CHALLESTON, FAMILY OF
Arms.—Arg., a chevron vairé between 3 eagles displayed vert. Challeston.
Crest.—A demi eagle vert, wings displayed vairé.
Helmet.—That of an Esquire.
[Stow. Survey of London. 1618.]
The family of Challeston does not appear to have distinguished itself in any of the ordinary ways, but the arms are described in Burke's General Armory, and also in Papworth's Dictionary of Coats-of-Arms.
