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HISTORY of SUSSEX

 

The Sussex coats-of-arms that are in this list means that I do not have a picture of the arms to go with the description. Rather than just leave them out all together, I decided to place them here.

 

 

The list is in a loose alphabetical order.

Allen

Arms: Ar. two bars, sa. in chief, three mullets of the second.

Ayloffe, Bart

Arms: Sa. a lion, rampant, collared, gu. betw. three crosses formee, or.
Crest: A demi-lion, or. collared, gu.

Ballard

Arms: Sa. a griffin, segreant, erm. Crest: A demi-griffin, segreant, erm
Quarterings: Quarterly, ar. and gu. in the second and third quarters, a fret, or. over all on a bend,sa. three fleurs-de-lis, ar.

Barham

Arms: Ar. on a fesse gu. betw. three bears, passant, sa. muzzled and chained, or. a fleur-de-lis between two martlets of the third.
Crest: A stork betw. bull-rushes, all ppr.

Board

Arms: Per. fesse, gu. and az. an escocheon, within an orle of martlets, ar.
Crest: A stag erm.

Bowyer

Arms: Or. a bend vair, cottised, sa.

Boys

Arms: Per chief, gu. and or. a griffin, segreant, sa.

Brisco

Arms: Ar. three greyhounds , courant, in pale, sa.
Crest: A greyhound, courant, sa. seizing a hare, ppr.

Bryan

Arms: Or. three piles, meeting in base, az. a canton, erm.
Crest: Erm. on a chief, az. the sun in splendour, or.

Caldecott

Arms: Per pale, or. and az. on a chief, gu. three leopard's faces of the first

Capper

Arms: Az. a chev. engr. erminois, betw. two bees, volant, in chief, and a bee-hive, in base, or. on a chief of the last, two buck's heads, cabossed, sa.
Crest: On a wreath, a dexter arm, embowed, vested, az. cuff erminois, the hand grasping a staff, in bend, sinister, ppr. thereon hoisted a banner of the first, fringed, and charged with a bee volant, or. Quartering: Chequy, ar. ans sa. on a bend, er. three billets, az. for Smallwood.

Chatfield

Arms: Ar. a griffin, segreant, sa.on a chief, ppr. three escallops of the field.
Crest: A heraldic antelope's head, erased, ar. armed and ducally gorged, or.

Chester

Arms: Ar. three garbs, or. Crest: A fleur-de-lis, sa
Quartering: Gu. a fesse, erm. betw. three martlets, or. for COURT .

Cheyney

Arms: Erm. on a bend, sa. three martletts, ar. with a crescent for difference.

Cralle

Arms: Ar. three mascells pierced, sa.

Crumpe

Arms: Gu. a chev. betw. three quatre-foils, or.
Crest: Three quatre-foils, or. stalked and leaved, vert.

Davies

Arms: Ar. a chev. sa. betw. three mullets, gu. pierced, or.
Crest: On a ducal coronet, or. a boar's head, couped, sa.

Day

Arms: Per chev. or. and az. three mullets counterchanged.
Crest: Two hands, conjoined, ppr. fixed to a pair of wings, the dexter or. the sinister az. each charged with a mullet, counterchanged.

Davy

Arms: Sa. a fesse. or. betw. three cinquefoils, erm.
Crest: a lion ,sejant, ar. supporting a column, or.

Donovan

Arms: Ar. an arm, lying fesseways, couped at the elbow, and holding a sword erect; entwined round the blade a serpent, all ppr.
Crest: A hawk, wings displayed, ppr.

Downman

Arms: Quarterly, vert. and ar. on the first and fourth quarters a fleur-de-lis of the last. Crest: A hand holding a lancet, ppr.

Dunmoll

No information at present.

Duke

Arms: Per fesse, ar. and az. three chaplets, counterchanged.
Crest: A demi-griffin, or. holding a chaplet, az.

Dyne

Arms: Ar. two bars gemelles, betw. three escallops.

Elfred

Arms: Erm. on a saltier, az. betw. two griffins' heads, erased, gu. a leopard's head, or. Crest: On a mount, vert. a lamb, couchant, ar. between two olive branches, ppr.

