Hale Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History

Hale or Hales “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Hale Family History & Surname
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1) A – Sir James Hales (c. 1500-1554,) of Kent, English Judge, son of John Hales, appointed Baron of the Exchequer c. 1522, and lord of a manor called The Dungeon at Canterbury

B – Sir Edward Hales (1576-1654) was awarded the Hales Baronetcy of Woodchuch and Tunstall, co. Kent in 1611, Member of Parliament for Hastings, High Sheriff of Kent, son of William Hales of Tenterden, co. Kent. Sir Edward Hales (1645-1695), 3rd baronet, was admitted to the rank of colonel of a foot regiment at Hackington, co. Kent, purchased the manor of Hales Place near Canterbury, Member of Parliament, estate much older though?

C – Sir Robert Hales (d. 1695) was awarded the Beakesbourne Baronetcy co. Kent in 1660, Member of Parliament, lawyer, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1628, son of Thomas Hales of Beaksbourne, Kent. Sir Thomas Hales, the 2nd Baronet, acquired the estate of Brymore, co. Somerset through his marriage to Mary Pym.

2) Sir John Hales (c. 1646-1677) was awarded the Hales Baronetcy of Coventry, co. Warwickshire in 1660, graduated from Oxford in 1635, son of Christopher Hales of Whitefriars, and grandson of John Hales, he was succeeded by his son, Sir Christopher Hales - Gules three broad arrows or, feathered and headed argent. Crest – An arm embowed in armour proper garnished or, holding in the hand proper an arrow headed gold, round the arm a scarf vert.

3) Holt, co. Norfolk - quartered with Turner and Baseley – James Tooke-Hales (1811-1875), son of James Hales and Barbara Baseley – his father was the son of Robert Hales (d. 1780), Collector of Customs of King's Lynn, and Ann Turner - “A somewhat eccentric person, who did much for his parishioners, whom he ruled with a rod of iron”

4) granted c. 1850 to Edward Hales Esq. of North Frith, Hadlow, co. Kent, a breeder of cows - Per chevron engrailed or and gules in chief two arrows erect, points downwards sable and in base a griffin’s head couped of the first. Crest – Upon a mount a garb vert, in front thereof a shield or, charged with a griffin’s heads couped sable.

5) granted to William Hale Hale (1795-1870) Venerable Archdeacon Hale of London & Canon of St. Paul’s, son of John Hale, a surgeon, of Lynn, Norfolk

6) Hales or Hals or Halse, co. Devonshire – Hals of Kenedon in the parish of Sherford, co. Devonshire – of this family was John Hales (c. 1400-1490), Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, second son of John Hals (fl. 1423) of Kenendon, a Justice of the Common Pleas and a Justice of the King’s Bench, grandson of John Halse of Lavant, Cornwall, and great-grandson of David Halse – there were several Richard Halses of Kenedon who lived in the 15th and 16th centuries

7) Mervyn Hales (fl. 1623) of High Church, co. Somerset, son of John Hales, grandson of Edward Hales, great-grandson of John Hales of High Church, and great-great grandson of Richard Hales – also Sir Stephen de Hales (c. 1330-1394), Member of Parliament for Norfolk, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, saw much active service in the wars with France, son of William Hales of Testerton

8) King’s Walden, co. Hertford - there was William Hale (c. 1632-1688) of King’s Walden, a Member of Parliament, son of Rowland Hale (1600-1669) of the same locale, grandson of William Hale Esq. (1548-1634), Sheriff of Hertfordshire, and the great-grandson of Richard Hale (1536-1620), a London grocer who bought the manor of King’s Walden in 1576 - Azure a chevron embattled and counter-embattled Or. Crest—A serpent proper entwined round five arrow-shafts or, headed sable feathered argent one in pale, four saltirewise. Motto—Vera sequor.

9) granted to Joseph Eaton Hale Esq. of Somerton Hall, co. Suffolk (born c. 1790), son of Joseph Hale (d. 1827) who is thought to be from Bulmer, co. Essex

10) Similar to that of Roger Hales or Halys (c. 1274-1313) of Norwich, who held several manors including Loddon, Roughton, and Metton - Barry of eight azure and argent on a canton gules a lion passant Or.

11) Thomas Hale, found in “Two Tudor Books of Arms”, 16th century or older - Argent a bend engrailed vert.

12) Alderley, co. Gloucester – granted in 1661 to Matthew Hale (1609-1676) of Alderley, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, son of Robert Hale, a barrister of Lincoln’s Inn - Argent a fesse sable in chief three cinquefoils of the last. Crest—A heron’s head erased argent.

13) Sir Frank Van Halle, Halen, Knight of the Garter in the 14th century, son of Frederick

14) confirmed 1616 - Sable on a fess or, between two chevronels argent a cinquefoil gules a border ermine

15) Hackbendon (???), co. Kent - Gules on a saltire argent between four demi lions rampant or, a cross of the first pierced vert.

16) co. Staffordshire - Argent three broad arrows azure.

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