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FAMILY GATONBY: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Gatonby.

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

History and meaning for Gatonby.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Gatonby:

1) The origin of the family name Gatonby.

2) The meaning of the family name Gatonby.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Gatonby.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Gatonby.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Gatonby 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 Gatonby:

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

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

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:

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

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

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Gaton | Go to name Gatoo | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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