B59190-Willis

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Name of the family:

Willis

Blason:

Ar. a fess betw. three lions ramp. go. a border erm., quartering, 1st, D'Antbbs; 2nd, De Tablet; 3rd,Rixton; 4th, Fobth; 5th, Holtb; 6th, Finch; 7th, Eable; 8th, Aldbbsbt.

Crest(s):

Two lions' paws erect and erased, the dexter ar. the sinister gu. holding a human heart ppr.

Motto:

Virtus tutissima cassis.

Info about the family:

Halsnead Park and Hall of the Hill, co. Lancaster; descended from Thomas Willis, a member of the co. Berks family of that name, who removed to co. Lancaster, temp. Charles IT., and purchased estates there; his son, Mabtin Willis, Esq., of Halsnead, m. Ellen, dau. of William de Anters, second son of Peter oe Anvrbs, Esq., of Over Tabhty. Ralph Karle, Esq., grandson of Klizaueth db Antebs, eldest sister of Ellen de A nvers already mentioned, assumed, upon inheriting in 1783 the Willie estates in pursuance of the will of his kinsman, Daniel Willis, Esq., of Halsnead, son of Mabtin Willis above-named, the surname and arms of Willis

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1117

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