1790, Anthony Wood, The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the university of Oxford, page 256:
Argent, a Bend between six Bees en Arrière Sable : BEESTON.
1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 225:
[…] a chevron between two boars ' heads erased in chief and a bee volant en arrière in base all counterchanged.
1925, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, page 261:
The arms of Bassano (really of foreign origin and not an English coat) are : “ Per chevron vert and argent, in chief three silkworm flies palewise en arrière, and in base a mulberry branch all counterchanged.
