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The
armiger has quoted the
exact wording from his
grant. The original
crest granted in
1825was: Out of a
Crescent Or a Unicorns
Head Argent erased Gules
armed and maned Gold. On
12th April 1845, a new
crest was granted by Sir
George Young, Garter,
Joseph Hawker,
Clarenceux, and Francis
Martin, Norroy to
Francis Wright Esq of
Lenton Hall,
Nottinghamshire and
Osmaston Manor,
Derbyshire, and Marcus
Wright Esq HM Consul at
Wiborg (then in the
Grand Duchy of
Finland)and, as a direct
descendant of Francis
Wright (son of John
Wright, brother of the
grantee) the armiger
bears this newly granted
crest with the original
arms.
The
relationship between the
two crests came about
because the arms the
armiger’s family were
using before the
official grant had a
crest of just a
unicorn’s head erased.
There was a lot of
silver etc and they
didn't like the
crescent. The new grant
looked much more like
the old one, and the
spears’ heads from the
chevron on the arms were
preferred. The main
difference when the arms
were granted was the
addition of the pile and
a black unicorn’s head,
previously Argent like
those in chief and with
no pile. It a family
joke that, as they were
a family of bankers, a
'pile of gold' was
appropriate!
The
original documentation
held by the family has a
number of pencil marks
which are thought to be
an instruction to an
engraver or heraldic
painter, they mention
putting the unicorn in
profile, less blood and
smaller crescent. Those
cousins who benefited
from the terms of the
1825 grant of arms, but
are not descend from
Francis Wright (he of
the 1845 crest- his
brother had no issue)
use the crescent crest.
This can be seen in
Carlton Street in
Nottingham as you enter
into No1 Lloyds, now a
Wetherspoons Pub,
previously Wrights bank!
Here the crest can be
seen over the door and
amongst the foliage of
the capitals of the
columns.
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