Hi,Ginger, I thinl you could add a little to this. I have both Coats of Arms from your book and I could scan and send. I believe you have already said that neither of these is a "legitimate" armorial I was told by the college of heralds some time ago that there was no Coat of Arms for CHASE but it does seem peculiar that Dick Chase has a similar crest with different mottoes. Keith >Return-Path: <CHASE-L-request@rootsweb.com> >From: RAChase@aol.com >Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 11:36:24 EDT >Old-To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CHASE-L] Re: CHASE-D Digest V98 #115 >To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <CHASE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/452 >X-Loop: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com > > Re: the posting about the Chase Coat of Arms: There are apparently several, >as might well be expected since there are a number of distinct Chase families. >Which one (if any) that a Chase decendant can properly associate with >naturally is dictated by the valid linkage that can be established to a >pedigree for which a coat of armour was authorized by virtue of title. > I have a graphic of one that apparently has been widely used by those who >want to display a Chase family device [ Arms: four golden crosses, arranged >in pairs, on a red shield which bears in the corned a golden lion on a blue >square; Crest: a golden half-lion holding a red cross; Motto: Forward ] >Another, which is similar, but for which I do not have the graphic, is [Arms: >similar to the above device; Crest: a griffin's head holding a key; Motto: 'Ne >cede malis' (Yield not to temptation) ] > Allegedly the first device described above was associated with the Chesham >Chases, and thus has been used by decendants of Aquila and Thomas in the US >based on the apparently erroneous (at least presently unconfirmable) linkage >of these brothers to the Chesham Chase line. > >Dick Chase > > > Keith Hume, email khume@netcomuk.co.uk CHASE-L Website at:- http://www.surnameweb.org/centers/c/chase/index.html http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~khume/home.html Kent,England Researching:- HULME,DAWSON,(In Lancs.) HUME,McKAY, (In New Brunswick & Nova Scotia SHERMAN,SIMMONS,HATHAWAY AND CHASE,(In USA & Canada) SHERRING & BLUNDEN (Hampshire,England) FALL,(Ireland & Australia) BUTCHER,PAYNE/PAINE,BURCKITT(Bedfordshire,England)