Surrey Coats of Arms I - Surrey County Council

SURREY COATS OF ARMS
NORTH of Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, and now, (1938), of Waldershare Park, {Nr. Dover}, Kent. Baron North of Guildford, Sep
27, 1683. Baron North of Kirtling by inheritance, (see North of Kirtling Towers 1), from 1734 to 1802, when this barony fell into abeyance, from
which it emerged in 1841 in favour of Susan, daughter and ultimate sole heir of George North, 3 rd Earl of Guildford, (see North of Kirtling
Towers 2). Earl of Guildford, Apr 8, 1752. *
Arms: Azure a lion passant Or between three fleur-de-lys Argent.
Crest: A dragon head erased Sable ducally gorged and chained Or.
Supporters: Two English mastiffs Proper.
Mottoes: Animo et fide; La vertu est la seule noblesse. (Doyle ii 82)
Descended from Sir Francis North, d. 1685, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and first Baron North of Guildford, 2 nd son of Dudley North, 4 th
Baron North of Kirtling. Frederick North, KG, (d.1792), 2 nd Earl of Guildford, but best known as 'Lord North', was Premier of England at the
time of the American War of Independence.
* The present holder of the title is Edward Francis, 9 th Earl of Guildford, DL, JP, (b.1933).
NORTH Richard Ford North of Glemham Lodge, West Norwood, (1804-88), was father of Edward Ford North of Comeragh Court,
Hook Heath, {Woking}, (1842-1927) and grandfather of Stephen Thomas Ford North of Comeragh Court, (1881-1964).
Arms: Quarterly Or and Azure in the first quarter a crescent of the second.
Crest: A lion passant Proper langued Gules.
Motto Animo et fide. (BLG18)
NORTH Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver Henry North, DSO, JP, FSA, Lancashire Fusiliers, at one time of Lockner, Chilworth, (1874-
1954), was 5 th son of North North, DL, JP, of Newton Hall, Lancashire, (1824-1910).
Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4, Per pale Azure and Sable a lion passant between in chief two fleurs-de-lys and in base a quatrefoil Or
(North); 2 and 3, Quarterly, i and iv, Argent a bend wavy Sable, ii and iii, Or a fleur-de-lys Azure (Burton).
Crest: A dragon's head erased Sable gutté-d'Or and collared and chained Or in front thereof three mascles interlaced fesswise also
Or.
Motto Animo et fide. (FD7; AWL)
NORTHEY of Woodcote Green in Epsom, and later also of Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, and Box, Wiltshire.
Arms: Or on a fess Azure between three panthers statant Proper semy of estoiles Argent a pansy of the first between two lilies of the
third.
Crest: A cockatrice, flames issuing from the mouth Proper. *
As borne by Sir Edward Northey, (d.Aug 16, 1723), of Woodcote, Attorney General to William III and Anne, son of William Northey, son of
Thomas Northey of London, (who recorded his Arms at the London Visitation 1634), son of Thomas Northey of Corsham, Wiltshire, son of
William Northey of Edington, Wiltshire.
* Motto: Steady (BLG18)
The present representative of the family is Lieutenant-Colonel Edward George Vernon Northey, KRRC, of Maidford, Norton, Malmesbury,
Wiltshire, (b.1910), whose father Major-General Sir Edward Northey, GCMG, CB, JP, (1868-1953), left Woodcote House.
NORTHUMBERLAND Duke of see DUDLEY and PERCY
NORTON of Wonersh House. Baron Grantley of Markenfield, Apr 9, 1782. Descended from Fletcher Norton, (d.Jan 1, 1789),
Baron Grantley, Attorney General and Speaker of the House of Commons, * son of Thomas Norton of Grantley, Yorkshire, son of Thomas
Norton of Grantley, 2 nd son of Welbury Norton of Sawley, Yorkshire, great-grandson of Richard Norton of Norton, Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1568.
Arms: Azure a maunch Ermine, over all a bend Gules.
Crest: A Moor head front-faced couped at the shoulders Proper, wreathed round the temples with ivy and round the neck with a
torse Argent and Azure.
Supporters: A lion Argent gorged with a ducal coronet Or and pendant therefrom by a riband Gules an escutcheon of the Arms of Norton.
A griffin Argent gorged and with an escutcheon pendant as the lion.
Motto Avi numerantus avorum. (Brayley v 150)
* His grandson Fletcher Norton, 3 rd Baron Grantley, (1798-1875), High Steward of Guildford, bought Guildford Castle, c.1842; his great-nephew
John Richard Brinsley Norton, 5 th Baron Grantley, (1855-1943), sold the castle to Guildford Corporation, 1886. The 3 rd Baron's brother the Hon.
George Chappell Norton, (1800-75), a metropolitan police-magistrate, was also Recorder of Guildford. (BP105; VCHS iii 559)
NORTON of Chipstead and Coulsdon.
Arms: Argent three lion heads erased Sable.
As borne by John Norton, from the time of Henry V, citizen and mercer of London. (Harl. Ms 1561, fo 50)
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