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FAMILY DONINGTON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Donington.

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

History and meaning for Donington.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Donington:

1) The origin of the family name Donington.

2) The meaning of the family name Donington.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Donington.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Donington.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Donington 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 Donington:

* Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap. Contains blazons, descriptions and drawings of coats of arms, crests, origins of family names and nobility

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

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The family Donington 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 Donington 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 Donington is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

The coats of arms and family crests with meaning for the family name Donington are collected in the Armorial General by Johan Baptiste Rietstap, this work is the greatest work of heraldry ever written and drawn, with more than 100,000 family names from around the world (English, Scotish, Welsh, Spanish, French, Italians, Poles, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.), among which is the name Donington, arranged alphabetically, and DRAWN, including a heraldic handbook with drawings, a complete glossary of terms, a supplement and an appendix. Complete description the coat of arms Donington, and origin for the family name Donington, nobiliary titles of the family name Donington and of the concession dates. The text where the family name Donington appears is in the second edition, expanded and revised from 1884-1887.

The family crest and coat of arms of Donington appears in Rietstap Armorial General that is a multi-volume work on the coats-of-arms of the world; it is both monumental and without equal, and is the most exhaustive undertaking of its kind. The Armorial General is the most authoritative work on the coats-of-arms in the world. The descriptions of the arms cover those of more than 100,000 families, included Donington alphabetically arranged and accurately described.In addition to a full description of the arms for Donington, most entries identify the nationality of the arms bearer, titles of Donington, and the date his title was conferred. The basic text was established with the publication of the second edition, corrected and enlarged, of 1884-1887. This most important reference work contains the shields of thousands of Coats of Arms covering the whole world, arranged alphabetically under surnames, as Donington.

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

2) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

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

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

* CHEVRON: The Chevron 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.

* WHEEL: The Wheels symbolize Speed in carrying out the most arduous undertakings. They are also a symbol of Fortune, Favor and Inconstancy.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* CAULDRON: The Cauldrons along with other vessels: cups, jugs and kettles, which were used to handle victuals, were formerly the Richman brand.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

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

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter D index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Doninge | Go to name Donington | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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