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Blouett Coat of Arms / Blouett Family CrestThe surname of BLOUETT was derived from the Old French Bleuet. The name was a nickname for a habitual wearer of blue clothes or for someone with blue eyes. Surnames having a derivation from nicknames form the broadest and most miscellaneous class of surnames, encompassing many different types of origin. The most typical classes refer adjectivally to the general physical aspect of the person concerned, or to his character. Many nicknames refer to a man's size or height, while others make reference to a favoured article of clothing or style of dress. Many surnames derived from the names of animals and birds. In the Middle Ages ideas were held about the characters of other living creatures, based on observation, and these associations were reflected and reinforced by large bodies of folk tales featuring animals behaving as humans. The name was derived from the Middle English word BLUET. The name was originally brought into England in the wake of the Norman Invasion of 1066, and early records of the name mention Ralph Bloiet, listed as a tenant in the Domesday Book of 1086. Tedbald Blauet was documented in the year 1185 in Hertfordshire. Later instances of the name mention William Bluet of County Cornwall who registered at Oxford University in 1584. James Blewett married Catherine Curtiss, St. George's Chapel, Mayfair, London in 1754. The earliest hereditary surnames in England are found shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and are of Norman French origin rather than native English. On the arrival of the Normans they identified themselves by references to the estates from which they came from in northern France. These names moved rapidly on with their bearers into Scotland and Ireland. Others of the Norman Invaders took names from the estates in England which they had newly acquired. The name was taken to Scotland by early settlers and Hugh Blowet, herald of Scotland, was confined in the Tower of London in 1401. William Blawet was granted a safe conduct to travel into England in the year 1424. The name is also spelt Blewett and Bluette. The lion depicted in the arms is the noblest of all wild beasts which is made to be the emblem of strength and valour, and is on that account the most frequently borne in Coat-Armour. |
