Salvin Coat of Arms / Family Crest

(Croxdale, co. Durham; this old Norman family, established in England at the Conquest, acquired the name of Salvin from its patriarch, Ralph, called Le Salvin, from his abode, Woodhouse, in the county of Notts. Ralph Le Salvin flourished temp. Henry II.; Gerard Salvin to. temp. Henry VI., Agnes, Lady of Croxdale, only dau.and heiress of Joanna De Whalton, also Lady of Croxdale, by her husband, William De Rissaby, and thus acquired the lands of Croxdale). Ar. on a chief sa. two mullets or, quartering Bertram, Ross, of Warke, Ross, Espec, Trusnut, Harcourt, Bruce, Lancaster, Walton, Thornton, Radclyffe, Culcheth, Plessington Derwentwater, Cartington, Claxton, Tindale, Devilston, and Menvyll. Crest—A dragon vert, wings elevated and endorsed ppr. Motto—Je ne change qu’en mourant.