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	Encyclopedia: Coat of Arms of Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Coat of Arms of Victoria is the official symbol of the Australian state of Victoria.
		Victoria was the first state of Australia to gain arms, granted on 6 June 1910 by King George V.
		The 1910 blazon of the Coat of Arms of Victoria is: Arms: Azure, five Stars Argent representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Coat-of-Arms-of-Victoria (633 words)

	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coat of Arms of England, gules three lions passant gardant in pale or, was introduced by King Richard I in the 1190s.
		Edward III expressed his claim by quartering the arms of England with the arms of France, azure a semy of fleurs-de-lis or; to indicate the importance he placed on France, the French arms were placed in the first and last quarter, and the English ones in the second and third.
		The arms of Hanover were moved from the fourth quarter and instead shown on a small shield or estucheon of pretence in the centre of the shield.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom (1350 words)

	Australian Coat of Arms
		Australia's first national coat of arms was granted in 1908 and displayed the kangaroo and emu supporting the shield, and standing on a grassy mound.
		The second coat of arms, made in 1912, included the symbols of the states woven together in the central shield with a border symbolizing federation.
		The Australian Coat of Arms is the property of the Commonwealth of Australia and is used by the Commonwealth to authenticate documents, to indicate ownership of property, and for other purposes of identification.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/coat_of_arms.htm (563 words)

	Coat of Arms \| Family Crests \| Family Name History \| Coats of Arms Rings \| Family Crest Rings
		Similarly to the use of seals instead of signatures, coats of arms and family crests were used to signify familial or honorific bonds.
		It is not always clear as to how a particular family acquired its coat of arms or family crest, but the identification of your ancestry and the use of your family crest coat of arms is both exciting and individualizing.
		The coat of arms evolved as a necessary symbol for knights in medieval times, today the "coat of arms" and its companion the "family crest" serve as interesting and unique reference points to family name history.
	HistoricalNames.com (198 words)

	Victoria State Identity, Flag, Coat of Arms, Floral & Animal Emblems - Aussie-Info.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Victoria was the first State to have its own flag in 1870.
		Victoria's flag is made up of the Blue Ensign with the State badge.
		The original Coat of Arms of Victoria was granted on 6 June 1910 by King George V. The present coat of arms was granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973.
	www.aussie-info.com /places/vic/identity (162 words)

	Australia Now - Australia's Coat of Arms
		The Coat of Arms was granted by King George V in 1912.
		However, a Coat of Arms for the city of Canberra, the national capital of Australia, was granted by King George V in 1928.
		The Coat of Arms of the island State was granted by King George V in 1917 and the description of the Arms embodies the motto, Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness).
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/coat_of_arms.html (1108 words)

	RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees No. 19
		Arms and armorial insignia are granted only by the Kings of Arms in England, by Lyon King of Arms in Scotland and Ulster King of Arms in Northern Ireland.
		To be entitled to arms by inheritance in England, a family of today must be able to prove a direct legitimate male line descent from an ancestor who is on the official record of the College of Arms as being entitled to the same arms.
		In England, arms are obtainable solely by grant to an applicant and his male heirs from the College of Arms, acting for the Earl Marshal of England (the Duke of Norfolk).
	www.rootsweb.com /~rwguide/lesson19.htm (2700 words)

	State Links - Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Victoria lies in the south-eastern corner of the continent of Australia.
		Victoria was the first state to have its own flag.
		The present coat of arms was granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972.
	www.hendrashs.qld.edu.au /australia/vic.html (324 words)

	Parle Coat of Arms
		The Arden's Coat of Arms is not really relevant as yet, but is does say they were involved with the Family of Parles in the copy I have sent you.
		Although a coat of arms is attributed to the Parlbys of Manadon in Burke's 'The General Armory' (1884), it has never been officially recorded here, and no coat of arms is shown for the family in the 1952 edition of 'The Landed Gentry'.
		A coat of arms was granted in 1905 to William Parlby of Hereford, son of William Parlby of Woodhouse and Beaumanor, Leicestershire, but he is not mentioned in the 'Landed Gentry' article, so I cannot tell you whether he was related to the Devon family.
	www.parle.co.uk /genealogy/coat_of_arms.htm (2887 words)

	The Victoria Institution Web Page: Image Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The School carries the Royal Coat of Arms on account of its historic association with the British Queen after whom it was named.
		The original Royal Coat of Arms was lost during the war and this is a replacement.
		In this official Coat of Arms the quartered shield shows the various royal emblems of different parts of the United Kingdom: the three lions of England in the first and fourth quarters, the lion of Scotland in the second and the harp of Ireland in the third.
	www.viweb.freehosting.net /viig_coat-of-arms.htm (189 words)

