TEESDALE HERALDRY RESEARCH
"The only coat-of-arms of the surname " Teesdale" recorded in Burke's General Armory (1884) is a distinctively military device:
ARGENT; A THISTLE PROPER, BETWEEN THREE PHEONS AZURE.
Crest: AN ARM IN ARMOR EMBOWED, HOLDING BY THE BLADE A SWORD, POINT DOWNWARDS, PROPER.
Another Crest: AN ARM IN ARMOR EMBOWED, COUPED FESSWAYS, HOLDING A SCEPTRE PROPER.
The Tisdalls of Charlesfort,County Meath, Ireland, bore (coat-of-arms):
SABLE, A THISTLE OR, BETWEEN THREE PHEONS, POINTS DOWN ARGENT.
Crest: OUT OF A DUCAL CORONET OR, AN ARMED ARM ERECT, HOLDING IN THE HAND AN ARROW ALL PROPER.
Motto: Tutantur tela coronam
(Weapons Guard A Crown).
The Striking similarity between these three types of armorial bearings is indicative of identical origin and collateral kinship, but whether other families of similar surname are entitled to bear them is problematical".
From Milton Rubincam's
Historical
Outline of the Teasdale-Teesdale Families
Ostendo non Ostento (I show, I do not show off)
From Edmund Teesdale Obituary Record, Daily Telegraph London, March 1987
The British Heraldic Archive is an excellent primer for those who are interested in Teesdale Heraldry
The following depictions of Teesdale Coat of Arms are presented for further research in our family history and are not claimed as the crest or blazon for any one particular Teesdale family member.
The above crest was provided by heraldryandcrests.com and is a depiction
based on a blazon listed in Burkes Armorial
The photo of this crest was provided by Robert T. Teesdale. The original was created for his great uncle some years ago. More will follow on this crest in the future