English Heraldry
Information about Heraldry can be obtain from many sources. However the College of Arms in London is the foremost authority on British Heraldry.
All information from the College is based on historical and genealogical information kept within their archives throughout the centuries. It is the only organisation that can award a Coat of Arms to an English Family or Descendants. In the Documentation section I have added a letter from the College which describes the history of Wheelock and its heraldry.
HERALDRY :
The College of Arms in London describes the ‘Whelock’ Coat of Arms as “(quarterly 2nd and 3rd) Argent a Chevron between three Catherine Wheels Sable” .
The traditional CREST as shown in the 1285 picture is incorrect. I have extensively researched this issue and found that no crest has ever been awarded until 1937. IT IS PURELY SYMBOLIC.
The original Wheelock Line seems to have disappeared by early in the 15th Century with the land passing to the Leversege who married into the Wheelock family had direct claim to the holdings. There are other families listed during the same period, but none seemed to have a direct link to the original family.
The British Line of Richard Wheelock of Aberglaslyn was granted Armorial Bearings, See documentation for it’s description.
Whelock 1285 The crest shown here IS PURELY SYMBOLIC
Wheelock 1937
Cheshire HERALDRY :
The Cheshire Heraldry has published online the 1656 book by Daniel King with the Arms of the Cheshire gentlemen in use around circa 1630. The Armorial Bearings of Wheelock are shown in their correct format without the crest including the Leversege of Wheelock
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