RIGG(E)S AND RIGG(E) IN HERALDRY
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COATS OF ARMS FOR RIGG(E) FAMILIES

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	INTRODUCTION RIGGE or RIGG, of CUMBERLAND RIGG, of LANCASHIRE RIGG, of CHESHIRE and LANCASHIRE RIGG, of FIFE, SCOTLAND RIGG, of EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND RIG, of EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND RIG or RIGG, of RIGSLAND (MORTON), SCOTLAND RIGG, of SUSSEX RIGGE, of LINCOLNSHIRE RIGG (no place specified) RIG or RIGG, of SCOTLAND (Crest and Motto only) RIGG (Crest and Motto only, no place specified) RIGG, of ENGLAND (Crest only) RIGGE, of LANCASHIRE (now GRAYRIGGE)

INTRODUCTION

The various Coats of Arms, crests and mottoes granted to persons with the surnames RIG, RIGG and RIGGE bear no similarity to those relating to the surname RIGGS. But with only one exception they each have elements in common with one or more of the others, either their Crest and/or Motto, or the charges employed on the shields (see Glossary of Terms).

The exception - RIGGE of Lancashire - is an Achievement that was not originally granted to a RIGG or RIGGE family, but was "inherited" through marriage. And it is no longer borne by the family concerned, a subsequent RIGGE in line of succession having changed his family name to GRAYRIGGE.

If you haven't already done so, I strongly recommend that you first read the Introductory Note on Sources for these pages, which will help you put the various sources quoted below into perspective.

	RIGGE or RIGG, of CUMBERLAND
			CREST: A human heart or, charged with a rose gules.[S2][S3][S5] ARMS: Ermine on a chevron gules three annulets or.[S2][S6]

Burke's original edition[S2] ascribes the Arms and Crest to "RIGGE" without giving further details, but ascribes the Arms alone to "RIGG (Cumberland)" as does the facsimile reprint of Burke[S3] without giving further details. The revised edition of Fairbairn[S5] attributes the Crest to "RIGGE (England)".

	RIGG, of LANCASHIRE
			CREST: A cock sable combed and wattled gules.[S3][S5] ARMS: Ermine on a chevron gules three annulets or.[S3] MOTTO: Dum Vivo Cano.[S3][S5]

The facsimile reprint of Burke[S3] ascribes this Coat of Arms to "RIGG (Chorlton-on-Medlock, co. Lancaster, 1875)". The original Fairbairn editions[S4] ascribe the Crest and Motto to "Rigg of Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancs.".

	RIGG, of CHESHIRE and LANCASHIRE
			CREST: On a wreath of the colours,...[S6] ...a heart gules, surmounted by a rose or, all within a chain in arch of the last.[S4][S6] ARMS: Argent, gutté-de-poix, on a chevron between two hearts in chief gules and a rose in base of the last, three annulets or. Upon the escutcheon is placed a helmet befitting his degree, with a mantling gules and argent.[S6] MOTTO: "Virtute et labore"[S4][S6] "By valour and exertion"[S16]

Fox-Davies[S6] ascribes this Coat of Arms to "Gibson Sagar Rigg, Gentleman; Postal Address Motley Bank, Bowdon, Cheshire", and also to "William Robinson Rigg, Gentleman; Postal Address Turton Towers, Turton, Lancashire". The original Fairbairn editions[S4] ascribes the Crest and Motto to the same persons (omitting the description "Gentleman").

	RIGG, of FIFE, SCOTLAND
			CREST: A cock sable beaked and armed gules.[S3][S4] ARMS: Argent a saltire vert cantoned with four mullets gules.[S3] MOTTO: "Virtute et labore"[S3][S4] "By valour and exertion"[S16]

The facsimile reprint of Burke[S3] ascribes this Coat of Arms to "RIGG (Dounfield, co.Fife, 1750)". The original Fairbairn editions[S4] ascribes the Crest and Motto to "Rigg of Dounfield, Fifesh. and Rigsland, Scotland" (see below).

	RIGG, of EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
			ARMS: Argent a saltire vert cantoned with four mullets gules.[S3]

The facsimile reprint of Burke[S3] ascribes these Arms to "RIGG (Carbery, co.Edinburgh)", but care needs to be taken because of the conflicting description contained in the original edition of Burke's work, as quoted in the following section.

	RIG, of EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
			ARMS: Argent on a saltire azure between four mullets or, a crescent of the last.[S3]

Burke's original edition[S2] ascribes these Arms to "RIG (Carbery, Scotland; Pont's MS)", but care needs to be taken because of the conflicting description contained in the facsimile reprint of Burke's work, as quoted in the previous section.

