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Arms are an insignia of personal honours from the Crown and were pictorial devices originally used on the shields of knights in armour to identify them in battle. In the early 12th century these devices became hereditary in Europe through the male line of descent, though with occasional modifications. The Helm appears above the shield and denotes the rank of the bearer.

To establish a right to bear arms one must prove descent in the male line from a person who was granted armorial bearings by the Kings of Arms at some time in the past. Wattersons from Woods Chapel, being in the direct line of descent from Sir Gilbert Waterhouse, who was granted arms in the 13th century by King Henry 3rd, can therefore lay claim to that right.

[ Wattersons of Woodschapel Only ]

Our coat of arms is a gold shield overlaid with a black pile engrailed,
the family crest is a vertical eagle's leg and wing.

The family motto is
VERITAS VINCIT OMNIA
which being translated means Truth Conquers All.

Burke's General Armory, 1884, lists the following members of the Waterhouse family who, in more recent years, have also been granted arms -

Waterhouse .. (cos. Herts and Bucks, London, and co. Fermanagh; descended from Sir Gilbert Waterhouse, of Kirton in Lindsay, co. Lincoln, temp. Henry 111., whose eldest son was ancestor of Waterhouse of Hemel Hempstead and Berkhampstead, co. Herts, Whitchurch, co. Bucks, and London, and co. Fermanagh: and his second son of Waterhouse of Hollins in Warley, of Shibden Hall, Woodhouse, and other places in the parish of Halifax, Braithwell, Thornhill, Onsacre, Harthill, Thornes, &c., York, and London).

Or, a pile engr sa.
Crest - A demi eagle displ. dimidiated paleways, sans head sa.

Waterhouse .. (Halifax, co. York)

Or, a pile engr. sa.
Crest - The dexter leg and wing of an eagle couped and displ. sa.
Motto - Veritas Vincit Omnia

Sir Edward Waterhouse .. Knighted by the Lord Deputy of Ireland.
Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st. He accompanied the Crown forces to Ulster in 1584.

Or, a pile engr. sa.
Crest - A falcon's leg belled and cojoined to a wing at the thigh or.
Motto - Veritas Vincit Omnia

Dr. Joseph Waterhouse .. Only physician to accompany Cromwell's army to Ireland 1649. Funeral entry Ulster's Offices, City of Dublin 1668.
Buried at St. Werbergh's Church, Dublin.

Or, a pile engr. sa.
Crest - (Reg. Ulster Office) An eagle's leg or, cojoined at the thigh to a wing sa.
Motto - Veritas Vincit Omnia

Doherty-Waterhouse .. (Hope Hall, Halifax, Co. York) Exemplified to Daniel Henry Doherty, Capt. 3rd King's Own Hussars, upon his assuming, by royal licence 1872, the additional surname of Waterhouse.

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or. on a pile engr. sa. a fountain, and (for distinction) in chief a cross crosslet gold, for Waterhouse.
2nd and 3rd, ar. on a chev. engr. between three trefoils slipped vert a cross crosslet fitchee or. for Doherty.
Crests - 1st for Waterhouse: In front of an eagle's leg erased at the thigh or. issuant therefrom a wing in bend sa. a fountain charged (for distinction) on the thigh with a cross crosslet sa;
2nd for Doherty: An arm in armour embowed ppr. charged with a cross crosslet fitchee, the hand grasping a scymitar also ppr.
Motto - Veritas Vincit Omnia

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