Bourchier Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Baron Bourchier, and Earl of Ewe and Essex, summoned to Parliament 1342. John, 2nd Lord Bourchier, was K.G., temp. Richard II. Earldom extinct 1539, barony in abeyance 1646). Ar. a cross engr. gu. betw. four water bougets sa. Crest—A man’s head in profile ppr. ducally crowned or, with a pointed cap gu.

(Essex). Sa. three leopards pass, in pale or, a crescent for diff.

(confirmed by Camden, Clarenceux, to Sir James Bourchier, Knt., 1610). Sa. three leopards statant or. Crest A greyhound saliant or.

(Essex and London). Sa. a chev. erm. betw. three leopards pass. or. Crest—A greyhound sejant ar. ducally gorged or.

Ar. on a cross engr. gu. betw. four ogresses a label az. fleury or.

(Kent). Ar. a cross engr. gu. betw. four water bougets sa. within a bordure gobonated or and of the second (another charges it with seven bezants).

(London). Sa. a chev. erm. betw. three wolves or.

(Barnesley, co. Gloucester). Az. a chev. betw. three martlets or.

Comte d’Essex – Kent – (Comte d’E., 30 juin 1461. M. ét. en 1539) – D’argent à la croix engrelée de gueules cantonnée de quatre bouses de sable Cimier une tête et col de vieillard habillée de sinople au rabat d’or couronnée du même coiffé d’un bonnet albanais de gueules houppé d’or