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  Hargett Coat of Arms / Hargett Family CrestThis name HARGETT is of the locational group of surnames 'of Hardgate' a hamlet in the parish of Bishop Thornton, County Yorkshire. Local names usually denoted where a man held his land, and indicated where he actually lived. Early records of the name mention Johannes HARDGATE of Yorkshire, who was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379 and Alicia HARGETT appears in the same document. Surnames derived from placenames are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are derived from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are derived from pre-existing names denoting towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those derived from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole countries. It was not until the 10th century that modern hereditary surnames first developed, and the use of fixed names spread, first to France, and then England, then to Germany and all of Europe. In these parts of Europe, the individual man was becoming more important, commerce was increasing and the exact identification of each man was becoming a necessity. Even today however, the Church does not recognise surnames. Baptisms and marriages are performed through use of the Christian name alone. Thus hereditary names as we know them today developed gradually during the 11th to the 15th century in the various European countries. Later instances of the name mention Edmund HARGETT of Yorkshire who registered at Oxford University in the year 1616 and Thomas HARGATE and Mary Reynolds were married at St. James's, Clerkenwell, London in the year 1746. The name is also spelt HARDGATE, HAGART and HARGITT. 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 draped and flowing garment worn over the armour. |
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