The Fytche or ffytche Family Crest

Fytche of Thorpe Hall, Louth, Lincolnshire. John Fytche (d.1855), only son of the Rev Stephen Fytche, Rector of Louth, acquired Thorpe Hall, Elkington, co. Lincoln. Succeeded by his son John Lewis Fytche (1816-1903) who subsequently sold Thorpe Hall. Burkes Landed Gentry (1879 edition) records that the Fytches were descended from an ancient Essex family that included the extinct Fytche baronetcy created for Sir William Fytche by James II. Rev Stephen Fytche married Martha Green, neice of John Green,D.D., Bishop of Lincoln and apart from John above had two daughters. The younger daughter, Eliza, married George Tennyson, Rector of Somersby and father of the Poet Laureate, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. A different crest is shown on a mid 19th century bookplate and may predate the registration of these arms and for which a separate entry has been created.

Family

Fytche or ffytche

Motto

Espérance en DieuHope in God

Blazon

1) A Leopard Passant Proper Supporting An Escutcheon Charged With A Leopards Face Or.

Source

Burkes Landed Gentry 1879