Sharp Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (Little Horton, co. York). Az. a pheon ar. on a border ar. eight torteaux.
2) (Archbishop of St. Andrews, 1661). Motto—Ferio sed sano. Ar. a fess az. betw. two cross crosslets fitchée in chief and a mullet in base sa.
3) (or Sharpe). (co. York). (Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham). (John Sharp, Archbishop of York, 1691-1714). Motto—Dum spiro spero. Az. a pheon ar. on a border or, eight torteaux. Crest—An eagle’s head erased az. ducally gorged or, holding in the mouth a pheon ar.
4) (Sir William Sharp, Bart., Scotscraig, co. Fife, 1684, son of the last). Motto—Pro mitra coronam. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, az. on a saltire ar. a bleeding heart transfixed by two swords in saltire, points downward ppr. the heart having over it a mitre of gold, placed on the field, tasselled gu. all within a bordure or, charged with a royal tressure gu.; 2nd and 3rd, ar. a fesse az. betw. two crosses crosslet fitchee in chief and a mullet in base sa. Crest—A celestial orown or.
5) (Stonyhill, co. Edinburgh). Motto—Progredcre ne regredere. Same Arms, with a bordure gu. Crest—A pheon ppr.
6) (Hoddom, co. Dumfries, 1756). Motto—Sub uinbra quies. Ar. on a fess az. betw. two cross crosslets fitchée sa. in chief and a dexter hand couped grasping a sword in pale ppr. in base, three mullets of the field, a bordure engr. of the second. Crest—An oak tree ppr.
7) (Kincarrochy, 1815). Motto—Pro mitra coronam. Ar. a fess az. betw. two cross crosslets fitchée in chief and a mullet in base sa. a bordure wavy gu. Crest—A celestial crown or.
8) (Lindon Hall, Burton, co. Lancaster). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sharp, az. a pheon ar. on a border or, eight torteaux; 2nd and 3rd, Salkeld, vert fretty ar. Crest—An eagle’s head erased az. ducally gorged or, holding in the mouth a pheon ar.
9) Ar. three griffins’ heads erased sa. a border az. platee. Crest—A griffin’s head erased per pale or and sa. gorged with a ducal coronet counterchanged.
10) Ar. three falcons’ heads erased sa. a border engr. az. bezantée. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet per pale or and sa. a wolf’s heads counterchanged.
11) (William Sharp, Esq., of Claybury, Brewsters, Maxwells, and Haynefields, all in Barbados). Per pale ar. and az. on a chev. engr. erm. betw. three demi lions erased counterchanged of oak ppr. betw. two escallops of the second. Crest—A demi lion erased ppr. gorged with a collar nebulée az. betw. the paws a wreath of oak ppr. encircling an escallop or.
12) (cadet of Houstoun, 1785). Motto—Progredior. Ar. on a fess az. betw. three cross crosslets fitchée in chief sa., and a crescent in base gu. three mullets of the field, a bordure invected of the fourth. Crest—A branch of oak ppr.