Gledstanes Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(exemplfied in Ulster’s Office, 1871, to Moutray Vance Gledstanes, of Fardross, co. Tyrone, late lieut. 57th Regt., to Robert Gledstanes, Esq., junior, his brother, and to their father, Robert Gledstanes, Esq., senior, of Twickenham, King’s co., on their taking, by royal licence, the surname of Gledstanes in lieu of that of Hornidge). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, per pale or and ar. within an orle of martlets sa. a savage’s head couped, distillng drops of blood and wearing a bonnet composed of bay and holly leaves all ppr., for Gledstanes; 2nd and 3rd, ar. on a chev. engr. betw. three buglehorns stringed gu. a trefoil slipped or, for Hornidge. Crests—1st, Gledstanes: A demi griffin sa. holding a spear ppr. transfixing a savage’s head couped, distilling drops of blood and wearing a bonnet composed of bay and holly leaves, as in the arms; 2nd, Hornidge: Out of park palings ppr. a demi huntsman affrontee, habited gu. belt and cap sa. winding a horn or, motto over, Virtutis laus actio. Motto—Under the arms: Fide et virtute.