FAMILY WADDINGTON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Waddington

Coat of arms and family crest of Waddington.

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

History and meaning for Waddington.

We know that the family name Waddington has information about its heraldry, its history and genealogy.

We put at your disposal the bibliographical and heraldic sources, which are a beginning for the study of this family name.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Waddington:

1) The origin of the family name Waddington.

2) The meaning of the family name Waddington.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Waddington.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Waddington.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Waddington have or have been established, among other places, in:

* England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

* Portugal.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Waddington:

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

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

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The family Waddington 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 Waddington 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 Waddington is from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or radicated in some of these countries.

The history and heraldry of the family name Waddington appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Waddington are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Waddington.

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

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

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* 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.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* LAMB: The Lamb symbolizes the Kings and Leaders who have to sacrifice themselves to the good and care of their subjects; also denotes in the whiteness of fleeces, Qualified Nobility.

* PORCUPINE: The Porcupine is a symbol of Strength against danger, because it closes in on itself and defends itself with its own weapons (quills).

* PEACOCK: The Peacock, by its head denotes Prudence; for his chest, of gold and sapphire, Loyalty, Fidelity and Zeal; in the hidden and submissive of his steps, Secret, and in the terribly out of tune voice of his singing, Terror of enemies.

* HERON: The Heron represents Prudence in preventing dangers, guarding against them.

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

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