Coat of arms of the Lloyds of Stockton

Above: The Medieval Genome Project. Click image for full coat of arms.

Alan Fletcher's "The Art of Looking Sideways" is a constant inspiration to me. It's a phone book sized compendium of Fletcher's lifetime collection of interesting things ranging over most subjects: art, writing, psychology, science, history, literature, etc. The image above is a detail from the coat of arms of the Lloyds of Stockton. Fletcher's caption:

"The custom of inheriting insignia through marriage led to the 323 sepearate quarterings on the coat of arms of the Lloyds of Stockton. These go back to the ninth century, and are a vivid document of inbreeding."

Apparently there was a coat of arms for the Temple-Nugent-Bridges-Chandos-Grenville family that had 719 quarterings!