Hepenstal Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Dopping-Hepenstal; exemplified to Ralph Anthony Dopping, Esq., of Derrycassan, co. Longford, on his assuming, by royal licence, 1809, the additional surname and arms of Hepenstal). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, per chev. erm. and ar. on a chev. gu. betw. in chief a cross crosslet of the third, and in base an eagle displ. sa. three cinquefoils of the second, for Hepenstal; 2nd and 3rd, gu. a chev. erm. in base a plate, a chief chequy ar. and az. a bordure engr. or, for Dopping. Crest—1st, Hepenstal: A pelican in her piety ppr. on the breast a cross crosslet gu.; 2nd, Dopping: A talbot’s head ar. chained or, and gorged with a collar engr. gu. thereon three bezants. Motto—Virescit vulnere virtus.