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FAMILY WASH: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Wash.

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

History and meaning for Wash.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Wash:

1) The origin of the family name Wash.

2) The meaning of the family name Wash.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Wash.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Wash.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Wash 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 Wash:

* 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 Wash:

Name Wash

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Wash. Very cheap.

burnt parchment for Wash name

Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Wash.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

coat of arms sticker for Wash

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

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

2) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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:

* 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.

* 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.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* ANJOU: The Chief of Anjou, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Welf party (derived from Welf, Duke of Bavaria) who were loyal to the Pope.

* PIGEON: The Pigeon is a symbol of Health; in the coat of arms it denotes Fidelity and Love. It is the emblem of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and, as such, adorns the currency of the French Order of the Holy Spirit.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

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

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter W index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Wasey | Go to name Washborne | 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