Charnocke Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Charnocke, co. Lancaster, seated there as early as the reign of King John. The representation of the family of Charnocke, of Charnocke, eventually vested in Susanna, dau. and sole surviving heiress of Peter Brooke, Esq., of Astley, co. Lancaster, who was great-grandson of Richard Brooke (second son of Sir Richard Brooke, Knt., of Mere) by Margaret, his wife, dau. and heiress of Robert Charnocke, Esq., of Charnocke and Astley; Susanna, the heiress of Brooke and Charnocke, m. 1st, Thomas Townley Parker, Esq., of Cuerden, and 2ndly, Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, Bart., of Hoghton Tower). Ar. on a bend sa. three crosses crosslet of the first. Crest—A lapwing ppr. Motto—Soyez content.