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 Blough Coat of Arms / Blough Family CrestThe surname of BLOUGH is of two origins, a locational name 'of Blo' a parish in County Norfolk. Also an occupational name, the hornblower, one who played the horn. Early records of the name mention Henry Blowe, County Cambridge, 1273. John Blow, County Somerset, 1327. John Blowe married Beatrice Dawe in London in the year of 1548. John Puttrill married Frances Blow at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1761. The Normans had three kinds of names from different sources. First were names their Viking ancestors brought from Norway to France (8th Century). That's why they were Normans (Northmen). Second were names they found in France.The Franks (French) had come from Franconia in Germany and had crossed the Rhine to occupy the Roman Province of Gaul (5th Century) and called it France. They mixed Latin and German to create French, translating old Germanic names into it, ignoring existing Latin and Celtic (pre-Roman) names. The Viking Normans who also ditched their own language (except for the names) adopted French names as well. The third kind of Norman names were religious. They became Christians and the most religious of them used Saints names. The Normans between 1066 and 1170 conquered England, southern Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Sicily and southern Italy.They were followed everywhere by other French families and some Bretons (the pre-Roman Celts left in north-west France). To this day their names are found in Royalty, Politics and Big Business in these countries and in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States which their descendants colonised. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. (Rev.John Blow, rector of Godmanham Rectory, Co. York). |
