Shepard Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (Kirby-Eedon, co. Norfolk; granted 1598). Ar. on a chief gu. three battle-axes or.
2) (co. Stafford, temp. Henry VIII.). Erm. on a. chief gu. three crosses fitchee ar.
3) (WhitteII, co. Salop). Az. on a chev. wavy or, betw. three fleurs-de-lis ar. as many estoiles gu.
4) (Sheppard-Cotton) (Thornton Hall, co. Buckingham, bart., extinct 1848). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, az. on a chev. or, betw. three fleurs-de-lis ar. as many mullets of six points sa., for Sheppard; 2nd and 3rd, ar. a bend sa. betw. three pellets, for Cotton. Crests—1st: A Iamb pass. ar. betw. two laurel branches vert, for Sheppard; 2nd: On a mount vert a falcon, wings expanded and belled or, for Cotton. Motto—Nec timeo, nec sperno.
5) (co. Buckingham). Gu. three battle axes or, a chief erm. Crest—Two battle axes in saltire or.
6) (alias Thwaites) (Miln-Hay, in Heanor, and Remerston, co. Derby, temp. Henry IV.; three descents are given in Visit. 1611). Ar. on a fess sa. betw. three fleurs-de-lis gu. as many bezants. Crest—A hind’s head.
7) (Nun Green, co. Surrey). Vert two shepherds’ crooks in saltire or, betw. three lambs pass. ar. Crest—A mount vert, thereon in front of two shepherds’ crooks in saltire or, a lamb pass. ar.
8) (co. Devon). Sa. a fess ar. in chief three poleaxes of the second. Crest—On a mount vert a stag lodged reguard. ar. vulned on the shoulder gu.
9) (borne by the Rev. George Shepherd, D.D., of Russell Square, London). Erm. on a chief sa. three battle axes ppr. Crest—A buck couchant reguard. or, wreathed round the neck with laurel vert.
10) (borne by William Sheppard, Esq., of the Albany, London, late Fellow of Oriel College, and Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford). Gu. three battle-axes or, a chief erm. Crest—Two battle-axes in saltire or.
11) (Frome, co. Somerset, Keyford House, and Frome, same co., Ruislip, co. Middlesex, Folkington Place, co. Sussex, Shrewton Lodge, co. Wilts, and Hampstead Heath, co. Middlesex). Az. on a chev. betw. three fleurs-de-lis or, as many mullets gu. Creat—A ram pass. ar. attired or, betw. two laurel branches vert.
12) (Rollright, co. Oxford; William Sheppard, of that place, Visit. Oxon, 1634, son of Wilam Sheppard, and grandson of William Sheppard, both of same). Az. on a chev. or, betw. three fleur-de-lis ar as many estoiles gu. Creat—A ram pass. ar. attired or, betw. two laurel branches vert.
13) (granted to Robert Sheppard, Esq., of Peasmarsh, co. Sussex, by Cooke, Clarenceux, 1570). Sa. a fess or, betw. three water spaniels ar. in each of their mouths a bolt of the second. Crest—Issuing out of the tower of a castle embattled or, a lion’s head couped sa.
14) (Keyford House, Frome). Az. on a chev. betw. three fleurs-de-lis or, as many mullets gu., quartering Hulbert, Lewin, Mico, and Childe. Crest—A ram pass. ppr. betw. two olive branches vert.
15) (Campsey Ashe, co. Suffolk). Sa. a fesse or, betw. three talbots pass. ar. each carrying in the mouth a bird-bolt of the second. Crest—A talbot’s head sa. issuing from a tower or. Motto—Fide et virtute.
16) (granted to Rev. Henry Drought Sheppard, D.D., Trinity College, Dublin, Incumbent of Christ Church, Belfast). Ar. a shepherd’s crook and a sword in saltire ppr. on a chief indented az. three battle axes erect or. Crest—A demi man girt round the loins with a goat skin, holding in the dexter hand a sword, and in the sinister a shepherd’s crook all ppr. Motto—Dirigo et defendo.
17) (Kirbydon, co. Norfolk). Ar. on a chief indented gu. three poleaxes or. Crest—A demi buck reguard. ppr. attired or.
18) (Chelsbury and Roulwriglit, co. Oxford). Az. on a chev. or, three estoiles gu. betw. as many fleurs-de-lis of the second (another, ar.). Crest—A ram pass. ar. attired or, betw. two laurel branches vert.
19) (Battersea, co. Surrey, and Peasmarshe, co. Sussex; granted 1574). Erm. on a chief sa. three poleaxes ar. Crest—On a mount vert a stag courant reguard. ppr. attired ar.
20) (co. Sussex, and Mendlesham, co. Suffolk). Sa. a fess or, betw. three talbots pass. ar. each carrying in the mouth a bird-bolt of the second. Crest—A talbot’s head sa. issuing from a tower or.
21) Sa. a fess ar. in chief three battle axes of the last. Cresl—A cock gu. holding in the beak a cinquefoil stalked vert.
22) (Ixning, co. Suffolk). Az. on a chev. betw. three fleurs-de-lis ar. as many estoiles gu. Crest—A ram pass. ppr.
23) or Shepperd – Ar. on a chief gu. three battle-axes or. Crest—A dexter hand ppr. holding up a cross crosslet fitchée sa.