Gresley Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(co. Derby, temp. William the Conqueror). Same Arms.

(Drakelow, co. Derby, bart., and also of Nethersale Hall, co. Leicester). Same Arms. Crest—A lion pass. erm. armed, langued, and collared gu. Motto—Meliore fide quam fortuna.

(Douglas-Gresley, High Park, co. Worcester; Robert Archibald Dooglas, Lord of the Manor of Salwarpe, co. Worcester, assumed, 1830, the name of Gresley, in compliance with the will of Philip Gresley, Esq.). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, vaire erm. and gu. a canton vert for distinction, for Gresley; 2nd and 3rd, Douglas. Crests—1st, Gresley: A lion pass. ar. gorged for distinction with a collar vaire erm. and gu.; 2nd, Douglas, motto over, Jamais arriere. Motto—Meliore fide quam fortuna.

(arms in Ricote Church, co. Oxford, Visit. 1574; also in Thame Church; impaled by Quatremaine). Vaire or and gu.

Lord Gresley – Angleterre – (M. ét. en 1347) – Vairé d’or et de gueules

Leicestershire – (Baronet, 29 juin 1611) – Vairé d’hermine et de gueules Cimier un lion posé d’hermine colleté de gueules Devise MELIORE FIDE QUAM FORTUNA