FAMILY VANCE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Vance

Coat of arms and family crest of Vance.

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

History and meaning for Vance.

Vance is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Vance an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Vance:

1) The origin of the family name Vance.

2) The meaning of the family name Vance.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Vance.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Vance.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Vance 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 Vance:

* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, by Sir Bernard Burke, King of Arms.

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The family Vance 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 Vance 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 Vance 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) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

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

* 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.

* MARTLET: The Martlets mean the number of defeated enemies and are the distinctive mark of the fourth son.

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* RAVEN: The Raven is a symbol of the Bold and Courageous Spirit that risks itself in defense of its benefactors.

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

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* SPARROWHAWK: The Sparrowhawk is a symbol of Cunning.

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

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