B26900-Hamilton

Link to the coats of arms search form

Name of the family:

Hamilton

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Hamilton, per chev. ar. and gu. three cinquefoils within a bordure nebuly all counterchanged; 2nd and 3rd, Crosse, quarterly, or. and gu. in the first quarter a cross crosslet of the second.

Crest(s):

1st, Hamilton, On a mount vert betw. two wings ar. an oak tree, penetrated transversely by a frame-saw ppr.; 2nd, Crosse, A cross pattée fitchée gu. betw. two wings ar, each charged with a cross crosslet of the first.

Motto:

Se inserit ostris.

Info about the family:

Fyne Court, co. Somerset; John Hamilton, Esq., of that place, and of Howden, co. Devon, eldest son and heir of Andrew Crosse, Esq., of Fyne Court, by Mary Anne, his wife, eldest dau. of Captain John Hamilton, of Garrison, co. Fermanagh, representative in the male line of the family of Crosse, assumed the name and arms of Hamilton by royal licence, long resident in co. Somerset

Comment (Additional info):

the 2nd crest held under a grant from Camden, Clarenceux, setting forth that the sold crest is assigned to the "ancient arms of Sir Robert Crosse, Knt., a son of William Crosse, of Charlenge, co. Somerset, descended of a house long bearing arms"

Page in the book:

449

Images

shield only

{{{SimpPict}}}

achievement

{{{CompAch}}}

Sources (books, manuscripts, rolls):

{{{Source}}}

Seals:

{{{Seals}}}

Locations where the coat of arms can be seen:

{{{Location}}}

Epitaphes:

{{{Epitaphes}}}

Grave stones:

{{{Graves}}}

Windows

{{{Windows}}}

Buildings:

{{{Buildings}}}

Quarterings with other coats of arms:

{{{Quarterings}}}

First usage

{{{Early}}}

Last usage

{{{Last}}}

Name of owners of the coat of arms:

{{{Owner}}}