Close Coat of Arms / Family Crest

Same Arms. Crest—A boar sa. treading among weeds vert.

(Drumbanagher, formerly of Elm Park, co. Armagh, originally from Yorkshire, granted 1812). Az. on a chev. ar. betw. three mullets or, two buglehorns ppr. stringed gu. with a stirrup iron in the centre rest ppr. quartering Maxwell. Crest—Out of an eastern crown or, a demi lion ramp. vert holding a battle-axe headed ar. Motto—Fortis et fidelis.

(Sir Barry Close, third son of Maxwell Close, of Elm Park, created a bart, 1812, extinct 1813). Same Arms, Crest, and Motto.

(Leeds, Manchester, and Nottingham. The late John Close, of Manchester, m. Mary, dau. and sole heiress of Matthew Rylance, of Wigan and Liverpool). Vert a chev. ar. betw. two bezants, each charged in chief with a cross pattee gu. and in base a garb or, quartering gu. a rye sheaf or, pierced in pale by a lance ar. betw. two fleurs- de-lis of the second in fesse, for Rylance, of Wigan. Crest—A garb or, pierced transversely by a spear ppr. headed ar. Motto—Clausus mox excelsior.

(Nicholas Close, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1452). Az. on a chev. or, betw. three falcons close ar. us many roses gu.

Liège – Coupé au 1 d’or au lion de gueules au 2 d’argent à trois roses de gueules boutonnées d’or barbées de sinople Cimier le lion issant

Irlande – (Baronet, 12 déc. 1812. M. ét. au mois d’avril 1813) – D’azur au chevron d’argent ch d’un étrier et de deux cors de chasse le tout au naturel et acc de trois étoiles d’or Cimier un lion issant de sinople brandissant une hache d’armes d’argent Devise FORTIS ET FIDELIS