House Yew

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House Yew
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Coat of arms Argent, a longbow or, flaunches gules
Head Manfryd Yew
Region The Westerlands
Overlord House Lannister

House Yew is a house of landed knights from the Westerlands.

Their arms do not appear in the books, but according to semi-canon sources they are a golden longbow on white between two crimson flaunches.[1]

The Yew House at the end of the third century

The only known Yew during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire is:

References in the books

A Song of Ice and Fire

  • Ser Manfryd Yew and Ser Raynard Ruttiger are entrusted by Daven Lannister to see no boats escape downstream during the siege of Riverrun.
  • The Blackfish escaped swimming from Riverrun on a moonless night. Jaime thinks that if Ruttiger, Yew or their men heard a splash they would believe it was a turtle or a trout.

References and Notes

  1. The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Westerlands