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Description: Arms of Hill of Houndston, Dorset: Gules, a saltire vair between four mullets pierced. Margaret Hill, a daughter of daughter of Robert Hill (d.1493) of Houndston, Yeovil, Somerset, was the wife of Sir Hugh Luttrell (d.1521) of Dunster Castle. These arms of Hill are visible in various places in the Castle and in Dunster Church. Source: Maxwell Lyte, Sir Henry, A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun and Luttrell, 2 Parts, London, 1909: Part I, London, 1909 Part 2, London, 1909 (Appendices)). Also the arms of Hill of Hill's Court, Exeter, Devon, per Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.487, which does not state the mullets to be pierced.
Title: Hill (of Houndston,Dorset) Arms
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