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Post by George Hargreves on Jun 27, 2006 16:18:19 GMT -6
My Name Is George Hargreaves
If it so please the Squirrel Queen of Arms, I request the assistance from the College in designing and obtaining arms for myself and my lawful heirs.
My favourite colour is Blue.
My party is the RUMP.
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Trotxâ
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Post by Trotxâ on Jun 27, 2006 20:47:59 GMT -6
George -
Thank you for your request. While the College seeks a herald to help you, can you tell us here a little bit about your name, please?
Also - have you looked at Puncher?
-- Jaune Sabre
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Post by Trotxâ on Jul 17, 2006 0:31:48 GMT -6
George - George - Calling George.
Is this thing on? Tap tap tap tap tap
-- Jaune Sabre Herald, Dean
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Post by George Hargreves on Jul 18, 2006 17:13:18 GMT -6
(Sorry been a little busy lately ) This is what I know of my name- The name Hargreaves is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo Saxon tribes of Britain. It is a product of when the family lived in Hargrave, a place-name found in the counties of Cheshire, Northants, and Suffolk. There is also a Hargrave Hall in Cheshire. The place-name is derived from the Old English elements har, which meant "hare" or "on the border," and graf or græfe, which meant "grove." The place-name as a whole meant "grove filled with rabbits" or "grove on a border." Spelling variations include: Hargrove, Hargreave, Hargreaves, Hargrave, Hargroves and many more. First found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from very early times. Hope this helps
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Post by Trotxâ on Jul 18, 2006 18:01:15 GMT -6
Understood - these are busy times for us all. Indeed, your brief family does make sense. For some reason, I have this vision of a hare salient argent armed and langued gulesJaune Sabre Herald will be happy to assist you with your arms. After you visit S:reu Puncher's site, please send your e-mail address in a personal message. We'll take it from there. Interestingly, a quick Google turns up evidence of three Hargreaves Arms Public Houses in Lancashire. One seems to be named for James Hargreaves (1720 - 1778), the inventor of the Spinning Jenny. Another one has Hargreaves arms on their sign: I believe that the rest of the College would acknowledge that having your name on a pub serving many kinds of beer is an auspicious sign. (Hmmm... I'm not sure about that fess. I make it out to be ermine, fretty gules. Any other suggestions?) -- Jaune Sabre, Dean
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Post by King John on Jul 18, 2006 18:58:21 GMT -6
That is one wild fess. Yeah. Per pale nebuly or and azure, a fess ermine fretty gules between three stags saltant counterchanged.
I have to say I frown on counterchanging a beast across a complex division line; it seems pretty muddled. Still, pretty cool, and we'd give it a complexity metric of 8 — four tinctures, the fess, the pale line, the fretty, and the stags.
— Blanc Wolf
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