Coat of arms Henry VII in manuscript, Matthew Paris, 1 January 1255

Coats of arms from manuscript chronica majora part 2 (matthew paris) - parker ms 16, folio 155v. Reversed to indicate deaths top row: 2nd row: 3rd row: henry (vii) (1211 – 12 february 1242), a member of the hohenstaufen dynasty, king of sicily from 1212 until 1217 and king of germany (formally rex romanorum) from 1220 until 1235, as son and co-ruler of emperor frederick ii. Bottom row, right: com(e)s wa(rew)ic ("earl of warwick"). Inverted shield of thomas, earl of warwick, to indicate his death. Chequy azure and argent a bend ermine. Arms of newburgh, earl of warwick: chequy or and azure, a chevron ermine (here with a bend ermine). Arms of "de newburgh": chequy or and azure, a chevron ermine, borne by w:henry de beaumont, 5th earl of warwick (c. 1192-1229) (aliter "henry de newburgh"), descendant of gundred de warenne (daughter of w:elizabeth of vermandois) and her first husband roger de beaumont, 2nd earl of warwick (c. 1102-1153), a difference of the de warenne arms, themselves first adopted by ralph, count of vermandois, brother of elizabeth of vermandois (source: g. E. Cokayne, the complete peerage, n. S. , vol. Xii, part 1, appendix j, "the warenne group of chequered shields", pp. 26-9). Date: 1 January 1255.