(Cheshire). Ar. on a mullet sa. a plate, in chief a crescent of the second. Crest—A boar’a head couped ar.
(granted by Roberts, Ulster, 1647, to Major Miles Ashton, descended of a noble and ancient family of that name in co. Pal. Lancaster). Ar. an ash tree on a mount base all ppr. growing through a tun or, on a chief sa. a mullet of the first. Crest—A man armed cap-a-pie striking with a scythe ppr. Motto—Quid non resolutio.
(Cheshire). Or, a mullet sa.
(Ashton, co. Chester). Per chev. sa. and ar.
(Cheshire and Lancashire). Ar. a mullet sa. Crest—A boar’s head couped ar. Motto—In Domino confido.
(Polefield Hall, Prestwich, Manchester. Howarth Ashton, Esq., J.P., capt. Duke of Lancaster’s Own yeomanry). Same as last, quartering sa. a chev. ar. betw. three plates, each charged with a cross patee az.
(Clubcliffe, co. York). Barry of six ar. and sa. a bend gu.
(Charles Ashton, Esq. of Maplewell Grange, co. Leicester, M.A., F.R.G.S.). Arms, Crest, and Motto same as Ashton of Polefield.
(Hefferston, co. Chester and Woolton, co. Lancaster, confirmed 1664). Ar. a mullet sa. a canton gu. in cliicf an annulet for diff. Crest—A stag at gaze ar. attired and unguled or, collared with a wreath vert.
(Preston, co. Lancaster). Ar. a mullet pierced sa. a canton gu. quartering FLEETWOOD of Penwortham.
(Chadderton, co. Lancaster, 1567). Ar. a mullet ea. Crest—A mower with his scythe ppr. habited quarterly ar. and sa. the handle of his scythe or, the blade of the first.
(Penketh, co. Lancaster, 1567, 1613 Ar. a chev. betw. three mascles gu.
(Great Lever, co. Lancaster; allowed 1562 by Dalton, Norroy). Ar. on a mullet sa. an annulet of the field (sometimes a canton gu.) quartering Barton, Midleton, and Lever. In fess point a crescent charged with a crescent for diff. Crest—As Ashton of Chadderton, the mower having upon his breast crescents as in the Arms.
(Shepley, co. Lancaster). Ar. a mullet sa. pierced of the field. Crest—A mower with his scythc, his face and hands ppr. his habit and cap counterchanged ar. and sa. the handle of the scythe or, the blade ar. as in action.
(Crofton, co. Lancaster). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. a chev. sa. betw. three mascles gu.; 2nd and 3rd, ar. two bars sa.
(Crofton, co. Lancaster). Ar. a chev. betw. three chaplets gu. (another, the chev. sa.). Crest—Out of the clouds ppr. a demi angel with wings expanded, vested ar. face and hands ppr. hair, wings, and girdle or.
(Penketh, co. Lancaster, derived from the marriage of Richard Ashton with Margaret, dau. and heir of Richard Penketh. Thomas Ashton of Penketh suffered for his loyalty in 1646). Ar. a chev. gu. betw. three mascles sa.
(Lancashire). Ar. a mullet sa. pierced erm. Crest—A boar’s head couped ar.
(Weston, co. Leicester). As Ashton or Asheton, Cheshire, with a crescent for diff.
(Spalding co. Lincoln, and London). Ar. a mullet pierced sa. in the dexter chief a fleur-de-lis gu. Crest—Out of a mural coronet ar. a griffin’s head gu. ducally gorged and beaked or.
(Ashton-under-Line, co. Lancaster, and Sheering, co. Essex). The same, a crescent for diff.
(Staffordshire). Ar. a fesse sa. in chief three lozenges of the second.
(Suffolk). Ar. a fesse sa. in chief three fusils of the second.
(Wiltshire and Yorkshire). Sa. a saltire ar.
Ar. a chev. under it the dexter side of a demi chev. both betw. three chaplets gu.
Ar. two bars sa. over all a bend gu.
(Lamorran, co. Cornwall). Ar. an ash tree ppr. issuing from a tun or.
(Castleton, Stony Middleton, Hathersage, &c. co. Derby, descended from the Ashtons of Lancashire: of the Stony Middleton family was the learned Dr. Charles Ashton. Master of Jesus’ College, Cambridge). Ar. a mullet sa. a crescent for diff. Crest—A boar’s head couped ar.
(Killamarsh, co. Derby, descended from Sir John Ashton, a natural son of Sir John Ashton, of Ashton-under-Line). Ar. a mullet sa. a baton sinister gu. Crest—A mower with his scythe, his face and hands ppr. his cap and habit counterchanged ar. and sa. the handle of the scythe or, the blade ar. as in action.
(Thomas Ashton, M.D. of Manchester). Erm. a mullet betw. three heraldic tigers’ heads erased sa. Crest—Upon a mount vert an heraldic tiger’ ramp, or, gorged with a collar dancettee, and holding betw. the paws a mullet sa. Motto—Agere pro aliis.
(quartered by Mitford as representing a second son of Assheton of Middleton). Ar. a mullet pierced sa.
Ar. a pile sa. over all a fesse engr. erm.
Ar. a chev. betw. three roses gu.
Ar. a rose and thistle conjoined paleways all ppr.
(Little Onn Hall, co. Stafford). Sa. on a pile betw. two crescents ar. a cinquefoil pierced of the field. Crest—On a mount vert, a mower with his scythe, all ppr. Motto—Fide et virtute.
(Mackenxie-Ashton; Abundell Mackenzie, Esq., Stockport, co. Chester, assumed the surname of Ashton). Quarterly, 1st and 4th sa. on a pile betw. two crescents in base ar. a mullet pierced of the first, for Ashton; 2 and 3 Mackenzie. Crest—Ashton: On a mount vert, a mower ppr. vested paly ar. and sa. in the act of whetting his scythe also ppr.
