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Basic Heraldry

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Find out what the symbols or "charges" on coats of arms really mean.

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I found the above information here.

Heraldic Tincture

The metals, colours, and furs used in heraldry are known as tinctures.

The Metals

Or (gold, often depicted as yellow) drawn as black dots
Or Argent (silver, usually depicted as white) drawn as white Argent


Many of The Colours

Sable
Sable Gules
Gules Azure
Azure Vert
Vert Purpure
Purpure

Murrey
Murrey Sanguine
Sanguine Tenne
Tenne Orange
Orange


Many of The Furs

Ermine
Ermine
Ermines
Ermines Erminois
Erminois Pean
Pean Vair
Vair Countervair
Countervair Vair en point
Vair en point Vair in pale
Vair in pale
Vairy
Vairy Countervairy
Countervairy Vairy en point
Vairy en point Vairy in pale
Vairy in pale Potent
Potent Counterpotent
Counterpotent Potent en point
Potent en point Papellone
Papellone Plumete
Plumete

Ordinaries

a Fess Or Bars Argent a Barrulett a Pale Or a Pallets a Tierce a Pile a Pile inverted a Bend Or a Bendlets
Fess Bars Barrulet Pale Pallets Tierce Pile Pile Inverted Bend Benlets
a Riband a Bend Sinister Or a Bendlet Sinister a Chevron a Chevonels a Chevron inverted a Chevronel Inverted a Cross Or a Fillet Cross a Saltire Or
Riband Bend Sinister Bendlet Sinister Chevron Chevonels Chevron Inverted Chevronel Inverted Cross Fillet Cross Saltire
a Fillet Saltire a Pall a Fillet Pall a Pall Inverted
Fillet Saltire Pall Fillet Pall Pall Inverted

Sub-Ordinaries

a Chief Or a Base Or a Canton Or a Canton Sinister Or a Bordure Or a Gyron Or an Orle Or Double Tressure Sable a Quarter Or an Inescutcheon
Chief Base Canton Canton
Sinister
Bordure Gyron Orle Double
Tressure Sable
Quater Inescutcheon
a Label Or Flanches Or
Label Flanches

Geometric Charges

Annulet Billet Cartouche Delf Fret Fusil Lozenge Mascle Roustre Roundel
Annulet Billet Cartouche Delf Fret Fusil Lozenge Mascle Roustre Roundel
Goute Saltorel
Goute Saltorel

Heraldic Lines

an angled line an Arched or Enarched line a Double Arched line a Bevilled line a Bretessed line a Counterembattled line a Clover Leaf line a Crested line a Dentilly line a Dancetty line
Angled Arched Double Arched Bevilled Bretessed Counterembattled Clover Leaf Crested Dentilly Dancetty
a Dovetailed line an Ecartelle line an Embattled Grady line another Embattled Grady line an Embattled line an Engrailed line a Fir Tree line a Fir Twig line an Indented line an Inveced line
Dovetailed Ecartelle Embattled Grady Another Embattled Grady Embattled Engrailed Fir Tree Fir Twig Indented Inveced
a Nebuly line another Nebuly line a Nowy line a Potenty line a Raguly line a Rayonne line an Undy line an Urdy line a Wavy line a Spades line
Nebuly Another Nebuly Nowy Potenty Raguly Undy Urdy Wavy Spades

Marks of Cadence

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Differences, or Marks of Cadency, are the distinctions used to indicate the various branches or Cadets of one family. The eldest son during the lifetime of his father bears a Label; the second son a Crescent, the third, a Mullet, the fourth, a Martlet, the fifth, an Annulet; the sixth, a Fleur-de-Lis; the seventh, a Rose; the eighth, a Cross moline; the ninth, a Double quatrefoil.

This is just a sample from Tempus Peregrinator's Little Heraldy Book.

Just because you have a surname that also appears to have a registered coat of arms, does not give you the right to that armorial bearing unless it is registered as yours specifically or you can claim it as Arms of Paternal or Hereditary. If you can prove your descent from the original bearer then you might be able to claim it as YOUR family coat of arms. Although there are no laws in the U.S. that prohibit one from using a family coat of arms that coincidently has the same surname as yours, in other parts of the world it is a crime to do so unless you can prove it belongs to your family by right of descent. I should point out though, you can create your OWN coat of arms. You can even have it registered!

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