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More on the Poingdestre Crest

Presented here are additional examples of the family crest.

	This wood carving of the crest is on the front of the front pew in the parish church of St. Johns in Jersey. There are seven other crests on this pew from prominent Jersey fief families. The crest are arranged in groups of four. Between the groups of four crests, is a larger carving with text that looks like Vinche lés de Bas in the scanned photo. To the right of the Poingdestre crest is that of Hamptonne. Above right, I am not certain, looks like Le Rum. The crest above ours looks like De Maqout. I will need to dig out my original photos to see if they are more readable. In the other section of four are the crests of De Carteret, Dumaresque, Lempriere and another one I can't read on the scanned photo. This collection of crests was found by Sue Hardy, Jersey Tour Guide after the PDA tour in 1998. She showed these to Jamie Poindexter while visiting Jersey in 1999. Photos by Jamie.
	This crest is personalized to James Poingdestre, Esq. The shield is divided into six parts, showing his linage's from other families. Note that the fist and spur (star) appears twice, indicating his double descent from the Poingdestre's. Jane Goforth provided this copy of James' crest which is found in some family books as an example. She will be providing source information soon. (June 2004)
	This stone carving is in the entrance wall to La Maison on Jersey. The stone is badly weathered, but you can make out the Poingdestre fist on top of the shield and the spur (star) in the middle of the shield. The other thirds of the shield can't be made out from the photo so are consulting with Jersey researchers. There is another crest above this one, the bottom of it can be seen in this picture. More details to be provided. Photo by Jane Goforth taken during her visit to Jersey.
	Another example provided by Jane Goforth, copied from a publication. Details will be provided soon.
	Another example provided by Jane Goforth, copied from a publication. Details will be provided soon.

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