Myddleton Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Offerton, co. Durham; Elizabeth, only dau. and heiress of Christopher Wharton, Esq., of Offerton, m. George Myddleton, Esq., of Silksworth, a lineal descendant of Sir John Myddleton, Knt., of Belsay Castle; his grandson, Richard Myddleton, Esq., of Offerton, left two daus., his co-heirs, 1st, Katherine, m. Cuthbert Heron, whose son, Sir Thomas Heron, assumed the name of Myddleton, but d. s. p. 1801; 2nd, Mary, m. to Robert Wharton, Esq., by whom she was grandmother of Robert Wharton-Myddleton, Esq., of Old Park, co. Durham, and Grinkle Park, co. York). Quarterly, gu. and or, in the 1st quarter a cross patonce ar. Crest—A savage man wreathed about the head with leaves, in the dexter hand and supporting on the shoulder an oak tree erased and fructed all ppr.