Dent Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History

Dent “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Family History & Surname
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1) Dent of London - Argent on a bend sable three fusils ermine.

Was this John Dent, citizen and salter of London, who was granted an arms in 1576?

2) Dent of Newcastle-on-Tyne - There was William Dent (1501-1582), Mayor of Newcastle in 1515, son of Roger Dent, Mayor of Newcastle in 1515 - Argent (Or?) on a bend azure three lozenges ermine. Crest—A tiger’s head erased ermine maned sable vomiting flames of fire proper.

3) Dent of Wandsworth Common, co. Surrey - granted to Robert Dent Esq. (fl. 1823) of Wandsworth Common, co. Surrey. There was William Dent of Wandsworth (1740-1823), a merchant of the East India Company, who had brother Robert Dent (1731-1805), a senior partner in Child’s & Co. bank of Temple Bar, who had son John Dent (1761-1826), Member of Parliament - Argent on a bend sable three lozenges ermine. Crest—A tiger’s head couped argent.

4) Dent of Sudeley Castle, co. Gloucester - granted to John Coucher Dent (1819-1885) of Sudeley Castle, son of Thomas Dent (1780-1824) and nephew of John and William Dent, brothers who were wealthy glove-makers in Worcestershire - Ermine on a bend nebuly azure three lozenges of the field. Crest—An heraldic tiger’s head erased ermine semee of lozenges azure flames issuing from the mouth proper.

5) Dent of Shortflatt Tower, Belsay, Newcastle-on-Tyne - John Dent Esq. of Shortflatt Tower who acquired the property in 1755, was succeeded by his great-nephew, William Hedley, who assumed the surname Dent, and was a Commander in the Royal Navy. William had issue: William Seton, Edward John, Ellen, Catherine, Alicia, Jane Sarah, Emily Maude, and Maria Georgiana - Or, on a bend per bend gules and sable three fusils conjoined of the field. Crest: A panther’s head affrontee erased, with flames issuing from the mouth and ears, transpierced by an arrow barbed and flighted

6) Dent of Ribston Hall, co. Yorkshire - Joseph Dent inherited the estate 1836, Member of Parliament for Knaresborough and Scarborouh, born John Dent Trickett, but assumed the surname Dent after inheriting the estate. He also owned Dents Cottage in Winterton, co. Lincolnshire. He had dive sons, including the musicologist Edward Joseph Dent - Argent on a bend between two cotises engrailed sable three lozenges ermine quartering azure three cranes argent on a chief or, two roses gules. Crests—1st: A demi tiger sable collared argent resting the sinister paw on a lozenge ermine; 2nd: On a mount a crane, in the beak a rose slipped, and resting the claw on a serpent nowed, all proper. Motto—Patientia et perseverantia

7) Dent of Tenterden, co. Kent

Dent of London - Adrian Dent of London (fl. 1634), had brothers John, Giles, and Peter, sons of Francis Dent of Halloughton, co. Leicester

Sable a fesse dancettee argent in chief three escallops or. Crest—A demi wolf saliant sable charged on the neck with a collar dancettee argent.

8) William de Dent, found in heraldic roll dated to the early 14th century - Vert a buck’s head or, within a bordure engrailed of the second.

9) Dent of co. Leicestershire - Gules a chevron and a bordure engrailed argent.

10) Gules two bars and a canton argent.

11) Argent on a bend gules three lozenges or.