David Hopkinson

painted by Robert Parsons

Arms:- Per pale Azure and Gules on a chevron between in chief two hop cones slipped and leaved and in base a saltire couped Or a chevron couped per pale Gules and Azure.

Crest:- A demi-lion rampant Or incensed proper pellety gorged with a mural crown Azure and holding between its paws a ruling pen Argent shafted Sable.

Motto:- Rura Mihi Placent, ( Things of the countryside please me).

Granted by the College of Arms, 12 July 1993.