	RIG or RIGG, of RIGSLAND (MORTON), SCOTLAND
			CREST: A cock sable beaked and armed gules.[S2][S3][S4] ARMS: Vert a saltire engrailed argent between a mullet in chief, two garbs in...[S2][S3] ...fesse, and three roses in base, within...[S2] ...flanks, and three roses in base or,...[S3] ...a bordure of the third, charged with eight crescents of the field.[S2][S3] MOTTO: "Virtute et labore"[S2][S3][S4] "By valour and exertion"[S16]

Burke's original edition[S2] ascribes this Coat of Arms to "RIG (Rigsland, Scotland); Lion Register". The facsimile reprint of Burke[S3] ascribes it to "RIGG (Rigsland, afterwards Morton, Scotland)". The original Fairbairn editions[S4] ascribes the Crest and Motto to "Rigg of Dounfield, Fifesh. and Rigsland, Scotland" (see above)

	RIGG, of SUSSEX
			CREST (1): A cock sable, combed and wattled gules.[S4][S5] CREST (2): A cock proper.[S6] ARMS: Vert a saltire engrailed or between a mullet in chief, two garbs in flanks, and three roses in base argent, a bordure of the second, charged with eight crescents of the field.[S6] MOTTO: "Virtute et labore"[S4][S5][S6] "By valour and exertion"[S16]

Both the original Fairbairn editions[S4] and the revised edition[S5] ascribe the Crest and Motto to "Herbert Addington Rigg, Wallhurst Manor, Cowfold, Horsham". Fox-Davies[S6] ascribes a slightly different Crest but the same Motto to him, as well as the Arms which are shown, with the following comment: "This achievement is almost identical with that of Rig of Rigsland, but no connection whatsoever has been established with this family."

Fox-Davies[S6] also adds that Herbert Addington Rigg, a barrister and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, who was born 7MCH1845, was the second son of the late Jonathan RIGG, Esq, Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant, of Wrotham Hill Park in Kent.

	RIGGE, of LINCOLNSHIRE
			ARMS: Argent a chevron between three mullets pierced sable.[S2][S3]

Burke ascribes these Arms to "RIGGE (Lincolnshire)"[S2] / "RIGGE (co. Lincoln)"[S3].

	RIGG   (no place specified)
			CREST: A cock sable combed and wattled gules.[S2] ARMS: Argent a chevron between three mullets sable.[S2] MOTTO: "Virtute et labore"[S2] "By valour and exertion"[S16]

Burke's original edition[S2] ascribes this Coat of Arms to the surname "RIGG" without giving further details.

	RIG or RIGG, of SCOTLAND   (crest and motto only)
			CREST: A cock sable beaked and armed gules.[S4] MOTTO: "Virtute et labore"[S4] "By valour and exertion"[S16]

The original Fairbairn editions[S4] ascribes this Crest and Motto to "Rig of Scotland", without giving further details, whilst the revised edition merely ascribes them to "Rigg".

	RIGG   (crest and motto only, no place)
			CREST: A cock proper.[S5] MOTTO: "Virtute et labore"[S5] "By valour and exertion"[S16]

The revised Fairbairn edition[S4] ascribes this Crest and Motto to "Rigg" generally, without giving further details (it is not included in the original editions). But Fox-Davies[S6] ascribes it to Herbert Addington Rigg (see the section on RIGG, of Sussex, above).

	RIGG, of ENGLAND   (crest only)
			CREST: A cock sable, combed, legged and wattled, gules.[S4][S5]

The original Fairbairn editions[S4] ascribe this Crest to "Rigg" generally, without giving further details, but the revised edition[S5] ascribes it to "RIGG (England)".

	RIGGE, of LANCASHIRE   (now GRAYRIGGE)
			CREST: A drake proper in its beak...[S2] A sheldrake proper in the beak...[S3] A sheldrake proper holding in the beak...[S4] ...an escallop argent.[S2][S3][S4] ARMS: Gules two bars...[S2][S3] ...gemelles...[S2]   ...gemel...[S3] ...between three escallops argent.[S2][S3] MOTTO: "Festina Lente"[S2][S3][S4] "Be quick without impetuosity" or, as punningly translated for the Onslow family, "On slow" [S16]

The original Fairbairn editions[S4] ascribes the Crest and Motto to "Rigge of Wood Broughton, Cartmel, Lancs." The later Burke work[S3] ascribes the Coat of Arms to "RIGGE (Wood Broughton, Cartmel, co,Lancaster)", but his earlier work[S2] adds far more detail:-
"Representing the old Lancashire family of RAWLINSON of Greenhead. William Rawlinson married the heiress of CURWEN of Mireside, and their son and heir inherited, beside his paternal property, that of the Curwens, the whole of which eventually passed to his (two) daughters and co-heirs ... the daughter and heiress of the latter married Clement RIGGE of Hawkeshead (sic), and their son and heir Roger RIGGE married the daughter of FLETCHER of Wood Broughton".

The various editions of Burke's Landed Gentry document the subsequent lineage of this family, and the later editions[S3] list the entry under "Grayrigge of Wood Broughton". They identify Roger as the youngest son of Clement RIGGE of Hawkshead, "where his family had been seated for many generations" (see the comments on the possible origins of THOMAS OF GLOUCESTER), and quote Roger's marriage as occurring in 1736. Roger's great-grandson Henry Fletcher RIGGE was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1870 and his son Gray RIGGE "assumed in 1875 the surname of GRAYRIGGE in lieu of his patronymic". Grayrigge's son and grandson are both described as "Lord of the Manors of Lindale and Hampsfield".