D.4. The Arms of Assheton of Downham

The arms of the Assheton family of Downham near Whalley were a five-pointed star, “Argent a mullet sable pierced of the field” [VCH] vol. 6, p.554. but this was not a pentangle, the inner structure is missing.  The feature in the top left corner shown by [WHITAKER72], and reproduced in the figure below, has disappeared in [VCH].  The Assheton family of Downham near Whalley did not appear until the early sixteenth century, but their origins in the locality of Whalley go back to the thirteeth century. 

Figure D.4. The Arms of the Assheton family of Downham

The Arms of Assheton of Downham

The Arms of Assheton of Downham [WHITAKER78]