Nowina coat of arms

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Nowina
Battle cry: Nowina
Details
Alternative names	Nowiny, Złotogoleńczyk
Earliest mention	1293
Towns	none
Families	292 names altogether: Abramowicz, Abuliewicz, Akcyz, Bagnar, Banczalski, Bandoszewski, Barycki, Baynarowicz, Bedziejowski, Bejnar, Bejnarowicz, Bejner, Beynar, Beyner, Białkowski, Bochner, Bochrier, Bodzanek, Bogusławski, Borkowski, Boruta, Boynar, Boznański, Brzączewski, Brzoska, Bulewicz, Byk, Bylinar, Bzowski, Cewowski, Cholejewski, Cholejowski, Chrzanowski, Chrząstowski, Chwalibóg, Czerny, Daćkiewicz, Dalewski, Dobroszewski, Dobrowolski, Dominowski, Druszkowski, Dubasowski, Dulowski, Dworzycki, Dziwlewski, Elbowicz, Enochowicz, Falibowski, Frącewicz, Frincewicz, Frykacz, Gabryszewski, Gałąskowski, Garbowiecki, Garczyński, Giebułtowski, Gissowski, Giszowski, Gizowski, Giżewski, Glasenapp, Glezmierski, Gliński, Glizmiński, Gliźmiński, Goczał, Goczałkowski, Gomor, Gośniewski, Grajowski, Gumicki, Gumowicz, Haniewicz, Harasimowicz, Hołdyszowicz, Hryszkiewicz,Huensche-Jeziorski,Huensche ,Hulewicz, Ignatowski, Ikmanowski, Jakunowski, Janikowski, Jankowski, Janota, Jelnicki, Jenota, Jezierski,Jeziorski, Kazigordzki, Kędzierzawski, Klępicki, Koczmycki, Konarski, Konopacki, Konopka, Konopkowski, Konoplański, Koraczycki, Koropolański, Koseper, Kosla, Koslicki, Kosmycki, Koszmyczski, Kośla, Koślicki, Kowalewski, Koziełło, Kozioł, Kozłowicz, Koźla, Koźmicki, Koźnicki, Kożnicki, Krasuski, Krokwicki, Krowicki, Krysztoporski, Krzepowski, Krzępowski, Krzysztoforski, Krzysztoporski, Kuflewski, Kuflowski, Kurowicki, Kwassowski, Kwiatkowski, Labeński, Lasotowski, Legawski, Lestwicz, Lissowski, Łabeński, Łabęcki, Ładnowski, Łaganowski, Łękawski, Łośniewski, Łucewicz, Łuczycki, Łysak, Macharzyński, Macherzyński, Maczanowicz, Mantul, Marski, Marzecki, Masiński, Masłoniecki, Maszeński, Maszewski, Maszycki, Maszyński, Mecherzyński, Mełwieński, Mełwiński, Mielżyński, Minocki, Mizgier, Młoszewski, Młoszowski, Mninowski, Moczydłowski, Mościcki, Mrozowski, Mściwojewski, Mściwujewski, Nabora, Naborowski, Nadbor, Nadbora, Naramski, Narembski, Narębski, Nargiełło, Nargieło, Nasuticz, Nasutowicz, Niewiadomski, Niewieski, Nowakowski, Nowaliński, Nowiński, Nowokrzycki, Nowoszycki, Ochocki, Oknicki, Olbierowski, Olbierz, Olbierzowski, Orlicki, Owczarski, Padniewski, Pasiński, Paszyński, Paziński, Perekałski, Perepecza, Pielat, Piestrzecki, Pilat, Pilatowski, Pilchowski, Pilichowski, Piłat, Pitkowski, Pitowski, Pochocki, Podegimski, Popowski, Prądzewski, Przanowski, Przerembski, Przerębski, Przesiecki, Przonowski, Przybylski, Przysiecki, Purwiński, Pytkowski, Pytowski, Radło, Raduski, Rampkowski, Rampowski, Redzi, Rożnowski, Rożnowski de Skoki, Rwieński, Ryszkowski, Rzwieński, Sankowski, Sapiński, Saryński, Sawinicz, Sąpieński, Schocki, Schodzki, Sewalla, Sępiński, Sępowicz, Sitko, Skocki, Skowzgird, Slachciński, Słodzki, Słomiński, Smagłowski, Sobonowski, Sokolnicki, Spokojski, Sroczycki, Sroczyński, Stępowicz, Sworcz, Szaracki, Szczygielski, Szlachcicki, Szlachta, Szwarc, Szytko, Ślachciński, Świątecki, Świerznia, Świrczyna, Świrczyński, Tomecki, Ujadzki, Ujazdski, Ujejski, Uła, Wandrycz, Watowski, Wieski, Wilkowski, Witkowski, Wojecki, Wojutyński, Wycieszewski, Wydzierzewski, Wydzierzowski, Wygierżewski, Załuski, Zarczycki, Zarzycki, Zasczyński, Zaszczyński, Zimnowski, Złotnicki, Zwęcki, Żarcicki, Żarczycki, Żeromski

Nowina - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1 History
2 Blazon
3 Notable bearers
4 See also

[edit] History

Nowina is one of the oldest Polish heraldic marks, possibly of early mediaeval descent. Although first depicted on a stamp of the Nowina clan of 1293, it is probable that it was in use even earlier as a sign used for marking cattle. It was first mentioned in a court registry of 1392 and was quite widespread across the families of Greater Poland and lands of Kraków, Lublin, Sandomierz and Sieradz. After the Union of Horodło of 1413 several boyar families were adopted to the coat of arms. The representative of the Nowina clan to adopt the new gentry of Lithuanian descent was Mikołaj of Sepno, while the newcommers were represented by Mikołaj Bejnar.

According to coat of arms' legend, the mark of Nowina was officially granted to certain Polish knight who used it even before that fact. Captured together with his commander and taken captive by some foreign king, he was being kept in a dungeon, with his leg chained to that of his commander. Knowing that commander's presence on the fields of battles is crucial to his motherland, the knight was to cut his own leg off and tie it to the leg of his commander so as to help him escape. When the king discovered the deed of one of his prisoners, not only did he grant the knight with freedom, but also with a spare leg made of pure gold. The golden leg is repeated in the crest coronet of the coat of arms ever since. The legend was first noted by Wacław Potocki in 1696.

[edit] Blazon

Azure, a horseshoe or cauldron's handle Argent, with both ends upwards. Between them a cross or a sword proper, with the handle upwards. Out of the crest coronet an armoured leg Or, bent in the knee as if it was kneeling. Foot directed leftwards.