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The family of the first recorded namebearer held the manor of Walford in Hertfordshire in the early 12th Century. Other early recording examples include William de Walford, in the 1221 Assize Court Rolls of Warwickshire, Henry de Walford, in Gloucestershire in 1279, and Gilbert Walford, in the Subsidy Rolls of Somerset in 1327. Amongst the earliest settlers to the New World in the 17th century were Mues and Elizabeth Walford recorded in the parish registers of St. Michael's Barbados, in March 1678.The coat of arms has the blazon of a silver field, a red fesse, in chief a red lion passant. The crest is an ostrich feather issuing from a mural crown. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Sir Hugo de Walford, which was dated 1109, in the Pipe Rolls of Hertfordshire, during the reign of King Henry 1, known as 'The Lion of Justice', 1100 - 1135.
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