Woodruff Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (Gropenhall, co. Chester). (Ilkeston, co. Derby; descended from the preceding family). Or, three trefoils slipped betw. two chevronels sa. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, a stork’s head and neck per pale ar. and sa. holding in the beak a trefoil slipped of the second.
2) (Hapsford and Bradley, co. Chester). Same Arms. Crest—A stork’s head and neck ppr. in the mouth a trefoil slipped vert.
3) (co. Derby; granted 25 June, 1725; and Hammersmith, co. Middlesex). (Wallington, co. Surrey). Or, three trefoils slipped betw. two chevronels sa. in the dexter chief point an eagle reguard. wings expanded of the last. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or, an eagle’s head and neck per pale ar. guttee de sang and sa. holding in the beak a trefoil slipped of the last.
4) (Middle Temple, London; granted by patent 25 June, 1725). Or, three trefoils slipped betw. two chevronels sa. in the dexter chief point an eagle’s leg erased of the second. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, an eagle’s head and neck per pale erm. and ea. holding in the heak a trefoil slipped of the last.
5) Ar. three lions pass. guard. in pale az. Crest—A lion pass. guard. az.
6) (Norcliffe Hall, co. Chester, and Coles Park, co. Hertford, 1875). Quarterly, 1st and 4th, ar. out of a mount in base vert a fir tree surmounted by a sword bendwise ppr. on a canton az. an antique crown also ppr., for Greg; 2nd and 3rd, az. on a pale engr. or, betw. two mullets in chief of the second, and as many crescents in base ar. a lion ramp. gu., for Lightbody. Crest—A dexter arm in armour embowed, the hand grasping a scymitar ppr. Motto—Ein doe and spair not; also, ‘S Rioghal mo dhream.