Return to main page
HARDY ARMS

Any new submissions or corrections can be sent to armorial-update@heraldry-online.org.uk

Recorded in England

Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source
1) Edmond HARDY
of Toller Willme, co Dorset
2) Edmund HARDY
of Woolcombe Matravers
3) John HARDY
of Woolcombe Matravers
Sable on a chevron between three escallops Or as many wyverns’ heads erased of the field.
1) Visitation of Dorset 1565
2) Harleian Society's - Visitation of Dorset 1623
3) Harleian Society's - Visitation of Dorset 1677
Robert HARDY
of Yaxham, co Norfolk 		Argent on a bend Gules three Catherine wheels Or on a chief of the second a crescent between two leopards’ faces Or.
Harleian Society’s - Visitation of Norfolk 1664
William HARDY
of Wetwang, co York 		Argent a cross engrailed Azure between four boars passant Sable.
Surtees Society’s - Visitation of Yorkshire 1666
Sir Thomas Masterman HARDY Bt
b.1769 d.1839 		Pean on a chevron Or between three escallops Argent three dragons' heads erased of the field.
College of Arms - 18th January 1806 Vol. XXIII fol 341

With thanks to Robert Noel, Lancaster Herald.

William Hardy COZENS-HARDY
(formerly Cozens)
of Letherringsett Hall, co. Norfolk
b.1806 d.1897 		Quarterly 1st & 4th Per chevron Argent and Or in chief two grenades fired proper and in base an eagle's herd erased proper (for Hardy) 2nd & 3rd Per pale Azure and Gules on a pile Or a lion rampant of the second guttee d'eau and collared Argent (for Cozens).
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms – Royal Licence 1842 Vol. XLVI fol. 130
2) Blazon - Armorial Families 1929
Sir Herbert Hardy COZENS-HARDY
1st Baron Cozens-Hardy of Letherringsett
 		Quarterly 1st & 4th Per chevron Argent and Or in chief two grenades fired proper (for Hardy) 2nd & 3rd Azure a lion rampant Or ducally gorged of the field and in chief two barrulets of the second (for Cozens).
Fox-Davies' Armorial Families 1929
Arms Re-exemplified 1914
Edward HARDY
of Theakston Hall, Bedale, co York, and formerly of Huasco in Chili
b.1802 d.1862 		Argent on a bend engrailed Azure two leopards faces jessant de lis of the field on a chief of the second a Llama between two catherine wheels also of the field.
College of Arms - 15th May 1850 Vol. XLIX fol.329

With thanks to Clive Cheeseman, Rouge Dragon.

Sir John HARDY Bt
of Dunstall Hall, co. Staff
b.1809 d.1888 		Argent on a bend invected plain cottised Gules three catherine wheels Or on a chief of the second as many leopards’ faces of the third.
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms – 1876 Vol. LIX fol. 188
2) Blazon - Armorial Families 1929
Colonel Edmund Armitage HARDY
of Clifton, Bristol
b.1824 d.1903 		Azure on a fesse invected Argent in chief an escallop Or between two lions’ heads erased of the second and in base a lion’s head of the last between two escallops of the third three magpies proper.
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms – 1894 Vol. LXVIII fol. 55
2) Blazon - Armorial Families 1929
Paul HARDY
of Isenhurst Park, co. Sussex
b.1843 d.1901 		Argent a chevron Gules between two towers in chief and a mullet of six points in base Sable.
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms – 1899 Vol. LXX fol. 320
2) Blazon - Armorial Families 1929
Gathorne GATHORNE-HARDY
(formerly Hardy)
1st Earl Cranbrook
b.1814 d.1897 		Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent on a bend invected plain cottised Gules three catherine wheels Or on a chief of the second as many leopards’ faces of the third (for Hardy 1876) 2nd & 3rd Per pale Argent and Or a bend compony Azure and Gules between two pellets each within an annulet Sable (for Gathorne).
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms – 1878 Vol. LX fol. 111
2) Blazon - Armorial Families 1929
Dr Frederick Gavin HARDY

Bendy wavy Or and Vert issuant from the dexter chief a Chevron wavy throughout semy of Roundels counterchanged.
College of Arms Newsletter - Granted 27 February 2006

Noted in Scotland

Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source
HARDIE OF CARGARSE
Gules a dexter hand fessways holding a dagger Argent point downwards between two spur-rowells Or. Alexander Nisbet's A System of Heraldry 1722

Noted Elsewhere

Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source
Philip Dixon HARDY
of Greenfields, co. Dublin 		Per pale Gules and Azure on a chevron Argent between three griffins' heads erased Or three escallops of the first. BGA: Arms confirmed to Philip Dixon HARDY