Gyll Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Haughton le Skerne, co. Durham; derived from Thomas Gyll, of Thriscrosse, Knaresborough, co. York, living in the 16th century; the sisters and co-heirs of Thomas Gyll, Esq., Barrister-at-law, of Barton, who d. in 1780, were Anne, wife of Francis Hartley, Gent., of Middleton Tyas, co. York; Jane, m. to Thomas Buckton, of Dalton Gales, co. York; Elizabeth, Mary, and Alice, m. to Ralph Hoason, of Kneeting). Sa. a pale betw. four fleurs-de-lis or. Crest—The head of an eastern king couped at the shoulders in profile ppr. crowned and collared, a chain passing from the rim of the crown behind to the back of the collar all or.

(co. Essex). Ar. a chev. betw. three escallops sa.

(granted, about 1586, to Ralph Gyll, “Keeper of the Queene’s lyons at the Tower of London;

(Wyddial Hall, co. Hertford, and Wyrardisbury, co. Buckingham; originally from co. Cambridge, in which county the family was resident from the reign of Richard II. until about the year 1455, when John Gyll, Esq., of Buckland, in. a lady of that place, and removed thither. His grandson, John Gyll, m. Margaret, dau. and heiress of George Canon, Esq., of Wyddial Hall, and, dying in 1546, left a son and heir, George Gyll, Esq., grandfather of Sir George Gyll, Knt., direct ancestor of the present family). Sa. two chev. ar. each charged with three mullets of the field, in base a cinquefoil of the second, on a canton or, a lion pass. guard. gu.; quartering, for Flemyng, quarterly, 1st and 4th, gu. a chev. within a double tressure flory counter­flory ar.; 2nd and 3rd, az. three cinquefoils ar. all within a bordure or, charged with eight fleurs-de-lis az. Crest—A hawk’s head az. betw. two wings fretty vert. Motto—Virtutis gloria merces.

(co. York). Sa. a fesse betw. four fleurs-de-lis or

(co. Hertford). Sa. a bend or, over all a chev. ar. charged with three mullets of the first, on a canton of the second a lion ramp. gu.