Goddard Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Cliffe Pypard. Upham, and Albourn, co. Wilts; an ancient Saxon family, settled at a very remote period in cos. Hants and Norfolk, and Wilts since the time of King John). Gu. a chev. vair betw. three crescents ar. Crest—A stag’s head couped at the neck and affrontee gu. attired or. Motto—Cervus non servus.

(Swindon, co. Wilts; derived from Thomas Goddard, of Upham, second son of John Goddabd, of Upham and Cliffe Pypard). Same Arms, &c., as the preceding.

(Purton, co. Wilts; a younger branch of Goddard, of Cliffe Pypard, descended from the second son of Francis Goddabd, Esq., of Standen Hussey and Cliffe Pypard; the heiress, Margaret Goddard, m. in 1792, Rosert Wilsonn, Esq., and had four daughters; the eldest m. to Richard Miles, Esq.). Same Arms, &c.

(Beeby, co. Leicester; William Goddard, of that place, b. 1583, great grandson of William Goddard, of the same place, who was descended from the co. Berks. Visit. Leicester, 1619). Az. on a fess betw. three hawks’ heads erased or, five lozenges conjoined in fess vert.

(John Yate, Lord of Lynford, co. Berks, temp. Henry VIII., m. Joan, dau. and heir of Richard Goddard, Esq., of Upham, co. Wilts. Visit. Oxon, 1574). Gu. a chev. vair betw. three crescents erm.

Erm. a cross pattee sa.