	British Columbia Coat of Arms - Provinical Symbols
		Our Coat of Arms is a symbol of sovereignty as these are the arms of Her Majesty in right of British Columbia and a symbol of our co-sovereign status as a province of the Canadian federation.
		In 1895 he designed a Coat of Arms for the Province which was adopted by Order-in-Council on July 19th that year and which Cabinet directed be used as the Great Seal of the Province.
		However, Coats of Arms were grants of honour from the Crown created via an exercise of the Royal Prerogative.
	www.protocol.gov.bc.ca /protocol/prgs/symbols/coat_of_arms.htm (1304 words)

	Mexico - Evolution of the Mexico National Flag and Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, dated September 17, 1968, the National coat of arms was changed to the current one.
		New coat of arms adopted on September 20, 1863.
		Coat of arms adopted by the Imperial Regency in 1863
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mx_evo.html (903 words)

	MONARCH'S COAT OF ARMS
		The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland is the personal coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and consequently is used as the official coat of arms of the United Kingdom as a whole.
		Edward III quartered the arms of England with the arms of France, azure a semy of fleurs de lis or; to indicate the importance he placed on France, the French arms were placed in the first and last quarter, and the English ones in the second and fourth.
		The arms may be blazoned Within the Garter, quarterly I and IV gules, three lions passant guardant in pale Or, armed and langued azure, for England; II, Or a lion rampant, within a double tressure fleury-counter-fleury gules for Scotland; III, azure, a harp Or stringed argent, for Northern Ireland.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/MONARCH%2527S+COAT+OF+ARMS (933 words)

	General Travel, New Brunswick Canada
		The lion alludes to the arms of the Duchy of Brunswick in Germany (two gold lions on a red field) which was a possession of King George III at the time the Province of New Brunswick was established in 1784.
		The granting of armorial bearings or coats of arms is the prerogative of the Sovereign.
		The authority's officers of arms are headed by the herald chancellor, deputy herald chancellor and chief herald of Canada.
	new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/gentravel.html (3048 words)

	SWET, SWETE, SWETT COAT OF ARMS
		Oliver's History of Antigua (1899) describes the coat of arms on this memorial as: "Gules, two chevronels between in chief two mullets argent, pierced of the field, and in base a rose of the second" in which "pierced of the field" means the stars on the shield were pierced red.
		Therefore, although this coat of arms without a crest is not officially recognized by the College of Arms, it represents a family tradition that predates the grant of arms and crest to Guy Swete in 1473.
		The coat of arms of this family was printed in the seventh volume of the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, as though it belonged to the Swett or Sweat family.
	swett-genealogy.com /07Arms.html (14323 words)

	Royal Coats of Arms; Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince William
		Anne -- In 1707, the arms of England and Scotland were moved to the first and fourth quarters, the arms of France in the second, and the arms of Ireland in the third.
		The arms of England then occupied the first and fourth quarters, the arms of Scotland the second, and the arms of Ireland the third.
		Victoria and all subsequent monarchs- In 1837, the Hanoverian escutcheon and crown were removed because Queen Victoria, as a woman, was unable to succeed to the throne of Hanover under Hanoverian law.
	www.fleurdelis.com /royal.htm (713 words)

	British Columbia, Canada Emblems: Coat of Arms
		Arms: Argent, 3 bars wavy azure, issuant from the base a demi-sun in splendour proper, on a chief, the Union Device charged in the centre point with an antique crown or.
		The royal warrant of 1906 authorized the use of the arms for the provincial flag.
		Coats of arms are properly described in the formal language of HERALDRY, which, among English speakers, is a vocabulary derived from Norman French with borrowings from Latin and other languages.
	www.msacomputer.com /bc/CoatOfArms/CoatOfArms.html (1901 words)

	ArtLex's Co-Com page
		In heraldic terms, this is also termed a "complete achievement." Heraldry governs the terms used to describe bearings and their arrangement in coats of arms.
		The coat of arms at the bottom of the right-hand page -- lions holding a wreath with a fleur-de-lis — may be the composer's personal coat of arms.
		The eagle and dragon emblazoned on the shield of this coat of arms are heraldic symbols of the Borghese family.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/Co.html (4636 words)

	Victoria Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The City of Victoria, B.C. The red pointy bit represents the peninsula on which the city is located, surrounded by the blue sea.
		The white fimbriation separating the two colours forms a "V" (for Victoria- what else?); the crown, of course, represents Queen Victoria, after whom the town was named.
		The colours (red, white, and blue) are taken from the Union Jack, and are meant to show Victoria's loyalty to the crown.
	www.mad-alchemy.com /heraldry/victoria.htm (119 words)

