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Heraldry is the designing, use, regulation, and recording of coats of arms and related emblems. Originally, coats of arms were simply "assumed", that is, designed and adopted by the person using them. Eventually, the crown reserved to itself the right to grant coats of arms to individuals—not families or surnames—and strictly limited the use of assumed arms in Scotland. A person entitled to bear arms is called an "Armiger." | Heraldry is the designing, use, regulation, and recording of coats of arms and related emblems. Originally, coats of arms were simply "assumed", that is, designed and adopted by the person using them. Eventually, the crown reserved to itself the right to grant coats of arms to individuals—not families or surnames—and strictly limited the use of assumed arms in Scotland. A person entitled to bear arms is called an "Armiger." | ||
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*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)]. | ||
*[http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/230.html?pParentID=217 Court of the Lord Lyon] | *[http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/230.html?pParentID=217 Court of the Lord Lyon] | ||
*[http://www.poms.ac.uk/ People of MEdieval Scotland 1093-1314] | |||
An Armiger’s legitimate male descendants can inherit the right to use his coat of arms, either unchanged (by the eldest son) or with specific differences (for younger sons and their male descendants). However, most Scottish ancestors did not have a coat of arms. | An Armiger’s legitimate male descendants can inherit the right to use his coat of arms, either unchanged (by the eldest son) or with specific differences (for younger sons and their male descendants). However, most Scottish ancestors did not have a coat of arms. | ||