Richardson Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Richardson

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Origin Displayed: English

Where did the English Richardson family come from? What is the English coat of arms/family crest? When did the Richardson 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 name Richardson was brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Old German name "Ricard," meaning "powerful" and "brave."

Spelling variations of this family name include: Richardson, Richerson, Richarson and others.

First found in Cheshire in 1067 where they were descended from Hugh d'Avranche, Earl Lupus of Chester. His descendant, William Belwood, Lord of Malpas in Cheshire, had two sons, David and Richard. Richard's grandson John was the first to bear the name Richardson.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Henry Richardson and his wife Mary who settled in New England in 1637 with their five children; David Richardson, who arrived in Virginia in 1674; Peter Richardson, who settled in Virginia in 1638.

Motto Translated: Honour is aquired by virtue.

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Suggested Readings for the name Richardson

Minnie Mallory Boyett, Hagan, Pullen. Radford, Goggans, Peterson, and Richardson Kin by Woodrow W. Boyett.

Some noteworthy people of the name Richardson

James Burchill Richardson (1770-1836), Democratic-Republican Governor of South Carolina from 1802 to 1804
Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), prominent American architect of the 19th century
Robert Coleman Richardson (b. 1937), American experimental physicist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physics
Alan Richardson (1905-1975), English Anglican theologian
Dorothy Miller Richardson (1873-1957), English novelist. Her thirteen novel sequence Pilgrimage is one of the great 20th century works of modernist and feminist literature in English
Sir Owen Willans Richardson FRS (1879-1959), English physicist who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1928
Sir Ralph David Richardson (1902-1983), Oscar nominated English actor, recipient of the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963
Tony Richardson (1928-1991), English Academy Award-winning film director and producer
Charles Richardson (1775-1865), English lexicographer
Natasha Jane Richardson (1963-2009), Award winning English actress known for her performances on stage and screen
Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), Scottish naturalist and explorer who served in the arctic explorations of Perry and Franklin
Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946), Australian novelist (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson)
Sir Albert Edward Richardson (1890-1964), leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century
James Clelland Richardson (1895-1916), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War
Ian William Richardson CBE (1934-2007), Scottish actor and leading Shakespearian stage actor

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Richardson 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 Richardson 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 Richardson 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 Richardson Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Richardson 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.