Erskine

Arms: Ar. a pale, sa. Quarterings: 1: Az. three garbs, or. with a mullet, or. for difference - for BUCHAN.   2: Or. a fesse, chequy, ar. and az. for STEWART.   3: Gu. an eagle displayed, looking towards the sun in his splendour, or. for CARDROSS.   4: Az. a bend betw. six cross-crosslets fitchee, or. for MAR.   5: Ar. three bars, gemellee, gu. surmounted by a lion, rampant, sa. for FAIRFAX.

Farnden

Arms: Purp. a chev. vaire, or. and gu. betw. three leopard's heads of the second. Crest: On a mural crown, a leopard's head, purp.

Glyd

Arms: Ar. three amulets, sa. two and one, on a bend, sa. betw. two cross crosslets, ar. six fleur-de-lis, ar.

Gott

Arms: Per saltier, ar. and sa. a bordure, counter-changed.
Crest: A Griffin's head, erm, betw. two wings, expanded,erm.

Harison

Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, on a fesse, three eagles displayed, 2 and 3, or. on a cross, sa. five crescents, ar. for Thomas.

Heringod

Arms: Az. semee of cross crosslets, six herrings in pale, or.

Hussey

Arms: Erm. three bars, gu.

Hussey of
Lamberhurst

Arms: Or. a cross vert. charged with a mullet, ar.
Crest: On a mount, vert. under an oak tree, a fawn, lodged, ppr. gorged with a ducal coronet, and chain reflexed over the back, or.

Ingram

Arms: Sa. a chev. betw. three garbs, or. Crest: a cock, ppr.

Kirby

Arms: Az. on a chev. erm. betw. three crosses moline, three pellets, or.
Crest: An elephant's head, erased, erm. charged on the neck with a cross moline, or. Quarterings: Ar. a tower betw. three keys erect, sa. for BAKER .
Purp. a chev. vaire, or. and gu. betw. three leopard's heads erased, or. for FARNDEN .

Londonoys

Arms: Gu. a lion, rampant, ar. within a bordure, erm.

Maunser

No information at present

Meeres

Arms: Gu. a fesse, betw. three water-bougets, erm.
Crest: A peacock's tail, erect, ppr.

Medley

Arms: Ar. two bars, gemelles, sa. in chief, three mullets, pierced, of the last. Crest: A tiger, sejant, vert, tufted and maned, or.

Michelborne

Arms: Or. a cross, betw. four eagles, displayed, sa.
Crest : A tiger, or. his mouth embrued, ppr.

Micklethwait

Arms: Chequy, ar. and gu. a chief indented, az. Crest: A griffin's head, ar. erased, gu. gorged with a collar, compony, gu. and ar.

Middleton

Arms: Ar. a saltier, engr. sa. in chief, a cinquefoil, gu.

Moreton

Arms: Quarterly 1 and 4 ar. two greyhounds courant, sa. collared, gu. 2 and 3 gu. a cross, erm. Crest: A wolf's head, ar.

Nesbitt

Arms: Ar. a chev. gu. betw. three boars heads, sa. tongued, gu.
Crest: A cubit arm erect, gu, holding a truncheon, sa.
Quartering: Ar, a chev. betw. three leopards faces, sa. on a canton, gu. a cross, ar.

Nutt

Arms: Per fesse, az. and erm. a pale, counter-changed, three pheons, ar. Crest: On a chapeau, gu. turned up, erm. a pheon, or. betw. two wings, expanded, or.

Osborne

Arms: Quarterly Az. and erm. on a cross or. five annulets sa.

Paine

Arms: Ar. on a fesse gu. three stags heads erased, of the field.
Crest: A stag's head, erased, ar.

Payne

Arms: Per. fesse, sa. and ar. two lions, passant, counterchanged, armed, and langued, gu. Crest: A lion's head erased, per. fesse, sa. and ar.

Piers or Pierce

Arms: Sa. a bend, wavy, or. betw. two unicorn's heads, erased, or.
Crest: A sphere, or. at the north and south pole an estoile of the last.

Plummer

Arms: Per chev. flory counter-flory, ar. and sa. three martlets, countercharged. Crest: Or. a demi-lion, rampant, gu. holding a garb, or.

