[Illustration] Sir Osbert Silvayne, Knight, of Norton Woodhouse, in
the Forest of Sherwood, living in the 29th of Henry III., is the
first proved ancestor of this family: he is said to have been son of
Ralph Silvayne. Some of the name, which we may supposed to be
derived from this wood or forest, were seated at Norton before the
year 1140. Croxdale was inherited from the heiress of Whalton in
1402.
Younger branch, Salvin of Sunderland Bridge, in this county.
See Surtees's Durham iv. 117, and the Scrope and Grosvenor Roll, ii.
p. 340. For the extinct family of Salvin of Newbiggen, see Graves's
Cleveland.
ARMS.--_Argent, on a chief sable two mullets pierced or_. This coat
was borne by Sir Gerard Salveyn in the reign of Edward II., and also
I suppose by the same Sir Gerard in that of Edward III., but here
the _mullets are voided vert_. Again, in the reign of Richard II,
Monsieur Gerard Salvayn bore his _mullets of six points or, pierced
gules_.
Present Representative, Gerard Salvin, Esq.
+Gentle.+