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FAMILY HANCOCK: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Hancock.

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

History and meaning for Hancock.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Hancock have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Hancock.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Hancock:

1) The origin of the family name Hancock.

2) The meaning of the family name Hancock.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Hancock.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Hancock.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Hancock 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 Hancock:

* 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 Hancock:

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

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

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

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

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

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

* CHESS: Chess symbolizes Military Art, for which reason it is usually awarded to soldiers who have exposed their lives in combat.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.

* 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.

* BULL: The Bull symbolizes Generous Chest, in whom the memories of his lineage, represented in the red of his blood, inflame the desire for great enterprises.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter H index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Hancloo | Go to name Hancock | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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