Pope

Arms: Or. two chevrons, gu. on a canton of the last a mullet of the field.
Crest: On a chapeau gu. turned up, erm. a talbot, statant, ar. collared, sa. ringed and studded, or.

Poynings

Arms: Barry of six, or. and vert, with a bend, gu.

Price

Arms: Or on a pile, az. three boar's heads, couped, ar. of the field, tusked and langued, gu. Crest: A boar's head, erased, gu. holding in his mouth a broken spear, or.

Richbell

Arms: Ar. five lozenges in pale, fesseways, purp. on a chief, gu. a greyhound courant, or. Crest: A lion's head, erased and langued, gu. collared, or.

Ridge

Arms: Gu. a cross, engr. ar. in the first quarter a trefoil, slipped vert. Crest: A peacock in his pride, affronte, ar.

Richards, Bart

Arms: Ar. a chev. and in base a lion, rampant, az.
Crest: On a wreath, a lion, rampant, az.
Motto: Honore et Amore

Rochester

Arms: Chequy, ar. and gu. on a fesse, vert, three escallops, or. Crest: A cubit arm, in armour, erect, issuing from clouds, ppr. holding in the gauntlet a marygold, a rose, and a pomegranate, all ppr. leaved, vert. and environed with a ducal coronet, or.

Scrase

Arms: Az. a dolphin, naiant, ar. fins or betw. three escallops, of the last. Crest: On a stump of a tree, entwined by a serpent ppr. a falcon, volant also ppr. beaked, membered, and belled or.

Sergison

Arms: Ar. on a chev. betw. three dolphins, naiant, embowed, sa. a plate, betw. two fleur-de-lis of the field. Crest: A dolphin, naiant, embowed, sa. pierced with an arrow, ar. transversely vulned,gu.

Stanford

Arms: Sa. a chev. betw. three bugle-horns, stringed, ar.
Crest: A bull's head, couped, ppr. horned, or.

Trayton

Arms: Ar. on a bend, gu. a close helmet, or. Crest: A dapple grey horse, passant, ppr.

Thomson

Arms: A buck's head, cabossed, gu. attired, or. on a chief, az. a cross-crosslet, fitchee, of the third, betw. two mullets of six points of the first, pierced, az. Crest: A buck's head, gu. attired, or.

Trevor

Viscount Hampden.
Arms: Quarterly: 1 and 4, ar. a saltier, gu. betw. four eagles, displayed,az. for Hampden; 2 and 3, Party, per bend, sinister,erm. and erminois, a lion, rampant, or. for Trevor    Crest: On a chapeau, gu. turned up, erm. a wyvern, rising, for Trevor ; but, on a wreath, a talbot, passant. erm. collared and chained, gu. for Hampden.      Supporters: Two wyverns, reguardant, sa.

Trevor

Brand, Lord Dacre.
Arms: Two swords, in saltier, ar. pomels and hilts, or. within a bordure, engr. of the second. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet, or. a leopard's head, ar. spotted, of various colours.

Tufton

Earl of Thanet
Arms: Sa. within a bordure, ar an eagle, displayed, erm.
Crest: On a wreath, a sea lion, sejeant, ppr.
Supporters: Two eagles, their wings expanded, erm.

Webster, Bart

Arms: Az. on a bend, ar. cottised, or. betw. two demi-lions, rampant, erm. a rose, gu. seeded and leaved, ppr. betw. two boar's heads, couped, sa. langued, gu. Crest: A dragon's head, couped, reguardant, quarterly, per fesse, embattled, vert. and or. flames issuing from the mouth, ppr.

Western

Arms: Sa a chew, or. in chief, two crescents; in base, a trefoil slipped, of the last. Crest: A demi-lion rampant, or.holding in his dexter paw, a trefoil slipped, vert.

Wood

Arms: Sa. a fesse, cottised, betw. three lions' heads, erased, ar. ducally crowned, or.

Woodhams

Arms: Gu. a chev. betw. three roses. ar.
Crest: A buck's head, erased, betw. two sprigs of roses, all ppr.

Wynch

Arms: Ar. on a fesse, gu. three crosses, flory, of the field, a quarter az. semeo, of fleurs-de-lis, or. Crest: A lion's head, erased, regaurdant, ar. ducally crowned, or. betw. two spears of the last, headed of the first.

 

 

 

 

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