Rowley Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) Erm. a fret or, on a chief gu. three trefoils of the second.
2) Az. a lion ramp. or.
3) (Barkway, co. Hertford; granted 20 Dec. 1639). Ar. on a fess betw. three mullets sa. as many mullets of six points pierced of the field.
4) (co. Middlesex). Sa. on a fess betw. three spur rowels of eight points pierced ar. a fleurs-de-lis of the first.
5) (Highley, co. Stafford). Erm. fretty or, on a chief of the last three buckles, the tongues lying fessways
6) (Tendring Hall, co. Suffolk, bart.). Motto—Ventis secundis. (Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, Bart., G.C.B. and G.C.M.G.). (Hill House, co. Berks, bart.) Ar. on a bend engr. sa. betw. two Cornish choughs ppr. three escallops of the field. Crest—A mullet pierced or. Supporters, borne by Sir Charles Rowley, first bart., as a G.C.B.—Two Cornish choughs ppr. navally crowned or, each gorged with a riband, therefrom pendent a representation of thw Oeder of Maria Theresa.
7) (Baron Langford). Motto—Bear and forbear. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. on a bend cotised gu. three mullets or, for Rowley; 2nd and 3rd, erm. on a chief gu. a fleur-de-lis betw. two boars’ heads couped and erect or, for Tayour. Crest—A wolf’s head erased ar. collared and langued gu. Supporters—Two emblematical figures, the dexter representing Pallas, with a spear in her light hand; the sinister, Temperance, holding a bridle in her left hand, all ppr.
8) (Lawton, co. Chester; descended from Randolfe Rowley, Esq., of Carmichan, temp. Edward II.; William Rowley, Esq., of Lawton, was elder brother of Hugh Bowley, ancestor in the female line of Lord Langford). Motto—Bear and forbear. Ar. on a bend cotised sa. three descents or. Crest—A wolf’s head erased ar.
9) (Wykin and Rowley, co. Salop). (Rev. George Rowley, D.D., Master of University College, Oxford). Ar. on a bend betw. two Cornish choughs sa. three escallops of the first. Crest—A mullet ar. pierced sa.
10) Ar. on a fess betw. three mullets pierced sa. as many of the first. Crest—A sword bendways ar. hilted or, through a mullet sa.
11) (Reg. Ulster’s Office). Motto—La vertue surmonte tout obstacle. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or, on a bend cotised gu. three crescents ar.; 2nd and 3rd, ar. two trefoils slipped in fess sa. on a chief of the last a crescent or. Crest—A wolf’s head couped sa. collared and ringed ar.
12) (Castle Rowley, co. Londonderry; confirmed by Preston, Ulster, 1634, to Edward Rowley, Esq., of that place). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or, on a bend cotised gu. three crescents ar.; 2nd and 3rd, ar. two trefoils slipped in fess az. on a chief of the last a crescent or, charged with another crescent of the second. Crest—A wolf’s head couped az. gorged with a plain collar knotted at the back ar. and charged on the neck with a crescent or, charged with another crescent az.