page_title: Farrar (surname)
section_title: Armorial Bearings
hierarchical_section_title: Farrar (surname) / Armorial Bearings
caption_attribution_description: English: Letters Patent from Robert Cook, Clarenceux King of Arms, granting a coat of arms to Nicholas Ferrar, 29 December 1588. Nicholas Ferrar was the father of Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding.
context_page_description: Farrar is a surname. The principal contemporary alternate spellings Farrer, Farra, '''Ferrar, Pharo occasionally, but not necessarily Farrow, and is an occupational surname for a blacksmith or ironworker - derived from the Latin ferrarius - Middle English Ferror as an occupation, Anglo-Norman ferrur, and thus shares a common occupational derivation with the most common English surname, Smith. There are records of an Osbert le ferrur and Peter le ferrour previous to the Poll tax of 1377, but in those cases ferrur is not a name, it is an occupation i.e. Thomas the horseshoer
  The Subsidy roll of 1379, for the town of Elland, Halifax Parish, Morley Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire lists a Johannes de Helistones, fferror & uxor
context_section_description: There is an apparent symbiotic relationship between the surname and armorial bearings issued to various houses of Farrar/Farrer/Ferrar, all of which have, on a bend, three horeseshoes and some have a horseshoe on the crest. Such as Fairer of Warcorp Tower, Westmoreland And pedigrees recorded in the Visitation of Surrey and Visitation of Hertford. The arms of Nicholas Ferrar
  FERRAR of Westwood Place in Worplesdon.Arms: Argent on a bend engrailed Sable three horse-shoes of the first, a crescent for difference.Crest: A horse-shoe Argent between two wings displayed Or.As borne by Henry Farrer [Ferrer] of Westwood and his brother John Farrer of Brierly, Yorkshire, sons of John Farrer of Croxton, Lincolnshire, 2ndson of William Farrer of Ewood Hall, Yorkshire WestRiding.(see Visitation of Surrey and Hertfordshire above and Pedigrees of the Familieis of the County Yorkshire)
  FARRER Bryan Farrer, JP, of Binnegar Hall, Dorset, (1858-1944), grandson of James William Farrer of Ingleborough, Yorkshire, Senior Master in Chancery, (1785-1863), had issue Captain John Oliver Farrer, MC, (1894-1942), father of William Oliver Farrer, MA (Oxon), of Highlands, Fernhurst, Haslemere, solicitor, (b.1926); and Sir Walter Leslie Farrer, KCVD, BA (Oxon), of Charlwood Place Farm, Horsley, solicitor, (b.1900). The said James William Farrer had a 2ndson the Rev. Matthew Thomas Farrer, MA, of Ingleborough, (1816–89), Vicar of Addington and Perpetual Curate of Shirley.)Arms: Quarterley, 1 and 4, Argent on a bend engrailed Sable three horseshoes of the field (Farrer); 2 and 3, Or gutté-de-sang a bend Gules  .Crest: A horseshoe between two wings erect Proper.Motto: Ferre va ferme.
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  FARRER Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer., of Abinger Hall, Dorking, (1819–99), was created Baron Farrer of Abinger, 1893. The title became extinct on the death of Oliver Farrer, 4th Baron Farrer in 1954  .Arms: Argent on a bend engrailed Sable four horse shoes of the field.Crest: A Quatrefoil with a horse shoe between two wings all Argent.Supporters: On either side a horse reguardant Argent gorged with a riband pendant therefrom an escutcheon both Sable charged with two horseshoes palewise Argent.Motto: Ferre va ferme.
  In as much as the surname is occupational in origin, bearing the surname is not proof or indication of a genetic relationship, indeed at least four separate DNA haplogroups have been identified with this surname
caption: Coat of Arms for Nicholas Ferrar of Little Giddings
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