Ffytche, John Lewis (1816 -1902)

John Lewis ffytche, of Thorpe Hall, Lincolnshire, was the eldest son of John ffytche, of Thorpe Hall, and Anne, daughter of John Willson of Sturton Hall in the same county. He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he was admitted 19 March 1835, aged 18, took his B.A. in 1838 and his M.A. in 1843. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He succeeded his father in 1855. He married Susannah Maria daughter of George Skipworth of Moorton in Lincolnshire in 1858. He served as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, and High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1865. He was still alive in 1890, and was living at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight.

Seat / Residence(s): Thorpe Hall, Lincolnshire
Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Ffytche, John Lewis (1816-1902)  (Stamp 1) Title: Ffytche, John Lewis (1816 - 1902) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Quarterly of six 1 & 6. Vert a chevron between three leopards faces or (ffytche) 2. Or a pellet between three cross crosslets fitchy sable (ffytche ancient) 3. Azure a stork wings close argent a bordure ermine (Starkey) 4. Azure a cross flory argent (Goldesborough) 5. illegible, could be Argent on a chevron gules between three torteaux as many quatrefoils or (Comfort) or perhaps Quarterly gules and or four crosses patty a bordure argent all counterchanged (Alger)
Crest: A leopard passant holding an escutcheon vert charged with a leopard's face
Motto: Esperaunce en Dieu
Helmet: Esquire
Dimensions (height x width): 63mm x 53mm
Quarterings: 1 & 6. Vert a chevron between three leopards faces or (ffytche) 2. Or a pellet between three cross crosslets fitchy sable (ffytche ancient) 3. Azure a stork wings close argent a bordure ermine (Starkey) 4. Azure a cross flory argent (Goldesborough) 5. illegible, could be Argent on a chevron gules between three torteaux as many quatrefoils or (Comfort) or perhaps Quarterly gules and or four crosses patty a bordure argent all counterchanged (Alger)
Impalement: Argent three bars gules in chief a greyhound courant collared (Skipwith or Skipworth)
Heraldic Charges: bars (3), Heraldic Charges: bordure, Heraldic Charges: chevron between, Heraldic Charges: cross flory, Heraldic Charges: crosses crosslet (3), Heraldic Charges: greyhound, Heraldic Charges: leopard, Heraldic Charges: leopard's face, Heraldic Charges: leopards faces (3), Heraldic Charges: roundel, Heraldic Charges: stork