John de Lilburne

The Lilburn coat of arms: a cendree (or sable) field, with three bougets argent. The blason varies for the Lilburns of Thickley Punchardon in which the colours are inverted: argent, three bougets sable, a crescent gules.

Sir John de Lilburne of West Lilburn (1279–1355) was a knight who held numerous political and military offices during the first half of the 14th Century. A member of the Lilburn family of Northumberland, Sir John took part in Sir Gilbert de Middleton's rebellion against King Edward II of England, acting on behalf of the monarch's cousin, the 2nd Earl of Lancaster.