Janns Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Dudley-Janns; exemplified to Rev. Sheldon Francis Dudley on his assuming, by royal licence, 1874, the additional surname and arms of Janns, in compliance with the will or his kinsman, Charles James Janns, Esq., of Ennis, Commander R.N.). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, per pale gu. and az. on a bend engr. ar. three Cornish choughs sa. beaked and membered of the first, for Janns; 2nd and 3rd, or, two lions pass. az. betw. in chief a rose gu. seeded of the field and barbed vert, and in base a trefoil slipped of the last, a bordure engr. of the second, for Dudley. Crests—1st, Janns: A lion ramp. sa. collared gemelle ar. holding betw. the paws an escallop of the last; 2nd, Dudley: A lion ramp. double queued ax. holding betw. the paws a rose gu. entwined with a trefoil slipped and leaved vert, motto over, Mori quam foedari. Motto—Honor virtutis præmium.