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	Family Crest and Coat of Arms: Parts of a Coat of Arms
		The oldest documented example of a coat of arms borne on a shield is where King Henry I of England is said to have bestowed on his son-in-law, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, in 1127 A.D.: the azure shield bore four gold lions rampant.
		Regardless of their origins, coats of arms became military status symbols, and their popularity increased along with the popularity of the tournament, which was developed in the mid-eleventh century in France (reportedly by Godfrey de Preuilly).
		By 1400 A.D., bearing a coat of arms had become a prerequisite to participation in a tournament, and due to the importance of social standing in such pageants, a coat of arms also became a mark of noble status.
	www.fleurdelis.com /coatofarms.htm (1097 words)

	Coat of arms of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Coat of Arms of England was the official coat of arms of the Monarchs of England, and were used as the official coat of arms of the Kingdom of England until the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
		Afterwards, the arms became an integral part of the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.
		The arms of England are not used in any official capacity on their own, although they do feature in the first and fourth quarters of the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_England (816 words)

	The Rushing Family Coat of Arms/Crest
		Before incorporating a coat of arms into your family history, it is important to note that sharing a surname does not necessarily mean that you share the right to a coat of arms.
		To claim a coat of arms as part of your family history, you must trace your lineage to the individual to whom the coat of arms was granted.
		For English Coats of Arms or crests, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the heraldic authority is the College of Arms and for Scotland the heraldic authority is the Lyon Office.
	www.rushings.info /crest.html (836 words)

	Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		To assure proper control and documentation of these grants of arms, a college of heralds arose, who worked on behalf of the sovereign and were given full authority to settle disputes, legalize grants of arms and make new grants.
		To legitimately display such arms you must be able to: 1) prove your direct male descent back to the person to whom such arms were originally granted; and 2) register your pedigree with the proper authorizing agency, i.e., the College of Arms in London.
		A right to arms can only be established by the registration in the official records of the College of Arms of a pedigree showing direct male line descent from an ancestor already appearing therein as entitled to arms...
	www.angelfire.com /folk/scmayfields/mayfield_coat_of_arms.htm (996 words)

	Womack Coat of Arms
		Early arms depict the cloak quite accurately, with the outer surface reflecting the predominant color of the arms, and its inner lining indicating the predominant metal.
		A motto was not granted with the Coat of Arms and not all Coats of Arms carry a motto.
		In this case, the man’s family coat of arms was in the upper left quarter (as you look at the coat of arms) and lower right, while the woman’s family’s arms were in the other two quarters.
	www.womacknet.net /crest/coatofarms.htm (1741 words)

	Coat of Arms
		Coats of arms usually started out fairly simple in design, then subsequent generations added onto or made slight variations to the design to make it their own.
		The second is the restored Samogitian coat of arms, that 17th century coat is based on the 14th century seal of Grand Duke Vytautas.
		The "Poppen" coat of arms is a rampant lion with a blue background.
	popalis.tripod.com /CoatofArms.htm (1200 words)

	Coat of Arms
		Coat of Arms, also called Shield of Arms, heraldic device dating back to 12th-century Europe, used primarily to establish identity in battle but evolving to denote family descent, adoption, alliance, property ownership, or profession--the oldest extant document being a copy of a roll of arms of the king of England from about 1240.
		The coat of arms consists of a shield, or escutcheon, and surface, or field.
		Originally the coat of arms was a cloth tunic worn over, or occasionally to conceal, armour; or, in place of armour, it was padded and worn for protection but marked with the shield's identical emblem to aid identification.
	gen.culpepper.com /historical/coat.htm (2193 words)

	Coats of Arms and Family Crests
		There is no record of coats of arms being present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, nor were family crests apparent by the beginning of the twelfth century.
		To qualify as a coat of arms, a design must be capable of being depicted on a shield, but the name is derived from the linen tabard which was worn over the armour and upon which the design was shown.
		Coats of arms existed for a long time before there is any evidence of the use of crests.
	www.1st4-coatsofarms.co.uk (1428 words)

	coat of arms
		Knowles Coat of Arms from Ireland and England.
		The establishment of Coats of Arms was introduced into Ireland by the Normans in the eleventh century and was adopted by some Gaelic families.
		A coat of arms is strictly hereditary within a single family in English and Scottish heraldry.
	www.knowlesclan.org /coat_of_arms.htm (849 words)

