There is a tradition held by some of the descendants of William Gardiner ( son of Benoni ), son of George of Newport, that William won his Crest at Acre in 1191, by chopping through the shoulder of a Saracen who was about to kill Richard Coeur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart, hence the Saracen's head on the Coat of Arms.
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Through some poems of Bertran de Born, a friend and fellow troubadour, we know that Guillem was an enemy of Alfonso II . The troubadour and the king appear to have made peace by 14 April 1185, when Guillem figured among some followers of the king at a meeting with Richard Coeur de Lion at the Ch�teau de Najac, to fortify their alliance against Raymond VI of Toulouse.
