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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Signori - Baroni
Nobles in:Inghilterra - Usa
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Antigua y muy noble casa inglesa, de clara y ancestral virtud, nacida de la unión de dos familias nobles distintas: los Ford y los Smith. El apellido Ford tiene una connotación topográfica y originalmente se le dio a quienes vivían cerca de un vado. Probablemente, el progenitor ocupó un cargo oficial al mantenerlo de cierta manera. En cualquier caso, los primeros vestigios de este apellido se encuentran en Devonshire, donde los Ford habían tenido asiento durante mucho tiempo; según algunos incluso antes de la conquista normanda y la llegada del duque Guillermo a Hastings, en 1066. Entre los miembros de la familia Ford que más prestigio dieron a su linaje, recordamos: Guillermo (1559-1616), clérigo de la Iglesia de Inglaterra, rector de Thurleigh; otro William, Vicario de Bristow, en 1615; Thomas, capitán de armas, floreciente en 1656; Mateo, Doctor en Derecho, floreciente en 1672; Reginald, terrateniente, floreciente en 1689; Herbert, Doctor ...
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When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
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BlazonFord-Smith
1. Coat of arms of family: Ford-Smith
Language of the text: English
Gules, two bendlets haussé, vair or and azure per bend sinister, on a canton or an ancor sable. Crest: a bear head bridled issant from a naval crown. Motto: ANCHORA TUTISSIMA VIRTUS.
Blazon of family Ford and Ford-Smith from England.
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