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- Turner English
Arms: Ermines on a cross, quarter vided argent, four fer-de-moline sables
Crest: A Lion possant, guardaut, and argent holding in the dexter paw a millrind (fer-de-moline) sable
Motto: Esse Quam Videri (To be, and not to seem to be) or (To be rather than to seem)
Authority: Burke's "General Armory" 1878 Edition, page 1037
Date of this arm is not known. Its antiquity is certain, however, as it is borne by many lines of the name,
either in the form above described, or slightly differenced, to denote codet lines.
The official visitation of Derbyshire, which was made in the year 1634, authenticates the Arms and
confirms it as of that year, and this means it was in use a century or more at that time. No motto was used then.
The Arms was recorded for the Turner's of Essex, Gloucestershire, Suffolx, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire,
and Warwickshire, with Codency marks. In 1669, it was borne by the Turner who was Lord Mayor or London
in that year, without the Cross-voided, and without the Crest and Motto. This Lord Mayor Turner was of the
Yorkshire line of the Family. Some lines bore a chevron charged with a fer-de-moline instead of the cross, and
with this form of the Arms bore the crest first described above.
Before the name was Turner it was Turnor, Tourner and Turour, and back in the reign of Henry VIII, the Arms
was used by the Turnours of Lincolnshire, and back in Ireland the Arms was used by the Turnours, Earl of
Winterton, Descended from the English family. Crest and Motto also borne.
From Martin & Allardyce.
Turner Scotish
SHIELD: Quarterly 1st and 4th sable a Catherine Wheel argent; 2nd and 3rd argent three guttees de sang.
CREST: A flaming heart proper.
MOTTO: Tu ne cede malis = "Yield Not To Misfortunes"
REFERENCE SOURCE: Burke's General Armory
Shadrack Turner, the son of one John Turner of the Clan Arrochar of Scotland, descendant on the paternal side from Edward Turner, on the maternal side from McFarlan of Arrochar. McFarlon was a Chieftain of an ancient Celtic people who populated the island of Scotland centuries before the arrival of William the Conqueror. It is believed that the original Coat of Arms was adapted to indicate both the paternal and the maternal families. The Catherine Wheels in the paternal pates indicate much fighting and suffering in the cause of the church, the guttees de sang in the maternal pates indicates the color red denoting the chieftain, formed in drops denoting honorable warriors. You will be able to further interpret this Coat of Arms by consulting the Special Report included.
Although wars, conquests, and economic conditions have changed boundaries, modified name spellings, and altered languages, a coat of arms MEANS A NAME. A coat of arms was as easily read in earlier times as a name on a mailbox is today. Originally, arms were used to identify a family, group, or clan, and to distinguish friend from foe; THAT IS WHY NO TWO ARE ALIKE! No snobbery was connected with them, but some people like to think so! Colors and designs were chosen to show status, allegiance, personality, or profession; and to reflect traits or traditions associated with the original bearer. The colorful arms for the name TURNER in SCOTLAND is as distinctive as a fingerprint, and tells a spellbinding tale!
An early alliance with the Clan Arrochar, through marriage with a chieftain's daughter, guaranteed that early TURNER of peace and prosperity in this strange and harsh land. His children would inherit this. Those very early days were concerned with survival, with holding the land for the Norman, and defending the holdings against attack by rival clans. These early TURNERS were called on, as well, to lead their men in crusades against the infidels in Europe. Their sons earned their shields and further prospered by being awarded more lands on their return to Scotland, which in turn must be defended against the original clans who attempted to wrest it back.
In later years, those early Norman/Celtic families were forced to renounce their Catholic faith and swear allegiance with the Church of England. Although they fought bitterly to retain their own religion, they were also involved in so many fights among the clans that they could not remain a cohesive group against the Crown and lost the war with England. Considered as the most intelligent of the "Emerald Isles" the Scot people wisely surrendered in order to hold their land.
ROBERTSON in the family tree. It is most interesting to note that the TURNERS and ROBERTSONS were traditionally allies throughout those early times and may have been allied up until the immigration to North America.
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