Leathes Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Herringfleet Hall, co. Suffolk; Carteret Mussenden, Esq., M.P., took the name and arms of Leathes, as heir to his maternal uncle, William Leathes, Esq., many years Minister at the Courts of Brussels and the Hague. The family of Mussenden descended from Sir William de Mussenden, Grand Admiral of England, temp. Henry III., and Founder of the Abbey of Great Missenden). Arms of Leathes—Az. on a bend betw. three fleurs-de-lis or, as many mullets pierced gu. Crest of Leathes—A demi griffin segreant or, armed and langued gu. Motto of Leathes— In ardua virtus. Arms of Mussenden—Or, a cross engr. gu. in the dexter chief a Cornish chough ppr. Crest of Mussenden—A dove with an olive branch in its beak all ppr. Legend over Crest—Tending to Peace.