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English: Arms of Gilbert of Compton in the parish of Marldon, Devon: Argent, on a chevron gules three roses of the field. These were the ancient arms of the family. Later Raleigh Gilbert was granted special arms of: Ermine, on a chevron sable three roses argent. (Source: Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.886). The family's arms are very confused, for example as given in: Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.405 gives the arms as: Or, on a chevron sable three roses of the field leaved proper a bordure gules. Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.484, gives the arms as: Argent, on a chevron sable three roses of the field. Argent, on a chevron gules three roses of the field. Gilbert: Argent, on a chevron gules three roses of the field. These are the ancient arms of the family, as evidenced on monuments in Marldon Church 1496 and 1530 and in Churston Ferrers Church c.1575 (Source: Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.886). In the 1620 Heraldic Visitation of Devon by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, the following arms were allowed to Raleigh Gilbert (1584-1634) of Compton: Ermine, on a chevron sable three roses argent. (Source: Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.886). The family's arms are very confused, for example as given in Vivian, p.405: Or, on a chevron sable three roses of the field leaved proper a bordure gules. Pole, p.484, gives: Argent, on a chevron sable three roses of the field. Family resident at: Compton, Marldon; Sandridge, Stoke Gabriel; Greenway, Churston Ferrers; Bovey Tracey; (Bodmin Priory, Cornwall)