sable and argent, standing between two broom-stalks proper. The broom plant (Planta genista) inspired the naming of the Plantagenet dynasty and the genet alluded to it. Notes References Sources Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895. Further reading (This is a reprint of the forward to Byrne's collection of the letters) 15th-century births 1460s births 1542 deaths Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle Knights of the Garter Illegitimate children of English monarchs 16th-century English nobility 15th-century English people High Sheriffs of Hampshire Children of Edward IV of England 1 Peers of England created by Henry VIII Court of Henry VIII Sons of kings