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Fox-Davies
Taken from his Armorial Families (1895 and 1910), themselves largely sourced from Burke's. For some reason he only gives birth dates for the men.


 * 6 July 1840: Thomas Awdry, first son, married Mary Olivier Awdry of Monkton (daughter of West Awdry) on 19 July 1872. Lived at Tadcroft, New Zealand. Had issue:
 * John West Awdry, 1874, married Emma Margaret Ruscombe (daughter of A. R. Poole, Recorder of Bristol). Had issue:
 * John Arthur Henry Eyre Awdry, 1902
 * Vere Ruscombe Awdry, 1904
 * Mary Diana Awdry
 * Frances Olivier Awdry
 * Lucy Carr Delmé Awdry
 * Margaret Alethea Verena Awdry
 * 24 January 1842: William Awdry, second son, Married Frances Emily Moberly (sixth daughter of George Moberly) on 4 August 1868.
 * 12 February 1846: Charles Awdry, fourth son, married Margaret Helen Moberly (eighth daughter of George Moberly) on 20 April 1868. Lived at Shaw Hill. Had issue:
 * Charles Selwyn Awdry, March 1877 - High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1901
 * Charles Edwin Awdry, 29 April 1906 - High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1954
 * Ambrose John Awdry, 1879
 * Robert William Awdry, 1881 - High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1928
 * Margaret Frances Awdry
 * Alethea Mary Awdry
 * Helen Awdry
 * 8 September 1848: James Awdry, fifth son, married Catherine Chittenden of Kingston-upon-Thames on 3 August 1876. Had issue:
 * William Wither Awdry, 1877
 * James Sheldon Awdry, 1878
 * Amy Sarah Awdry
 * Catherine Goddard Awdry
 * 20 October 1851: Herbert Awdry, sixth son
 * 14 October 1854: Vere Awdry, seventh son, married Mary Man of St Leonard's in 1891. Had issue:
 * Bridget Vere Awdry

Others (birth dates not given): Richard Davis Awdry CB, Assistant-Secretary to the Admiralty; William Henry Awdry.

There are differences in blazon. All entries in Armorial Families 1895 say Escutcheon: Argent on a bend cottised Azure three cinquefoils Or a crescent of the second for difference. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a lion's head Azure. Fox-Davies says these are the arms as used, and as quoted in Burke's "Landed Gentry", but for which no authority has been established.

All entries in Armorial Families 1910 say Escutcheon: Argent on a bend Azure cottised Sable between two crescents of the second a crescent between two cinquefoils Or. Crest: On a wreath of the colours in front of a lion's head erased Azure gorged with a collar gemel Argent a cinquefoil between two crescents fesseways Or. Motto: Nil Sine Deo. This complies with Burke's Landed Gentry 1921 (page 53) []

Robin S. Taylor (talk) 16:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)