FAMILY BIDEFORD: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Bideford

Coat of arms and family crest of Bideford.

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

History and meaning for Bideford.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Bideford:

1) The origin of the family name Bideford.

2) The meaning of the family name Bideford.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Bideford.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Bideford.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Bideford 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 Bideford:

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

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

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:

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

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* 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.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

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

* PARROT: The Parrot is a symbol of a Noble Knight, who looks with pleasure at the enamels on his shield, with the intention of not only preserving them, but adding new stamps with his own deeds and is also a symbol of Eloquence and Docility.

* WATER: The Water is a symbol of Enlightened Wisdom, of Virtuous Mood, and can also symbolize domain extension.

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

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