This arms is thought to belong to John Peverel-Peverly, born possibly in Bradford-Peverell, Dorset, England and was killed in an Indian massacre on 3 Oct 1631 on Richmond Island, Maine.

These arms have been preserved in the Abel son of Edward and Rachel Peve branch. Another preserved arms similar to this reads "PEAVEY". This arms was drawn from Peverel arms descriptions listed below by a Peverel-Peavey descendant using "PEVEREL" on the top banner to reflect the idea that they might be John Peverel-Peverly's arms. Edward is the son of Thomas Peverly and Jane Walford. Thomas is the son of John Peverel-Peverly who came to New England perhaps on the ship 'The Fortune' maybe as early as 1621.

COMPARISON OF OTHER PEVEREL ARMS TO THIS ARMS

These Peverel arms trace back to the Judah Kings. The colors: blue, gold, and silver, and the 'red rampant lion' are all from Judah. Variations are very similar through the trail from William the Conqueror to John Peverel-Peverly who lived in Maine and was killed there in 1631.

Comparing a few Peverel shields, I find consistency in carrying the original 'Azure' (blue) three garbs 'or' (gold)
in all the multiple quarterings.

ACTUAL ARMS and COMPARISON FOLLOWS:

Sir Hugh Peverell and James his son from Cornwall County temp. Edward II 'Az. three garbs ag. a chief or. This had blue background with three golden garbs in the chief. This matches the above arms minus the Dexter bend, 12 annulets and the rampant lion.

Sampford Peverel from Devon is using 'az. three garbs, ar.' This had a blue background with 3 golden garbs on silver. This matches the above arms minus the Dexter bend, 12 annulets, and rampant lion.

A Peverel is listed using 12 differential markings, and yet another Peverell is listed using various crosses in gold. This matches the above arms as we have three Patriarchial crosses in gold and 12 annulets in gold.

We pick up the descendancy with William Peverel from Nottingham temp. King William I. He is the son of the King William the Conqueror and can and does use the rampant lion which passed down the line. We find that the above arms used the red rampant lion.
If this is the arms of John Peverel-Peverly, then he would have to be a direct descendant of William the Conqueror.

William 'Quartered' because of his very Royal wives
to incorporate their shields. He kept the important 'Az., a lion rampant, ar.

Peverell from County Worchester 'Az. on a bend ar, three garbs or.' This is blue background, a dexter bend with 3 garbs of gold. This matches the above arms minus the chief, lion, annulets.

Peverell - 'az. on a chief gu. three crescents ar.'
This is a background of blue with a red chief, and three gold moon shapes silver.
This a a variation from the above arms - It has our blue background and the chief. The variation is the 'red chief, three crescent moon in gold replacing the 3 golden garbs.

Peverell settled in the County of Cornwall in the time of King Richard I. The arms were 'Gu. a fess ar. betw. six crosses Patriarchal.' This is a red background, fess of silver between six Patriarchal crosses. This is still keeping the gold on silver to denote direct descent from the Holy Land Kings. This is pertinent to us because the above arms also used three Patriarchal crosses rather than three garbs.

Peverell - crest of: 'a plum of four ostrich feathers two gu. and two az. enfiled with a ducal crown in or.'
This crest is post William the Conqueror. It cannot be placed on the ancient Peverel shields because William the Conqueror was using the red rampant lion as is testified by his son William Peverel's arms. It is, however, a true ancient Peverell ancestor crest, but is misleadingly displayed on the picture done by the artist where I purchased the material.

Peverell, Katherine, dau. and co heir of Thomas Peverell married Sir Walter Hungerford.
Baron Hungerford. temp Henry VI)
'Gu. three garbs ar banded on the chief or.
Katherine is incorporating into Baron Hungerfords arms, so she has changed a little, but we find here the 'chief' containing three garbs in silver banded on the chief of solid gold. Katherine has traded the places of gold and silver, but it is still metal gold and metal silver on top of each other, which only those directly related to the Holy Land Kings may use. After drawing and coloring, it is apparent that beauty wise,
the gold chief is more flashy next to the silver helmet.
Same meaning is still preserved. It contains 'chief, gold, silver, and 3 garbs'.

Multiple Peverel listings mention the
'gu. ramp. lion, azure three garbs or.,' and several have crosses.
Several have different numbers of marking from 6 to 12. These are lumped together in Burke's General Armory. If we find a more unabridged manual that separately lists them all, we possibly could find our exact match. I doubt we have any that is better than Burke's General Armory.

It appears that if these arms are indeed those of John Peverel-Peverly's, then he would be a descendant of William the Conqueror Sans Peur 'Peuerel' 'Peverel'.

This is the connection as it appears. We are searching for the missing links during the 1300's to the 1600's in England, Wales and Scotland.

Comparison done by Hallie June Peavey
Edited by Marj Gisi

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