England; Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Codnor Castle
Sir John Zouche of Codnor — Elizabethan Derbyshire knight and county officer
- Family / house
- Zouche of Codnor; Zouche of Harringworth; Whalley; Berkeley
- Family / cadet branch
- Zouche of Codnor Castle
- Armiger / bearer
- Sir John Zouche of Codnor, Knt., died 19 June 1586
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- knight
- Heraldic authority
- Elizabethan Derbyshire records; Codnor pedigree; History of Parliament reference tradition
- Record basis
- recording
- Issued / first recorded
- 1 August 1524
- Until / superseded
- 19 June 1586
- Historical period
- Elizabethan England
- Blazon
- Gules, ten bezants, four, three, two and one, a canton Ermine.
- Plain-English description
- Red with ten gold bezants in descending rows and an ermine canton.
- Tinctures
- Gules; Or; Argent; Sable
- Charges / ordinaries
- Ten bezants; Canton Ermine
- Crest
- A falcon with wings elevated or displayed is associated with the Codnor Zouches as a personal badge or crest tradition, but the exact hereditary form requires confirmation from the original achievement.
- Difference / variant
- Undifferenced within the Codnor branch, but collateral to the senior Ashby line through the retained ermine canton.
- Source reference
- Codnor pedigree
- Linked historical person
- Sir John Zouche of Codnor
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- George Zouche of Codnor
- Mother
- Anne Gainsford
- Spouse(s)
- Eleanor Whalley, daughter of Richard Whalley
- Children / next generation
- Eleanor Zouche, married Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche of Harringworth; Sir John Zouche of Codnor, died 1611; George Zouche
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
This individual is especially important because his daughter Eleanor married Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Harringworth. The connection joins the Codnor collateral line back to the senior baronial house and should be represented as a documented marriage edge, not as a new paternal branch.