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Clan Henebry Family

The establishment of Coats of Arms was introduced into Ireland by the Normans in the eleventh century and was adopted by some Gaelic families. These armorial bearings originated during the late medieval period as a means of recognition on the battlefield.  Their use gradually became the badge of identity for a family and were used in documents as personal seals and to identify property.

The first Hennebery in Ireland was Philip de Hynteberge (de Hindeberg) who was lord of the manor of Rath, County Dublin, in 1250.  He was part of the Norman military aristocracy sent to control Ireland.   The family, later called Hanebry, migrated to Counties Kilkenny and Waterford. They are chiefly found in the latter county to-day, though the name is not common. Father Richard Henebry (1863-1916) was a foremost Gaelic scholar and collector of Irish music.  Irish sounding names such as Henebry, Gogan and O'Dell are quite common in Ireland, yet none of them are of Gaelic origin.  Henebry is one of the best known of the Norse/Norman names that has become naturalized by long association with Ireland.  The surname became known as de Hionburgha in Gaelic and became anglicized to  Henebry/Hanebry/Henneberry in the 15th century. 
   Source:  MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1991. pages 21, 193, 204.
 

The Register of the Chief Herald of Ireland does not have an " official" record for Henebry.  Some of the Irish records were taken to France by one of the Irish Officers of Arms who left with James II in 1690.  Patrick Kennedy, a Herald Painter in the early 19th century,  lists arms for Henebry.  See Kennedy's text: Irish Arms.

Clan Henebry Coat of Arms

Crest: The stag represents peace and harmony.
Arms: A red shield with a gold chevron and three gold bugle horns.  Bugle horns representing strength and fortitude, chevron is protection, red is military fortitude and gold is generosity.  

Motto:  "Missis tutissima virtus"
"Giving is the greatest virtue."

Henebry Clan 2001.  All rights reserved.

 

Henebry Coat of Arms

Arms:  Argent, on a terrace vert a tree of the same, in front of the tree a hind passant argent.
Crest:  A vol sable.
  Source:  The Historical Research Center.  Deerfield Beach, FL.  It is the largest research center & library for  heraldry.  Their data base was originally created in Ireland.  

Terms:  Colors: Argent = Silver or White; Peace and Sincerity.  Vert = green; hope and joy.  Sable = black; constancy.
        Hind =  Female Deer; Peace and Harmony.
        Tree =  Life and the mystical connection of the earth with heaven and the underworld.
         "a hind passant" = a female deer passing.
Crest:  vol sable.  Black eagle wings with tips upward from the French "vol".  Black represents constancy and the wings represent protection.

 

A second coat of arms from the Chief Herald's Office in Ireland.

 

Coat of Arm Granted to Nicholas Henbery

A red shield with a gold chevron and three gold bugle horns.  Bugle horns representing strength and fortitude, chevron is protection, red is military fortitude and gold is generosity.  
Motto:  "Missis tutissima virtus"
"Giving is the greatest virtue."

Feb 10, 1446.  Grant by William Walsch to Nicholas Hynberye of the manor of Owenyn Henberyeston and Fanyneston in Overk.  

Information provided by Chief Herald of Ireland.

NOTE:  Surname as Hynberye, Henbery and Henebry.

Click Here for Origin of the Surname. 

 

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