Walter Gervais

Arms given by Pole,[1] left: Quarterly argent and gules, a bordure vert bezantée ("Gervais of Exeter"); right: Argent, six ostrich feathers sable, three, two and one ("Gervays of Exeter")[2]

Walter Gervais (fl. 1218) of the City of Exeter in Devon, England, was a wealthy merchant who served several times as Mayor of Exeter and who founded the Old Exe Bridge on the west side of the City crossing the River Exe. He is one of Prince's Worthies of Devon.[3]

  1. ^ Pole, p.485
  2. ^ Also in the 1564 Heraldic Visitation of Devon later the arms of "Jarvys of Stralling" (Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.504)
  3. ^ Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London [1]