Pettigrew Family Crest/Coat of Arms

[slathrop]

Aloha,
My father was a Pettigrew and I have been doing some research into the family history.  It seems the name may be Norman in origin with some alleged roots in Ireland, Scotland and England.
I have been trying to identify a verifiable family crest or coat of arms for Pettigrew and I don't trust those sites that sell you coats of arms as they seem rather disreputable.

Does anyone have a link to an actual registered Pettigrew family crest/coat of arms?

mahalo,

Shawn

[KGarrad]

There is no such thing as a "family" coat-of-arms

A coat-of-arms is granted to a named individual - and it is his heirs that can continue to use them.

FAQs from the College of Arms:

Q. Do coats of arms belong to surnames?

A. No. There is no such thing as a 'coat of arms for a surname'. Many people of the same surname will often be entitled to completely different coats of arms, and many of that surname will be entitled to no coat of arms. Coats of arms belong to individuals. For any person to have a right to a coat of arms they must either have had it granted to them or be descended in the legitimate male line from a person to whom arms were granted or confirmed in the past.

Q. What is a crest?

A. It is a popular misconception that the word 'crest' describes a whole coat of arms or any heraldic device. It does not. A crest is a specific part of a full achievement of arms: the three-dimensional object placed on top of the helm.

www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/faqs

[Craclyn]

Welcome to Rootshat Slathrop,

Do not waste money on one of the sites that tries to con you into buying a coat of arms.

[Kiltpin]

The General Armory gives only one entry for Pettigrew -   

Regards 

Chas

[Kiltpin]

This is what that looks like -
Regards 

Chas

[Fisherman]

A slightly different spelling of Pettigrew

Pettegrew Scotland: Gu an Increscent betw three mullets or
 
Crest: An increscent gu

Motto: Sine sobs nihil

Increscent means the crescent is on its side facing the dexter (left) side of the shield as you look at it.

Fisherman

[Stephen J F Plowman]

There do not seem to be any entries in An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland which covers the period from around 1672 to 1901.  This evening, if time permits, I will look in my copies of An Ordinary of Scottish Arms pre-1672  and Volume 2 An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland which goes to 1973.

[Skoosh]

According to "Black" this name is more common in Lanarkshire than anywhere else & Glasgow in particular. There were small land-owners there going back to the late 13th century with a Thomas Petykrue being the first on record. Lanark, Linlithgow & Glasgow all John Pettigrew's, another in the Barony. Sir Mabut Pedigrew, clerk of the Monklands in 1518 & another John Pettigrove, the Green, Lanark in 1718. No two with the same spelling, Sir Mabut sounds a bit armigerous mebbes?

Skoosh.

[Stephen J F Plowman]

There do not seem to be any entries in An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland which covers the period from around 1672 to 1901.  This evening, if time permits, I will look in my copies of An Ordinary of Scottish Arms pre-1672  and Volume 2 An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland which goes to 1973.

The pre-1672 Ordinary has 6 entries from 5 different ancient heraldic rolls but without any biographical or geographical details except that for Pettigrew of Pettigrew "Gules 3 mullets and between them a crescent Argent".  Pettigrew of Pettigrew (or of that Ilk) would be the Chief/Head of the Name & Arms of Pettigrew.