Grant of Arms
Grant of Arms

Members' Roll of Arms

Many of the members of the Heraldry Society are armigerous, ie. they have a coat of arms. This gives us an opportunity to introduce you to the wide range of designs and styles that are used for modern, and ancient, heraldry. The arms are organised by the member’s surname.

Current Members

Collins, Ron

Arms
Azure three Talbots passant Argent each resting the dexter forepaw on a Bezant
Crest
Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Azure Within a Wreath of Oak Leaves fesswise Or a Stag at gaze Gules attired Or Mantled Azure lined Argent
Motto
Noli Libenter Sufferre Insipientes
Authority

Issued by the College of Arms (William Hunt – Windsor Herald) on 24th March 2012.

Connell, Howard

Arms
Per chevron grady of five Argent and Gules, in Chief Saint Cuthbert's Cross proper between two Quills Or feathered Gules and in base a Lymphad with Oars in action Gold and sail, flag and pennons Or.
Crest
Upon a wreath of the liveries within an ancient Crown Gold a Loaghtan Ram sejant erect affronty Gules with a collar of Cardynham Ring Chain, armed and unguled and grasping in the dexter forehoof a Quill Gold.
Motto
My Word is Law
Authority

The College of Arms, 2021 (Sir Thomas Woodcock Garter and Robert Noel Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms)

Notes

See The Heraldry Gazette, New Series 163, March 2022, p.5.
Badge (2011) Within and abutting a continuous Oval of Cardynham Ring Chain Gold a Sea-Pegasus with leonine paws winged maned and tufted and holding in the dexter foreclaws a Quill Or.
Artist: Neil Bromley.

Cooker, Tom

Arms
Azure a quintain Or supported by a horse forcene Argent charged on the shoulder with a saltire Gules
Crest
A cuckoo close proper
Motto
An Capall Bán Abú (The White Horse For Ever)
Authority

The Chief Herald of Ireland, 10 December 2005.

Cooper, Michael V OBE

Arms
Or on a Chevron Azure between three Swords points upwards Gules as many Wrens Gold on a Chief also Azure a Balance Gold.
Crest
Upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Azure Issuing from a circlet composed of oak leaves erect Vert a demi female figure affronty proper habited veiled and ducally crowned Or holding in the dexter hand a Seax Azure and in the sinister a Corn Cockle flower slipped and leaved proper. Mantled Azure doubled Or.
Motto
Opera Cooperit Defectiones (Labour Overwhelms Deficiencies)
Authority

College of Arms. Warrant 30 June 1992, Letters Patent 1 Febraury 1993.

Notes

Badge: On a tun fesswise proper a Wren Gold.

Standard: Arms of Cooper in the hoist, barry of four argent and azure, with the badge aforementioned in the first and third compartments and the crest aforementioned in the second compartment.

Artists: Robert John Parsons  and Linda West.

Copping, Russ Wayne

Arms
Per bend sinister Sable and Argent a scarp raguly per bend sinister between five cross-crosslets fitchy two and three all counterchanged
Crest
Within an ancient crown Or a demi male griffin Sable armed beaked and rayed Argent holding in the dexter claw a two edged sword erect and in the sinister claw a flash of lightning bendwise Or
Motto
Nil Nisi Bonum (Nothing Unless It Be Good)
Authority

The College of Arms, 1 May 1995.

Cracroft-Brennan, Patrick

Arms
Per chevron Gules and Sable in chief two lions combattant Or and in base a rose Argent barbed and seeded proper all within a bordure engrailled Argent
Crest
A demi lion rampant Or holding a rose Argent barbed and seeded proper
Motto
Servabo Te
Authority

Matriculated in the Court of the Lord Lyon (vol.74, p.8) 5 February 1991

Craig, Dr David Crichton

Arms
Per fess Ermine and Argent on a fess Sable between in chief two millrinds and in base a garb Gules three crescents of the Second
Crest
A tower Sable window and port Gules within a chaplet of hazel leaves Vert
Motto
Vivitur Ingenio
Authority

The Court of the Lord Lyon, 10th August 1982. Register, volume 66, folio 24.

Cram-Sinclair, Nicholas Spencer Fitzroy

Arms
Quarterly,1st, Azure, a lymphad at anchor Or flagged Gules, sails furled Argent oars erect Sable, within a double tressure flory counterflory of the 2nd {Earldom of Orkney}; 2nd, Argent, on a cross engrailed Sable, a human heart Gules, in dexter chief,a crescent Gules {Sinclair of Houss}; 3rd, Argent, 3 piles conjoined in point sable, in the middle chief a martlet Or {Laing of Damsay, cadet of Pa(b/p)dale & Strenzie/Strynzi(a/e)}; 4th, Azure, a 3-masted ship Or flagged Gules under sail Argent {Earldom of Caithness}; Overall at fess point, an inescutcheon Gules, charged with 3 fleurs-de-lis (2 & 1) Argent {von Cramm of Oelber and Volkesheim}
Crest
On a human heart Gules,a sparrowhawk proper between a pair of wings Or.
Motto
Above Crest: ‘Fortiter Et Sincere’ Below Shield: ‘Med Logum Skal Land Byggja’ (by law shall the land be built)
Authority

Registro Internacionale de Armas Gentilicias (Reg. No. 792 – 14th Oct. 2015, updated 15th Sept. 2021)
Registro Araldico Italiano (Reg. No. 573 – 13th Dec. 2019, updated 12th August 2021)
Society of American Armigers (Reg. No. AA0102 – 31st July 2021)
In lieu to trad. arms recorded with South African Bureau of Heraldry (Cert. Nos. 3437/3438/3439 – 30th July 2004)
United States Heraldic Registry (Reg. No. 20060215K – 15th Feb.2006)
International Register of Arms (Reg. No. 26 – 26th Feb. 2006, Vol.1)
Heraldische Gemeinschaft Westfalen (Reg. No. DEV200006, May 2006)

Notes

Supporters: Dexter: A griffin Gules, wings elevated, armed, beaked and winged Or; Sinister: A raven Sable proper
Badge: A raven displayed and volant Sable
Standard: 4 yards in length with rounded unsplit end having the Arms of Sinclair (viz:- Argent, a cross engrailed Sable) in the hoist and of 4 tracts, bendy-wavy Argent and Gules, with the aforesaid badge depicted and displayed 3 times, along with the cri-de-guerre, ‘HRAFNS-MERKI(L)’ in letters Sable upon 2 transverse bands Or.
Birthbrief of Hew/Hugh Sinclair, Baron of Brugh in Shetland (c.1671-1714), registered by Joseph Stacey, Ross Herald (1668-86), and held within the Lyon Court archives.
Artist: Franz Duro

Crawfurd, Anthony Raymond

Arms
Quarterly, first and fourth, Gules on a fess Ermine between three mullets Argent two crescents interlaced of the first; Second, Argent a chevron Gules between three cross-crosslets fitchy Sable; Third, per fess Sable and Argent two lions passant counterchanged armed and langued Gules, the whole within a bordure Sable
Crest
A hawk proper, hooded Gules, belled Or
Motto
Durum Patientia Frango
Authority

Matriculated at the Court of the Lord Lyon, 3 April 1963.

Notes

Artist: Anthony Maxwell.

Crockford, Geoffrey Neil

Arms
Barry wavy of six Or and Azure a pall reversed and in base a lozenge fesswise Gules
Crest
Upon an iceberg proper a salamander passant reguardant Or enflamed proper
Motto
Nec Rogo Fortunae Tutelam (I Do Not Seek The Protection Of Chance)
Authority

The College of Arms, 10 October 2005.

 

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