FAMILY GRIFFITHS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Griffiths

Coat of arms and family crest of Griffiths.

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

History and meaning for Griffiths.

Griffiths 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 Griffiths 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 Griffiths:

1) The origin of the family name Griffiths.

2) The meaning of the family name Griffiths.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Griffiths.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Griffiths.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Griffiths 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 Griffiths:

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

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The family Griffiths 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 Griffiths 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 Griffiths 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) 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:

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

* TROUT: The Trout is a symbol of Ardent Spirit in war and Calm and Serene in Peace.

* FESS: The Fess represents the Noble Heart of the Knight, into which no betrayal or disloyalty can enter.

* DOG: The Dog is a symbol of Faithful Vassal.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* BOAR: The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

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

* 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.

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

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Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter G index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name Griffith maelor | Go to name Griffiths-jermyn | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

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