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.

Archived Members

Ball, Iain

Arms
Per chevron Azure and Argent a pale counterchanged in the Azure three organ pipes Argent garnished Or and each enfiling a crown vallary Or and in the Argent as many roses Gules barbed and seeded and leaved proper
Crest
On a grassy mount a lion rampant Or tortelly supporting by the forepaws a torch Gules banded and chained Or enflamed proper
Motto
Video et Taceo (I See And Say Nothing)
Authority
The College of Arms, 1972.

Baty, Patrick

Arms
Gules on a Bend cotised Or an Escallop Ermine between two Cross Crosslets fitchy Sable
Crest
On a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Gules An Eagle wings inverted and addorsed Argent gorged with a Collar gemel Gules and holding in the beak a Trefoil slipped Or
Motto
Ars Est Celare Artem (The Art Lies In Concealing The Art)
Authority
The College of Arms, 21st January 2008.
Notes

For a badge: A Griffin passant Argent armed and langued Gules supporting with the dexter foreclaws a Millstone Or.

Begent, Peter John FSA FHS †

Arms
Gules on a bend between two clarions Or three quatrefoils Sable.
Crest
On a wreath Or and Sable a clarion Or between two wings Gules.
Motto
NIHIL PERFECTUM DUM ALIQUID IMPERFECTUM EST (Nothing is perfect while anything is imperfect).
Authority
Granted College of Arms 30 Jul 1973
Notes

FHS 1981; obiit 2001.
Artwork by Anthony Wood FHS

Bellew, Hon Sir George Rothe KCB KCVO KStJ FSA FHS †

Arms
Sable fretty or.
Crest
An arm in armour embowed and holding a sword proper.
Motto
Tout d'en haut (All from above)
Authority
Cited in Godfrey & Wagner, Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms (1963), pp. 38-74.
Notes

Founder FHS; Garter Principal King of Arms 1950-1961.
Obiit 1993.

Best, Rev Frank Milner FHS †

Arms
Per pale Or and Gules a fess wavy between three crosscrosslets counterchanged.
Crest
A lion passant sable in front of a crosscrosslet fitchy in pale Or
Motto
Be strong in the Lord
Notes

Bookplate in Heraldry Society Image Library W-0747
Obiit 1996

Bingham CStJ FSA Scot, James Alexander

Arms
Azure, a ram's head cabossed Proper armed Or in chief three crosses pattée of the Last
Crest
A barn owl alighting wings elevated Proper
Motto
Glengarrell
Authority
The Court of the Lord Lyon, 2014. Warrant Dated 29 April 2014. Letters Patent pending.

Borrow-Longain, Paul Edwin Lancelot Thomas

Arms
Azure, three sea lions passant guardant Or between semy of estoiles Argent
Crest
Arising from a celestial crown Or (starred Argent) a demi-lynx affronte holding in the dexter paw a maple leaf Gules
Motto
Terrestres Servo Coronas Sidereas Observo (Serving Earthly Crowns While Observing Celestial Ones)
Authority
The College of Arms, 2004 Agent: David White when Rouge Croix Pursuivant.

Boswell, William Paret

Arms
Argent on a fess Sable cottised Gules a wolf's head erased Or between two cinquefoils of the field
Crest
A falcon close Proper hooded Gules, jessed and belled Or
Motto
Vraye Foy (True Faith)
Authority
The Deputy Chief Herald of Ireland by Interlocutor 21 March 2001 and matriculated in the Court of the Lord Lyon 9 November 2001, Vol.74 page 61.
Notes

Artist: Romilly Squire.

Boven, David

Arms
Per bend grady Sable and Gules two vines in bend overall a bow palewise all within a bordure Or, for difference
Crest
Issuant from a crest coronet Or a gamecock Sable combed and jelopped Gules beaked and legged Or
Motto
Virtus Sub Cruce Crescit (Virtue Comes Under The Cross)
Authority
Registered with the United States Heraldic Registry, 29 December 2005, and the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 11 June 2005.
Notes

Artist: Ikkon-Andre Yamashita.

 

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