Research continues on the Askew Coats of Arms. I am currently searching Siebmacher’s Wappenbuch of 1605 to see if any Coats of Arms are recorded there. Since there are multiple spellings of Askew throughout history (Ascough, Ainscough, Ainscow, Aiskew, Echescol, Aykecogh, Aykecoghe, etc.) it has proven to be quite a task.
The following Askew Coats of Arms have been verified in Bernard Burke’s The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales is a registry of about 60,000 Coats of Arms of the British Empire. The images pictured above match the descriptions found in the registry (see below).
In the Dictionary of American Family Names, Askew, Ascough, Ainscough and Ainscow, is recorded as being of Old Norse origin, and is a locational name from Aiskew in the North Riding of Yorkshire, deriving from the elements “eiki” meaning oak, plus “skogr”, wood; hence, “oak wood.”
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