Hodges Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (Shipton Moyne, co. Gloucester; the late Rev. Walter Hodges, D.D., Provost of Oriel College, Oxford). Az. a fesse betw. three crescents ar. Crest—Out of clouds az. a crescent ar. betw. the horns a star of six points or. Motto—Dant lucem crescentibus orti.
2) (cos. Dorset and Gloucester). Or, three crescents sa. on a canton of the second a ducal coronet of the first. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, an heraldic antelope’s head ar. horned and tufted gold.
3) (Broadwell, co. Gloucester). Sa. three crescents or, on a canton gu. a ducal coronet of the second.
4) (Hanwell, co. Middlesex; Henry Hodges, son of William Hodges, Esq., of Rigton, co. Salop. Visit. Middlesex, 1663). Same Arms. Crest—An antelope’s head couped or.
5) (co. Middlesex). (Hemsted, co. Kent). Or, three crescents sa. on a canton ar. as many bars az. over all an anchor in pale of the second.
6) (Hanworth, co. Middlesex, and London, 1610). Same Arms. Crest—On a ducal coronet or, a crescent sa. Another Crest—Out of a ducal coronet an antelope’s head or.
7) (Spickington, co. Somerset). Same Arms. Crest—An antelope’s head erased or, ducally gorged gu. Another Crest—On a chapeau gu. turned up erm. a crescent ar. betw. two wings or.
8) (Overne, co. Leicester). Gu. a chev. erm. betw. three talbots’ heads or, each issuing out of a mural coronet az. Crest—A talbot’s head ar. guttee de sang, gorged with a collar gu. rimmed and ringed or, charged with three bezants.
9) (Burton and Sison, co. Leicester; Francis Hodges, aged 31. Visit. 1619). Same Arms, a mullet for diff. Crest—A talbot’s head couped or, guttee de sang, collared and ringed gu. Motto—Fundamentum gloriae humilitas.
10) (Broadway, co. Worcester; arms confirmed and crest granted by Camden, Clarenceux, 1610). Or, three crescents sa. on a canton of the second a ducal coronet of the first. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, a crescent sa.
11) (Sulgrave, co. Northampton). Same Arms. Crest—An antelope’s head erased or, ducally gorged gu.
12) (co. Somerset). Or, three crescents sa. on a canton of the second a crescent of the first.
13) (Luftonand Chinnock, co. Somerset; John Hodges, of Lufton, b. 1583, son of John Hodges, of same place, grandson of William Hodges, and great-grandson of William Hodges, of Chinnock. Visit. Somerset, 1623). Or, three crescents aa. on a canton of the second a ducal coronet of the field.
14) (Scotland and Sunderland, co. Durham). Az. a chev. ar. betrw. three annulets or. Crest—A garb entwined with two serpents ppr.
15) Or, a chev. gu. surmounted by a pale sa. Crest—An eagle rising, looking at the sun ppr.
16) (impalement Fun. Ent. of James Taylour, Sheriff of Dublin, d. 20 Dec. 1605, m. Isabel Hodge). Ar. three chevronels az. in chief three inescutcheons gu.