Frank Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

Frank Surname Name Meaning, Origin, History, & Etymology
The last name Frank, and its variants Franks and Franke, have several origin theories. First, it could be an official surname deriving from the position/title of “the frank”, meaning a free, enfranchised man, and deriving from the Old French word Franc. Second, it could be a local surname, a form of Frances, i.e. French.  The nursename Frank stands for Francis, which in turn derives from Franciscus. The personal (first) name Francis was popularized throughout Christendom by the Italian St. Franics of Assisi (1181-1266 AD). Third, it may be related to related to the Franks, a Germanic people living around the Rhine River during Roman times, whose first empire was created by Clovis I, and later served as the basis for the Holy Roman Empire, who derived their word from a Germanic word meaning javelin, of which the Old English form is franca. The region is sometimes called Francoia. Another source says the name was given to the western part of Europe by the Turks, Greeks, and/or Arabs. In this third case, it would be a name denoting a person who to England (or Ireland, Scotland, or Wales) came from France.  In these eastern Mediterranean countries, it was used to denote the Crusaders and their descendants. Fourth, it could have developing as denoting a person who was free, open-hearted, or generous, deriving from the fact that in Gaul, only people of the Frankish race enjoyed the status of fully free men under the feudal system.

The name was first found in Bohemia, where the Francke family acquired several estates and became powerful in the Middle Ages, and eventually became elevated to the ranks of nobility.

Spelling Variations
Common spelling variants or names with similar etymologies include Franks, Franke, Franck, and Franc. Less common variations include Frunks, Frenk, Frink and Fronks.

Popularity & Geographic Distribution
The last name Frank ranks 454^th in popularity in the United Status as of the 2000 Census. The name ranks particularly high in the following five states: Wisconsin, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Alaska. The spelling variant Franks ranks 1,080^th and Franke ranks 4,441^st in the same Census.

The surname Frank frequency/commonness ranks as follows in the British Isles: England (1,928^th), Scotland (1,747^th), Wales (1,965^th), Ireland (2,468^th) and Northern Ireland (3,129^th).  The name is also present throughout the remainder English speaking world:  Canada (850^th), New Zealand (1,949^th), Australia (1,629^th), and South Africa (951^st). The name ranks 43^rd in Germany, 70^th in Austria, 344^th in Switzerland, 192^nd in Denmark, and 281^st in Israel.

Early Bearers of the Surname
The earliest known bearer of this surname was Ricardus Franc who was documented in the Curia Regis Rolls of Essex in 1201 AD. Walter le Franc was documented in the Curia Regis Rolls of Cumberland in 1221 AD.

The Hundred Rolls of 1273 AD, a census of Wales and England, known in Latin as Rotuli Hundredorum lists one bearer of this surname: Walter le Franke in county Wiltshire. A one William le Fraunk was recorded in the Close Roll during the reign of King Edward I (around the year 1280 AD). William le Fraunk was recorded in county Somerset during the first year of the reign of King Edward III of England (1327) in Kirby’s Quest. Fulco le Frank was recorded in the Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinensi. The Poll Tax of Yorkshire in 1379 AD lists three bearers of this last name:  Robertus Franke Robertus Frankys, and Willelmus Frankys. An early baptism involving this name was  John, son of John and Avis Frankes, was baptized at St. James Clerkenwell in 1681 AD. Timothie Frank was documented in Trabroune, Scotland in 1677 AD. An early marriage involving this surname was Jervis Franks to Margaret Barber at St. George’s Hanover Square in 1758.

