John, Lord D’Arcy, steward of the household of Edward III.; and Baron Roger Heron, who was one of the knights under Edward at the siege of Stirling Castle, In the ioth of Edward the II., A. D. 1317, he was Governor of Bamborough Castle. His son, Baron Wilham Heron, built Castle Ford in the time of Edward III., and was summoned to Parliament as baron January 8, 1371.

Sir William Heron, grandson of Odonel Heron, and grandnephew of Lord Heron of Castle Ford, was summoned to Parliament in 1393, as 'Willielmo Heron, Chevalier,' and was also styled "Willielmo Heron, Dominue de Lay, Seneschallus Hospitii Regis -- i. e., Lord de Sey and Stewart of the King’s household. This nobleman was a gallant soldier and an eminent diplomatist. He bore arms: Gules, a chevron between three herons argent."

"The Scottish Arms, being a Collection of Armorial Bearings A. D. 1370-1678," by R. R. Stoddart, contains the following facts:

In Northumberland, the Herons of Hadston, Bokenfield, Ford, and Chepchase long held a considerable position; barons by tenure from the reign of King John, A D. 1199 till A. D. 1296; barons by writ of summons 1371 and 1393; baronets 1662."

"Stewart, Mary, daughter and heir of Patrick Heron, M.P., bv Lady Elizabeth Cockrane. his wife, married in 1602 Sir John Maxwell, who assumed the additional surname and arms of Heron."

William Heron settled in Lincolnshire, and was father of Sir John Heron of Cressy Hall, Treasurer of the Chamber to Henry VIII., whose descendant Sir Edward Heron, Knight of the Bath, 1603. left a son, Henry Heron of Cressy, M.P., in whose possession the Cressy estates in Lincolnshire remain to this day.

Sir Richard Heron was Chief Secretary of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Buckingham, in 1777, and was created a baronet of England July 25, 1778. His son, Sir Robert Heron, of Newmarket-upon-Trent, County Nottingham. married, in 1792, Amelia. granddaughter of Baptist Noel, Earl of Gloucester. He died in 1854. when the barony of Heron became extinct.

Sir Nicholas Hearon was knighted at Drogheda by Sir Henry Sidney in 1566. Arms: Gules, a chevron between three herons argent. Motto: Leges, juraque servat.

Sir William Hearne, Knight of Maidenhead, County Berks, was High Sheriff of London in 1797. He descended from Sir Richard Hearne, High Sheriff in 1618, who bore the same arms.

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