2. A lion passant.
3. Per pale, gu. and az., a lion rampant supporting a tree eradicated vert. Wynstone.
4. Gu., 3 stirrups leathered and buckled or. Scudamore.
5. Arg., on a chevron engrailed sa., between 3 ravens ppr., as many escallops or. Croker.
Crest.—A cross crosslet fitchée gu., between two wings expanded arg., over all a crescent for difference.
Helmet.—That of an Esquire.
[Allen. An antidote against Heresy, etc. London, 1648.]
Robert Pye (born 1585, died 1662) was Remembrancer of the Exchequer in 1618, and received the honour of Knighthood in 1621. He was a strong Parliamentarian, and his son Robert married a daughter of John Hampden. Sir Robert Pye acquired the property of Faringdon in Berkshire, where his descendants lived for a long time. He represented Woodstock in Parliament.
