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A Roll of Arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms which may be recorded in a variety of ways; written (blazon), painted, drawn or carved. They are usually arranged as a row shields accompanied by the identity of the person bearing the arms.

Types of Roll
The heraldist Stephen Friar classifies Roll types as:


 * Occasional.
 * Those rolls relating to a specific event such as an expedition, tournament or a siege.


 * Institutional.
 * Rolls associated with foundations, orders of religion or chivalry possibly compiled over many years.


 * Regional
 * It is almost peculiarly English to have regional or local rolls - County rolls of the 14th century.


 * Illustrative
 * These are sometimes used to illustrate stories or chronicles.


 * General
 * A combination of a variety of collections.

With the advent of the Internet;


 * Online rolls
 * A number of heraldic, family, clan societies maintain rolls of their members.

Written

 * Johann Siebmacher (Begr.), Horst Appuhn (Hrsg.) Johann Siebmachers Wappenbuch von 1605, München : Orbis-Ed., 1999, ISBN 3-572-10050-X


 * Armorial Gelre is a well known medieval roll of arms.

Online

 * Peerage International Register of Arms'', International Register of Armorial Bearings (Coats of Arms)

Tweedy of Essex, The Hoo, Kempston, And Of Widmore Lodge
The branch descends from a George Twedye, born circa 1430, who was recorded in the Herald’s Visitation of Essex 1558 & 1612 as coming "owt of Scotland frome a howse called Dromelzane". His Arms were noted as Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a saltire engrailed Gules a Chief Azure (for Twedye); 2nd & 3rd Azure a Cross pattee ermine between 3 Cinquefoils Or, (for Fraser) - a heraldic reference to the Tweedie connection with the Frasers. George's exact relationship to the Tweedies of Drummelzier has not been established. His great grandson, William Twedy, died in 1605 and is buried at Little Sampford, Essex. His memorial describes him as a distinguished'' military commander first under Queen Elizabeth of glorious memory in surpressing the tumults of the north of England, next under the invincible hero the Lord Baron de Willoughby in France, and lastly under the auspices of the illustrious Earl of Leicester, in the Netherlands, and was Warden of the military works at Bergen-op-Zoom. ''

The family remained in Essex until the 16th century when it moved to Yorkshire before returning to the South of England in the 18th century. The family was centred around Bromley, Kent. Colonel George Tweedy HEIC lived at Bromley House, John Newman Tweedy lived at Widmore House and his son, Arthur Hearne Tweedy, at Widmore Lodge. The family's connection with Bromley is commemorated by naming of Tweedy Road in the centre of the town.

Arthur Hearne Tweedy died unmarried and the family is now represented by Brigadier Oliver Robert Tweedy late of the Black Watch.

=Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy=

Family
Hardy married Louisa Emily Anns Berkeley daughter of Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkely and had three daughters ;

1.Louisa Georgiana Hardy

2.Emily Georgiana hardy

3.Mary Charlotte Hardy

Mary married in 1833 Sir John Atholl Murray Macgregor Bt whose descendants include Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin, Earl of Mansfield and Baron Hindlip.

John McCabe's biography of Laurel and Hardy, Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy, contains a statement by Oliver Hardy that he was a direct descendant of Sir Thomas Hardy; the relationship has not been otherwise documented.