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Aldrich/Aldridge Coat-of-Arms
Various coats-of-arms have been used by various Aldrich armorial families in
England. From very early times, these arms appeared in visitation pedigrees,
on records of grants and confirmations by the College of Arms, in monumental
inscriptions, and on seals. One used is "Ermine On A Chevron Engrailed
Argent Between Three Griffins' Erased As Many Lozenges." Another
belonging to the Aldridge family is "Vert, On A Fesse Or Between Three
Garbs Of The Second, A Crown Enclosed by A Mound and a Bird Azure, Two
Leaves In Saltire In The Crown of The First." The oldest Aldrich coat- of-arms
is written in the ancient language which was created by heralds in the 12th
century; with these arms: "Or, on a Fess vert a bull passant argent."
(Reference Source: Burke's General Armory) This coat-of-arms is displayed
as the fronts- piece.
While the manorial gentry as a class were considered armorial and entitled to
bear coats-of-arms and did use them, the yeomanry (or copyhold farmers) as a
class were not considered armigerous and did not make pretensions to
coats-of- arms. The ancestors of George Aldrich are not clearly established as
yeomen but assume that they were according to the available sources.
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/2343/Arms.htm
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