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The
following article is a direct translation from the classic
Genealogical and Heraldic reference "Herbarz Polski" by
Kasper Niesiecki S.J., (Lipsk) edition 1839-46.
The three skulls are arranged with two on the
bottom and one above between them. Petrasancta states that
three Turkish heads in turbans are in the coat of arms of the
family Below in Marchia, but two are arranged above and one on
the bottom. Dalmatia also claims a coat of arms with three
heads, but each wears a beard and a crown. The Warsaw Chapter has
the head of St. John the Baptist on a dish, because
the name of its church is "The Beheading of St. John."
Vadingus mentions in 1348, that Ferdynandus
Garsya de Platea received five Turkish heads from Emperor Charles
and King Philip of Spain in recompense for single handedly killing
the Turkish tyrant, Adryan Barbarossa, and four others.
Altho I cannot locate the origins of this coat
of arms, I know that a member of the family of Weskop moved from
Livonia to Poland in 1600 and received honorary citizenship for
military service. He married a wealthy heiress, Kozuchowska. His
son, Felicyan, was a captain of the royal cavalry for
twenty years, and married Anna Laskowska. They had two
daughters: Katarzyna, who married Dobrzycki, and Barbara,
who married Stefan Misiuna. Four sons died without heirs: Ignacy, Marcin,
Jedrzej, and Franciszek. The fifth son, Jan,
married Frances Morska, and their children were Stefan and Anna.
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