the latter claimed to be the eldest and representing a fief rather than being arms of the family. This short paper examines the evidence and claims.

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