Post your family coat of arms!

[Savant]

Everyone who's family has a coat of arms or family crest, post it here. Preferably one which you can verify is associated with your family somehow, as opposed to one that some random salesman or website said was associated with your family



One variant

[Beorn]

Aren't these mostly online company's using any old arms to placate stupid customers?

I know the coat of arms of my own surname is not the one actually in existence.

[Savant]

Yeah, that often happens, which is why specified for people to post one which they know is associated with their family. For example, there are 3-4 different ones for my surname floating around on the internet. However, this is the one which had been hanging in our family house for at least 100 years that we know of. So, in my case, I can be pretty sure it's the right one...

Aren't these mostly online company's using any old arms to placate stupid customers?

I know the coat of arms of my own surname is not the one actually in existence.

[Groenewolf]

According to the Central Bureau for Genealogy there is one associated with my surname. However have not done the proper research yet to find out if I am entitled to use it. If so, then I have rediscovered a lost piece of family history.

[lei.talk]

what is the import
of the many crossletted crosses à la mode de beauchamp?

Percussa Resurgo

[Fortis in Arduis]

Do not have one, but my maternal granny's crest was a wheatsheaf like the Grosvenor crest, but with two wings (sorry don't know proper term) either side and the motto is Fortis in Arduis.

She was the last of her branch of the Yorkshire Middletons and I am not supposed to use the crest, but I love the motto just for what it is and I loved her so much too.

She really was fab and the crest is all over the last bits of silver we have. Granny, I still love you. X

I was adopted anyway... That's the only armorial type thingy I am aware of.

[lei.talk]

I loved her so much...She really was fab...Granny, I still love you. X

In Blau eine goldene Weizengarbe



Between Two Wings Argent, A Garb Or.

[Blossom]

Oh well..

[lei.talk]

...this is the one which had been hanging in our family house for at least 100 years that we know of.

what is the import
of the many crossletted crosses à la mode de beauchamp?

Percussa Resurgo

the proud descendants of "Norman Overlords"
must have frequently discussed the eight battles
symbolised on their shield - please, share the tales.

[Savant]

Haha. There's only one tale that I know of which circulates in our family. However, to it's credit, it circulates on at least 3 continents. So, if it is a myth, it's a pervasive one... Anyhow, since you asked...

I just wanted to explain the Percussa Resurgo thing. It is the family motto for the X Family that dates back to the late 10th century.

The origin of the surname is from X, a Norman Knight. Oddly enough, X was not his birth name (that is lost in time somewhere) and the term 'de Courcy' was not a surname. The term 'de Courcy' indicated that he was from the area of Courcy, Normandy in France (although that was actually his forebears place of origin, it followed for a few generations after the Norman Invasion in 1066). X de Courcy was the 2nd son of William de Courcy Lord of Islip (England).

On the death of King Henry II, the eldest son Richard was crowned in 1189. King Richard 1st (also known as The Lionheart) was to spend most of his kingship fighting the Saracens in the Holy Lands during his Crusade. It was during this Crusade that X De Courcy went as standard-bearer with the English Crusaders to the Holy Land. The position of the Standard Bearer in a battle was, in those days, crucial to the positioning of the troops, and in the calamity of battle provided a rallying point for those who would become geographically confused in the melee. The position of the Standard, also provided to the commander, the position of his troops and indicated whether or not they had advanced, been pushed back, or were simply standing their ground, which in turn determined future battle tactics. Therefore, in battles such as the Crusades were, the Standard Bearer was a definite target of the enemy! If the Standard Bearer was killed and the Standard captured, or removed from view, it would create confusion in the ranks of an army, much to the advantage of the enemy.

In a great battle which took place between the Christians and the Saracens on the banks of the River Jordan, X de Courcy was so vigorously attacked by the Saracen host, that on three or four occasions his standard, which was the Banner of the Cross, almost disappeared from the view of the Christians, who, therefore, greatly feared for his safety; but, from his extraordinary strength, and the help he received from his followers, De Courcy re-appeared with his standard, as if miraculously, and on each occasion dealt destruction to the enemy. Hence his adoption of the personal name X in memory of his remarkable prowess on that occasion, and the family motto - Percussa Resurgo - Struck down I rise again.

the proud descendants of "Norman Overlords"
must have frequently discussed the eight battles
symbolised on their shield - please, share the tales.