A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Nowosielski family of Poland.
Reg. 1327 · Polish, M–O
Coat of Arms & Family Crest Details
Symbols on this shield
saltireResolution, and St Andrew's cross
maunchThe lady's sleeve, worn as a favour
Colours
Red (Gules)Means: Military strength
Gold (Or)Means: Generosity
Historical info
Source
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)
“De gu. à une écharpe d'or, ployée en cercle, les bouts passés en saut., l'écharpé sommée d'un fer de flèche du sec. Cq. cour. C.: cinq pl. d'aut. d'arg.”
Polandc. 1772
Where the Nowosielski Arms Were Recorded
Mazovia
Map of Poland showing where the Nowosielski arms are recorded
The Nowosielski arms were recorded in Poland, c. 1772.
Arms such as these were typically recorded in Mazovia.
Mazovia held Warsaw, the Polish court and the assemblies where the szlachta met. Poland's nobles were unusually numerous and every one of them bore arms, and Warsaw is where those arms were argued over and recorded.
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.
Region
Mazovia
First recorded
1772
Granting Authority for the Nowosielski Arms
Ennoblement by the Sejm
Author: Olek Remesz · CC BY-SA 3.0
The body that granted and recorded arms in Poland in this period.
Stanisław August Poniatowski
Sovereign of the period
Stanisław August Poniatowski
1764–1795
Reigning in Poland when the Nowosielski arms are first recorded.
How Arms Worked in Poland
Polish noble families shared a single coat of arms across many different surnames, creating large clans rather than individual designs. These symbols were held collectively by all members of the clan regardless of their specific family name. When a new family joined the nobility, they were adopted into an existing clan and began using that group's established shield.
Granting authority
The Sejm, which was the Polish parliament, held the power to grant noble status and the right to bear arms.
How they got arms
Families typically received their coat of arms through a formal act of ennoblement granted by the Sejm for distinguished service.
Where arms were recorded
These grants were officially recorded in the Crown Metrica, which served as the central archive for state documents starting in the sixteenth century.
The family's standing
Recorded among the armigerous families of Poland.
Origin & History of the Nowosielski Family in Poland
The surname Nowosielski is a topographic name that originated in the Polish language. It is derived from the word "nowosielce," which refers to a newly settled village or a place where people had recently cleared land for farming. Families who took this name were often associated with the process of internal colonization in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where settlers moved into undeveloped areas to establish new homesteads. By 1772, records confirm that members of the Nowosielski family were well-established within the Mazovia region. This area was a historical heartland of the Polish nobility and gentry, and the family likely played a role in the local agricultural and social life of the province during the late eighteenth century. As the family grew, they became deeply rooted in the rural landscape of central Poland, passing their name down through generations as a reflection of their ancestral connection to these newly cultivated lands.
Related Branches & Arms
Root word
nowy
A Slavic adjective meaning new or recent.
This name
NowosielskiRefers to someone who originated from a new settlement or a newly cleared piece of land.
also spelled
Nowosielski
Nowosielly
Nowosieler
Novosiel
Documented Sources
J. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Boniecki, Adam. Herbarz polski: wiadomości historyczno-genealogiczne o rodach szlacheckich. 1905
saltireResolution, and St Andrew's cross
maunchThe lady's sleeve, worn as a favour
saltireResolution, and St Andrew's cross
maunchThe lady's sleeve, worn as a favour
