A Coat of Arms

This is the Bramall family coat of arms – on a field Sable, a lion rampant Or, armed and langued gules; crest, a lion passant Or, with a crescent upon a crescent on the shoulder for differences (a golden lion rampant on a black field).

There is the family motto: Sanguine Christe Tuo, or By Thy Blood, O Christ.

The male line entitled to bear these arms apparently died out with Sir Geoffrey de Bromale in the 1300s. However in 1602 they were regranted to John Bramhall, Alderman, of Pontefract, Yorkshire. In 1628, Segar, garter king at arms, granted the same arms to John Bramhall of Ripon, Yorks, son of Peter Bramhall and grandson of John Bramhall, "descended from the ancient family of Bramhall of Bramhall, county Cheshire". The grant to the Bramhalls of London and Cheshire is confirmed by the Royal College of Heralds , confirmed on November 21, 1628. This date may be significant. See The Bramhall Mystery.

John Bramhall the younger later became Archbishop of Derry, Armagh, and Lord Primate of All Ireland. He had four children but his only son, Sir Thomas Bramhall, died without issue.

The coat of arms has also been found in a Dutch church - See A Dutch Link, left.