Heraldry Information
The following heraldry information pertains to the British Carey line whose origins stem from Normandy. The heraldry for the Channel Island Careys is very similar:
- Coat of Arms: Argent on a bend Sable three roses of the first barbed and seeded proper in the sinister chief point a Crescent Sable. And for the crest on a wreath of the colours, A swan Argent wings endorsed charged on the body with a crescent as in the Arms.
- Surname motto: "Sine Macula" ("Without Blemish" in Norman, "Without Stain" in Latin)
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