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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Knights
Nobles in:England (England)
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La noble appellation de « Blackwell » trouve ses origines dans les anciennes terres d'Angleterre. Il est tiré du nom d'un lieu d'habitation, porté par divers lieux qui portent une telle désignation, notamment dans les comtés de Yorkshire, Dumfries et Strathclyde. Ce nom lui-même provient de la langue vénérable du vieil anglais, où « bloec » signifie noir ou foncé, tandis que « wudu » désigne un bois ou une forêt. Grâce à l'étude assidue des archives historiques et privées, il a été établi que le nom de famille « Blackwell », ainsi que ses diverses dérivations, étendaient sa lignée jusqu'aux confins du XIIIe siècle. Un document très ancien atteste l'existence d'une « Margery de Blacwelle » du Cambridgeshire, en Angleterre, dont le nom est inscrit sur les « Cent rouleaux » de l'année 1273. Quant à l'heure précise à laquelle les porteurs de ce nom ont posé le pied sur les côtes de l'Amérique du Nord, nous n'en sommes pas sûrs. Pourtant, les annales des registres publics et civils révèlent que parmi les premiers de ces pionniers se trouvait un homme du nom de « John Blackwell », un ... ...
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BlazonBlackwell
1. Crest of family: Blackwell
Language of the text: English
Argent, a greyhound courant sable on a chief dancettée of the last, three bezants.
Coat of arms of family Blackwell from Ampney Park (co. Gloucester). Source: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales" by Sir Bernard Burke, London 1884
Paly o six argent and azure, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant or.
Coat of Arms of Blackwell (U.S.A). Source of the blazon: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales" by Sir Bernard Burke, London 1884.
Paly of six argent and azure,on a chief gules a lion pass. guard.or, all within a bordure erminies. Crest- a swans head and neck erased argent ducally gorged or.
Argent, a greyhound courant sable on a chief dancettée of the last, three bezants.
Coat of arms of family Blackwell from Ampney Park (co. Gloucester). Source: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales" by Sir Bernard Burke, London 1884
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