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Bradbury Coat of Arms / Bradbury Family CrestBRADBURY was a locational name 'of Bredbury', a township in the parish of Stockport. The name of the place is found spelt Bradbury frequently in old wills. The name was derived from the Old English word BRYDBYRIG. 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 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. Early records of the name mention Jordan de Bredbury of the County of Chester in 1270. John Bredbury, of Bredbury was documented in 1672 in the Wills at Chester 1545-1620. Richard Stockes and Ales Bradburye were married at Prestbury Church, Cheshire in 1562. Ernund, son of Edmund Bradbury was baptised at Disley Church, Yorkshire in 1664. A notable member of the name was Sir John Swanwick Bradbury, 1st Baron, born in Winsford, Cheshire in 1870. He was secretary to the Treasury from 1913 until 1919, and was responsible for the substitution of pound notes and ten shilling notes for gold coins. Treasury bills bearing his signature were often called 'Bradbury's'. He died in 1950. During the Middle Ages, when people were unable to read or write, signs were needed for all visual identification. For several centuries city streets in Britain were filled with signs of all kinds, public houses, tradesmen and even private householders found them necessary. This was an age when there were no numbered houses, and an address was a descriptive phrase that made use of a convenient landmark. At this time, coats of arms came into being, for the practical reason that men went into battle heavily armed and were difficult to recognise. It became the custom for them to adorn their helmets with distinctive crests, and to paint their shields with animals and the like. Coats of arms accompanied the development of surnames, becoming hereditary in the same way. The associated arms are recorded in Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. |
