Ames Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(granted to Henry Metcalfe Ames, Esq. of Lindon, co.Northumberland, and his descendants, and the descendants of Lionel Ames, Esq., of the Hyde, co. Bedford). Ar. on a bend cottised between two annulets sa. a quatrefoil betw. two roses of the field; quartering for Poole, per pale or and gu. a saltier betw. two mascles in pale and in fesse as manyleopards’ faces jessant de lis, counterchanged, and for Metcalf, per fesse or and sa. in chief two calves statant and in base a dove volant counterchanged. Crest—A rose ar. slipped and leaved ppr. in front thereof an annulet or.

(Cote House, Westbury-on-Trym, co. Somerset). Same Arms, quartering Poole, Chauncey, &c. Motto—Fama Candida rosa dulcior.

Voir Amos.