British peerages
Arms of Talbot: Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed or .[ 1] These were the paternal arms of Gwenllian, the daughter and heiress of Rhys Mechyll (d. 1244) (Prince of the Welsh House of Dinefwr , grandson of Rhys ap Gruffydd ), and wife of Gilbert Talbot (d. 1274), grandfather of Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (d. 1345/6)[ 2] [unreliable source ] assumed by Talbot as arms of alliance of a great heiress, superseding his own former paternal arms of Bendy of 10 pieces argent and gules [ 3] .The assumption about Gwenllian however was unfounded as Rhys Mechyll also had male heirs[ 4] who acceded to the arms of the House of Deheubarth
Arms of Talbot (ancient ): Bendy of ten argent and gules
Baron Talbot is a title that has been created twice. The title was created first in the Peerage of England . On 5 June 1331, Sir Gilbert Talbot was summoned to Parliament , by which he was held to have become Baron Talbot.
The title Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol , in the County of Glamorgan, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1733 for Charles Talbot , a descendant of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (the 8th Baron of the first creation), the Earl Talbot .
^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1015, E. of Shrewsbury & Waterford
^ http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TALBOT.htm#Gilbert TALBOT (1° B. Talbot)
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th.ed. vol. 11, p.691, Heraldry
^ Siddons M P: 'The Development of Welsh Heraldry', Vol. 1, p. 289, NLW 1991.