FAMILY ACHELTON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Achelton

Coat of arms and family crest of Achelton.

Genealogy of family Achelton, origin of Achelton, provenance of the family name Achelton.

History and meaning for Achelton.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Achelton.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Achelton.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Achelton:

1) The origin of the family name Achelton.

2) The meaning of the family name Achelton.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Achelton.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Achelton.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Achelton have or have been established, among other places, in:

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Achelton:

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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The family Achelton appears in the "General The Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales" written by Sir Bernard Burke appeared for the first time in the year 1842. This book contains about 60,000 names as Achelton and are the most comprehensive Collection of Arms, including the Bearings Armorial of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and diverse coats that were seen in churches, familiar mansions, tombs, etc. This book is very valued by who investigate on its ancestors and want to conserve their memory, by means of the history of its well-known actions and the representation of its symbols. Therefore, the name Achelton is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

3) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* IVY: The Ivy symbolizes Love Bond and also Triumph.

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* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* The family name Achelton appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

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Images of some books referred, with information of the family name Achelton:

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter A index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Acheley | Go to name Achemel | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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