Gervis Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Great Pettley, co. Leicester; granted by Camden, Clarenceux, May, 1614). Sa. a chev. erm. betw three hawks ar.

(co. Suffolk). Sa. three beehives or.

(Master of the Pipe Office, co. Essex; confirmed by Camden, Clarenceux, to Arthur Gervis, Master of the Pipe Office). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, sa. on a chev. betw. three doves ar. a fleur-de-lis az.; 2nd and 3rd, gu. on a chev. betw. three trefoils slipped ar. as many pellets. Crest—A demi lion ramp. guard. or, supporting a banner, staff encircled with a coronet ppr. on the pennon ar. a cross gu.

(Tapps-Gervis, Hinton-Admiral, co. Hants, bart. See Meyrick). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. betw. six ostrich feathers sa. a cannon ball of the last, for Gervis; 2nd and 3rd, az. on a fesse or, betw. three rhinoceroses ar. as many escallops gu., for Tapps. Crests—1st, Gervis: A plume of three ostrich feathers gu. and sa. bound by a wreath of laurel or, standing upon a mount ppr.; 2nd, Tapps: A greyhound couchant per pale ar. and sa. charged on the body with two escallops fesseways counterchanged. Motto—Be just and fear not.