Frank Family Tree & Frank Genealogy

The Frank of Campsall
Frederick Bacon Frank was an Esquire of Campsall in county York, and Earlham Hall, Norfolk, who was Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for West Riding, as well as High Sheriff in the 1870s. He was born in 1827, and in 1854, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, Baronet. The Frank family tree traces back to the purchases of the Franks in the county of York that began around 1570 when the manor of Trumfelete was bought from Sir William Willoughby, by John Frank, an Alderman of Pontrefract who died in the 1620s. He had a son named Richard. Richard was an Esquire of Pontefract and Campsall who was born in the 1590s and married Anne, daughter of Bernard Ellis, leaving no male issue, and was succeeded by his grandson (from the elder daughter). This was Edward Ashton, Esq., son of Edward Ashton, Esq. of Cl??cliffe, in Methley, and Ann his wife, daughter and co-heir of Richard Frank, who assumed upon inheriting Campsall at the decease of his grand father, the surname and arms of Frank He married his cousin Ann, daughter of John Pelham of Hull, and one issue with her, a daughter named Anne, who married Sir George Tempest. Edward Frank was succeeded by his brother, Matthew Ashton. Matthew was an Esquire who was born in 1655 and he assumed the surname and arms of Frank. He married Ann, daughter of Thomas Ashwin, of Hamburgh, and by her, had two sons and five daughters. He died in 1717 and was succeeded by his eldest son. This son was Richard Frank, Esq. of Campsall, Recorded of Ponrefract and Doncaster, one of the earliest Members of the Society of Antiquaries. He married Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Robert Frank, but died without issue, whereupon his estates passed to his nephew Bacon. This Bacon Frank was an Esquire of Campball and was a Justice of the Peace and a High Sheriff. He married Catherine, daughter and co-heir of John Hoare, and had seven issue with her: Bacon (officer in the army), Edward, Catherine, Elizabeth, Margaret (married Reverend John Francis), Mary (married Charles Mainwaiting, Captain of the Royal Navy), and Charlotte (married Thomas Bellamy, Esq.). He was succeeded by his son Reverend Edward Frank, of Campsall, Rector of Aldert(??) Suffolk, who in 1800, married Mary Frances, daughter of Colonel James Sowerby and had the following issue with him: Richard Bacon (heir), Edward, Aspinwall, Adolpus, and Jemima. The eldest son and heir was Richard Bacon Frank, Esq. of Campsall who married Caroline, daughter of S. Curtcis LL.D., of an old Kentish family, and died on cholera in 1832, having had the following issue:  Frederick Bacon Frank (mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph), Philip Curteis Bacon, and Eleanor Bacon. The Frank Coat of Arms (erroneously called the Frank Family Crest) is blazoned in heraldry as follows: Per saltire azure and very on a saltire indented or, a falcon proper belled gold. Crest: A morion proper thereon a falcon ? proper gutee de larmes, belled or. Motto: Esse quam videri. They are seated at Campsall near Doncaster; and Earlham Hall, Norfolk.

The Franks of Carrig
Thomas Franks, Esq. of Carrig, county Cork, was born in 1828 and succeeded his father in 1870. In 1865, he married his cousin, Eleanor Marion, daughter of John Franks, Esq. Ballyscaddane, county Limerick, and had issue with her, including William Whitmore (1868). The Franks genealogy goes back to the first of the English family of Franks who settled in Ireland, was an officer in Cromwell’s army. David Franks, Esq. of Garriarthur, county Limerick, living 28 February 1718, and had two sons: Thomas (heir) and Matthew (of Moorestown, born around 1702, married Anna Upham, had issue with her, from which a branch of the Franks family tree springs). The elder son and heir, Thomas Franks, Esq. of Garriarthur, county Limerick, was born around 1700 and married Miss Hart, and he had a son named Thomas, who was Esquire of Carrig and a Justice of the Peace, who married Margery, daughter and co-heir of Richard Harte, and had four issue with her: David (heir), William, Catherine (married Sir John Franks), and Margaret (married Ralph Lawrenson). The elder son and heir was David Franks, Esq. of Cork, was a Justice of the Peace who married a daughter of James Nash of Bellevue, and with her left no issue, and was succeeded by his brother William. William Franks, Esq. of Carrig and Justice of the Peace married Catherine, eldest daughter of William Hume, Esq. of Humewood, county Wicklow, who was a Member of Parliament, and had the following issue with her: William, Sir Thomas Harte (Major General, married Matila Kay and later Rebecca Constantia Elizabeth), David Brudenell (married Catherine, daughter of Thompson), Catherine Cecilia Jane (married Sir Denham O. Jephson Norreys), and Margaret. His eldest son was William Franks, Esq. of Carrig, Justice of the Peace, married Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Newman of Dromore, and had three daughters and four sons: Thomas (mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph), William, David, and John. The Frank Coat of Arms (erroneously called the Frank Family Crest) is blazoned in heraldry as follows: Vert, on a saltire or, a griffin’s head erased gules; in the centre chief point a mullet of the second. Crests: Out of a mural crown or, a griffin’s head gules between two wings erminois each charged with a mullet sable. They were seated at Carrig, county Cork, Ireland.

