The arms of the Revd Preb James Ford.
The arms of his father’s family (Ford, lions rampant) are in the first and fourth quarters, his
maternal grandfather (Booth, boars’ heads) in the second quarter, and his maternal grandmother
(Salwey, saltire)
in the fourth quarter. The arms of his wife’s father (Nagle, sword in bend) are in the first and fourth
quarters of the escutcheon of pretence, and the arms of his wife’s mother (Beauchamp, vair) in
the second and third quarters of the escutcheon.
The arms of Ford are azure three lions rampant
crowned or and the crest of Ford is a demi-lion rampant crowned or
(Burke , op. cit., p 366).
The crescent for difference may signify that James Ford was the second son (of Sir Richard Ford, MP,
chief police magistrate for London), or may signify the arms’ descent through a younger son in an earlier generation.
The pseudo-Italian motto
Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be) appears on the
grave of Harriet Ford
(Railroad Guide, from London to Birmingham,
p 33,
London, Joseph Thomas, ),
the wife of James Ford’s older brother Richard, so is associated
with this branch of the Ford family.
James Ford’s father, Richard Ford, married Marianne Booth, the daughter of Benjamin Booth,
on
(History of Parliament Online).
Benjamin Booth married Jane Salwey, the daughter of Richard Salwey of Moor Park, Shropshire
in
(Wikipedia).
The arms of Booth are argent three boars’ heads erect and erased sable langued gules
(Burke , op. cit., p 100).
The arms of Salwey are or, a saltire engrailed sable
(Burke , op. cit., p 893).
James Ford married Jane Frances Nagle, the daughter of Edward Nagle,
on
(Oxford Journal p 3,
Star (London) p 4,
British Press p 4).
Edward James Nagle married Anne Cranmer Beauchamp,
the second daughter of John Beauchamp of Pengreep, Redruth, Cornwall
on
(Kentish Weekly Post p 3,
Kentish Gazette p 3).
The arms of Nagle are ermine on a fess wavy azure cotised gules three mascles or, over all on a bend
of the third a sword argent the hilt enriched with diamonds proper
(Burke , op. cit., p 721).
The arms of Beauchamp of Pengreep are vair
(Vivian, JL (ed).
The Visitations of Cornwall. p 22. , Exeter, William Pollard & Co,
Burke , op. cit., p 62).
Inheritance of Pengreep and Trevince,
Vivian, JL (ed).
The Visitations of Cornwall. p 23. , Exeter, William Pollard & Co,
footnote.
All the areas of the arms that should be azure (blue),
viz., the field (background) of Ford, the fesse of Nagle
and the vair of Beauchamp, are now an off-white pale grey, which is distinct from the argent of, for example
the Booth field. This may be caused by degradation of the original blue paint or stain.