2. Barry of 10, arg. and gu., a lion rampant ducally crowned or. _Brandon._
5. Barry of 6, arg. and az., in chief a label of the first. _Grey._
7. Az., a wolf's head erased arg. _Lupus._
8. Barry of 10, arg. and az., an orle of ten martlets gu. _Valence, Earl of Pembroke._
10. Gu., 7 mascles conjoined or, three, three, and one. _Ferrers of Groby._
11. Az., a lion rampant arg., within a bordure engrailed or. _Tyrrell._
12. Gu., a fess between 6 crosses crosslet or. _Beauchamp._
13. Chequy, or and az., a chevron erm. _Warwick._
14. Gu., a lion statant arg., crowned or. _Lyle._
On an escutcheon of pretence, being the arms of Barbara Gamage.
1. Arg., a bend lozengy gu., on a chief az., 3 escallops arg. _Gamage._
3. Chequy, or and arg., a fess erm. _Calthrop._
[_Polydori Vergilii historiae_, libri vigintiseptem. Basileae, 1570.]
Robert Sydney (born November 1563, died 13th July 1626) was the son of Sir Henry Sydney, K.G. He was educated at Oxford, and in 1584 became Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire, and afterwards for Kent. In 1586 he was knighted by the Earl of Leicester, and in 1603 he was created Baron Sydney of Penshurst, and two years afterwards Viscount L'Isle.
Lord L'Isle was made a Knight of the Garter in 1616, and in 1618 he was created Earl of Leicester. In 1584 he married Barbara Gamage of Coity, daughter of John Gamage. She died in 1621, and Lord Leicester married for his second wife Sarah, daughter of William Blount.
1st and 4th; arg., a chevron sa., between 3 sykes, or fountains, ppr. _Sykes._
2nd and 3rd; gu., an estoile between 3 fleurs-de-lys arg. _Masterman._
In the centre point the Ulster hand, gu. Above the shield are the letters M[ark] M[asterman] S[ykes].
[VALERIUS MAXIMUS. _Facta et Dicta Memorabilia_, Mainz, 1471.]
Mark Sykes (born circ. 1771, died 16th February 1823) was the son of Sir Christopher Sykes, Baronet, of Sledmere, Yorks. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1801. Mr. Sykes was educated at Oxford, and in 1795 was High Sheriff of Yorkshire. He represented York in Parliament for several years. He assumed the additional name of Masterman in 1795, on the occasion of his marriage to Henrietta, daughter and heiress of Henry Masterman of Settrington, Yorks, but he left no heirs and was succeeded by his brother Tatton.