Worthington family

The Worthingtons are a historic English family from Lancashire, traceable to the beginning of the 13th century.

[3][4][5][6][7] Dating from the 15th century, the Worthington coat of arms is argent, three dung forks sable.

[8] The arms can be considered a rebus, “worthing” being an archaic slang term for dung.

The crest is a goat statant argent, holding in the mouth an oak branch vert, fructed or; the motto, "Virtute Dignus Avorum" (in virtue worthy of ones ancestors).

[9] The motto and coat of arms may be seen in Chorley Church, Winslow Parish, Cheshire, England.