DescriptionCountess of Shrewsbury Coat of Arms - geograph.org.uk - 1629263.jpg
English: Arms of Hardwick: Argent, a saltire engrailed azure on a chief of the second three cinquefoils of the first, as borne here in a lozenge shield (appropriate for a female armiger) by Elizabeth Hardwick (c. 1527–1608), Countess of Shrewsbury, and displayed on the parapet above the main entrance of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, built by her. Crest: On a mount vert a stag courant proper gorged with a chaplet of roses argent (Source: Burke's General Armory, 1884) 1629257. Supporters on each side are the Cavendish Stags, borne by her husband Sir William Cavendish (died 1557), Treasurer of the King's Chamber, now Dukes of Devonshire. These heraldic emblems appear frequently within Hardwick Hall.
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