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ARMS OF SIM, SIMON, SIMPSON & SYMS
Officially Recorded in Scotland

Arms	Armiger	Blazon	Source
	SYME OF CULLOCH	Gules on a chevron Argent between two spur-revels in chief and a halbert in base Or three ravens proper.	Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary. 1766
	SIM OF COOMBE WOOD Surrey	Gules on a chevron Argent between two spur-revels in chief a halbert in base Or a boar's head erased between two hands each holding a dagger proper.	Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary. 1858
	William Aberdeen Mackay SIM	Gules on a chevron Argent between two spur-revels in chief a halbert in base Or three bears' heads proper muzzled of the first.	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 14th April 1937 32/49
	John Murray SIMON	Argent on a pale Azure between two flanches Sable each charged with a lion rampant of the first armed and langued Gules five cinquefoils also of the first.	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 12th November 1958 44/6
	SIMPSON OF UDOCH	Argent on a chief Vert three crescents of the first.	Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary. 1672-7
	SIMPSON OF THORNTON	Argent on a chief indented Vert three crescents of the first.	Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary. 1680-7
	Sir James SIMPSON GCB	Argent a crane holding in the dexter foot a stone proper on a chief vert three crescents of the first.	Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary. 1856
	SIMPSON OF STRATHAVON	Or on a chief Vert a goshawk between two crescents Argent.	Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary. 1866
	Alexander Prout SIMPSON	Argent on a chief Purpure three crescents of the field.	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 4th September 1918 23/57
	Very Rev James Gilliland SIMPSON Dean of Peterborough	Argent a lion rampant Vert * on a chief of the last three crescents of the field. * having reference to the family of Home	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 20th October 1936 32/30
	Walter Thorburn SIMPSON OF WELLNAGE	Argent a lion rampant Vert * on a chief of the last three crescents of the field a bordure Or for difference. * having reference to the family of Home	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 20th February 1937 32/44
	David Shirley Crighton SIMPSON	Argent a lion rampant Vert * on a chief of the last three crescents of the field a bordure engrailed Or for difference. * having reference to the family of Home	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 27th October 1959 43/74
	Norman Greville SIMPSON Australia	Argent on a pale Sable between two crosses pattee fitchee Gules, three rams' heads cabossed of the first horned of the third on a chief Vert three crescents of the first within a bordure chequy of the first and fourth.	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 16th December 1960 44/77
	Col John James Hope SIMPSON South Africa	Argent an apple tree proper growing out of a mound Vert on a chief of the last three crescents of the first within a bordure Gules.	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 18th October 1970 54/81
	James SIMPSON South Africa	Argent an apple tree proper growing out of a mound Vert on a chief of the last three crescents of the first.	An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973. 8th January 1971 52/100

Recorded Elsewhere

Arms Armiger & House Blazon Source/Notes
Sir James Walker Mackay SIMPSON OF STRATHAVON Bt
Or on a chief Vert a goshawk between two crescents Argent. Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902

Arthur SIMS
Gyronny of eight Azure and Sable on a fess indented ermine between four cross crosslets two in chief and two in base Or two cross crosslet fitchee in saltire between as many escallops of the first. Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902

SYMPSON
Polton, Beds
Per bend Nebuly Sable and Or a lion rampant counterchanged.
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms to the End of the XVII Century.
MS 12,225 fo. 108b
2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.

1) WOLCOTT-SYMPSON
Winkton, co Hants; Cough, co Limerick; Mount Eudid, co Cork
2) SYMPSON-WOLCOTT
Winkton, Hants
2) Per bend sinister Or and Sable a lion rampant double queued countercharged (quartering Walcott)
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms ,1687 - 1898
1819, Vol XXXI fols 302 and 304
2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.

William SYMS
Chard, Somerset
Azure five crosses crosslet in saltire Or
1) Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Berkshire, 1532, 1566, 1623 and 1665/6
Granted 6 August 1591
2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.

Edward SIMPSON
Lichfield, Staffs Per bend sinister Or and Sable a lion rampant counterchanged holding between paws a guantlet Azure
1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms ,1687 - 1898
1835, Vol XLI fol 8
2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.

John SIMPSON
of St Albans
Argent on a chief Vert three crescents of the first, a mullet for difference. Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1634.

Nicholas SIMPSON DD
Prebendary of Canturbury Cathedral
Per bend sinister Or and Sable a lion rampant counterchanged tail forchee. Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Kent, 1619.

