Welcome to the Swayne-Swain Coat of Arms Website.  This website is dedicated to all Swayne-Swain researchers in search of the Swayne (or Swain) Coat of Arms.  It represents a compilation of research from various sources including books, genealogies, websites, family name history documents, emails, and a variety of reports.  This website is based on a 30+ page research document that I have been compiling for the past 8 months.  In summary, there are six  (6) different officially granted Swayne-Swain-Swaine COA.  One of the six was also used with the addition of a crest of a maiden with wings.  Multiple Swaynes and Swains assumed COA unofficially but were recorded by the College of Arms while others assumed COA unofficially and were neither recorded nor granted.  Also, Swaynes assumed COA from other derivatives in spelling such as Sweeney or Swan in error.

The objective of this website is to sort though all of these issues such that visitors will have a better understanding of heraldry, The College of Arms, the coat of arms, Swayne spelling variations, and so on.  The Swayne COA information on this website was scattered about in various remote locations but now it is available in one location where it can be properly reviewed and analyzed.  If you have any questions, corrections, or other comments, please feel free to contact me at swayne_train@yahoo.com and I will attempt to address your inquiry.  The website is still a work-in-progress but the raw data is here. 

Finally, I wanted to thank Clive Cheesman, Claude Swain and Kay Callow who either directly (or indirectly) contributed research data, analysis, or other expertise that helped shape the presentation of this material.

Matthew Swayne
April  2006