Mirehouse Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Hambrook Grove, co. Gloucester, and Colstcr- v.-orth, co. Lincoln; descended from Mirehouse, of Miresike, co. Cumberland, which property is stated to have been in the possession of the family from the time of Edward tho Confesser. The Rev. John Mirehouse, of Hambrook Grove and Colsterworth, Rector of Colsterworth, is the son and heir of the late Rev. WM. Mirehouse, of Hambrook Grove, Rector of Colsterworth, Chaplain to H.R.H. the Princess Sophia, J.P. for the cos. of Pembroke and Gloucester, by Eliza Brunetta, his wife, only dau. of the late George Arthur Herbert, Esq., of Glanafrew, co. Montgomery, J.P., D.L., and High Sheriff of that county, by Mary, sister of the late Sir John Edwards, Bart., M.P., of Garth and Machynlleth, co. Montgomery, who was the son of the Rev. Thomas Mirehouse, Canon of Peterborough, Rector of Elton, and Rector of Wilford, who was the second son of John Myrehouse, Esq., of Miresike). Gu. a bend ar. billettee sa. Crest—An arm embowed in armour holding a sword all ppr. Motto—Qualis ab incepto.