Lany Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(co. Leicester, and London). Ar. on a bend betw. two fleurs-de-lis gu. a lion pass. or. Crest—A merman ppr. tail ar. fins and hair or, tied round the temples with two ribbons ar. and az. holding in his hand a hawk’s bell hung to two strings of the second and third.

(Ipswich, co. Suffolk, Newark, co. Leicester, and Berwick, co. Northumberland; sons of John Lany, of Cratfield, co. Suffolk. Visit. Leicester, 1619). Same Arms, quartering 1st, ar. a chev. engr. betw. three cinquefoils gu. on a chief of the last a lion pass. or; 2nd, gu. a crescent erm. within an orle of martlets or. Crest—A mermaid ppr. wreathed about the temples ar. and az. holding in the dexter hand a hawk’s bell of the first attached to a string vert, at the end a silver tassel.

(Dublin; John Lany, High Sheriff, 1607. Visit. Dublin, 1607). Or, on a chev. engr. betw. three mullets pierced az. as many torteaux.