Belshes

Crest: a trunk of an oak tree eradicated, sprouting forth new leaves, proper

Motto: Revirescit

Origin/Meaning: Local : From the barony of Belsches in Roxburghshire. The name has been written Bela sis, Belases, Belshes, Belshaes, and Belsches. The family are descended from Ralph de Belasyse in Durham , who was settled there soon after the Conquest.

Citations:
Sanders, and J. Grant, British Crest: Containing The Crests and Mottos of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland; Together with those of the Principal Cities; and a Glossary of Heraldic Terms, Vol II, Edinburgh, Kirkwood & Sons, 1817
James Fairbairn, Fairbairn’s Book of Crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland, Edinburgh, Grange Publising Works, 1892
Clifford Stanley Sims, The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames with a Volcabulary of Christian Names, Albany, N.Y., J. Munsell, 1862
W & A. K. Johnston, The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland,  With the Arms of the Chiefs, London, W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1906