Sykes Crest

[genealogistsykes]

Sykes Crest - Julia Cesar or someone like that blowing a horn in the sea. Been pased on for generations my grandad got given it by his dad. Anyway of finding it in records ? 

[Stephen J F Plowman]

Below are the blazons for Sykes from Burke's General Armory and a list of Grantees of Arms:

[Stephen J F Plowman]

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Back to the original question; To be sure you need to trace your Sykes lineage back to one armigerous Sykes.  What exactly is the nature of the item that is passed on from generation to generation?

[genealogistsykes]

My father Mark Sykes had a signet ring with the crest on it, which he says has been passed on by his father Douglas William Sykes, and the passed on from his father Samuel Stanley Sykes - Samuel Stanley Syke's father most of likley passed it down to Samuel S. Sykes not too sure !

[Roger in Sussex]

This is an article from an 1898 dictionary, showing what a Triton was supposed to look like.
A demi-triton would presumably be cut off at the waist.

Hope this may be of some help or interest.

Roger

[genealogistsykes]

yes that's it it's got the dscription of the sea shell which is what is being blown in the crest


A Coat of Arms granted to the Sykes family depicts a black chevron between three sykes or fountains on a silver shield, the Crest being a demi triton issuant from reeds, blowing a shell, and wreathed about the temple with like reeds all proper.


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[behindthefrogs]

I think it is significant that you are talking about a crest, correctly described, rather than a shield or full coat of arms.

The crest was often taken from a coat of arms and used to identify silver and other items used by a family.  It would also be used on gifts to retainers and lesser family members.  The ring may thus have such a derivation.

There is in our family a ring which was presented to an ancestor by a nobleman in the 19th century, and is engraved with his crest.  It is a nice piece of history, which we know has no ancestral significance but could, without its provenance, easily be misinterpreted.

[Stephen J F Plowman]

From the Arms described there would have to been some kinship with the Sykes of Sledmore (Baronets) - pedigree as per Burkes Peerage.

[genealogistsykes]

Okay, from what Century are the Sykes of Sledmore from ? Time to do some heavy duty research !