FAMILY CROOKSHANK: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Crookshank

Coat of arms and family crest of Crookshank.

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

History and meaning for Crookshank.

Crookshank 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 Crookshank 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 Crookshank:

1) The origin of the family name Crookshank.

2) The meaning of the family name Crookshank.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Crookshank.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Crookshank.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Crookshank 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 Crookshank:

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

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

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

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:

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* PANELA: The Panelas are figures similar to a heart and are a symbol of Vigilant Vassal.

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* APPLE: The Apple Tree symbolizes the Watchful Heart.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* ARROW: The Fess represents Readiness (for battle); if depicted with a cross, represents an affliction.

* CRESCENT: The Crescent, of oriental origin, symbolizes Victory against the darkness of slander, and Emulations against inconstancy and fickleness.

* The family name Crookshank 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/

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