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FAMILY POLHILL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Polhill.

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

History and meaning for Polhill.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Polhill 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 Polhill.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Polhill:

1) The origin of the family name Polhill.

2) The meaning of the family name Polhill.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Polhill.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Polhill.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Polhill 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 Polhill:

* 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 Polhill:

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

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

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

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

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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 Polhey | Go to name Polhoy | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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