Leicestershire Coat of Arms
November 2010
Leicestershire Branches
The Langton villages in Leicestershire are essentially in the same place, and therefore the langton family of Leicestershire is likely to be one family, however it is possible there are more than one distinct family from here.
There are two coats of arms which are described as being very ancient, both in relation to the Lancashire langtons who originated from Leicestershire.
The first is this coat with a double headed eagle, vert.
These arms the second ancient arms, and are listed in Bernard Burke's General Armory of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
These are believed to be early arms which were also used by John Langton of Lancashire. Son of Robert Langton of Leicestershire. It is likely therefore that the same arms were used by his Father Robert, and also by others of his descendants who remained in Leicestershire.
Bishop Walter came from West Langton in Leicestershire. He was Bishop of Litchfield and High Treasurer of England. He became very very rich and influencial.
Bishop John Langton came from West Langton in Leicestershire. He was Bishop of St. Davids, and Chaplin to the King, he held many prebendaries and was Treasurer of Calais. He was clearly a descendant of Walter Langton, who likewise went after the money
His arms to appear shortly
Church Langton
These are the arms on the pub in Church Langton. We dont have any history on them as yet, though an email has been sent to the pub in question for any information they may have. As we believe the three chevrons were introduced by the Lancashire marriage with the banastre heiress, it would seem these arms are not originally of Leicestershire. However, we know that the Lancashire Langtons continued to own land in Leicestershire for some centuries, until the early sixteenth century, after their move to Lancashire.
These arms are also associated with church langton.
These are the recorded arms of Thomas Langton of Church Langton, from 1414, his wife Palmer.
It is unclear whether the crest sits above the arms of whether it is an element on the shield itself.
These arms are recorded as Lowe, Westminster.
DNA and Shield Linking
We hope to be able to link the various Y chromosome DNA results to coats of arms, so that you can use your DNA test results to identify which coat of arms are yours! We do need your help with this though, we need your DNA results, check out the DNA articles here.