The Beresford Bear
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Surname/tag: Beresford
Families do not have family crests nor coats of arms, although this is commonly believed by members of the public who attach family crests or coats of arms to their family trees. Coats of Arms are granted only to an individual and are not passed down to all members of the family, so there is no standard family crest. Family crests are possible by agreement within the family but they have no official status. Copying a coat of arms of an individual and calling it a family crest is incorrect.
"The Beresford Bear is one of the features appearing in the coat of arms of Thomas Beresford (c.1425-75) shown on his tomb and in stained glass windows in St Edmunds Church, in Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire. This bear also appears In parts of the coats of arms of his descendants." [1].
The Beresford Family Society have taken this motif and produced an image that can be used in a standard form as a family crest. This free space page includes this image to facilitate this.
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