Several Coats of Arms belong to different branches of the English Fermor or Farmer family, who lived in Northampton, Sussex, Surrey, Liecester, Norfolk, Oxford and other counties. Fermor was the ancient name of the Farmer family.

One of the principal seats of the family was at Easton Neston, Northampton.

Records of the family before 1500 show it to be a family of prominence and property.

Sir John Fermor of Easton Neston, Northampton, is the first Fermor or Farmer of record raised to Knighthood on Oct 2, 1553, in the presence of Queen Mary.

His son, Sir George Farmer, was made a Knight in 1586 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

His son, Sir Hatton Farmer, was raised to Knighthood in 1603 by King James I on the occasion of a visit to his father, Sir George, at his mansion at Easton Neston, Northampton.

The third son of Sir George Farmer, Robert Farmer, established a branch of the family at Easton Neston, Ireland, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Sir Hatton Farmer's son and heir, Sir William Farmer, was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath in 1661.

Sir William Farmer's son and heir, William Farmer, was created Lord Lempster in 1692 by King William and Queen Mary.

His son, Thomas Lord Lempster, was created Earl of Pomfret in 1721 by King George I.

Sir George Fermor or Farmer of Easton Neston, Ireland, was made a Knight in 1780, in recognition of the service of his father, a Captain in the Royal Navy, who was killed in battle. This Sir George Farmer used the same Coat of Arms as the Earl of Pomfret, except that the motto was "Fortis et Fidelis."

The Shield and Arms of the Earl of Pomfret are generally considered the Coat of Arms of the Farmer family. His Crest was a cock's head, resting in a coronet, which indicated Nobility... The Crests vary slightly. Most of them are cock's heads. One was a flower, another a lion's head. The motto of all English Farmer Coats of Arms was "Hora e Sempre."

All the early Farmers had several sons but the title descended to the oldest son only. No attempt was made to trace the ancestry of the Virginia Farmers in England. They came from England and undoubtedly belonged to the English Farmer family, probably descended from the second or third son of one of the early Farmers.

(Authority for the above statements: Burke's Peerage; Collin's Peerage; Armorial Families, Foster; Armorie of England, Scotland and Ireland by John Burke and John B Burke, published in London 1843 by Edward Churton.)