Rookes Coat of Arms / Family Crest

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(Roydes Hall, co. York; descended from Richard Rookes, of the same place temp. Henry VII.; William Rookes, Esq., of Roydes Hall, son of John Rookes, Esq., by Anne his wife, dau. and heir of George Hopkinson, Esq., of Lofthouse, left two sons: 1) Edward Rookes, Esq., of Roydes Hall, m. in 1740 Mary, dau. and heir of Robert Leeds, Esq., assumed that surname, and left four daus. his co-heirs, of whom Jane m. William Serjeantson, Esq., of Wakefield, and Anne m. the Rev. Jeremiah Smith, of Woodside, co. Sussex; and, 2) William Rookes, who in. Ann, sister and heir of Robert Stansfield, Esq., of Esholt Hall, and left an only dau. and heir, Anna Maria, m. Joshua Crompton, Esq., of York). Ar. a fess sa. betw. three rooks ppr. Crest—A raven feeding on a wheatsheaf ppr.