	New Zealand's Coat of Arms - Ministry for Culture and Heritage
		Coats of Arms are widely used in New Zealand by major institutions, local authorities and even in some cases individuals.
		The Coat of Arms can be seen on a variety of documents and papers of constitutional and national significance, ranging from Acts of Parliament and Proclamations, to passports.
		Surmounting the Arms is the St Edward's Crown which was used in the Coronation ceremony of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
	www.mch.govt.nz /coat-of-arms.htm (627 words)

	Coat of Arms of Canada
		The Royal Arms of the United Kingdom (quartering the arms of England, Scotland and Ireland) were the essential symbol of royal authority in Canada at this period and into the twentieth century.
		Although these quarters appear in the British arms to represent the fact that these nations are part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, their appearance in the Canadian Arms is meant to represent the fact that these are three of the founding peoples of Canada.
		The present design of the arms of Canada was drawn by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and was approved by H.M. the Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, on July 12, 1994.
	www.heraldry.ca /misc/coatArmsCanada.htm (1452 words)

	Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		By tradition the coat of arms of a bishop is joined with those of the diocese.
		On the left, the coat of arms of the Diocese of Harrisburg is based on the arms of the Penn family and the Harris family for whom the city of Harrisburg is named.
		The personal coat of arms of the Most Reverend Kevin Carl Rhoades, Ninth Residential Bishop of Harrisburg, is particularly symbolic of his steadfast love and devotion to Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and to his veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
	www.hbgdiocese.org /coatofarms.html (1299 words)

	Grimshaw Coat of Arms and Crest
		The coat of arms of the earliest recorded Grimshaw family line at Clayton-le-Moors is dominated by a griffin, a mythological creature that is half lion and half eagle.
		Coats of arms and crests are a form of property and may rightfully be used only by the male-line descendants of the individual to whom they were first granted or allowed.
		The formal description or ‘blazoning’ of a coat of arms proceeds along certain well defined lines, and an unknown coat of arms on a signet ring or monument, for example, may be identified by using an ‘ordinary’, which indexes arms by design and gives the names of families to whom they have been attributed.
	www.grimshaworigin.org /WebPages/CoatArms.htm (3760 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.
		This is a simple depiction of the general arms for the Kings of France.
	www.fleurdelis.com /royal.htm (713 words)

	The DITTON English Coat of Arms
		A coat of arms is a heraldic design used to distinguish individual families.
		This covered all the categories of official recordings of arms, most notably the Visitations of English counties conducted by the heralds in the 16th and 17th centuries and the many volumes of grants of arms from the 15th century to the present day.
		There is a slightly more complicated coat of arms listed for the Ditton in Burke's General Armory but since it is not recorded here for a family of the name it must have been borne unauthoritively.
	www.ieway.com /~leroyd/DITTON/coat_of_arms.htm (630 words)

	Walsh Heraldry & Coats of Arms
		The practice of adopting coats of arms was carried to the American colonies; in fact, the seals of each of the states of the U.S. bear heraldic devices.
		The escutcheon is usually in the shape of a conventional shield, except for the oval-shaped arms of churchmen and the lozenge-shaped arms of ladies.
		For example, the coat of arms of France is described as ancient, azure, semé of fleurs-de-lis, or; and that of the Erskine family as argent, a pale, sable.
	homepage.eircom.net /~walsh/herald.html (2540 words)

	Winchester Coat-of-Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Arms: Ore (gold), on a cross azure pierced of the field, between four mascles gules, as many crosses crosslet fitches argent.
		The cross fitchee, or pointed cross has an interesting story: picture a band of men, mounted, banners flying -- these banners, their cloaks, their shields, and the blankets on the horses all beating a cross in some form, painted or sewn, having the same color and form.
		There is a wreath of the colors holding the mantling on to the helmet, six strands showing, the first of the metal, second of the color, and then alternating.
	www.winchesters.net /coatofarms.htm (390 words)

	Morris County Web Site - History - The County Coat of Arms
		The Coat of Arms of the County of Morris, adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1956, was developed from elements present in the Coat of Arms of the family of Governor Lewis Morris, the first governor of the State of New Jersey, and the person after whom the county is named.
		The flaming castle turret at the top of the Coat of Arms, resting on a horizontal length of rope, is reminiscent of a Morris family castle in England which was destroyed by fire.
		Across the bottom of the Coat of Arms is the adopted Morris County motto, "Tandem Vincitur", emblazoned in Latin on a horizontal scroll.
	www.co.morris.nj.us /history/coatofarms.asp (169 words)

