Drake Family Crest

Drake Family Crest - Digital Download - Drake Coat of Arms JPG File - Heraldry, Genealogy, Ancestry, Surnames, Shields

Digital Download - Drake Coat of Arms
LARGE - High Resolution JPG File
3250 x 4369 pixels
200 DPI

This family crest image file is suitable for nearly all printing needs and is great for arts & crafts, school projects, scrapbooking, and genealogy/ancestral research.

Transparent PNG file available upon request.

Watermark is removed upon purchase.

Heraldic/Genealogical Details:

Sable a fess wavy between the two pole stars argent. Crest—A ship under reef drawn round a terrestrial globe with a cable by a hand out of the clouds all proper.

A – augmentation granted on June 20th, 1581 to Sir Francis Drake, the celebrated navigator, eldest of the twelve sons of Edmund Drake (1518-1585)

B – Drake Baronets of Buckland – Sir Francis Drake (1588-1637) was created the first Baronet of Buckland in 1622, an English politician, nephew of the famed navigator

C – Sir Francis Samuel Drake (1729-1789), officer in the Royal Navy who served in the Seven Year’s War and American War of Independence, created the 1st Baronet of Prospect, co. Devon in 1782