[Illustration] Sylvester de Grimston, "Standard-bearer and
Chamberlain to William I.," of Grimston, in the parish of Garton, is
claimed as the ancestor of this venerable Norman family, who have
ever since the period of the Conquest resided at the place from
whence the name is derived.
Younger branches of the Grimstons were seated in Norfolk and Essex,
besides the Grimstons of Gorhambury, Earls of Verulam, all now
extinct in the male line.
See Poulson's Holderness, vol. ii. p. 60; Clutterbuck's
Hertfordshire, vol. i. p. 95; Brydges's Collins, vol. viii. p. 209;
and the Scrope and Grosvenor Roll, vol. ii. p. 292. See also
Boutell's Brasses, p. 129, for inscriptions to Sir Edward Grimston
and his son in Rishangles Church, near Eye, in Suffolk.
ARMS.--_Argent, on a fess sable three mullets of six points or,
pierced gules_. This coat was borne by Monsieur Gerrard de Grymston
in the reign of Richard II. (Roll.)
Present Representative, Marmaduke Gerard Grimston, Esq.