It was then recorded in the Essex visitation of 1634

Arms-Per pale gules and vert an eagle displayed argent,membered or.
Crest-Out of a ducal coronet an eagles head gules, beaked or.

Mathew Elliston of Castell Hedingham in com. Essex ==
Mathew Elliston of castell==Anne d. Will’m Harrington of maplestead
Joseph Elliston 2 sonn of Tillingham==Mary d. Geffrey Binks of Tillingham==
Joesph Elliston 4 years old

Again in the Visitation 1664-1668
Arms – Per pale gules and vert, an eagle displayed argent charged on breast with a crescent for difference.
Crest – An eagles head argent, erased gules, murally gorged azure.

John Elliston of Black Notley==Alice Pilgrim
Mathew eldest sonn mar. Mary Champion ———— Isaac Elliston Of little Coxall alias Cogeshall
Mathew Mary

Further details can be found here page 401

Other references can be found in St Mary’s church at Gestingthorpe where John Elliston of Gestingthorpe has his memorial. The arms were also in use by James Elliston of Clare on Merchant Tokens he issued.
quarterly, 1-4 eagle displayed, 2-3 fess between two helmets “James Elliston 1659” Clare, Suffolk (Corder col. 119, 324)

John of Gestingthorpe and Jospeh Elliston of Tillingham and Issac Elliston of Little Cogeshall are distant cousins. The common ancestor seems to be William Alliston of Castle Hedingham c1480 to 1556 or his Father John. The college of arms was formally incorporated in 1484 so the Alliston coat of arms probably pre-dates the formation. The college of arms was created during the time of Richard the III.

The coat of arms came into use by the Ellistons shortly after the battle of Bosworth about 13 miles from Ayleston in Leicestershire. William Elliston was left 40s by John De Vere the 13th Earl of Oxford who was commander at the Battle. He was called a Yeoman and as such was probably one of De Veres Guards. His father may have fought at the battle.

Another reference to the seal of the Allistons can be found at http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=317265

The earlier Liston coat of arms can be seen on the seal of Eleanor De Lyston 1335 at www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/families/strelley.shtml The original Alston coat of arms can be found at http://generalarmory.wikia.com/wiki/Alston

Original blazon: Az. ten estoiles or, four, three, two, and one.
Crest: Out of a crescent ar. an etoile or.
Supporters: –
Motto: Immotus.
(Saxham Hall, Suffolk, and Odell, co. Beds, Extinct Baronet).

Source: Burke’s General Armory (1884)

A similar coat of arms can be found on the Drewry arms quartered with the Listons http://www.anniebees.com/Drewry/ The difference being that the stars are actually flowers. The church at Liston from whence the Alliston surname originates contains on the North Wall Lintel flowers of a similar style to the ones shown here. Leading me to believe the original Liston coat of arms in the 1100’s was originally flowers of the style on the church 4,3,2,1. The family history book by McCall shows their arms quartered with those of the  Scottish Liston family as his mother was a Liston.  Note the Crescent and Star.   The church door in the village of Liston, Essex  is very similar if you take the arch to be the crescent, two stars appear underneath and the chevrons are on the Lintel.

There is another coat of arms described by Revd. Edmund Farrer F.S.A in his work Early Suffolk Heraldry by The Suffolk Institute of Archeology and Natural History, this was used by Johannes De Lyston in 1334 as a seal on some land transactions.  It is likely that it is not his.  The closest match I can find is the Lisle family  at Wooten on the Isle of Wight. In Westminster Abbey we have the Lyston arms showing on the Tomb of Lewis Robessart who was standard bearer to Henry V.

A description of the arms including Listons are given here courtesy of Foundation of Medieval Genealogy  …

Origins of the surname Liston and Alliston
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