FAMILY RIGBYE: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Rigbye

Coat of arms and family crest of Rigbye.

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

History and meaning for Rigbye.

Rigbye 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 Rigbye 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 Rigbye:

1) The origin of the family name Rigbye.

2) The meaning of the family name Rigbye.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Rigbye.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Rigbye.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Rigbye 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 Rigbye:

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

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

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:

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* RABBIT: The Rabbit symbolizes Love of letters or One who enjoys a peaceable and retired life.

* AXE: The Axe symbolizes Death caused to the enemy, and also an ax or wick to illuminate.

* 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.

* LEOPARD: The Leopard represents the Courageous and Endeavoring Knight who has carried out some daring enterprise using cunning rather than force to complete it.

* ANCHOR: The Anchor is a symbol of Hope, it also means security and constancy, even in the greatest setbacks of fortune.

* The family name Rigbye 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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