Selby Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Selby Name Origin



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Origin of the Name Selby



The origin of the name Selby was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. The name Selby is usually a locality name meaning 'of Selby' and is taken from a parish found in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The name is derived from the very early seventh century Norse word 'selja' meaning 'willow'. This name is usually of English descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in that country. Examples of such are a Johannes de Selby and a Willemus de Selby who were recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the year 1379. A William de Seleby of County Yorkshire was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls' in the year 1273. An Edward Selbye was recorded as having been baptised in Saint James, Clerkenwell, in the year 1618.
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 land by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. It was by creating, maintaining and updating these reference books that they were able to maintain their authority and enforce laws.
In Ireland this name and its variants were introduced into Ulster Province by settlers who arrived from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. It was the 'Plantations of Ireland' in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that marked the end of Gaelic supremacy in Ireland. While the influx of settlers in the wake of the earlier Anglo-Norman invasion of the twelfth century resulted in a full integration into Irish society of the new arrivals, the same never occurred with the Ulster Planters who maintained their own distinct identity.
The Selby coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all Selby descendants.
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