The following explains how the motto: SPES DURAT AVORUM [Alternatively, translated as:The hope of my ancestors continues, or Let the hopes of our forefathers endure, or May the hope of our forefathers endure, or The hope of my ancestors endures] became at some point in time associated with Kimbolton Castle.
The motto: SPES DURAT AVORUM is associated with Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, third Earl of Rochford (1683/1684-1738) who was married to Lady Bessy Savage (1699-1746) an illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, fourth Earl Rivers (c. 1660-1712). The first Earl Rivers was Richard Wydevill (1405-1469) married to Jacquetta de Luxembourg (1415/1416-1472). Their daughter, Katherine Woodville (c. 1458-1497), was married to Richard Wingfield of Kimbolton Castle (c. 1456-1525).
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The motto Spes Durat Avorum is also the motto of Queen Elizabeth High School(QEHS), Hexham, Northhumberland, NE463JB, England, established in 1599.
The following is the school's song:
Spes Durat Avorum
Hope of our sires, O live on eternally
Gleam yet more brightly the older you grow.
Send forth your children and watch them maternally
Keeping the spirit of kinship aglow.
Long may you flourish and prosper exceedingly
Lighting the future with torch of the past;
Ever may trouble pass by you unheedingly:
Long may the hope of our ancestors last!
The motto of Wolmer's Schools is 'Age Quod Agis'.
Webber Independent School's motto is 'Achieving Excellence Together'.
The motto of Charlotte Catholic High School is 'You can't beat us, we've got Jesus'.
University of Toronto's motto is 'Velut arbor ævo'.
The motto of FIFA is 'For the Game. For the World.'.
The motto of Kimbolton School is 'Let the hopes of our forefathers endure'.
The motto of Immanuel Schools is 'Schools with a Christian witness...'.
The motto of Kamehameha Schools is 'I Mua Kamehameha'.
Isolog schools's motto is 'Christ Is Our Cornerstone.'.
The motto of Allied Schools is 'Working together for excellence in independent schools'.
The motto of Wolmer's Schools is 'Age Quod Agis'.
The motto of The British Schools of Montevideo is 'Perfice'.
The motto of Navyug Schools is 'Tamso Ma Jyotirgamya'.
Prescott Schools's motto is 'Nihil Sine Deo'.
The motto of Chisholm Public Schools is 'Excellence.'.
Webber Independent School's motto is 'Achieving Excellence Together'.
Pittsburgh Public Schools's motto is 'Excellence for All'.