a demi-lion rampant

The crest on Plate 8, Image 7 (Pl. 8. cr. 7.) is described as a demi-lion rampant.

Surnames:a demi-lion rampant

  • Agar (Earl of Normanton)
  • Agar (Lord Callan, Ireland)
  • Agar (Lord Clifden, Ireland)
  • Anscell (Barford, Bedfordshire)
  • Anstrell (Barford, Bedfordshire)
  • Ayloffe (Braxted Magna, Essex)
  • Ayloffe (Framfield, Sussex)
  • Ayloffe (England)
  • Barnes (England)
  • Basket (England)
  • Baskett (England)
  • Black (Scotland)
  • Bladwell (Suffolk)
  • Bladwell (Norfolk)
  • Blodwell (Suffolk)
  • Blouyle (Suffolk)
  • Braid (England)
  • Braid (Scotland)
  • Brasier (Londonderry)
  • Braytoft (Lincolnshire)
  • Breck
  • Breeck (England)
  • Bulimore (England)
  • Byrde (Lincolnshire)
  • Cade (Derbyshire)
  • Capon (England)
  • Clarke (England)
  • Cookson (England)
  • Corrie (Scotland)
  • Cosins (Charleyhall, Leicestershire)
  • Cosins (Leicestershire)
  • Coulthand (Scotley, Cumberland)
  • Cromer (England, Bart.)
  • Cruice (England)
  • Cruise (England)
  • Dales (England)
  • Dalingrugge (England)
  • Dalles
  • Davidge (Somersetshire)
  • Dickinson (Cleypole, Lincolnshire)
  • Dickinson (Yorkshire)
  • Dickinson (Bradley, Staffordshire)
  • Diconson (Yorkshire)
  • Diconson (Staffordshire)
  • Diconson (Lincolnshire)
  • Diss (England)
  • Dixon (Wallington, Berkshire)
  • Dolton (England)
  • Drummond
  • Duncombe (Scotland)
  • Eam (London)
  • Eam (Berkshire)
  • Emes (Berkshire)
  • Emes (London)
  • Emme (London)
  • Emme (Berkshire)
  • Ewan (Scotland)
  • Fife (Scotland)
  • Fiffe (Scotland)
  • Freeman (England)
  • Freeman (Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire)
  • Freeman (England)
  • Freman (England)
  • Froyle (England)
  • Fury (England)
  • Fyfe (Scotland)
  • Fyffe (Dron)
  • Gaine (England)
  • Geridot
  • Glasse (England)
  • Gold (Wiltshire)
  • Goldesbrough (Lincoln’s Inn)
  • Goold (Ireland)
  • Gordon (Earl of Aboyne)
  • Grace (England)
  • Grady (England)
  • Grant (London)
  • Grant (Crundall, Hampshire)
  • Hacklet (London)
  • Hare (Norfolk)
  • Hare (Lord Ennismore, Ireland)
  • Herin (That Ilk)
  • Heron (That Ilk)
  • Hindmarsh (Scotland)
  • Hoberd (England)
  • Hobert (England)
  • Hyatt (England)
  • Inglis (Manner and Mannerhead)
  • Inglis (Stewart Boone)
  • Inglis (W. S. Edinburgh)
  • Jevers (England)
  • Jolin (England)
  • Joy (England)
  • Kedmarston (England)
  • Kempson (Ardens, Grafton, Warwickshire)
  • Kempson (Staffordshire)
  • Lacy (England)
  • Lacy (Stamford, Lincolnshire)
  • Layton (Scotland)
  • Lewins (England)
  • Logan (Ireland)
  • Lomelyng (England)
  • Lukin (Lincolnshire)
  • M’Candlish (England)
  • Macduff (Thane of Fife)
  • Macfie (Scotland)
  • M’Kenzie (Scotland)
  • M’Leish (Scotland)
  • M’Phie (Scotland)
  • Maddison (England)
  • Martyre (England)
  • Menet (England)
  • Moncrieff (Bart. of That Ilk)
  • Moncrieff (Wellwood, Tullibole)
  • Mores (Lord Frankfort)
  • Morres (England)
  • Moubray (Of Barnbougle)
  • Mowatt (England)
