Richard the Prothonotary (1553-1638), was granted in 1593 by R.Cooke and confirmed in 1602 by Segar.

It is difficult to work out when the various coats of arms were added to the House and the Cust and Brownlow names get a bit mixed up. Belton house passed from Young Sir John to his brother Sir William Brownlow and then to his daughter Anne who married Sir Richard Cust. Anne and Richards son was Sir John Cust but their son was called Sir Brownlow Cust; in turn their son was John Cust, 2nd Baron Brownlow who married Sophia Egerton. Their sons seem to be names John Hume Egerton and Charles Henry Brownlow. The house passed to both their sons "John William Spencer Egerton Cust, 3rd Baron and 2nd Earl Brownlow" and "Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 4th Baron and 3rd and last Earl Brownlow". The house then passed across to their cousin "Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne Cust, 5th Baron Brownlow".

I have also heard that the Cust family generally adopted the name of Brownlow. The photo of a the grave that I sent previously was of "Maud Brownlow" who was married to "Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne Cust" and the arms on that grave seem to be those of Cust but with the Brownlow motto "Esse quam videri". It seems that names, arms and mottos were all interchanged by various people.

It seems "Esse quam videri" is normally associated with Brownlow and "Opera illius mea sunt" seems to be associated with Cust .

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