B38926-Mervyn

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Name of the family:

Mervyn

Blason:

Sa. three lions pass. guard. per pale or and ar. The funeral cortiflcate of Sir John Mbbvyn, who was of this family, d. 1566, as well as the pedigrees in the College of Arms, gives the above arms as the coat of Mbbvyn, of Fonthill Giffard.

Crest(s):

A squirrel sejant ppr. cracking a nut or, a plain collar of the last, charged with three torteaux.

Motto:

De Dieu tout. Comment-(One of the descendants of this Sir John Mervin settled at Marwood, co. Devon, and the last male heir of that branch d. 1756, leaving two daus., one of whom d. unm., and the other, who eventually became sole heiress, m. Charles Newell Cotcmppb, Esq., of Damage, co. Devon).

Info about the family:

Fonthill Giffard, co. Wilts

Comment (Additional info):

(One of the descendants of this Sir John Mervin settled at Marwood, co. Devon, and the last male heir of that branch d. 1756, leaving two daus., one of whom d. unm., and the other, who eventually became sole heiress, m. Charles Newell Cotcmppb, Esq., of Damage, co. Devon).

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680

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