Catesby Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(confirmed by the Deputies of Camden, Clarenceux, to Sir William Catesby, of Lapworth, ninth in descent from John Catesby, also confirmed to Roger de Catesby, of Newenham, eleventh in descent from William de Catesby, Lord of Catesby. Visit. Warwick. Har. MSS.). Same Arms. Crest—An antelope’s head couped at the neck ar. betw. the attires two battle axes erect or.

(Whiston, co. Northampton, Visit. Northants). Same Arms. Crest—A leopard pass. guard. ar. pellettee (another, a lion pass. guard. sa. crowned or).

(Seaton, co. Rutland, Sir John Catesby, Justice of the Common Pleas, had two sons, Sir Humphry, from whom Catesby, of Whiston, Northants and Essby, who m. Anne, dau. of John Seaton, of Seaton, co. Rutland, ancestor of the family seated there. Visit, co. Rutland). Same Arms and Crest.

(Althorpe-Hinton and Ashby-Legers, co. North­ampton). Same Arms. Crest—An antelope’s head couped ar. betw. the attires or, two battle axes erect ppr.