Cranmer Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(co. Nottingham). Ar. a chev. betw. three cranes az. Crest—A crane’s neck erased az. pierced through the back of the neck with an arrow ppr. barbed and plumed ar. the neck vulned gu.

(Sutterton, and Aslerton, co. Notts. Hugh Cranmer was of the former place temp. Edward III. Edward Cranmer, fourth in descent from him, m. Isabel, dau. and heir of William Aslerton, of Aslerton; his grandson Thomas Cranmer, had, inter alias, two sons, John, his heir; and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury temp. Henry VIII. Visit. Notts). Ar. on a chev. az. betw. three pelicans sa. as many cinquefoils or., quartering, ar. a fess fusily gu. on each fusil an escallop or. Crest—An eagle’s head erased russet, the neck pierced with an arrow or, flighted and barbed ar. (another, a cock’s head erased sa. wattled and jelloped gu).

(Quendon Hall, Essex; descended from Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, great-grandson of Edward Cranmer and Isauel, his wife, dau. and heir of William de Aslacton, of Aslacton, Notts. See Cranmer-Byng). The original arms were ar. a chev. betw. three cranes sa., but were altered by Henry VIII. to ar. on a chev. az. betw. three pelicans sa. as many cinquefoils or, the King declaring to the Archbishop that