(last updated on November 16, 2001)

SAWYER

COATS OF ARMS

There are 2 entries for the above surname in Fox-Davies' "Armorial Families", Vol. 2, pp. 1729-1730;

there are 4 entries for the above surname in Burke's "General Armory", pg. 901.

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...PIMBLEY'S DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY

...A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER

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...Sawyer of Heywood, co. Berks, England

BURKE'S NOTE:..John Sawyer, Esq., of Heywood, High Sheriff 1819, was son and heir of Anthony Sawyer, Esq., of Heywood, and grandson of John Sawyer, Esq., by Anne, his wife, sister of Anthony Duncobe, first Lord Feversham.

FOX-DAVIES' NOTE:..Son of Rev. William George Sawyer, M.A., Rector of Taplow, b. 1829; d. ____; m. 1862, Margaret, dau. of Rev. C.A. Sheppard of Great Milton, Oxon.: - Rev. William Ellis Sawyer, M.A., b. 1878; m. 1908, Gertrude Margaret, eldest dau. of the late Ralph Henry Cole of Fell Court, Torquay. Residence: Middleton Stoney Rectory, Bicester.

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a fesse chequy Or (gold) and Sable (black), between three sea-pies Argent (silver).

MANTLING:..Azure (blue) and Or (gold).

CREST:..A talbot guardant Proper (natural color).

MOTTO:..CHERCHE ET TU TROUVERAS...(Seek and you will find).

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...Sawyer

NOTE:..Sons of Sir James Sawyer, Knt., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.S.A., J.P., of Haseley Hall, co. Warwick, b. 1884; d. 1919; m. 1873, Adelaide Mary, dau. of Rev. John Harwood Hill, B.A., F.S.A., Rector of Cranoe, Leicester.:-....

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a fesse Argent (silver), in chief a caduceus erect Or (gold), between two sea-pies Proper (natural color), and in base a sea-pie of the last (i.e., natural color), between two caducei erect of the third (i.e., gold

MANTLING:..Azure (blue) and Argent (silver).

CREST:..In front of two caducei saltirewise Or (gold), upon a mount Vert (green), a foxhound scenting Proper (natural color).

MOTTO:..CHERCHE ET TU TROUVERAS...(Seek and you will find).

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Sawyer of Kettering, co. Northampton, England - 1604

ARMS:..Lozengy Or (gold) and Azure (blue), on a pale Gules (red), three escallops of the first (i.e., gold).

CREST:..On a mural coronet Gules (red), a parrot's head erased Vert (green), beaked gold.

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Sawyer of co. Cambridge, and Causton, co. Norfolk, England

ARMS:..Azure (blue), a fess componee Or (gold) and Sable (black), between three seapies Argent (silver).

CREST:..On a mount Vert (green), a hound on scent Argent (silver), spotted liver colour.

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