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  Dawkins Coat of Arms / Dawkins Family CrestThe surname of DAWKINS was a baptismal name 'the son of David'. Early records of the name mention William filius Daukyn who was documented in 1332 in County Lancashire, and William Daukyn appears in Lancashire in the year 1300. Johannes Dawkyns of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. William Daukings married Lecia Smith at St. James's, Clerkenwell, London in 1677. John Dawkins married Ann Ellis at St. Antholin, London in the year 1721. An eminent member of the name was Sir William Boyd Dawkins (1837-1929) the Welsh geologist, born at Buttington vicarage, near Welshpool. He was educated at Rossall School and Jesus College, Oxford, and in 1870 he became curator of Manchester Museum. He wrote 'Early Man in Britain' in 1880. The name has been perennially popular in honour of the biblical king of the name, the greatest of early kings of Israel, and led to this being a given name throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. Its popularity increased in Britain firstly by virtue of its being the name of the patron saint of Wales (about which very little is known); he was probably a 6th century monk and bishop, and secondly because it was borne by two kings of Scotland (David I reigned 1124-53 and David II 1329-71). Its popularity in Russia is largely due to the fact that this was the church name adopted by St. Gleb (died 1015) one of the two sons of Vladimir, duke of Muscovy, who were martyred for their Christian zeal. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter which served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield and embroidered on his surcoat, the flowing and draped garment worn over the armour. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. 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. |
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