SCOATES
HERALDRY
I HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS SEARCHING THROUGH VOLUMES OF
BOOKS AND RECORDS OF COATS OF ARMS LOOKING FOR ONE SPECIFIC COAT OF
ARMS THAT BEARS THE NAME "SCOATES", I UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT FIND ONE
WITH OUR SURNAME SPELT USING SPELLING AS "SCOATES".THERE ARE OTHERS
WITH WHICH OUR NAME WAS MORE THAN LIKELY ASSOCIATED SUCH AS THE FIVE
DIFFERENT COATS OF ARMS FOR THE NAME OF "COATES".THERE IS ONE FOR
NAME OF "SCOTE" WHICH WAS UNDOUBTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAME "SCOATES"
THERE ARE COATS OF ARMS FOR "SCOTEZ" AND "SCOTER".THE SURNAME OF "GOATLY"
WAS ALSO USED AS AN ALIAS FROM 16OO TO ABOUT 1760 BY SOME MEMBERS
OF THE "SCOATES" FAMILY IN EAST KENT, ENGLAND.THE RECORDS THAT SHOW
THIS ARE IN THE EARLY CHURCH REGISTERS OF ST JOHNS IN MARGATE,KENT,ENGLAND.THE
FOLLOWING ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE COATS-OF-ARMS FOR
SCOTE
PER PALE INDENTED AR AND SA A SALTIRE COUNTER CHANGED.THE
CREST = AN ARM VESTED GU HOLDING A SCROLL OF PAPER PPR
SCOTER
AZ THREE
SWANS AR.
SCOTE
AR AN EAGLE DISPL SA.
GOATLEY
AR.
A LION RAMP, SA OVER ALL ON A SALTIRE ENGR, GU A CRESCENT FOR DIFF,
CREST – A SPHINX COUCHANT OR,
WING ON THE BACK AR,FACE
AND BREAST PPR
.
Researched By
Terence J Scoates.
