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The family name Launceston-priory is a COMPOSITE surname of the surname Launceston, which appears first, and priory.
SEVEN things you should know about the family name Launceston-priory:
1) The origin of the family name Launceston-priory.
2) The meaning of the family name Launceston-priory.
3) The coat of arms and crest.
4) The bibliography
5) The nobility of the family name Launceston-priory.
6) The prominent persons of this family.
7) The history of the family name Launceston-priory.
8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.
It is known that the Launceston-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 Launceston-priory:
* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.
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The family Launceston-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 Launceston-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 Launceston-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) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.
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:
* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.
* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.
* LANCE: The Lance represents Strength with Prudence.
* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.
* MULBERRY: The Mulberry symbolizes Prudence and Wisdom.
* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.
* 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.
* 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.
* The family name Launceston-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/
Heraldry for family name Launceston-priory as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Launceston-priory
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