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English: Arms of the Spanish Company, detail from mural monument to Richard beaple (d.1643), thrice Mayor of Barnstaple, St Peter's Church, Barnstaple, Devon. The arms are blazoned as follows: [1] Azure in base a sea, with a dolphin's head appearing in the water all proper, on the sea a ship of three masts, in full sail, all or, the sail and rigging argent, on each a cross gules, in the dexter chief point the sun in splendour, in the sinister chief point an estoile of the third ; on a chief of the fourth, a cross of the fifth, charged with the lion of England . The crest was: On a wreath of the colours, two arms embowed issuing out of clouds all proper, holding in the hands a globe or The supporters were: Two seahorses argent, finned or .
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Author ( Lobsterthermidor ( talk ) 16:40, 19 November 2014 (UTC))

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  1. Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms [1]

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