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FAMILY BRAKELEY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Brakeley.

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

History and meaning for Brakeley.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Brakeley:

1) The origin of the family name Brakeley.

2) The meaning of the family name Brakeley.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Brakeley.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Brakeley.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Brakeley 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 Brakeley:

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

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Brakeley:

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Coat of arms for Brakeley and the history and origin for the family name Brakeley in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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Coat of arms for the name Brakeley in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The family Brakeley 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 Brakeley 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 Brakeley 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* STICK: The Stick symbolizes military command.

* ANGIO: The Chief of Angio, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* CABRIO: The Cabrio symbolizes the boots and spurs, and for this reason it was granted as an adornment of the shield to the Knight who was wounded from the combat in his legs.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

* The family name Brakeley 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/

Heraldry for family name Brakeley as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Brakeley

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter B index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Brakele (van) | Go to name Brakelman | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests