This is the Arms of Stotesbury of Sulgrave, Northampton as recorded in Sir Bernard Burke's General Armory. Sulgrave Manor was conveyed to John de Stotesbury in 1359 and remained in direct line until 1563.

The motto of the Stotesbury family is Vires animates virtus = virtue animates strength.

The heraldic description includes:

Arms - Gules a chief nebulee or from the chief rays of the last

Crest - On a wreath of or and gules out of a cloud proper the sun rising in its glory