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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Signori - Baroni
Nobles in:Inghilterra - Usa
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Antiga e muito nobre casa inglesa, de clara e ancestral virtude, nascida da união de duas distintas famílias nobres: os Fords e os Smiths. O sobrenome Ford tem uma conotação topográfica e foi originalmente dado a quem morava perto de um vau. Provavelmente, o progenitor ocupou uma posição oficial em mantê-lo de certa forma. De qualquer forma, os primeiros vestígios desse sobrenome são encontrados em Devonshire, onde os Fords possuíam um assento há muito tempo; segundo alguns antes mesmo da conquista normanda e da chegada do duque Guilherme a Hastings, em 1066. Entre os membros da família Ford que mais prestigiaram sua linhagem, lembramos: Guilherme (1559-1616), clérigo da Igreja de Inglaterra, reitor de Thurleigh; outro Guilherme, Vigário de Bristow, em 1615; Thomas, capitão de armas, florescendo em 1656; Matthew, Doutor em Direito, florescendo em 1672; Reginald, proprietário de terras, florescendo em 1689; Herbert, Doutor em Direito, floresceu em 1703. Este ...
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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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