FAMILY DURHAM-PRIORY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Durham-priory

Coat of arms and family crest of Durham-priory.

Genealogy of family Durham-priory, origin of Durham-priory, provenance of the family name Durham-priory.

History and meaning for Durham-priory.

Durham-priory is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Durham-priory an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

The family name Durham-priory is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Durham, which appears first, and priory.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Durham-priory:

1) The origin of the family name Durham-priory.

2) The meaning of the family name Durham-priory.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Durham-priory.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Durham-priory.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Durham-priory 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 Durham-priory:

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

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The family Durham-priory 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 Durham-priory 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 Durham-priory 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) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* MERMAID: The Mermaid is a symbol of Eloquence and Seduction.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* The family name Durham-priory 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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