HENDERSON ARMS

House of Fordell

James Henderson [1st] of Fordell – Three piles issuant from sinister

on a chief a crescent between two ermine spots. (Seal, 1497

[Stevenson 2: 409])

James Henderson [1st] of Fordell – Three piles issuant from dexter

on a chief a crescent between four ermine spots, two and two. (Seal,

1506 [Stevenson 2:410])

[James] Henderson [3rd] of Fordell – Parted per pale dancetty Or

and Sable, on a chief Argent a crescent between two ermine spots

Azure. (Late addition, ca. 1560, to Sir David Lindsay’s Armorial,

1542)

[James] Henderson [3rd] of Fordell – Per pale dancetty Sable and

Argent on a chief Argent a crescent Vert between two ermine spots.

(Queen Mary’s Roll, 1562)

[James] Henderson of Fordell – Sable three piles issuant from

dexter Or on a chief Argent a crescent [Azure or Vert?] between two

ermine spots Sable. (Workman’s MS, 1565-66)

[James] Henderson [3rd of Fordell] – Argent three piles issuant

from dexter flank and on a chief Sable a crescent Or between two

Ermines spots. (Slains Armorial, ca 1567)

[James] Henderson [3rd] of Fordell – Gules three piles issuant

from dexter flank and on a chief Argent a crescent Azure between

two Ermine spots. (Seton Armorial, 1591; also on his seal, 1592,

without indication of tinctures)

[James] Henderson [3rd of Fordell] – Argent [probably an error for

Or] three piles issuant from dexter flank Sable and on a chief Argent

a crescent Vert between two Ermine spots. (Dunvegan Armorial, ca

1600)

[James] Henderson [3rd] of Fordell – Or three piles issuant from

the dexter edge on a chief Argent a crescent Azure between two

ermine spots Sable. (Lord Crawford’s Armorial, 1601)

[Sir John] Henderson [5th] of Fordell – Per pale indented [or

dancetty] Sable and Or on a chief Argent a crescent Gules between

two ermine spots Sable. (Balfour’s MS, 1630-54)

Henderson of Fordell (3rd quarter for Sir William Lockhart, Lord

Advocate) - Parted per pale indented sable and argent on a chief

gules a crescent or betwixt two tufts of ermine as the second. (Lyon

Reg, ca. 1690)

[Sir John] Henderson [3rd Bt] of Fordell – Gules three piles

issuing from the sinister, on a chief Argent a crescent Azure between

two ermine spots. (Nisbet, 1722; 1838 bookplate of Sir Robert Bruce

Henderson, 6th Bt of Fordell; BGA 1865, for Henderson-Mercer of

Fordell)

Henderson of Fordell – Parted per pale dancetty Or and Sable, on a

chief Argent a crescent Azure between two ermine spots Sable. (Lyon

Reg, 1882, as 1st quarter for Hew A. D. H. Haldane-Duncan Mercer-

Henderson; Lyon Reg, 1985, to Dr. William Philip Henderson of

Fordell)

Other Henderson Families

William Henryson (d. 1582), Treasurer of Orkney – Three piles

issuing from the dexter side [?] (On his tombstone at St. Magnus

Cathedral; H. L. Norton Smith, A Collection of Armorials of the

County of Orkney (Galashiels, 1902), pp. 66-69 and plate 18)

Henryson (Orkney) - per pale, in dexter three piles issuing from

dexter, in sinister a crescent reversed, and overall a chief ermine

(Carved panel on the bishop’s throne at Graemeshall, Orkney; Norton

Smith, p. 69)

Sir Thomas Henryson, Lord Chesters – Three piles issuant from

dexter, in sinister a rose, a chief parted per fess charged in the lower

half with a crescent between two ermine spots. (On his book stamp,

c. 1635)

Henderson of Chesters – Parted per pale pily Sable and Argent on

the last a rose Gules, on a chief of the last a crescent between two

ermine spots Or. (Robson, 1830)

Henry Henderson of St. Lawrence, M.D. – Parted per pale indented

Sable and Argent two attires of a hart transposed paleways and

counterchanged, on a chief Gules a crescent Or between as many

ermine spots [Argent?]. (Lyon Reg 1/326 [1672/76]; Nisbet, 1722)

George Henderson, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne – Barry pily of

ten Or and Sable, a chief Ermine. (Recorded in Robert Carr’s MS

Catalogue of the Mayors and Sheriffs of Newcastle, 1730, in W. H.

