(cos. Stafford, Worcester, and Salop; the Sewyns, the original name of this family, were settled at Cannoc, now Kanke, co. Stafford, in Saxon times; after the Conquest they spread into other counties, but their principal seat was at Richard’s Castle, co. Salop; Geoffery de Saleway held lands in Norton-under-Cannoc, temp. Henry III.; his descendant, John Salwey, d. 8 Henry V., m. Isold, dau. of John Washborne, of Stanford, co. Worcester, and heir of her mother, the dau. and heir of Sir John Musard, Knt.; his descendant, John Salwey, Esq., of Richard’s Castle, m. Jane, dau. and heir of William Griffith, Esq., of Ludlow; his son and heir, the Rev. John Salwey, M.A., m. 1708, the dau. and co-heir of Dr. Augustine Caesar, and was ancestor of Salwey, of Moor Park, co. Salop). Sa. a saltire engr. or, quartering Washborne, Musard, Tromwin, Porter, Searle, Griffith, Ditton, Cesar, Baker, Peryen, Ryther, Biddulph, Greenaway, Rogers, and Eckingham. Crest—A demi Moor sa. wreathed about the temples ar. and gu. a belt from the sinister shoulder to the dexter hip az. Motto—Fiat voluntas Dei.
(The Lodge, co. Salop; descended from a younger son of the Rev. John Salwey, Rector of Richard’s Castle, and his wife, the co-heir of Dr. Caesar). Same Arms, Crest, and Motto.
(Moor Park, co. Salop: representative of Salwey, of cos. Stafford, Worcester, and Salop). Same Arms, Crest, and Motto.
