B52885-Surtees

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Name of the family:

Surtees

Blason:

Erm. on a canton gu. an orle or. in the llBt of the knights of the co. York who served Edward I. in Scotland and elsewhere, given in the Harl. MSS. No. 1415, folio 253, and copied from Glover, the name and arms of Sortbts (the old spelling of Sorters) occur, but the orle is described as ar. instead of or; and in a list of the "knights and gentlemen of the countie of Yorke" that served on the same occasions, given in the Harl. MSS. No. 1487, folio 40, these arms are thus, with a slight variation, described as ar. on a canton g. an escutcheon voided of the field ar. (but in others, apparently more correctly) er. on a canton g. an escutcheon A wthfn an other g." For Sorters of Hedley, quarterly, 1st and 4th, Surtees, as first given; 2nd and 3rd, az. three closed helmets or, Aubone, anciently written Albany. For Sorters, of Redworth and Mainsforth, quarterly, 1st and 4th, Surtees, as first given; 2nd and 3rd, sa. a fess betw. three lambs pass. ar., Lambton.

Crest(s):

A plume of three feathers rising out of a ducal coronet; otherwise, according to an old monument in Ryton churchyard, out of a fillet.

Motto:

Malo mori quam fcadari.

Info about the family:

cos. Durham and Northumberland

Page in the book:

986

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