  • Newlands (Scotland)
  • Nichol (Scotland)
  • Nickelson (Scotland)
  • Nicol (England)
  • Nicol (Scotland)
  • Nicolson (Bart. of That Ilk)
  • Noland (Ireland)
  • Northwood (England)
  • Nowland (Ireland)
  • Ogilvie (Of Innercarity, Bart.)
  • Partridge (England)
  • Passingham (England)
  • Peace (England)
  • Peard (England)
  • Pearmain Pears (England)
  • Percivall (Hampshire)
  • Percivall (England)
  • Picken (Scotland)
  • Picton (Cheshire)
  • Picton (Wyvill Court, Berkshire)
  • Pomeroy (Ireland)
  • Pope (England)
  • Praed (England)
  • Priddle (England)
  • Priestley (England)
  • Primerose (Leith, Scotland)
  • Prouse (England)
  • Ravensholme (England)
  • Repley (Chertsey, Surrey)
  • Ridout (England)
  • Rock (England)
  • Rowlatt (England)
  • Rumbold (Woodhall, Hertfordshire)
  • Scot (Rossie, Scotland)
  • Scot (Logie, Scotland)
  • Sebright (England)
  • Selwyn (Essex)
  • Selwyn (Treston, Sussex)
  • Selwyn (Beckington)
  • Seys (Boverton, Glamorganshire)
  • Shaw (Scotland)
  • Stainsbury (England)
  • Stewart (Bute, Bart. Scotland)
  • Stewart (Tillycoultry, Bart. Scotland)
  • Stewart (Dalguise, Scotland)
  • Stewart (Earl of Bute, Scotland)
  • Stone (Wavesdon, Suffolk)
  • Stroode/Stroud (London, Parham, Winborne, Shipton, Mallett, Shalmington)
  • Stroude (England)
  • Stuart (Sir, K. B. England)
  • Stuart (Lord Cardiff, England)
  • Thomas (Yapton-Place, Sussex, Bart)
  • Thorney (London)
  • Thornton (Newenham, Northamptonshire; Bridforth, Yorkshire; Greenford, Hertfordshire; Lingall, Yorkshire)
  • Thoroughgood (London)
  • Throwgood (London)
  • Tibbet (England)
  • Tot (England)
  • Traby (England)
  • Tyers (England)
  • Vampage (England)
  • Vaughan (Monmouthshire)
  • Wastnays (Staffordshire)
  • Wastneys (Heydon, Nottinghamshire)
  • Wellwood (Tullibole, Bart. Scotland)
  • Wilcocks (Knassington, Leicestershire)
  • Wilson (Crogland, Scotland)
  • Wilson (Kelvinbank, Scotland)
  • Wilson (Plewlands, Scotland)
  • Wintringham (London, Bart. England)
  • Wisham (England)
  • Yates (England)
  • Young (Flintshire)
  • Young (Poulton Cumseacomb, Cheshire)

Demi-Lion: The demi-lion (half lion) represents courage, majesty, strength, and valor, possessing these qualities in potential or having demonstrated them in specific instances. Rampant: The posture of the lion, rearing up with forepaws raised, signifies a readiness to fight, ferocity in defense of one’s rights, and high spirit. Ducally Gorged/Collared: When the lion wears a collar (often a ducal coronet), it can symbolize authority, nobility, or a reward for service.

The combination generally points to a family of warrior heritage or one that values bravery and leadership. It is one of the most common yet noble heraldic charges, suggesting a lineage that upholds the virtues of the lion: bravery, strength, and nobility. The specific colors (tinctures) and objects held (like crosses or fleurs-de-lis in some variations) would add further nuance to the individual family history.