D. Longstaffe, ed, Visitation of the Northern Counties, Surtees Soc

41 (Durham, 1863), p. lxxvi)

Alexander Henderson of Eildon Hall, banker in Edinburgh – Parted

per pale indented Or and Sable three roundels in fess

counterchanged. (Lyon Reg, 1825)

[Walter?] Henderson of Granton [fl. ca. 1600?] – Parted per pale

pily Argent and Sable a bordure of the first, on a chief Gules a

crescent between two ermine spots Or. (Robson, 1830)

Henderson, Liverpool – Gules three piles issuing from the sinister

Argent a bordure quarterly of the first and Ermine, on a chief Argent

a crescent Azure between two ermine spots Sable. (Robson, 1830)

[Alexander] Henderson [of Press], Lord Provost of Edinburgh –

Gules three piles issuing from the sinister Argent each charged with a

heart, on the dexter side four mullets in pale of the second, on a chief

of the same a crescent Azure between two ermine spots Sable.

(Robson, 1830)

[Charles Cooper] Henderson, Chertsey, Surrey – Gules three piles

issuing from the sinister Argent a chief Ermine. (Robson, 1830; per

Fox-Davies 1895, used by Col (later Maj Gen) Kenneth Gregg

Henderson, CB (b. 1836), but not matriculated. Charles Cooper

Henderson was his father.)

Henderson – Gules three piles issuing from the sinister Argent a

bordure Or, on a chief of the second a crescent Vert between two

ermine spots Sable. (Robson, 1830)

Henrieson – Gules three piles issuing from the sinister Argent, the

under one charged with a crescent Vert between two ermine spots

Sable. (Robson, 1830)

Rev Gilbert Henderson Phillips, Brodsworth, Yorks – (4th quarter)

Gules three piles issuant from sinister within a bordure Or, on a chief

Ermine a crescent Azure. (Coll of Arms, 1863)

Mitchell Henry, Kylemore Lodge, Letterfrack, co. Galway – Per

pale indented Argent and Gules on the dexter side a rose of the

second; a chief Azure charged with a lion passant of the first. (Ulster

Grants G/23 [1863])

Robert Henderson, Randalls Park, Surrey – Gules three piles

issuing from the sinister Or, a chief engrailed Ermine. (Lyon Reg,

1865)

Maj (later Maj Gen) John William Cleland Henderson, Roke

Manor, Hants. – (1st and 4th quarters) Ermine three piles, two in

chief and one in base, Gules, each charged with a crescent Argent, on

a chief of the second three estoiles of the third. (Coll of Arms, 1869;

Lyon Reg, 1882)

Thomas Henderson, merchant, Glasgow – Argent three piles issuing

from the sinister Sable, on a chief wavy Azure an anchor between

two crescents of the first. (Lyon Reg, 1872)

Christopher Hope Henderson-Roe, Upper Macclesfield, Cheshire –

[blazon unknown] (Coll of Arms, 1879)

Arthur Henderson of Williamfield, Ayr – Sable three piles issuing

from the sinister Argent, on a chief Or a mullet Azure between two

ermine spots. (Lyon Reg, 1885)

Sir William Henderson, Lord Provost of Aberdeen – Azure three

piles Or, in base a tower triple-towered Argent, masoned Sable, doors

and windows Gules, on a chief Ermine a crescent of the first between

two spur-revels of six points of the third. (Lyon Reg, 1892)

Col George Henderson, Heverswood, Kent – Gules three piles

issuing from the sinister Or, a chief embattled Ermine. (Lyon Reg,

1893)

Richard Henderson, Glasgow – Argent three piles issuing from the

sinister Sable, on a chief indented Azure two olive branches wreathed

surrounding one in pale between two crescents of the first. (Lyon

Reg, 1895)

Henderson of Hallyards (4th quarter for Thomas Clayhills-

Henderson of Invergowrie) – Argent three piles issuing from the

dexter Sable, on a chief Ermine a crescent Gules between two mullets

Or and in a canton Azure, on a chevron between three mascles Or a

boar’s head erased Azure in the middle chief a fleur-de-lis Or. (Lyon

Reg, 1896)

James Alexander Henryson-Caird, Cassencary, Kirkcudbright –

Gules three piles issuing from the sinister Argent, on a chief Sable

three garbs Or. (Lyon Reg, 1897)

Sir James Henderson, Lord Mayor of Belfast – Per pale indented

Gules and Or, on a chief Vair a crescent between two bells of the

second. (Ulster Grants J/47 [1899])

Sir Alexander Henderson, Bt, Buscot Park, Berks (later 1st Baron

Faringdon) – Or three piles issuing from the sinister Vert, on a chief

Ermine three torteaux. (Lyon Reg 17/20 [1902])

