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FAMILY PORTINGTON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Portington.

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

History and meaning for Portington.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Portington:

1) The origin of the family name Portington.

2) The meaning of the family name Portington.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Portington.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Portington.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Portington 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 Portington:

* 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 Portington:

Name Portington

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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

* 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.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

* 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.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter P index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Portinari | Go to name Portio | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests