FAMILY CREFTON: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Crefton

Coat of arms and family crest of Crefton.

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

History and meaning for Crefton.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Crefton:

1) The origin of the family name Crefton.

2) The meaning of the family name Crefton.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Crefton.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Crefton.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Crefton 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 Crefton:

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

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The family Crefton 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 Crefton 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 Crefton 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) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

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

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* BRIDGE: The Bridge symbolizes Alliance and Union.

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

* 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.

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

* DRAGANTE: Los Dragantes simbolizan el Cuidado y Vigilancia más exquisitos.

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* HAND: The Hand symbolizes Open Generosity; if it is closed, Strength, and linked with another, Friendship.

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

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