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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
[[Image:Coat of Arms of the Duke of Beaufort svg.png|thumb|right|169x200px]]Heraldry is the design, use, regulation, and recording of coats of arms and related emblems. Originally, coats of arms were "assumed", or designed and adopted by the persons using them. Eventually, the Crown reserved to itself the right to grant coats of arms to individuals, ''not families''. | [[Image:Coat of Arms of the Duke of Beaufort svg.png|thumb|right|169x200px|Coat of Arms of the Duke of Beaufort svg.png]]Heraldry is the design, use, regulation, and recording of coats of arms and related emblems. Originally, coats of arms were "assumed", or designed and adopted by the persons using them. Eventually, the Crown reserved to itself the right to grant coats of arms to individuals, ''not families''. | ||
<br>A person entitled to bear arms is an armiger. An armiger’s legitimate male descendants can inherit the right to use his coat of arms. The eldest son inherited his father's arms directly and younger sons inherited them with marks added to difference them. Most English did not have a coat of arms. | <br>A person entitled to bear arms is an armiger. An armiger’s legitimate male descendants can inherit the right to use his coat of arms. The eldest son inherited his father's arms directly and younger sons inherited them with marks added to difference them. Most English did not have a coat of arms. | ||
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*Four ''Pursuivants'' – Rouge Croix, Bluemantle, Portcullis and Rouge Dragon | *Four ''Pursuivants'' – Rouge Croix, Bluemantle, Portcullis and Rouge Dragon | ||
The College has a vast collection of historical books and documents as well as their own records of descent and grants of arms (Wagner 1952, Dickinson). The collection includes English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish works as well as much from North America, having been the recipient of the literary estates of many eminent genealogists. The library is a private one not open to the public but the officers of arms will search the records for a (large) fee. However, many of their books are available elsewhere and are on film through the Family History Library, and the College is actively publishing their own records through the ''Harleian Society''.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Records of Noble and Armigerous Families (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Records_of_Noble_and_Armigerous_Families_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | The College has a vast collection of historical books and documents as well as their own records of descent and grants of arms (Wagner 1952, Dickinson). The collection includes English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish works as well as much from North America, having been the recipient of the literary estates of many eminent genealogists. The library is a private one not open to the public but the officers of arms will search the records for a (large) fee. However, many of their books are available elsewhere and are on film through the Family History Library, and the College is actively publishing their own records through the ''Harleian Society''.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Records of Noble and Armigerous Families (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Records_of_Noble_and_Armigerous_Families_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
=== Achievements of Arms === | === Achievements of Arms === | ||
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<nowiki>*Visitation in print.</nowiki> | <nowiki>*Visitation in print.</nowiki> | ||
+Visitation not in print and manuscript not in British Museum.<ref>Bloxham, V. Ben. "Finding English Ancestors Not Recorded in the Common Records of Civil Registration, Parish Registers, or Probate Records," ''World Conference on Records'' (1980), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Finding_English_Ancestors_Not_Recorded_in_the_Common_Records_of_Civil_Registration,_Parish_Registers,_or_Probate_Records.</ref> | +Visitation not in print and manuscript not in British Museum.<ref>Bloxham, V. Ben. "Finding English Ancestors Not Recorded in the Common Records of Civil Registration, Parish Registers, or Probate Records," ''World Conference on Records'' (1980), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Finding_English_Ancestors_Not_Recorded_in_the_Common_Records_of_Civil_Registration,_Parish_Registers,_or_Probate_Records.</ref> | ||
=== Reference Sources === | === Reference Sources === | ||
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ENGLAND - HERALDRY | ENGLAND - HERALDRY | ||
Also, families who bore heraldic arms are often subjects of books or articles. (See [[England Genealogy|England Genealogy]] and [[England Nobility|England Nobility]]).<br><br> | Also, families who bore heraldic arms are often subjects of books or articles. (See [[England Genealogy|England Genealogy]] and [[England Nobility|England Nobility]]).<br><br> | ||
=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
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| name = Heralds and Heraldry at The National Archives | | name = Heralds and Heraldry at The National Archives | ||
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*[[Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies]] | *[[Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies]] | ||
*[http://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ The Heraldry Society] | *[http://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ The Heraldry Society] | ||
*[http:// | *[http://ukga.org/visitations/index.html The Heralds Visitations] | ||
*[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/england.htm Regulation of Heraldry in England] | *[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/england.htm Regulation of Heraldry in England] | ||
*[http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/ Civic Heraldry of England & Wales] - towns and counties | *[http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/ Civic Heraldry of England & Wales] - towns and counties | ||
*Heraldry and Coats of Arms Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=430.0 RootsChat Heraldry and Coats of Arms Resources and help pages. (Free)]. | *Heraldry and Coats of Arms Resources and help pages on [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=430.0 RootsChat Heraldry and Coats of Arms Resources and help pages. (Free)]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:England|Heraldry]] [[Category:Heraldry]] | [[Category:England|Heraldry]] [[Category:Heraldry]] | ||