| Litteral Translation Of The Pennant Argent: Now, I don't want to get too technical, so I'll make this as easy to understand as I can. Using this Latin dictionary, I translated the pennant argent that reads, "Sit Pons Firmus." SIT: Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present active subjunctive, third person, singular Root: sum, esse, fui, futurus Definition: to be, exist PONS: Part of Speech: Noun Conjugation: Nomnitive, singular, masculine Root: pons, pontis Definition: bridge FIRMUS: Part of Speech: Adjective Conjugation: Nomnative, singular, masculine Root: firmus, firma -um, firmior -or -us, firmissimus -a -um Definition: firm/steady; substantial/solid/secure/safe; strong/robust/sturdy/stout/durable loyal/staunch/true/constant; stable/mature; valid/convincing/well founded Litteral Translation? Sit Pons Firmus A Firm Bridge / To be a Firm Bridge |
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| The Trowbridge Family Coat of Arms |
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| The Trowbridge Family Arms |
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| This page is gathered information about the Trowbridge Coat of Arms. Also, a translation of the pennant argent is availible. |
| Terms Used In Heraldry: ARMES PARLANTES - indirect reference to the name of the bearer. FESS - a wide horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon. ESCUTCHEON - a chield shaped surface. GULES - the tincture red in a blazon without color, indicated by parallel vertical lines. BLAZON - to describe or depict a coat of arms in technical detail. MASONED SABLE - build of stone or brick, the color black. PENNANT ARGENT - a long narrow flag, the color silver or white. SANGUINARY - attended with bloodshed. |
| TheTrowbridge Arms: The arms borne by the Trowbridge family are what are termed in heraldry, ARMES PARLANTES, because of their allusion to the name, the bridge and water running through. In the earliest heraldry whenever it was possible, the object chosen was one whose name bore sufficient resemblance in sound to suggest the name of the bearer of it. This characteristic of the Trowbridge arms is an evidence of their antiquity. The description of the Trowbridge arms is, on a bridge of three arches embattled, in fess, gules, masoned sable, as many streams transfluent towards the base, proper, a thower of the second, there on a pennant argent. |
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| This page compiled by Ann Trowbridge. All of the pages linked above were used for this information. Made on March 9, 2002 A little bit about Ann: Age: 16 Latin Background: High School Latin 1 Reason for making this page: I love learning about my family history and recently I started wondering what the pennant argent on our family crest meant. So, I started searching for Trowbridge websites and e-mailed my grandmother (a family historian). I didn't find anything on the pages that told what it meant and my grandmother didn't know off hand. Again searching, I found the wonderful Latin dictionary linked above and used it to find what each word meant. Success! And thanks to my grandmother e-mailing Charlie Scott, he sent me the meaning from the "Trowbridge Genealogy and History-- 1908" by Francis Bacon Trowbridge. Since I also love to build websites, I threw this page together so that anyone else who wondered could find out. Hope it helped! |
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| Complete Translation Of The Pennant Argent From "Trowbridge Genealogy and History--1908" by Francis Bacon Trowbridge: (from an e-mail that Charlie Scott wrote to me) "The book says that this (the pennant argent) means: Let the bridge be firm. This motto was chosen by the compiler of the family history. The book says that it seems to him an eminently fitting one, containing as it does reference to the family name." |