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http://www.houseofnames.com/rasberry-family-crest
Presumably the original name came from the fact that they grew raspberries ("Go see William." "Which William? There's dozens of them." "You know, William with the Raspberries." "Hey, that's clever, we should start giving a second name to everybody!" "Brilliant!"
The blazon, for other heraldry nerds, would be Gules, on a Bend Argent three Crosses Crosslet Fitchy.
Presumably the original name came from the fact that they grew raspberries ("Go see William." "Which William? There's dozens of them." "You know, William with the Raspberries." "Hey, that's clever, we should start giving a second name to everybody!" "Brilliant!"
The blazon, for other heraldry nerds, would be Gules, on a Bend Argent three Crosses Crosslet Fitchy.
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