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So why has the crest changed?The original crest placed on the front page was one that I had purchased from a company on the web. They research family crests for a small fee. It turns out that there is a precise language for describing crests. Each crest has a "heraldic description". The heraldic description of our crest found by Family-Crests.com is as follows: Name: Haselden Record: 25286 Goldington, Bedfordshire, England. Arms: Argent, a cross flory sable. In some cases, the researches can find no actual crest, so they have artists that create the crest from the heraldic description found in their research. This appears to be the case with the crest I received from Family-Crests.com. Recently, I received a note from Kenneth C Haselden. He wrote: Your Haselden Coat of Arms is not correct, however. I have several versions of it, all esentially similar to each other. The oldest is from Haselden Hall in Wakefield dated about 1350. The most recent has the southern hound, and was used in the pattern on a Haselden china set used by my ancestors during the 1800's. If you are interested, I can send you copies. So, naturally, if we have an actual crest or one that was derived from a description, we prefer the actual crest. The crest of the front page is the one Kenneth describes |
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The latest crest. Sent to us by Kenneth C Haselden
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The crest I received from Family-Crests.com
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The earliest known crest. Also sent to us by Kenneth C Haselden Notice the differences in heraldic description. 
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