The Franks of Ballyscaddane

John Franks was Esquire of Ballyscaddane in county Limerick and Justice of the Peace for counties Essex, Limerick, and Tipperary, as was as Deputy Lietuenant, and High Sheriff of Limerick who, in 1828, married Eleanora, daughter of William Whitemore of Dudmaston Hall, Salop, and had issue with her as follows: Thomas John (born 1831, Justice of the Peace, married Clara Kettle), Henry Whitmore (born 1840, served in the Indian Army, married Elizabeth Watts), Mary (married Thomas Wise Gubbins of Kilfrush), and Eleanor Marion (married Thomas Franks of Carrig Park). The lineage or ancestry of this family is a branch of the family of Franks of Carrig. Sir John Franks, Q.C., Judge of the Supreme Court, Bengal, was born in 1769, and was son of Thomas Franks of Ballymagooly. He first married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Franks of Carrig, and secondly, Jane, daughter of John Marshall, and thirdly, Sarah Wollaston, daughter and co-heir of William O’Regan, and had the following issue with the first wife: John, Matthew (11^th Dragoons, married Louisa, daughter of Captain Roche, and later Margaret, daughter of Thomas Brown, and had issue), Margaret (married Ven. John Hawtayne, Archdeacon of Bombay and had issue), Catherine (married Thomas Montgomery of Killee Castle), and Lucy (married Henry Holroyd). The Franks Coat of Arms (erroneously called the Franks Family Crest) is blazoned in heraldry as follows: Vert, on a saltire or, a griffin’s head erased gules; in the centre chief point a mullet of the second. Crest: Out of a mural crown or, a griffin’s head gules between two wings erminois each charged with a mullet sable. Motto: Sic vos non vobis. They were seated at Ballyscaddane, near Knocklong, county Limerick, Ireland.

Baronet Frank
Sir Robert John Frank, 3^rd Baronet, of Withymag, county Sussex, was born in 1925 and succeeded his brother in 1944. The lineage traces back to Frederick Frank, of Blackhurst, Tunbridge Wlles who dided in 1915 and was the father of Sir Howard George Frank, 1^st Baronet, who was a senior partner in the firm of Messrs, Knight, Frank, and Rutley, who held numerous titles such as Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society and Director General of Lands to the War ffice. He was born in 1871 and knighted in 1914. He was created a Baronet in 1920. In 1896, he married Mabel Hellen, daughter of Joseph Arnold, of Tunbridge Wells, county Kent, and had a daughter with her named Mary Doreen (who married Lieutenant Kenneth Norman Mackenzie Macrae). He later married Nancy Muriel, daughter of John Brooks, and by her, had two issue: Sir Howard Frederick (2^nd Baronet) and Sir Robert John (3^rd Baronet). His elder son was Sir Howard Frederick Frank, 2^nd Baronet, who was a Lieutenant of the Gren. Guards who derived in World War II. They resided at Lampard House on Maida Avenue.

Other Frank Pedigree & Family Trees
Robert Frank was born in York, England around 1530. He had three issue: John, Henry, and Isabella. His son John Esq. was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire around 1550. He married Dorothy Balne and had the following issue with her: Richard, Jane, Alice, Robert, Charles, Matthew, Isabel, Elizabeth, Anne, and Rosamund.

Early American and New World Settlers
The book Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers, mentions one bearers of this last name: John Franks, who in 1663, married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Weld of Roxbury and had children with her named John (1664), Joseph (1666), and Sarah (1669).

