Bracebridge Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(co. Warwick, descended from Peter de Bracebrigge, of Bracebrigg, co. Lincoln, and afterwards of Kingsbury, co. Warwick, who m. Amicia, granddau. and ultimately heiress of Turchill de Arden, Earl of Warwick, who in right of his second wife Leverunia, inherited from Leofric, third Earl of Mercia, about forty-eight towns in Warwickshire, together with Kingsbury, the ancient residence of Bertulphus, King of Mercia in 800, and subsequently of other Saxon earls before the Norman Conquest. Confirmed by the deputies of Camden, Clarenceux, Har. MSS., Her. Vis., and Qu. Coll. MS. The male lineal descendants of this family were Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq., of Atherstone Hall, co. Warwick, chief representative of the family, who received a quit rent of £40 a year from Kingsbury; and his cousin, Henry Walter Bracebridge, of Chetwode Priory, co. Buckingham, and of Moreville House, near Warwick). Vaire, ar. and sa. a fesse gu. Crest—A staff (erased) raguly ar. Another Crest (Har. MSS.) —On a mount vert a wolf pass. ppr. Motto—Be as God will.