Family / house

Gascoyne; Gascoyne of Bifrons; Childwall Hall; Barking; Childwall; Lancashire

Family / cadet branch

Eldest-son branch of Sir Crisp Gascoyne; proprietor of Childwall Hall

Armiger / bearer

Bamber Gascoyne, M.P. (1725–1791)

Entity type

individual

Social rank / class

armigerous_gentry

Heraldic authority

Dictionary of National Biography; parliamentary biographies; Childwall and county-history sources

Record basis

recording

Issued / first recorded

1753

Until / superseded

1791

Historical period

Georgian England

Blazon

Argent, on a pale Sable a conger's head erased and erect Or, charged with an ermine spot.

Plain-English description

Silver, with a black vertical stripe bearing an upright gold conger's head marked with an ermine spot.

Tinctures

Argent; Sable; Or

Charges / ordinaries

Pale; Conger's head; Ermine spot

Crest

A demi-lucy or conger's head Or issuing from a ducal coronet is associated with the family crest tradition; not independently documented as a complete personal achievement for Bamber the elder.

Motto

RAISON POUR GUIDE

Exterior ornaments

No complete individual achievement independently located. He was a landed proprietor and Member of Parliament rather than a peer.

Difference / variant

Inherited family arms from Sir Crisp and the Bifrons branch. His marriage to Mary Green transmitted Childwall Hall and related Lancashire property into the Gascoyne family but did not alter the paternal coat.

Source reference

Dictionary of National Biography, Crisp Gascoyne entry

Linked historical person

Bamber Gascoyne

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Sir Crisp Gascoyne

Mother

Margaret Bamber

Spouse(s)

Mary Green, daughter and co-heiress of Isaac Green

Children / next generation

Bamber Gascoyne the younger; Isaac Gascoyne; John Gascoyne; Benjamin Gascoyne

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources