Arms
Quarterly: 1st and 4th Gules, two esquire’s helmets in chief Proper, a mullet Or for difference, and a garb in base Or, for Cholmeley; 2nd Lozengy Argent and Azure, a bend Gules, fretty Or, for Cheney 3rd Argent, three capons Sable, for Capenhurst
Crest
A Garb Or, charged with a mullet Gules for difference
Motto
Cassis tutissima virtus [Virtue is the safest helm]
Authority
College of Arms
Notes
Artist: Sir Fred Cholmeley.
This is the Coat of Arms as found in the College of Arms. The family has tended to use it without the quarterings and often using for the crest, a demi-griffin segreant Sable, beaked, winged and membered Or, holding between the claws an esquire’s helmet Or.