Early settlers in colonial America bearing this surname include:
Daniel Frank (Virginia 1622)
Robert Franke (Virginia 1642)
Robert Frank (Virginia 1651)
Henry Franke (Virginia 1653)
Peter or Pierre Franks Sr. (Maryland 1658)
Thomas Franke (Virginia 1658)
Ann Franks (Virginia 1662)
Catherine Frank (Virginia 1695)
Johan Marten Frank (New York 1709)
Michal Frank (New York 1709)
Thomas Franke (Virginia 1714)
Johannes Conrad Frank (Pennsylvania 1731)
Anna Frank (Pennsylvania 1732)
Jacob Franks (George 1735)
Christopher Franke (Pennsylvania 1742)
Moses Benjamin Franks (New York 1748)
H.B. Franks (Pennsylvania 1755)
Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Franke (Philadelphia 1793)
David Franks (New York 1798)

In Canada, one of the first bearers was George Frank, who landed in Halifax in 1749. In Australia, one of the first settlers with this last name was J. Friedrich Frank, a farmer, who came to South Australia aboard the Alfred in 1848. In New Zealand, one of the first bearers was P. Frank, who arrived in Nelson in 1843 aboard the St. Paul.

Early Americans Bearing the Frank Family Crest
I researched the following three resources and did not find any coats of arms for Frank: Bolton’s American Armory, Matthew’s American Armoury and Bluebook, and Crozier’s General Armory.

Mottoes
I have identified two Frank family mottos :
1) Sic vos non vobis (For you, but not yours)
2) Non omnibus nati (Not born for all)
3) Esse quam videri (To be, rather than to seem)
4) Sic vos non vobis (So you not for yourself)
5) Flottenschutz (Fleet protection (?))

Grantees

We have 27 coats of arms for the Frank, Franks, and Franke surname depicted here. The first 12 blazons are from Bernard Burke’s book The General Armory of England, Ireland, and Scotland, which was published in 1848. The remainder of the arms are from the Dutch genealogist/heraldist John Baptista Rietstap’s book Armorial Général, published in 1884. The bottom of this page contains the blazons (in French and English where appropriate), and in many instances contains some historical, geographical, and genealogical about where coat of arms was found and who bore it. People with this last name that bore an Frank Coat of Arms (or mistakenly called the Family Crest)
1) Captain Francke of a troop of horse in Ireland, 18 January 1652-3 by Sir E. Bysshe
2) William Francke, the New Works, Leicester, 6 Feb 1689-90 by T. St. George.

Notables
There are hundreds of notable people with the Frank surname. This page will mention a handful. Famous people with this last name include:

1) Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank (1929-1945) who was a German born diarist who became one of the most well-known Jewish victims of the Holocaust, 2) Barnett “Barney” Frank is a former American politician and board member of the New York-based Signature Bank and he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981-2013, 3) Waldo David Frank (1889-1967) who was an American novelist, historian, political activist, and literary critic who wrote for The New Yorker and The New Republic who was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, 4) Adolph Frank (1834-1916) who was a German chemist, engineer, and businessman who was best known for having discovered uses for potash and create an industry around it, 5) August Hermann Francke (1663-1727) who was a German Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar, 6) Bernd Franke (1948) was a German footballer who played goalkeeper born in Bliesen who played for the West German National team from 1972-1984, 7) Bilhah Abigail Levy Franks (1696-1756) who was an English-born Jewish woman who lived in New York in British America who is known for the letters she wrote to her elder son after he moved to England, letters describing the political and social milieu of 18^th-century New York, 8) William Sadler Franks (1851-1935) was a British astronomer who published a catalogue of the colours of 3,890 stars, 9) Harold Trent Franks (1957) who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona’s 8^th congressional district who has served since 2013, and 10) Daniel Lamont “Bubba” Franks (1978) who is a former tight end in the NFL who played 2000-2008 for the Green Bay Packers and New York Jets.

Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) Vert on a saltire or, a torteau. Crest—On the trank of a tree a hawk ppr. charged on the breast with a torteau. Another Crest—On the stump of a tree ppr. a falcon or.
2) (Woodhill Hatfield, co. Hertford). Same Arms and Crest. Motto—Sic vos non vobis.
3) (Teddington, co. Middlesex). Ar. a bend betw. six lions ramp. sa. Crest—A stag’s head erased ppr.
4) (Carrig, co. Cork). Vert on a saltire or, a griffin’s head erased gu. in the centre chief point a mullet of the second. Crest—Out of a mural crown or, a griffin’s head gu. betw. two wings erminois, each charged with a mullet sa. Motto—Sic vos non vobis.
5) (Ballyscaddane, co. Limerick; confirmed to John Franks, Esq., J.P., D.L., eldest son of Sir John Franks, Knt., Judge of the Supreme Court, Bengal). Same Arms, Crest, and Motto.
6) (Alderton, co. Suffolk). Vert a saltire engr. or. Crest—A hawk close, belled or.
7) (Boughtridge, Scotland). Vert on a saltire engr. ar. five fleurs-de-lis of the first. Crest—A lion saliant, tail forked ppr. Motto—Non nobis nati.

8) (Campsal, co. York; granted to Frederick Bacon Frank, Esq.). Per saltire az. and vert on a saltire indented or, a falcon ppr. belled gold. Crest—A morion ppr. thereon a falcon also ppr. guttee de larmes and belled or. Motto—Esse quam videri.
9) (Knighton, co. York, 1665, and Campsall, co. York). Vert a saltire engr. or. Crest—A falcon ppr.
10) (co. Leicester; granted 6 Feb. 1689). Az. a fesse embattled erm. betw. two dexter arms vambraced ar. garnished or. Crest—Out of a mural coronet or, a dexter arm vambraced, as in the arms, holding a falchion ar. hilt and pommel gold.
11) Vert a saltire or (another, fusily).
12) (Pomfret). Gu. a lion ar. crowned or.
13) Frank – Nördlingen (Bavière) – D’or à un homme issant mouv d’une champagne fascée contre-fascée de sable et d’or de trois pièces habillé de sable coiffé d’un bonnet du même retroussé d’argent au rabat du même tenant de sa main dextre une hache au naturel Cimier l’homme issant. English: Or with a man issuant coming from a base barry counter barry sable and or of three pieces [a base of 3 bars split vertically, alternating colours] dressed sable wearing on the head a hat of the same turned up argent with flaps of the same holding in his dexter hand an axe proper Crest: the man issuant.
14) Frank – Nuremberg, Ratisbonne – Taillé d’argent sur azur à un croc de gueules brochant en bande Cimier deux crocs de gueules passés en sautoir Lambrequin d’argent et d’azur. English:Per bend sinister argent over azure with a hook gules covering bendwise Crest: two hooks gules placed saltirewise Mantling: argent and azure.
15) Frank – Strasbourg – D’or à un fer-à-cheval de sable surmonté d’une fasce du même au chef enté de deux pièces d’azur. English:Or with a horse shoe sable surmounted by a fess of the same a chief nebuly of two pieces azure.
16) Frank – Livonie – De gueules à deux lances d’argent passées en sautoir. English:Gules two lances argent placed saltirewise.
17) Frank – (Barons) – Autriche – D’or à la bande voûtée de sable Trois casques couronnés Cimiers 1° un chapeau de sable sommé de trois plumes de héron 2° trois plumes d’autruche une de sable entre deux d’or 3° une main de carnation parée d’or issante de la couronne et tenant une clé d’or en barre Supports deux aigles de sable becquées membrées et couronnées d’or. English:ostrich feathers one sable between two or 3rd a hand carnation clothed [dressed] or issuant from the crown and holding a key or bendwise sinister Supporters two eagles sable beaked legged and crowned or.
18) Frank – Allemagne – D’or à un homme issant posé de front mouv de la pointe habillé d’azur ceint d’or au rabat du même coiffé d’un chapeau d’azur tenant de sa main dextre une grappe de raisins au naturel et de sa senestre une pignate d’argent Cimier l’homme issant tenant la pignate de sa main dextre et la grappe de sa senestre entre deux proboscides coupées d’or sur azur. English:Or with a man issuant placed facing forwards coming from the base dressed azure belted or with flaps of the same wearing on the head a hat azure holding in his dexter hand a bunch of grapes proper and from his sinister a [small] jug argent Crest: the man issuant holding the [small] jug in his dexter hand and the grapes in his sinister between two proboscidess per fess or over azure.
19) Frank – Berne – D’argent à une coupe couverte d’or sommée d’une couronne à l’antique du même et posée sur un tertre de sinople Cimier la coupe. English:Argent with a covered cup or surmounted by an ancient crown of the same and placed on a hillock vert Crest: the cup.
20) Frank – dit de La Rosche – P. de Trèves – (Nob. du St-Empire, 31 août 1775) – Écartelé au moyen d’une ligne horizontale et d’une ligne en forme de f tirée du canton senestre du chef au canton dextre de la pointe au 1 de gueules à un rocher escarpé d’argent mouv du bas aux 2 et 3 d’azur à une étoile (8) d’or au 4 d’or à un lévrier courant et contourné de sable A la fasce d’argent brochant sur l’écartelé et ch de trois f de sable Casque couronné Cimier un vol à l’antique de sable chaque aile ch d’une bande d’argent surch de trois f de sable Lambrequin à dextre d’argent et de gueules à senestre d’or et d’azur. English:Quarterly of a middle horizontal line and a line in the form of of an “f” drawn from the canton sinister of the chief to the canton dexter of the base 1st gules with a rocky cliff argent coming from the base 2nd and 3rd azure with an etoile of 8 points or 4th or with a greyhound courant [running] and reversed sable Overall the fess argent covering over the quarterly and charged with three letter “f”s sable Crowned with a helmet Crest: a pair of wings with ancient sable each wing charged with a bend argent surcharged with three letter “f”s sable Mantling: to the dexter argent and gules to the sinister or and azure.
21) Frank – auf Döfering und Hohenkemnath – Bavière – (An., 1572; barons, 14 avril 1760) – Écartelé aux 1 et 4 d’or à un homme issant habillé d’azur coiffé d’un chapeau du même tenant de sa main dextre une pignate d’argent et de sa senestre une grappe de raisins au naturel (Frank) aux 2 et 3 de gueules à une tour d’argent couverte d’une coupole du même ouverte et ajourée de sable (Kemnat) Cimiers 1° l’homme issant entre deux proboscides coupées alternativement d’or et d’azur (Frank) 2° un buste d’homme de profil habillé de gueules au rabat d’argent coiffé d’un chapeau piramidal de gueules sommé de trois plumes d’autruche d’argent (Kemnat) Lambrequin à dextre d’or et d’azur à senestre d’argent et de gueules. English:Quarterly 1st and 4th or with a man issuant dressed azure wearing on the head a hat of the same holding in his dexter hand a [small] jug argent and in his sinister a bunch of grapes proper ( for Frank ) 2nd and 3rd gules with a tower argent covered by a cupola of the same open and openings sable ( for Kemnat) Crests: 1st the man issuant between two proboscidess per fess alternately or and azure ( Frank) 2nd a bust of a man in profile dressed gules with flaps argent wearing on the head a pointed hat gules surmounted by three ostrich feathers argent ( Kemnat) Mantling: to the dexter or and azure to the sinister argent and gules.
22) Frank – de Flottenschild – Autriche – (Chevaliers, 30 juillet 1862) – Coupé au 1 d’argent au lion rampant au naturel soutenu d’un coffre-fort aussi au naturel posé sur une terrasse de sinople dans un bosquet du même ledit lion brandissant de sa patte dextre un sabre et tenant de sa senestre un drapeau blanc posé sur son épaule au 2 d’or à un vaisseau au naturel voguant sur une mer au naturel le seul mât portant une banderole coupée d’or sur sable ledit vaisseau portant sur la proue un lion rampant au naturel brandissant de sa patte dextre un sabre et tenant de sa senestre un drapeau de gueules ch d’une fasce d’argent posée sur son épaule Deux casques couronnés Cimiers 1° un lion issant et contourné au naturel brandissant un sabre Lambrequin d’argent et d’azur 2° un vol coupé alternativement d’or et d’azur Lambrequin d’or et d’azur Devise