FAMILY DOWDALL: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Dowdall

Coat of arms and family crest of Dowdall.

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

History and meaning for Dowdall.

Dowdall 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 Dowdall 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 Dowdall:

1) The origin of the family name Dowdall.

2) The meaning of the family name Dowdall.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Dowdall.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Dowdall.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Dowdall 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 Dowdall:

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

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

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:

* KEY: The Keys symbolize Fidelity and Secrecy.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* CROSS: The Cross symbolizes the sword of the Knights, to whom this piece was granted when they returned from combat with their sword dyed in enemy blood. The Cross was also taken as a teaching by most of the Crusaders.

* THISTLE: The Thistle symbolizes in Heraldry a heart nobly humble, but so careful of its honor, that it defends with its sword the luster of its lineage.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* WALL: The Wall represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, in which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* FIG: The Fig Tree or its leaves symbolize the State Benefactors.

* KNIGHT: The Knight symbolizes the Nobility.

* The family name Dowdall 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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