A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Bueso family of Spain.
cross symbolChristian faith and serviceJ. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)“De sin. à cinq croix florencées d'or, 2, 1 et 2.”
The Bueso arms were recorded in Andalusia, c. 1722.
Andalusia was the last part of Spain taken back from the Moors, and the land was shared out among the men who took it. A grant of land came with a grant of arms, so the region produced a great many.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Spain in this period.
Reigning in Spain when the Bueso arms are first recorded.
In Spain, a coat of arms was considered a form of property that belonged to the entire family line. These arms were passed down from a father to all his children equally. Younger branches of the family usually kept the original design without needing to add any special marks to distinguish their specific line.
The family name Bueso has deep roots in the southern region of Spain known as Andalusia. By the year 1722, records confirm that members of the Bueso family were well-established residents in this area. The name itself is thought to have originated as a descriptive nickname or a variation of older linguistic terms common to the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Families with this surname often lived in rural or agricultural communities where they contributed to the local economy and social structure of the Spanish countryside. Over time, the Bueso family expanded from these Andalusian beginnings, eventually spreading to other parts of Spain and across the Atlantic to the Americas. Their history reflects the broader movement of families who helped shape the culture and traditions of southern Spain during the eighteenth century.
Derived from the Latin word busus meaning a thick or fat person.
