• Simmonds Family Crest Rocks Glass-Family Crests Store
  • A stylised heraldic illustration featuring a gray and black ermine head with a red tongue and yellow beak, positioned beside four large golden trefoil on a white background with black mantling.
  • A heraldic-style illustration of a gray and black ermine stoat with a red tongue, walking on grass over a gold and black crest with yellow floral motifs on a white background.
  • A stylized goldenthree-petal emblem or flower-like symbol centered on a dark background.
  • A close-up decorative crest or emblem featuring a gold border, ornate black-and-gold mantling on a white background.
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Simmonds Family Crest Rocks Glass £22.00

Family Crests Store

Simmonds Family Crest Rocks Glass

Simmonds Family Crest Rocks Glass

£22.00 GBP
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The Simmonds Family Crest Rocks Glass. Beautifully illustrated. Carefully researched. Uniquely personal.

Nicely suited for the moments that call for a proper toast. Whether it’s a gift to celebrate a milestone birthday, a wedding or a housewarming—this piece is an instant heirloom.

The origin of the name Simmonds

Simmonds is an ancient English patronymic surname meaning "son of Simon" (derived from Hebrew Simeon, meaning "he who hears" or "obedient listener," brought to Britain following the Norman Conquest and Crusades). Establishing landed estates across Gloucestershire, Surrey, and Berkshire, the House of Simmonds produced High Sheriffs, church canons, and pioneering agricultural leaders. Codified early in feudal records, the name appears in early medieval English administrative rolls.

The symbolism of the Simmonds coat of arms

Sharing the ancestral armorial bearings recorded for the Simmons and Simonds, lineages, this Simmonds coat of arms features a shield partitioned vertically down the middle (per pale) and counterchanged in radiant gold (Or) and black (Sable), charged with three trefoils or clover leaves. In classical heraldry, the contrast of gold and black symbolises generosity, elevation of mind, deep wisdom, dignity, and constancy under trial. The three golden trefoils represent perpetual faith, hope, spiritual vitality, and good fortune across generations.

Positioned above the shield, the crest displays an ermine in its white winter coat with a black-tipped tail (an ermine passant proper) walking across a green grassy mount. In its jaws, it holds a golden trefoil (or cinquefoil flower). In chivalric tradition, the ermine is a high-status emblem of purity, nobility, and unspotted honour—derived from the legendary belief that the creature would sooner perish than soil its pristine coat. The golden trefoil in its mouth signifies good fortune held with steadfast integrity.


The earliest recorded usage of this coat of arms and ermine crest traces to Tudor and Stuart gentry lineages in the late 16th and 17th centuries, including William Simonds, a royal household officer under Queen Elizabeth I. Physical representations survive across historic family silver, library bookplates, and estate architecture, most notably in a Victorian stained-glass window preserved at Audleys Wood House in Hampshire.

Historical figures

Sir Richard Simmonds (16th Century): Landed gentleman and magistrate in Gloucestershire.
Lady Elizabeth Simmonds (17th Century): Recorded gentlewoman and benefactor in Surrey estate rolls.
William Simmonds (18th Century): Agricultural pioneer and civic magistrate.

Product details

  • Classic rocks glass with family crest
  • Volume: 10.5 oz. (311 ml)
  • Height: 3.4″ (8.64 cm)
  • Diameter: 3.2″ (8.13 cm)
  • High heat from the dishwasher or microwave may damage the print, so please hand-wash only.

No Warehouses. No Waste. Just for you, made to order

This product is printed especially for you when ordered, one at a time, by royal decree of Mother Nature to keep the realm beautiful. Family Crests Store guarantees your custom treasure meets all EU and USA safety standards.

About the artist

Each coat of arms in the Family Crests Store is an artwork by heraldic artist Éamonn Breathnach. All are carefully researched, drawing from the earliest available records across multiple heraldic archives. Noted for their elegance and attention to detail, these artworks make meaningful gifts for family occasions.

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