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| Keywords: Lee Coat of Arms.svg Gules a fesse chequy or and azure between ten billets argent four in chief and three two and one in base On a red shield a broad horizontal bar composed of three rows of alternating blue and gold squares between ten silver oblong figures four in the top part of the shield and six in the lower arranged three two and one The Lees of Virginia have adhered to quartering their arms with that of the Astley family which described them as follows Azure a cinqfoil pierced ermine within a bordure engrailed of the second On a blue field a pierced five-leaved figure within a scalloped ermine border However this quartering was not used in the Virginia Lees until about the fourth generation when Hon Philip Ludwell Lee Sr Esq 1727-1775 used it on his bookplate while a student at the Inner Temple in about 1750 and his brother Richard Henry Lee 1732-1794 who had it on his seal ring The Lee crest consisted of On a staff raguly lying fesseways a squirrel sejant proper cracking a nut or acorn ; from the dexter end of the staff a hazel or oak branch vert fructed or On a horizontal staff or branch a squirrel sitting depicted in its natural color cracking a nut or acorn From the right end of the staff hazel or oak branch bearing golden fruit The motto Ne Incautus Futuri which translates into Be not unmindful of the future Downloader is a descendant of the Lees of Virginia and member of the Society of the Lees of Virginia en wikipedia 2009-07-30 Raster uploaded by Doalfe at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia; Vectorized by ZooFari User ZooFari/Template SVG original upload log Gules a fesse chequy or and azure between ten billets argent four in chief and three two and one in base On a red shield a broad horizontal bar composed of three rows of alternating blue and gold squares </nowiki> QualityImage Coats of arms of families of the United States Squirrels in heraldry Lee Acorns in heraldry Heraldic lambrequins argent and sable Quality images - valid vector Lee family of Virginia | ||||