1) John SYMES
of Poundsford, Somerset
2) William SYMES
of Poundisford, Somerset Azure three escallops in pale Or. 1) Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Somersetshire, 1623.
2) Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Somerset & The City of Bristol, 1672.

Richard SYMMES
of Guildford, Surrey Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure three escallops in pale Or a mullet for difference (for Symmes) 2nd & 3rd Azure a fess Or (for Elliott). Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Surrey, 1662-8.
Arms tricked.

William SIMPSON
of Skipwith Per fesse embattled Sable and Argent a sun in splendour in chief and an arch in base counterchanged. A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms

Stephen SIMPSON
of East Cliff House, Preston
b.1832 d.1891 Per bend Sable and Or a lion rampant counterchanged in chief three roses Argent barbed and seeded proper. A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms

Edward SIMPSON JP
of Walton Hall, Wakefield
b.1843 d.1914 Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules three bars gemelles Argent on a chief ermine between two doves proper an unicorn's head erased of the first (for Simpson) 3rd & 4th Gules a fesse between three boars' heads couped erminois (for Beckett). A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms

Stephen SIMPSON
of Meresyke, co Devon
b.1869 Per bend Or and Sable an eagle displayed in chief and in base a lion rampant counterchanged on a chief of the second three roses Argent barbed and seeded proper. A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms

Arms	Armiger & House	Blazon	Source/Notes
	Sir James Walker Mackay SIMPSON OF STRATHAVON Bt	Or on a chief Vert a goshawk between two crescents Argent.	Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902
	Arthur SIMS	Gyronny of eight Azure and Sable on a fess indented ermine between four cross crosslets two in chief and two in base Or two cross crosslet fitchee in saltire between as many escallops of the first.	Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902
	SYMPSON Polton, Beds	Per bend Nebuly Sable and Or a lion rampant counterchanged.	1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms to the End of the XVII Century. MS 12,225 fo. 108b 2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.
	1) WOLCOTT-SYMPSON Winkton, co Hants; Cough, co Limerick; Mount Eudid, co Cork 2) SYMPSON-WOLCOTT Winkton, Hants	2) Per bend sinister Or and Sable a lion rampant double queued countercharged (quartering Walcott)	1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms ,1687 - 1898 1819, Vol XXXI fols 302 and 304 2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.
	William SYMS Chard, Somerset	Azure five crosses crosslet in saltire Or	1) Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Berkshire, 1532, 1566, 1623 and 1665/6 Granted 6 August 1591 2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.
	Edward SIMPSON Lichfield, Staffs	Per bend sinister Or and Sable a lion rampant counterchanged holding between paws a guantlet Azure	1) Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms ,1687 - 1898 1835, Vol XLI fol 8 2) Burke's General Armory, 1881.
	John SIMPSON of St Albans	Argent on a chief Vert three crescents of the first, a mullet for difference.	Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1634.
	Nicholas SIMPSON DD Prebendary of Canturbury Cathedral	Per bend sinister Or and Sable a lion rampant counterchanged tail forchee.	Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Kent, 1619.
	1) John SYMES of Poundsford, Somerset 2) William SYMES of Poundisford, Somerset	Azure three escallops in pale Or.	1) Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Somersetshire, 1623. 2) Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Somerset & The City of Bristol, 1672.
	Richard SYMMES of Guildford, Surrey	Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure three escallops in pale Or a mullet for difference (for Symmes) 2nd & 3rd Azure a fess Or (for Elliott).	Harleian Society's - The Visitations of Surrey, 1662-8. Arms tricked.
	William SIMPSON of Skipwith	Per fesse embattled Sable and Argent a sun in splendour in chief and an arch in base counterchanged.	A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms
	Stephen SIMPSON of East Cliff House, Preston b.1832 d.1891	Per bend Sable and Or a lion rampant counterchanged in chief three roses Argent barbed and seeded proper.	A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms
	Edward SIMPSON JP of Walton Hall, Wakefield b.1843 d.1914	Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules three bars gemelles Argent on a chief ermine between two doves proper an unicorn's head erased of the first (for Simpson) 3rd & 4th Gules a fesse between three boars' heads couped erminois (for Beckett).	A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms
	Stephen SIMPSON of Meresyke, co Devon b.1869	Per bend Or and Sable an eagle displayed in chief and in base a lion rampant counterchanged on a chief of the second three roses Argent barbed and seeded proper.	A C Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1929 - College of Arms