Loftus Crest

Most Agreed To

No Boar’s Head

Mandy Pemberton (Australia) sent this Crest (top) she received from her cousin in Sydney It was offered to her by another person who had done research in the past The signature at the bottom is NSA Layton 1982 which appears to be the artist The motto at the top is Loyal Au Mort (Latin for Loyal to Death) and the motto at the bottom is in French yet the Irish Shamrock is prevalent in the artwork Has anyone seen this crest before?

Note on Coat-of-Arms

There are lots of Loftus CoatofArms on the net (do a Google search) Most all have copyrights so I could not post them here Some are very colorful But as is stated in this section many are just commercial attempts to sell something Nonetheless most are based on the description discussed in this section

Note on Loftus Crest

Trying to find the Loftus crest.   All  searches on heraldry through www want financial commitment site unseen.  Anybody out there with an image of the Loftus crest? Thanks enjoy this web site and am working on my own family members to submit soon

John Loftus USA

Loftus Crest II

I too am a Loftus. Darrin Loftus of Portland Oregon. Looking at the crest in the Tidbits page of your web site I saw I have the same crest with the following on it:

Arms Sable a chevron ermine between three trefoils slipped argent. 

Crest A boars head erect and erased argent armed or langued rules. 

Motto Loyal a mort Loyal to death.

This is the part the I dont understandRef Bga p618Hope it helps.

Loftus Crest Plaque

I have no picture available but my Aunt Mary Rita (who died last November) had a plaque with the Loftus crest on it.  It is very similar to the crest described by James Loftus from Albuquerque except that the trefoils were simple crosses. The scalloped chevron was blank. By the way Loyal Au Mort means Loyal to the Death in French so the crest may have a Norman origin.

Yours truly,

Jim Loftus

Loftus Crest Plaque

We have a plaque with the Loftus crest just couldnt put a picture of it on the WWW.  The one that Mandy Pemberton sent you is very close to the one we have.  We have a description of it

ARMS Sable a chevron ermine between three trefoils slipped argent (The chevron has three clovers on it is black with the clovers in white)

CREST A boars head erect and erased argent armed or langued gules (There is a knights head in armor with a boars head erect [snout is pointing skyward])

MOTTO Loyal Au Mort (Loyal to Death Latin)

I’ve had this crest for about 26 years A friend of mine brought to me directly from Ireland.

Courtesty James Loftus and the Albuquerque Cousin Contigent

Crest Interpretation

There here some news from a Lofthus in Belgium of Norwegian origins (my father Jarle s Lofthus is from Fauske Norway).

I simply LOVE your site I am as you all seem te be very proud of the Lofthus name.  I especially was glad to find the crest Ive been looking a long time without any result. The top desciption is not in French as it said in Lofthus Tidbits but in French and does mean Loyal to death. The bottom description I like the most as it describes myself and it means take me as I am (prend moi tel que je suis) also in French.  I am going to be a regular visitor to your side and will inform the rest of my family as we all are very interested in our origins.

Randi Lofthus

Mary Loftus sent in a Certificate of the Ancient History of the Loftus name (English Heritage)