	The Penhallow - Penwarin Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Above the Coat of Arms of the original Penhallow family.
		The coat of arms is known to have merged with that of the Penwarin family - I have yet to find an illustration of these arms.
		After more patient research it was learned that a John Penhallow, of Cornwall, had married a Mary Penwarin in the time of Henry VIII, and that the quarterings on the shield with the Penhallow conies were the arms of her family.
	www.penhallow.net /arms.html (1002 words)

	Use of the Thayer Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		By the 13th century, Coats of Arms were used universally throughout Europe and a science of Heraldry was developed in which known and accepted rules were established, some of which are still in use today.
		Therefore, with the possession of arms being such a matter of privilege, there inevitably followed a certain prestige associated to that effect, and it became necessary that a standard of definition be instituted by which the arms for which official authority could not be shown would be excluded.
		One should not be fooled into thinking that an ancient coat of arms is more honorable than a modern one on the grounds that the latter was "purchased," as all Arms are paid for at one time or another, the precedence of the date being the only advantage of the former over the latter.
	thayer.genealogist.net /bi-coat-of-arms.htm (2458 words)

	Diocesan Coat of Arms
		The Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Antigonish was developed by Dom Wilford Bayne, OSB, of Portsmouth Abbey.
		The field or background of the Arms is based on the flag or banner of Scotland - reflecting the fact that the phrase "Nova Scotia", the Canadian Province in which the Diocese is located, is latin for "New Scotland".
		The Chain in the Coat of Arms of the Diocese is depicted on several images of the Saint; however, it is not depicted in all images.
	www.antigonishdiocese.com /diocesanarms.html (514 words)

	University of Victoria Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These are the arms of the University of Victoria.
		The colours are taken from those of the Union Jack (and the arms of the city of Victoria.
		The book represents knowledge, and the three martlets are taken from the arms of McGill University, wich founded the university.
	www.mad-alchemy.com /heraldry/academic/uvictoria.htm (55 words)

	Coat-of-Arms (Westphalia, Germany)
		The Arms of Hanover were the tierced arms of Brunswick, Luneberg and Westphalia.
		The arms of Westphalia (Duchy of Westphalia and Archbishops of Cologne or Köln) had for centuries been the white horse on a red field.
		With the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain, the Royal Arms were changed to accommodate the arms of Hanover in the fourth quarter.
	www.fotw.net /flags/de-nw-w).html (1166 words)

	UVic Graphic Standards - Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The formal heraldic Coat of Arms which bears these symbols was registered in 1961 by the College of Arms in London for Victoria College, and was later officially recognized for the University of Victoria by codicil.
		Use of the full Coat of Arms is generally restricted to ceremonial, protocol and executive applications.
		The Coat of Arms may be reproduced in fl, UVic blue, gold ink, or gold or silver foil as a one-colour graphic as shown.
	web.uvic.ca /webcoor/graphicstandards/vid/arms.html (343 words)

	Canadian Monarchist News: OTTAWA COAT OF ARMS
		Arms are granted using the Governor General's exercise of the Royal Prerogative of The Queen of Canada.
		The decision by the OTB to create a new logo, slogan, flag, and coat of arms and motto was made to mark the birth of the new city of Ottawa the result of joining 12 municipal governments into one.
		As a result of the last consultation, certain elements of the coat of arms were modified, including the removal of the supporters the goose and the swan.
	www.monarchist.ca /cmn/ottawa.htm (1781 words)

	Coat of Arms
		"Arms" were (and are) granted to individuals (and their direct descendants), and not to a family or clan, according to experts in Heraldry.
		In order to display a "coat of arms" as your own, you must prove that you are a descendant of the individual to whom the arms were granted.
		There are other "Murnane coats of arms" and there is no proof that any Murnane (or O'Murnane or Marnane or any of the other variations) actually was awarded a coat of arms.
	www.murnane.org /coat.htm (827 words)

	Victoria, Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands Travel Guide, Accommodations, Outdoor Adventure and Attractions
		Victoria, BC is one of the premier travel destinations in the World.
		Victoria sits on the south tip of Vancouver lsland off the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.
		Victoria, South Vancouver Island, West Island and Tofino - Ucluelet, Central Vancouver Island and North Vancouver Island.
	www.victoriabc.com /accom/coatofarmsmanor (381 words)

	The Holt Family Coat of Arms and Family History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For any person to have a right to a coat of arms they must either have had it granted to them or be descended in the legitimate male line from a person to whom arms were granted or confirmed in the past.
		The arms illustrated may be described heraldically as: Azure, two bars and in chief a cross formy fitchy or; Crest: A squirrel sejant or holding in its paws a hazel branch slipped and fructed all proper; and for Motto: 'Exaltavit Humiles.'
		Arms supplied herein are purely in association to the surname given.
	www.holt.org /holtgen.html (5262 words)

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