Family / house

Noel

Family / cadet branch

Noel of Dalby-on-the-Wolds and Brooke, Rutland and Leicestershire

Armiger / bearer

Andrew Noel of Dalby-on-the-Wolds

Entity type

family

Social rank / class

landed_gentry

Heraldic authority

English heraldic and antiquarian record

Record basis

recording

Issued / first recorded

c.1552

Until / superseded

1607

Historical period

Elizabethan England

Blazon

Or, fretty Gules, a canton Ermine.

Plain-English description

A gold shield covered with a red fret, with a small ermine canton in the upper corner.

Tinctures

Or; Gules; Ermine

Charges / ordinaries

fret; canton

Crest

A buck at gaze Argent, attired Or, is recorded for later Noel descendants; its use by Andrew Noel himself is not independently established here.

Motto

Tout bien ou rien is associated with later Noel descendants, not securely with Andrew Noel.

Difference / variant

The Dalby Noel arms form the maternal alliance coat entering the Wimbledon branch through Theodosia Noel. Later Noel descendants accumulated additional quarterings and baronetcy-linked achievements.

Source reference

The National Archives, Noel family papers

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Andrew Noel of Dalby-on-the-Wolds

Mother

Elizabeth Hopton, widow of Sir John Perient

Spouse(s)

Mabel Harington

Children / next generation

Theodosia Noel; Lucy Noel, later Lady Eure; Elizabeth Noel, later Countess of Castlehaven; Charles Noel; Arthur Noel; Alexander Noel

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources