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- From COLONIAL FAMILIES: A VOLUME DEVOTED TO THE PERPETUATION NOF RECORDS CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTINENT--THE BUILDING OF A NATION, A Deluxe Volume of Genealogy, Biography and Heraldry by The American Historical Society, Inc., NY 1925
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The following is an heraldic description of the coat-of-arms of the Shermans of Yaxley, County Suffolk. Given under Henry VII to Thomas Sherman:
Arms--Or, a lion rampant, sable, between three oak leaves vert.
Crest--A sea lion, sejant, sable, charged on the shoulder with 3 bezants, 2 and 1
Motto--Mortem vince virtute.
Of London Shermans, descendants of the Yaxley house:
Arms--Same arms. An amulet for difference.
Crest--A sea lion, sejant, per pale, or and argent, guttee-de-poix, finned, of the first, gold, on the shoulder a crescent for difference.
Of Ipswich, County Suffolk; brother of Thomas Sherman, of Yaxley:
Arms--Azure, a pelican, or, vulning her breast proper
Crest--A sea lion, sejant, per pale, or and argent, guttee-de-poix, finned, gold.
The surname of Sherman in England is of German origin, and at the present time in Germany and adjacent countries the name is found spelled Schurman, Schearman, and Scherman. It is derived from the occupation of some progenitor who was a dresser or shearer of cloth. The family bore arms, and probably lived in the County of Suffolk until the 15th century, when branches were established in Essex. The name is found in England as early as 1420, and through will and other documents is traced.
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1422 - 1493 (71 years)