V. Rev. William George Henderson, Dean of Carlisle – Parted per

bend indented Sable and Or, on a chief Argent a rose Gules barbed

and seeded Vert between two ermine spots. (Lyon Reg 17/68 [1904])

Mary Augusta Walcott Henderson, Maud Henderson, Isabel

Grace Henderson, Ida Henderson, Beatrice Henderson, and

Mabel Henderson – Parted per bend indented Sable and Or, on a

chief Argent a rose Gules barbed and seeded Vert between two

ermine spots, a bordure Gules. (Lyon Reg 17/71 [1904])

Francis Henderson, Dumbartonshire and Glasgow – Gules three

piles issuing from the sinister Argent on a chief Or, in a sea undy

Azure and of the second a Norse galley Vert in full sail and armed

proper flagged Gules. (Lyon Reg 20/66 [1910])

Maj John Acheson Henderson of Drumlamph, co. Derry – Per

pale dancetty Or and Sable, on a chief Argent a crescent Azure.

(Ulster Grants K/95 [1912])

Archibald John Pitcairn Henderson, Glasgow – Argent three piles

issuing from the sinister Sable, on a chief Azure a crescent between

two lozenges of the first. (Lyon Reg 23/66 [1918])

Sir Thomas Henderson, Roxburghshire – Or three piles issuing

from the sinister Gules, on a chief of the last a golden fleece between

two fleurs-de-lis of the field. (Lyon Reg 24/21 [1919])

William Craig Henderson – Argent three piles issuing from the

dexter Sable,on a chief Ermine a portcullis proper chained Or

between two hunting horns Vert garnished and stringed Gules.

(Lyon Reg 34/6 [1940])

John Cochrane Henderson – Azure1Fi three piles, on a chief of the

last an Aesculapian rod accompanied by two thistles slipped all

proper and in base a boar’s head erased of the second. (Lyon Reg

35/4 [1944])

Maj Ronald Henry White Henderson – Or three piles issuing from

the sinister Vert on a chief invected Ermine three torteaux. (Lyon

Reg 35/66 [1946])

Thomas Sinclair Thyne Henderson, USA - Or three piles issuing

from the sinister Gules, on a chief of the last a golden fleece between

two fleurs-de-lis of the field, all within a bordure of the first for

difference. (Lyon Reg 36/28 [1947])

Granton Holston Henderson, Rosemont, Pa. – Gules a wreath of

twisted Silver and Sable beset in cross with four hawk’s bells gold,

within an orle of martlets silver. (Coll of Arms, 1953)

John Kenneth Henderson – Gules three piles issuing from sinister

Or, a chief engrailed Ermine charged in dexter chief with a crescent

Sable for difference. (Lyon Reg 43/126 [1960])

Sir Ian Leslie Henderson – (1st & 4th quarters) Sable three piles

issuing from sinister Or, on a chief Ermine a crescent Azure, all

within a bordure engrailed Gules. (Lyon Reg 47/118 [1965])

John Crombie Henderson - Argent three piles issuing from the

sinister Sable, on a chief engrailed Azure a crescent between two

lozenges of the first. (Lyon Reg 54/44 [1969])

James Henderson – Argent three piles issuing from the sinister

Sable, on a chief invected Gules a pale Ermine of one spot between

two cushions Or. (Lyon Reg 52/62 [1970])

Robert Henderson, Havana, Cuba – Gules three piles issuing from

sinister Or on a chief Ermine a crescent between two locomotive

wheels Gules. (Lyon Reg, 1977; CHI Grants X/21 [1991])

Filiberto Jesús Robustiano Henderson, Charlotte, N.C. – Gules

three piles issuant from sinister Or on a chief engrailed Ermine a

crescent between two locomotive wheels Gules. (Lyon Reg 58/98

[1977])

Mark Anthony Henderson, Manassas, Virginia – Sable three

chevronels issuant from sinister braced Or on a chief Argent a lion

rampant between two fleurs-de-lis Gules. (Assumed, 2014)

Sources:

A. C. Fox-Davies, Armorial Families, 7 eds (Edinburgh, 1895-1929)

A. Nisbet, A System of Heraldry, 2 vols (Edinburgh, 1722)

T. Robson, The British Herald, 2 vols (Sunderland, 1830)

R. R. Stodart, Scottish Arms, 2 vols (Edinburgh, 1881)

J. H. Stevenson, Scottish Heraldic Seals, 3 vols (Glasgow, 1940)

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