Period Heraldric Styles...

[I. Marc Carlson]

<n.b-reid at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (Nan Bradford-Reid>)
>...If you were an Englishman and wanted a "coat of arms"  (another incorrect
>usage) you would apply to the King of Arms and they would design a device
>for you and you could either accept it or reject it.  If you accept it,
>they register it and that device is *yours*, not our family's or your son's
>(until you die and he petitions for it)....

An idea I *still* think has a lot of merit for the Society.

Diarmuit