CHITTING, HENRY
Arms.—Quarterly; arg. and az., on a bend gu., 3 quatrefoils of the first. Chitting.
Crest.—A talbot's head erased arg.
Helmet.—That of an Esquire.
Motto.—Fidelitate et sagacitate.
Initials.—H. C. (Henry Chitting).
[Collection of rolls of the reigns of many kings. Stowe, 601.]
Henry Chitting (born 1580 (?), died 1638) was a herald and genealogist. In 1618 he became Chester Herald, and conducted several of the heraldic visitations of English counties. Chitting wrote a valuable work on the Extinct Baronage of England, and others of less general importance.
