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Claude Joseph Bourret
S.C.
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Registered: The International Register of
Arms, 23 March 2015.
Registration No. 0324.
(Vol.2).
Arms:
Gyronny Or and Azure, a
lion Gules armed and
langued Azure charged on
the shoulder with a
fleur-de-lis Or.
Crest:
A demi lion
rampant Gules armed and
langued Azure charged on
the shoulder with a
locomotive wheel Or and
holding between the paws
a fagot also Or bound
Azure.
Motto:
Discendo Et
Perseverando Cresco.
Flag:
A banner of
the Arms.
Badge:
Two swords in saltire
proper, hilts and
pommels Or, overall a
lion’s face Gules
wearing a coronet flory
Or jewelled proper.
Badge:
A lion’s face Gules
crowned with a coronet
flory Or jewelled proper
and jessant-de-lis
Azure.
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Grant:
[Arms
and Flag]:
Canadian
Heraldic
Authority:
Volume IV page
13 of the
Public
Register of
Arms, Flags
and Badges of
Canada; 15th
March 2000.
Grant
of Badge:
Canadian
Heraldic
Authority:
Volume V page
536 of the
Public
Register of
Arms, Flags
and Badges of
Canada; 20th
August 2010.
Grant
of a Flag and
a Badge:
Canadian
Heraldic
Authority:
Volume VI page
215 of the
Public
Register of
Arms, Flags
and Badges of
Canada; 15th
March 2013.
The
gyronny gold
and blue
pattern of the
field of the
shield comes
from the arms
of
Charlesbourg,
Quebec, the
ancestral home
of the
armiger's
forbear,
Gilles Bourée
dit Lépine. It
also mirrors
the geographic
pattern of the
town's lands.
The two lions
in the Arms
and Crest
recall the
ancestor's
native
Normandy, in
France. The
fleur-de-lis
refers to the
French roots
of Marie de
Bellehache, to
royal France
and to the
calling of
Gilles Bourée
as a soldier
in the French
army.
The
bundle of
sticks
(bourrée in
French) refers
to the origins
of the family
name,
originally
given to
people who
worked as
bundlers of
wood. The
locomotive
wheel
designates Mr.
Bourret's
career as an
employee of
the Canadian
Pacific
Railway.
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The
lion's head in
the first
badge recalls
the arms of
the Duchy of
Normandy,
homeland of
the armiger's
ancestors. A
lion also
appears in Mr.
Bourret's arms
granted in
2000. The
swords
illustrate the
military
career of his
ancestor
Gilles Bourée
dit Lépine.
The
fleurs-de-lis
crown honours
the French
origins of
Marie de
Bellehache,
wife of Gilles
Bourée dit
Lépine and
daughter of
Pierre de
Bellehache,
and recalls
royal France.
The swords in
saltire evoke
the arms of de
Bellehache.
The
standard
combines
several other
elements of
the grants
made to Mr.
Bourret. The
crowned red
lion holding
the standard
recalls the
lion found in
the arms of
Normandy and
of royal
France. The
compartment of
fleurs-de-lis
and maple
leaves honour
Mr. Bourret's
French
ancestry and
his Canadian
nationality.
The lion's
head and the
fleur-de-lis
of the second
badge are
taken from the
arms, while
the crown is
taken from the
armiger's
first badge.
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After
the year 2000, the
armiger sent a request
to the Chief Herald of
Canada to add a banner
to the coat of arms. The
Chief Herald of Arms
accepted it but said
that she would have to
order a new coat of arms
design. This gave the
armiger the opportunity
to ask if a change could
be made to substitute
the old helmet for a new
one. The Chief Herald
was positive about the
idea but suggested that
the armiger himself
sought a suitable model
for consideration and
after a search of
several existing models,
the armiger was inspired
to create a unique
helmet with vertical
slots. After sending a
sketch, the Chief Herald
was pleased with the
result and the armiger
sent his sketch to the
Canadian Heraldic
Authority for a final
drawing. The Chief
Herald helped to
determine the blazon and
“Un heaume ajouré et
orné à l'ancienne” (An
old-fashioned openwork
and ornate helmet) was
chosen. The two swords
illustrated on the first
badge come from the
armiger’s French
heritage; it is named
the sword of
Charlemagne. The coronet
fleur-de-lis jewelled
proper model shown on
the 1st and on the 2nd
badge and on the head of
the lion Gules
supporter, again comes
from French heritage. It
was granted to the
armiger to honour his
ancestors.
On
May 28 2022, in Laval,
Québec, Canada, an
official ceremony from
the Order of the Knights
of Columbus (French
version: Ordre des
Chevaliers de Colomb)
prepared chosen members,
from the Third degree,
to access the Fourth
degree; the armiger was
honoured to be among
them. Holders of the
highest and prestigious
degree in the Order use
the title of Sire
Chevalier or S.C.
(French version).
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