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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Signori - Baroni
Nobles in:Inghilterra - Usa
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Ancienne et très noble maison anglaise, de vertu claire et ancestrale, née de l'union de deux familles nobles distinctes : les Ford et les Smith. Le nom de famille Ford a une connotation topographique et était à l'origine donné à ceux qui vivaient près d'un gué. Probablement, l'ancêtre occupait une position officielle en le maintenant d'une certaine manière. En tout cas, les premières traces de ce patronyme se retrouvent dans le Devonshire, où les Ford possédaient depuis longtemps un siège ; selon certains avant même la conquête normande et l'arrivée du duc Guillaume à Hastings, en 1066. Parmi les membres de la famille Ford qui apportèrent le plus de prestige à leur lignée, on se souvient : Guillaume (1559-1616), ecclésiastique de l'Église de Angleterre, recteur de Thurleigh ; un autre Guillaume, vicaire de Bristow, en 1615 ; Thomas, capitaine d'armes, florissant en 1656 ; Matthieu, docteur en droit, florissant en ...
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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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