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Grants of Arms to Commercial Companies: The College of Arms has published a booklet on the subject of corporate grants of arms. An online version of it may be seen here. Enquiries about grants to companies should be addressed to the Officer in Waiting in the first instance. Commercial firms have been granted coats of arms by the College of Arms ...
November 2023 Newsletter (no. 73) Record Manuscripts of the Tudor Visitations: The College of Arms has published an important new volume, which provides a detailed catalogue and index to this key series of official record manuscripts, created by the heralds in the sixteenth century and preserved at the College ever since.
Resources. The College of Arms is not able to offer an online database of coats of arms, as arms belong to specific individuals and families rather than to surnames. It is often possible to carry out research into specific families, or coats of arms, but each enquiry is different and requires the appropriate approach.
College of Arms. Le College of Arms (ou Collège des Hérauts) est l' autorité héraldique qui siège à Londres, et est compétente pour la Grande-Bretagne (sauf en Écosse, où l'héraldique est toujours régie par la cour du Lord Lyon [ 1]) et la plus grande partie du Commonwealth (sauf en Sud-Afrique et Canada, qui disposent respectivement ...
The College of Arms in London claims to be the heraldic Authority for Australia (a claim disputed by the AHS). The Kings of Arms of England will grant arms to any Australian citizen and, possibly, to any Australian resident. The Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland will grant arms to any Australian of Scots descent or close connection.
The Records and Collections of the College of Arms, by Sir Anthony Richard Wagner (1952), gives an excellent account of the history and extent of the College archives. A Catalogue of Manuscripts in the College of Arms Catalogue Collections volume 1 (1988), is a detailed catalogue of a small but significant part of the records and collections ...
Heralds have been genealogists since the fifteenth century. The hereditary nature of arms encouraged them to develop scientific genealogical methods at an early date. Sir William Dugdale (died 1686), Garter King of Arms, was one of the greatest pioneers of modern genealogical research in England. Ralph Bigland (died 1784), also Garter, led the ...
