Powers Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Powers Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Powers

The Powers family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of Powers includes Poor, Poore and Power. This is a nickname meaning 'The Poor' and is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in the above countries. Examples of such are a John le Poer, County Yorkshire, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273 and a Susanna Pore was baptised in Saint James, Clerkenwell, in the year 1667. A John Powre, was a witness at Tullyhow, Kynfawnis, Scotland , in the year 1539. The Powers of Ireland came with the Normans, in Strongbows 12th century invasion. They owned vast estates in Wicklow and Waterford, where as Marquesses of Waterford , they still maintain Curraghmore House. William Grattan Tyrone Power, of Waterford, was a leading Irish actor on the English stage. Tyrone Power, the film star, was his great grandson.