Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I called upon
Francis N. Mitchell stone, seal engraver &c 15 Tremont
Row Boston and searched a record entitled General Armoury
of England by John Burnard Burke Heraldry. I found
my coat of arms to be the following
Woodroffe or Woodruff Lord Mayor of
London 1579 Payle ^Poyle^ ^Pahyle^ Co Surrey Gn. on a chev. ar, three Bucks
heads erased Sa. a chief perfess nebulee Sa and ar Crest
A Dexter arm embowed Habited with leaves vert holding
in the hand a branch of Honeysuckle all P Pr.
Woodroffe Paly of six Gu and Ar a bend
z ^g^obonated az and or crest. A Demi P. Pr (Lady) vested
Ar Holding in the Dexter hand a Civic Crown or.
