RETIRED - Grant of Arms - Protonix, Esq.
TO ALL AND SINGULAR to whom these presents shall come, I, Nira Nathair, Herald to the Duke of Wessex, send Greetings.
WHEREAS Mister Protonix has demonstrated valiant deeds and cunning, and has been taken as Esquire to His Grace the Duke of Wessex, he is desirous of having Letters Patent of Armorial Ensigns granted and appointed unto him and duly recorded in His Majesty's College of Arms, and accordingly hath rightly requested the favour of His Grace's Warrant for our granting and assigning such Arms.
AND FOREASMUCH His Grace the Duke of Wessex did by Warrant under his hand and Seal authorize and direct me to grant and assign such Arms and Crest and in the same Patent such Device and Badge accordingly, Know Ye therefore that I in pursuance of His Grace's Warrant and by virtue of the Letters Patent granted by The Duke and by The King's Most Excellent Majesty do by these Presents grant and assign unto the said Protonix the Arms following,
THAT IS TO SAY: Quartered Azure fleur-de-lis sans nombre or and Gules three lions or. Surmounted by a helm argent beaver closed inlaid with stones sanguine, surmounted by a wreath gules and azure alternate, surmounted by four stars in rays of light or, under all a mantle azure and gules. Supported: dexter a lion armed proper, and sinister a griffon or armed proper. Motto: "Bellator Regni Astrorum" or over a stone compartment argent inlaid with brackets or. The Whole of which comprises the Heraldic Achievement.
THESE MAY BE BORNE and used forever hereafter by the said Protonix and by his descendants with their due and proper differences according to the Laws of Arms. In witness whereof I have to these Presents subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office, by the Grace of Morgaine and His Majesty King of Mercia and His Grace the Duke of Wessex.
