Cokayne Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Viscounts Cullen, in Ireland, 1642 to 1810; descended from Sir William Cokayne, above­named). Arms and Crest as the preceding. Supporters— Dexter, a lion guard. party per fesse or and ar.; sinister, an ostrich ar. holding in his beak a horseshoe ppr. Motto—Virtus in arduis.

(Lancaster Herald, 1870, whose mother, the Hon. Mary Anne Adams, was one of the co-heirs of the Cokaynes of Rushton, co. Northampton, Viscounts Cullen). Arms, Crest, and Motto, as the preceding.

Per pale ar. and sa. a fesse nebulee counterchanged.

(exemplified to George Edward Cokayne, Esq., M.A., K.S.A., of Rothwell, co. Northampton, Norroy King of Arms, on his assuming, by royal licence in 1873, the surname and assuming of Cokayne, in compliance with the testa­mentary injunction of his mother, the Hon. Mary Anne, dau. of the Hon. William Cokayne, niece and co-heiress of Borlase, 6th Viscount Cullen, and widow of William Adams, Esq., LL.D., of Thorpe, Surrey). Ar. three cocks gu. beaked, combed, wattled, and membered sa. Crest—A cock’s head erased gu. beaked, combed, and wattled sa.