FLOTTENSCHUTZ. English:Per fess 1st argent a lion rampant proper supported by a safe [literal translation] also proper placed on a mount vert in a grove of trees of the same the aforesaid lion brandishing in its paw dexter a sabre and holding in its sinister a flag white placed over its shoulder 2nd or with a ship proper sailling over a sea proper the single mast carrying a narrow flag per fess or over sable the aforesaid ship carrying over the prow a lion rampant proper brandishing in its paw dexter a sabre and holding in its sinister a flag gules charged with a fess argent placed over its shoulder Crowned with two helmets Crests: 1st a lion issuant and reversed proper brandishing a sabre Mantling: argent and azure 2nd a pair of wings per fess alternately or and azure Mantling: or and azure Motto: FLOTTENSCHUTZ.
23) Frank – de Franckhstein – Transylvanie – (Nob. de Bohème, 19 oct. 1685) – De sable à deux lions affrontés d’or couronnés du même soutenus d’une terrasse de sinople et supp ensemble une couronne de laurier du même Cimier un lion issant d’or couronné du même supp de ses pattes un F aussi d’or entre deux cornes de buffle coupées alternativement d’or et de sable Lambrequin d’or et de sable. English:Sable two lions affrontant [face to face] or crowned of the same standing on a mount vert and supporting together a crown of laurel of the same Crest: a lion issuant or crowned of the same supporting in its paws a letter F also or between two buffalo horns per fess alternately or and sable Mantling: or and sable.
24) Frank – de Frankenstein – Prusse – (Ren. de nob., 2 août 1802) – Écartelé aux 1 et 4 d’azur à trois étoiles (8) d’or rangées en pal aux 2 et 3 coupé a d’or à une aigle de profil de sable b échiqueté d’argent et d’azur de trois tires Casque couronné Cimier une aigle de profil de sable issante et essorante Lambrequin à dextre d’or et d’azur à senestre d’argent et de sable. English:Quarterly 1st and 4th azure three etoiles of 8 points or arranged palewise 2nd and 3rd per fess a) or with an eagle in profile sable b) checky argent and azure of three lines Crowned with a helmet Crest: an eagle in profile sable issuant and soaring Mantling: to the dexter or and azure to the sinister argent and sable.
25) Frank – de Fürstenwerth – Hohenzollern-Hechingen – (Barons, 20 Aout 1806) – Taillé d’azur à une étoile d’or sur argent à un lévrier courant contourné de sable colleté d’or à la barre de gueules brochant sur le taillé et ch de trois clefs de violon de sable Casque couronné Cimier un vol à l’antique taillé d’azur sur argent et la barre de l’écu brochant sur le taillé Lambrequin d’argent et d’azur. English:Per bend sinister azure with an etoile or on the argent with a greyhound courant [running] reversed sable collared or a bend sinister gules covering over the per bend sinister and charged with three pegs (keys) of a violin sable Crowned with a helmet Crest: a pair of wings ancient per bend sinister azure over argent and the bend sinister of the shield covering over the per bend sinister Mantling: argent and azure.
26) Franke – Danemark – (M. ét.) – D’azur à trois flèches mal-ordonnées d’argent celle en chef ayant la pointe en bas. English:Azure three arrows disordered [1 2] argent that in chief having the base downwards.
27) Franks – ou Francken, Amsterdam – Dirk F. échevin 1333 (communic. De M. Ouwerling, arch. à Baardjwick) – D’or à la bande voûtée de sable Trois casques couronnés Cimiers 1° un chapeau de sable sommé de trois plumes de héron 2° trois plumes d’autruche une de sable entre deux d’or 3° une main de carnation parée d’or issante de la couronne et tenant une clé d’or en barre Supports deux aigles de sable becquées membrées et couronnées d’or. English:Or a bend arched sable Crowned with three helmets Crests: 1st a hat sable surmounted by of three feathers of heron 2nd three ostrich feathers a sable between two or 3rd a hand carnation clothed [dressed] or issuant from the crown and holding a key or bendwise sinister Supporters two eagles sable beaked legged and crowned or.