Wheatley Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (co. Bedford). Sa. two hands issuing from the base ar. holding a human heart gu.
2) or Whetley – (Fakenham, co. Norfolk). Ar a bend betw. two bears saliant sa. chained and muzzled or.
3) (Henley, co. Warwick; impalement Fun. Ent. Ulster’s Office, 1653, Nathaniel Drinkwater, Alderman and Mayor of Dublin, whose wife was Mary, dau. of Richard Wheatley, Esq., of Henley). Az. a lion ramp. ar. armed and langued gu. on a chief of the second three roses of the third, barbed and seeded ppr.
4) (Castle-Bromwich, co. Leicester; John Wheatley, Esq., of Castle Bromwich, living 29 Edward III., was s. by his son, William Wheatley, Esq., of Castle-Bromwhich, living 5 Henry IV., who left an only dau. and heir. Thomasine Wheatley, m. John Dannot, of co. Leicester, living Edward IV. Visit. Leicester, 1619). Ar. on a chief gu. three-garbs of the first.
5) or Whatley (Frome, co. Somerset). Gu. a lion ramp. ar. on a chief or, three mullets sa. Crest—A stag’s head cabossed ppr.
6) or Whettell (Echingfield, co. Sussex). Per fess az. and or, a pale counterchanged, three lions ramp. reguard. of the second. Crest—Two arms embowed, vested az. holding betw. the hands ppr. a garb or.
7) Wheatly, or Whetly – Sa. a chev. erm. betw. three pairs of men’s hands couped at the wrist, holding as many human hearts gu. Crest—On a rook a fire-beacon all ppr.
8) Ar. on a chief gu. three garbs of the first.
9) (Wheatley-Balme). (Cotewall, Hopton, and Longrigg, co. Westmorland). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, erm. on a chief indented sa. two trefoils slipped ar., for Balme; 2nd and 3rd, quarterly, sa. and ar. a fess gu. two crosses pattée in the second quarter and one in the third of the first, for Wheatley.
10) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. on a chief gu. three garbs or; 2nd and 3rd, or, on a fess dancettee az. three estoiles of the field, on a canton of the second the sun in splendour ppr. Crest—A stag’s head ppr.
11) Gu. a chev. betw. three pigeons or, a border of the last.
12) (originally of Whatley, near Frome, co. Somerset; borne by Sir Joseph Whatley, K.C.II., Groom of the Bedchamber to George IV. and William IV., son of Edward Whatley, Esq., Mayor of Bristol in 1768). Gu. a lion ramp, ar. on a chief or, three mullets sa.
13) (Southbreak, co. Norfolk). Ar. a bend sa. betw. two bears ramp. of the second, muzzled, lined, and ringed or. Crest—A leopard’s head erased guard, or, flames of fire issuing from the ears and mouth ppr. collared, lined, and ringed az.
14) Sa. a lion ramp, bendy ar. and gu.