Fursman Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(granted 1742, to Rev. John Fursman, M.A., Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Exeter, Rector of Lawhilton, co. Cornwall, and Vicar of Lamerton, co. Devon, son of Richard Fursman, of the parish of Lamerton, by Johanna, his wife, dau. of Robert Rowe, of same parish, and grandson of Thomas Fursman, also of Lamerton, where his ancestors lived in good reputation for several ages. The grant was to Rev. John Forsman and his descendants, with liberty to place the arms on the tomb of his wife, Martha, dau. of Jasper Radcliff, of St. Thomas, near Exeter, and his dau., Martha Forsman, both deceased, and with a proviso that if the heirs male of the body of the grantee should fail, the arms and crest might be borne by Thomas Wyat, son of Thomas Wyat, of Tavistock, by Agnes, his wife, dau. and heir of Richard Forsman, elder brother of the grantee’s father, also named Richard Foreman). Gu. a saltire dove­tailed ar. betw. a book expanded in chief ppr. imbeleshed gold and three crosses botony or. Crest—A lion pass. with wings elevated ar. collared dovetailed gu. reposing the dexter paw on a cross as in the arms.