Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council
Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council
Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council
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SURREY COATS OF ARMS<br />
WISE Major Lewis Lovatt Ayshford Wise, JP, <strong>of</strong> Clayton, Staffordshire, (b.1844), son <strong>of</strong> John Ayshford Wise, DL, JP, <strong>of</strong> Clayton,<br />
(1810-70), was also <strong>of</strong> Mayhurst, Maybury Hill, Woking. (BLG13)<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Sable three chevronels Ermine.<br />
Crests: 1, A mermaid Proper; 2, A demi lion rampant Gules gutté-d'eau holding in the dexter paw a mace Or. (BGA)<br />
WISE Fairbairn records the family <strong>of</strong> Wise <strong>of</strong> Hillbank, Forfar, and <strong>of</strong> Thornton, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, as bearing<br />
Crest: A demi Moor in armour Proper issuing out <strong>of</strong> the top <strong>of</strong> a tower Argent holding in his dexter hand a dart Azure plumed and<br />
barbed Or with the point downwards and in his sinister a Roman shield Proper.<br />
Motto: Circumspice. (FBC)<br />
Burke records this crest, (blazoning the demi Moor as a demi negro, and the dart Argent) for Wise <strong>of</strong> Ludan and Hillbrook, Forfar, with<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Sable three chevronels Ermine. (BGA)<br />
The latter coat was the first matriculation, 1807, by Wise <strong>of</strong> Hillbank, the second in 1878, being: Per chevron Sable and Or in chief two<br />
chevronels Ermine and in base a stag trippant Azure. (POA)<br />
WISEMAN William Wiseman <strong>of</strong> Canfield, 10 Knollys Road, Streatham, (b.1859), son <strong>of</strong> William Thomas Wiseman, DD, LL.D, (1837-<br />
1911).<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Per chevron Sable and Gules on a chevron invected Ermine between two cronels in chief Argent and a fleur-de-lys in base Or<br />
two arrows chevronwise points upwards Proper.<br />
Crest: The battlements <strong>of</strong> a tower Argent issuant therefrom a demi man affronté Proper vested holding in the dexter hand two<br />
arrows in saltire points downwards and resting the sinister hand on a trefoil slipped and in front <strong>of</strong> the man a fleur-de-lys all Or.<br />
Motto: Sapit qui Deo sapit. (FD7)<br />
WISHART <strong>of</strong> Leatherhead.<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Argent three piles meeting in the base point Gules.<br />
Crest: An eagle head erased Or.<br />
From the monument in Leatherhead Church to Admiral Sir James Wishart, (d.Jun 1723), brother <strong>of</strong> William Wishart, Principal <strong>of</strong> Edinburgh<br />
University.<br />
WITHAM Philip Witham <strong>of</strong> Sutton Place and <strong>of</strong> Whitmoor House, Sutton Park, (1842-1921), 4 th son <strong>of</strong> Sir Charles Witham, RN,<br />
(1791-1853), married, 1878, Louisa, daughter <strong>of</strong> Marmaduke Charles Salvin <strong>of</strong> Burn Hall, Co. Durham and inherited Sutton Place from her uncle<br />
Francis Henry Salvin <strong>of</strong> Sutton Place, qv.<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Or a bendlet Gules between three eaglets (or peewits) close Azure.<br />
Crest: Out <strong>of</strong> a ducal coronet Or a demi woman hair dishevelled Proper in her dexter hand a gem ring Gold.<br />
Motto: Optime merenti. (BLG13)<br />
WITHER or WITHERS <strong>of</strong> Bentworth, Hampshire and Wandsworth.<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Argent a chevron Gules between three crescents Sable.<br />
As borne by George Wither, (d.May 2, 1667), the poet, Governor <strong>of</strong> Farnham Castle for the Parliament, son <strong>of</strong> George Wither <strong>of</strong> Bentworth, son<br />
<strong>of</strong> Richard Wither, a younger son <strong>of</strong> the Withers <strong>of</strong> Manydown Park, Hampshire. (Guillim, edit. 1660)<br />
WITTS <strong>of</strong> London and <strong>of</strong> Surbiton.<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Vert three hares courant Proper.<br />
Crest: An eagle with wings elevated holding in his beak a sprig <strong>of</strong> broom and sitting on a mound <strong>of</strong> springing corn all Proper.<br />
As granted, Feb 1 1769, to ….Witts <strong>of</strong> London, and from the monument in Kingston Church to Broome Phillips Witts, (d.Jan 6, 1845 aged 71),<br />
<strong>of</strong> Brunswick Square and Surbiton.<br />
Motto: Ante obitum nemo felix.<br />
atte WODE <strong>of</strong> Wood Place in Coulsdon see under ATWOOD <strong>of</strong> Sanderstead.<br />
WODEHOUSE Richard Lancelot Deane Wodehouse <strong>of</strong> Oakley, Merstham, (1892-1940), was son <strong>of</strong> Henry Ernest Wodehouse, CMG, Hong<br />
Kong CS, (1845-1929), and descended from Sir Armine Wodehouse 5 th Bart., (1714-77). Of the same family, General Sir Josceline Heneage<br />
Wodehouse, GCB, CMG, RA, <strong>of</strong> Dormans, Greenhill Road, Farnham, (1852-1930), was son <strong>of</strong> Vice-Admiral George Wodehouse, (1810-1900),<br />
and descended from John, 1 st Baron Wodehouse <strong>of</strong> Kimberley, (1741-1834); and Reginald Berkeley Wodehouse <strong>of</strong> Priory Lodge, Priory Lane,<br />
Roehampton, (b.1866), elder son <strong>of</strong> Colonel Killegrew Reginald Berkeley Wodehouse, 1 st Battalion HLI, (1843-1935), and descended from<br />
John, 2 nd Baron Wodehouse <strong>of</strong> Kimberley, (1771-1846).<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Sable a chevron Or gutté de sang between three cinquefoils Ermine.<br />
Crest: A dexter arm couped and erect vested Argent and grasping a club in bend sinister Or.<br />
Mottoes: 1, (under shield), Agincourt; 2, (over crest), Frappe fort. (BP105; FD7)<br />
WOFFINGTON Margaret ("Peg") W<strong>of</strong>fington, (1720-60), a famous actress, (DNB), is buried in St. Mary's Church, Teddington.<br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Or three leopards' faces Gules. (EXH)<br />
WOKING Urban District <strong>Council</strong><br />
<strong>Arms</strong>: Quarterly Or and Gules a cross flory between in the first and fourth quarters a fleur-de-lys and in the second and third<br />
quarters a fret all counterchanged.<br />
Motto: Fide et diligentia. Granted 1930. (CCH)<br />
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