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FAMILY COLNEY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Colney.

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

History and meaning for Colney.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Colney:

1) The origin of the family name Colney.

2) The meaning of the family name Colney.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Colney.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Colney.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Colney 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 Colney:

* 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 Colney:

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

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The family Colney 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 Colney 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 Colney 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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:

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* 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.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* STAG: The Stag symbolizes Effortless Courage, which draws and recovers energy even on the most adverse occasions.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

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* SHELL: The Shell symbolizes the Knight who marches to the borders of his states to widen them by fighting; it is also a symbol of Pilgrim.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter C index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Colnet-de-montplaisir | Go to name Colnizas | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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