Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Caulk History
Origin:: English
The name Caulk has been recorded in British history since the time when the Anglo-Saxons ruled over the region. The name is assumed to have been given to someone who was a whitewasher. Medieval buildings weren't painted, for paint was very expensive in the Middle Ages. Instead, they were whitewashed; covered in a paint-like emulsion of lime. It served to protect the houses against water, as well as look better. However, it didn't last very long; houses needed to be whitewashed at least twice a year, in the spring and fall. A "chalker" was a professional whitewasher; the name was originally derived from the Old English word cealcian, which meant "to whiten."The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence.
The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Caulk has been spelled many different ways, including Chalk, Chaulk, Chaulke, Chaulkey, Chalke, Chalker, Chalkley, Caulk and many more.
First found in Kent, where the Caulk family was seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Caulk My personal Coat Of Arms - (armorial achievement, armorial bearings)
Origins
When Henry Tudor took the crown of England from Richard III in battle, he brought about the end of the Wars of the Roses between the House of Lancaster (whose badge was a red rose) and the House of York (whose badge was a white rose). His father was Edmund Tudor from the House of Richmond, and his mother was Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster; he married Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together.
On his marriage, Henry adopted the Tudor Rose badge conjoining the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster. The Tudor Rose is occasionally seen divided in quarters (heraldically as 'quartered') and vertically (in heraldic terms per pale) red and white.[1] More often, the Tudor Rose is depicted as a double rose[2], white on red and is always described, heraldically, as 'proper'
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Caulk Coat of Arms
The Caulk Coat of arms (circa 15th century) My Personal Coat of Arms
Copy Right Bath England 2002
According to The Ships Chandler, The first use of a Coat Of Arms listed for Cauk was in Germany (This would of been The Holy Roman Empire at the time) circa the 10th Century and was simply The Red Stag as shown at the top of the Coat of Arms shown above. It was also used by Colk, Der Colk, Von Colk.
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