Bradley Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Bradley

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Bradley history with Bradley Family Crest
Bradley Motto Translated
Suggested Readings for Bradley

Surname Notables

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: English, Irish

Where did the English Bradley family come from? What is the English coat of arms/family crest? When did the Bradley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The ancestry of the name Bradley dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in Lincolnshire, where they held estates in the village and parish of Bradley, and from which they derived their family name.

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Bradley have been found, including Bradley, Bradlie, Bradleigh, Bradly, Bradeley and others.

First found in Lancashire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Bradley, or a variant listed above: Ann Bradley who settled in Nevis in 1654; Bartholomew Bradley settled in Virginia in 1650; George Bradley settled in Barbados in 1684; Richard Bradley settled in Maryland in 1634.

Motto Translated: Vigilant and bold.

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Suggested Readings for the name Bradley

The Ancestors of Leland Shaw Bradley by Leland Shaw Bradley.
The Bradley Family by Frederick W. Bradley.

Some noteworthy people of the name Bradley

Milton Bradley (1836-1911), American draftsman, lithographer and entrepreneur, best known as the founder of the Milton Bradley Company, makers of family board games
Ed Bradley (1941-2006), American broadcast journalist
Bill Bradley (b. 1943), American politician and professional Basketball Player, Democratic senator from New Jersey
Omar Nelson Bradley (1893-1981), one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army in the United States Army
William O'Connell Bradley (1847-1914), American politician, the thirty-second Governor of Kentucky, and later, a U.S. senator from Kentucky
John Bradley (1923-1994), United States Navy Cross recipient during World War II, and one of the six men who took part in Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Sir John Stanley Travers Bradley (1888-1982), English, RAF Air Marshall
Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924), English idealist philosopher
Andrew Cecil Bradley (1851-1935), English critic
Edward Bradley (1827-1889), English author and clergyman
Henry Bradley (1845-1923), English lexicographer, senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1915–1923)
James Bradley (1693-1762), English astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1742
Rev. Denis Mary Bradley (1846-1903), clergyman from Derry

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Bradley family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Bradley coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Bradley genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Bradley Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bradley Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.