FAMILY COATS OF ARMS

TAYLOR
RUSSELL
WOLCOTT
TIMM
THE TWELVE TRIBES

THE TAYLOR ARMS


The following description of the Taylor Coat of Arms
was graciously provided by Jim Taylor of "Taylor's Castle."

The Coat of Arms is blazened; quarterly, first and forth, azure, on a chief sable, two boars heads argent: second, argent, a chevron ermine between three grayhounds azure; third, argent chevron ermine between three mullets azure.

HERALDIC LANGUAGE ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
ARMS ~

Ermine, on a chief gules, a fleur-de-lis between two boar's heads, couped and erect or. An ermine shield (white with black spots), bearing across the upper half a red band on which is a fleur-de-lis between two boar's heads, all gold.

CREST ~

A naked arm embowed grasping an arrow proper. A naked arm, bent at elbow and grasping an arrow, all in natural colors.

MOTTO ~

"Consequitor Quodeunque Petit"
"He Accomplishes What He Undertakes"

The name of Taylor all along the ages has had a variety of forms: for example Taylefer; LeTellyur; Taillour; Tailyour, which is the old Scottish form; Tailleau; Tayleure; Taylurese; Taylour; Tayller; Taillir; and Taillor. Present day orthography is reduced to the forms Taylor, Tailor, Tailer, Tailler, and in rare instances, Tayloe.

A Coat of Arms is an emblem or a device which is displayed by titled persons, persons of royal blood, and their descendants. Coats of Arms were originally used for purposes of identification and recognition on the field of battle as well as in civil life. It is claimed by some writers that Coats of Arms, in a crude form, were used by Noah's sons after the flood. There are records of other Coats of Arms, in one crude form or another, at different periods of ancient history. Heraldry, however, as we know it today, did not become of much importance until soon after the invasion of England by William the Conqueror, A.D. 1066. Heraldry became of general interest at about the time of the Crusades. The Taylor Coat of Arms is the Arms of Taylor, Earls of Bective and Marquises of Headfort. Coats of Arms very similar to it are used by other great Taylor families, and numerous branches of the family have Coats of Arms resembling it. This is the most widely used of all Taylor Coats of Arms, and has been in existence for many centuries. It is described in BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY, BURKES'S LANDED GENTRY, BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, and other reliable works on heraldry, in some cases accompanied by illustrations and pedigrees. In the opinion of established authorities, practically all Taylor families in America claim this Coat of Arms.

The boar's head was once the chief dish at Christmas feasts in palace and castle. When England's sovereigns kept Christmas or Yule in their noble halls at Guildford, Eltham, Westminster or Windsor, in high estate, arrayed with crown and sceptre, clothed in ermine and surrounded by their wondering subjects, it was brought to their table with great ceremony. The introduction of the great dish was accompanied by music and singing, often by the song reprinted below.

THE BOAR'S HEAD CAROL

Caput Apri refero
Reddens laudes Domino.

The bore's head in hand bring I
With garlans gay and rosemary,
I pray you all sing merrily
Qui estic convivio.

The bore's head, I understande,
Is the chief servyce in this lande
Loke wherever it be fande,
Servite cum cantico.

So is explained the significance in the Taylor Coat of Arms of the golden boar's heads on either side of the fleur-de-lis, ancient symbol of nobility. Sir Bernard Burke, of Heralds College, London, said "Heraldry is prized by all who can show honorable ancestry or wish to found honorable families." Besides its family significance this Coat of Arms makes an excellent mural decoration and inspires the admiration and comment of all who see it. It is quite appropriate that members of the Taylor family who have a pride in their ancestry should display the family Coat of Arms, in proper colors.

THE RUSSELL ARMS



SHIELD ~
Silver with a red lion and on a black stripe at the top three gold shellfish.

CREST ~
Goat

MOTTO ~
"Che Sara Sara" ~ "What Will Be Will Be"

The Russell family name originated in Dorset, located in England.
The Russell family traces their ancestral roots back to Norman origins.

ARMS OF HENRY WOLCOTT OF GAULDEN MANOR
TOLLAND, SOMERSETSHIRE, ENGLAND


ARMS ~

Argent (white or silver symbolizing peace and sincerity), a Chevron (symbolizing Protection) between three Chess Rooks (from the Italian rocca, a tower or castle), ermined (the fur of royalty, the vertical marks being the tails).

CREST ~

A Bulls' Head (symbolizing valor and magnanimity) erased (violently torn off, leaving a jagged edge) argent (colored silver symbolizing peace and sincerity), armed (with horns)or (colored gold symbolizing generosity), ducally gorged (collared with a ducal coronet), lined and ringed, (a line affixed to a ring in the bull's nose), of the last.

MOTTO ~

"Nullis Addictus Jurare In Verba Magistri"
"Accustomed To Swear In The Words Of No Master"

The chess rooks were introduced early in the fifteenth century through a knight of whom it is recorded in the old Family Pedigree:

"Playing at ye chess with Henry ye fifte, king of Englande, he gave him ye cheke matte with ye rouke, whereupone ye kings changed his coate of armes which was ye crosse with flower de lures, and gave him ye rouke for a remembrance."

From James P. Wolf's
"Heraldry on the Internet"


THE TIMM ARMS

The origin of the name Timm is English. The Coat of Arms contains blue and gold with three Fleur de Lis counterchanged. The crest is a goat's head. Spelling variations include Timms, Timm, Tymms, Times, and others. It was first found in Kent where they were seated from ancient times before the Conquest in 1066. It was first landed in America by Thomas Tims who settled in Boston in 1715. Andrew Timm settled in Philadelphia in 1856 and Elizabeth Tims settled in America in 1744.


THE TWELVE TRIBES

Were Coats of Arms used in Old Testament times? For a page describing the symbols identified with the 12 Tribes and related to the book of Revelation, click here.
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