	Wolcott Coat-of-Arms
		Although coats of arms had been used in England for a long time, the customs governing their use had been pretty loose until King Henry V issued the first law regulating coats-of-arms in England in 1417.
		There were actually two sets of arms recorded for the Wolcotts on the1620 Herald's Visitation of Devon, the martlets on a cross, and a second one "a cross flory with five fleur-de-lis." Both arms were followed by the word, "quere", indicated that there was a question about the arms.
		It appears that the Wolcott arms with five martlets on a cross may have derived from the earlier Walcot arms with five fleur-de-lis on a cross.
	www.wolcottfamily.com /arms.html (1181 words)

	The United Grand Lodge of England
		The Arms are a combination of the coats of the 'Modern' and 'Ancient' Grand Lodges.
		The two coats of arms were combined, by impalement, at the union of the two Grand Lodges in 1813, with the addition of the Crest (the Ark) and the Supporters (two Cherubs) which were adopted from the Armorial Bearings of the 'Ancients'.
		The representation of the Arms became very diverse and at variance both as to design and colours, so that in 1918 the College of Arms was approached to regularise them.
	www.grandlodge-england.org /ugle/coatof-arms.htm (546 words)

	CBRM Coat of Arms
		In the case of the Regional Municipality's Coat of Arms the shield has a green background with a Cape Breton Sloop in gold and silver (the sails are white).
		As well, the Cape Breton Sloop appeared on the Coats of Arms of the City of Sydney and the Town of North Sydney, both of which had petitioned for, and were granted, official Coats of Arms.
		The unicorn, a mythical beast, is depicted in the Coat of Arms of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/4369/cbrmarms.html (1700 words)

	Coat of Arms
		Coats of arms originated in England with Knights, who needed some sort of decoration on their armor to help distinguish between each other in battle.
		To this day, a coat of arms is not considered "official" unless it is registered with the College of Arms.
		Even so, a coat of arms is not registered with a surname, but rather with a person, and only he or his direct descendants may call it their own.
	www.morrillonline.com /coatofarms.html (727 words)

	Public Records: The History of the Arms and Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
		When the Province of Massachusetts began in 1692, the royal coat of arms of England, combined with a motto specific to the reigning monarch, became the official seal.
		The use of the coat of arms and the Great Seal of the Commonwealth for advertising or commercial purposes is prohibited by law.
		Permission to use the coat of arms and the Great Seal must be obtained from the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /pre/presea/sealhis.htm (823 words)

	College of Arms
		The College of Arms is the official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants.
		Coats of arms have been and still are granted by Letters Patent from the senior heralds, the Kings of Arms.
		A right to arms can only be established by the registration in the official records of the College of Arms of a pedigree showing direct male line descent from an ancestor already appearing therein as entitled to arms, or by making application through the College of Arms for a grant of arms.
	www.college-of-arms.gov.uk (391 words)

	The coat of arms
		The entire "achievement," or coat of arms as it is generally called, is composed of the shield with its charges, the motto and the external ornaments.
		The dexter impalement is given in ecclesiastical heraldry to the arms of jurisdiction; in this instance, the arms of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
		The crown of Christ the King, in the arms of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, also has the secondary representation of the crown of King George II of England after whom Georgia was named.
	www.archatl.com /archbishops/marino/coatofarms.html (772 words)

	Coat Of Arms
		The coat of arms at left is a plaque obtained by our family in 1967 from York Insignia Ltd., York, England.
		Thus the term "coat of arms" describes a device originally used as a large "ID tag", to help identify otherwise indistinguishable armor-covered knights on the battlefield.
		At right is a version of the Hearne coat of arms from an old monument at Hackney Church in England, as shown in Wm.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /hearncl/pages/coatofarms.html (601 words)

	Hatfield Heraldry -- the Coat of Arms and meanings of the components
		I have seen several variations of the description of the name Hatfield coat of arms, so I thought I would give a brief explanation of what the different components mean.
		The main thing to remember is that a Coat of Arms belonged to a family lineage -- not a surname.
		Arms: Barry of ten Argent and Azure a Lion rampant Ermine on a Chief Gules three ducal Coronets Or all within a Bordure of the last charged with eight Tudor Roses proper.
	www.jelleyjar.com /ancestor/our/heraldry.html (659 words)

	The Arms of Newfoundland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		These arms were copied from a booklet published by the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada.
		The white cross on the red background is a reversal of the Cross of St. George, the old flag of England (similar to the reversal of the cross of St. Andrew for Nova Scotia), while the lion and the unicorn are the supporters of the British coat of arms (for England and Scotland, respectively).
		It is a pity that this well-designed coat of arms is not used in the provincial flag (as that of Nova Scotia is), as it would make a very attractive and distinctive flag.
	www.mad-alchemy.com /heraldry/newfoundland.htm (299 words)

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