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FAMILY PENNISTON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Penniston.

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

History and meaning for Penniston.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Penniston:

1) The origin of the family name Penniston.

2) The meaning of the family name Penniston.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Penniston.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Penniston.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Penniston 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 Penniston:

* 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 Penniston:

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

coat of arms sticker for Penniston

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

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

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

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

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.

* MALLET: The Mallet indicates War for the damage that it can cause to armor.

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* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* TRIANGLE: The Triangle symbolizes Divine Equality and Perfection.

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

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

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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 Pennisi | Go to name Pennistone | 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