B15468-Croker,-or-Crocker

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Name of the family:

Croker, or Crocker

Blason:

Ar. a chev. engr. gu. betw. three ravens ppr.

Crest(s):

A raven ppr.

Motto:

Deus alit eos, and Je tiendray ma puissance par ma foi.

Info about the family:

Croker's Hele, and Crokern Tor, co. Devon, afterwards of Lineham, by marriage with the heiress of Churchill; the genealogy of Croker of Lineham is accurately recorded by Prince, Bisdon, and Pole, and exhibits a descent of no less than eleven John Crokers in almost uninterrupted succession: the last male of the elder branch was Courtenay Croker, Esq., whose only dau. and heir, Mary, carried the estate of Lineham into the family of Bulteel. The male line was however preserved by the descendants of Thomas Croker, of Trevillas, second son of the eighth John Croker of Lineham; see Croker, of Ballynagarde

Comment (Additional info):

Some of the name, settled in Cornwall, called the birds "Cornish choughs," but this is either an error or a difference. Croker of Lineham, always bore "three ravens," and, having obtained Lineham by marriage with the heiress of Churchill, quartered sa. a lion ramp. ar. for that name. The Visit, of Devon, 1620, gives the additional quarterings of Michael and Dawney to John Croker, then of Lineham, viz., sa. a chev. betw. three escallops ar.; and, ar. on a chev. cottised az. three cinquefoils or. The general crest of the family of Croker is a raven ppr. Edward IV. granted to Sir John Croker, who accompanied him as cup and standard bearer in his expedition to France in 1475, for crest:A drinking cup or, with three fleurs of the same issuing therefrom and charged with a rose gu.

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