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  Mountney Coat of Arms / Mountney Family CrestThis surname of MOUNTNEY was a locational name 'of Montigni' in France, and the family came over to England in the train of William the Conqueror in 1066. Early records of the name mention Robert de Munteigni who was recorded in 1177 in Essex, and Michael de Munteny appears in County Norfolk in 1208. Most of the place-names that yield surnames are usually of small communities, villages, hamlets, some so insignificant that they are now lost to the map. A place-name, it is reasonable to suppose, was a useful surname only when a man moved from his place of origin to elsewhere, and his new neighbours bestowed it, or he himself adopted it. Johannes Mountenay of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Most of the European surnames were formed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The process had started somewhat earlier and had continued in some places into the 19th century, but the norm is that in the tenth and eleventh centuries people did not have surnames, whereas by the fifteenth century most of the population had acquired a second name. Later instances of the name include Roger Mowntney and Frances Chetham were married in London in 1586 (no church recorded) and Richard Mounteney and Mary Irons were married at St. Michael, Cornhill, London in 1676. It has long been a matter of doubt when the bearing of coats of arms first became hereditary and it was not until the Crusades that Heraldry came into general use. 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. At first the coat of arms were 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 his armour. Edward Mountency and Catherine Capen were wed at St. Antholin, London in 1745.The associated coat of arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. Registered in County Essex. |
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