Crealock Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Langerton, parish of Littleham, co. Devon, a family living there since the end of the 17th century; many members of the family are buried in the old Norman church of Littleham. William Chealock, Esq., of Langerton, m. 1786, Jane, dau. and heir of Rev. J. Spiller, by Mary his wife, dau. and heir of the Rev. Edward Stradling, descended from the Stradlings of St. Donats, co. Glamorgan, and had one son, William Belton Crealock, Esq., of Langerton, who m. 1828, Anne, only dau. and heir of Thomas Swain, Esq., of Canonbury House, co. Middlesex, and had issue inter alias Henry Hope Crealock, C.B., colonel in the army). Quarterly, 1st, az. a chev. chequy ar. and sa. betw. three garbs or, a bordure embattled of the second, Crealock; 2nd, per fesse ar. and sa. a horse salient counterchanged, Spiller; 3rd, paly of six ar. and az. on a bend gu. three cinquefoils or, Stradling; 4th, az. a chev. betw. three pheons or, on a chief gu. as many maidens’ heads couped ppr. crined of the second, Swain. Crest—A griffin’s head erased sa. beaked or, langued gu. transfixed by a sword fessewise ppr. the hilt resting on the wreath, in the beak a sprig of laurel, also ppr. Motto—Deo et gladio.