Beard Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Beard Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Beard

The Beard family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'the bearded one', Beard is a surname of nickname origin. Variants of this name include Bearde, Berd and Beards. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a Susan Beard who was granted a marriage license, in London, in the year 1622. An Edward Bearde, grocer, was buried in Saint Michael, Cornhill, in the year 1645. Names were recorded in these ancient documents to make it easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired lands by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. From England the name spread to Scotland and over the centuries became well established there.