[ANSTHRLD] Inheriting augmented arms or reserved charges?

[Tim McDaniel]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Darin Herndon <darin.herndon at chk.com> wrote:
> Daniel wrote:
> "Leaving aside restricted charges and considering augmentations:"
>
> But that actually raises a separate question.  Should an
> augmentation be treated as a restricted charge?  (Again, only in
> cases where the heir seeks to use the inherited arms for
> themselves.)  Should an heir display and use arms to represent the
> heir which include "and as an augmentation..." if the heir holds no
> augmentations?  Or should the blazon be changed when transferred to
> remove the augmentation comment and just leave the element as a
> blazon?  Or should only the unaugmented arms be usable by the heir?

I think that "and as an augmentation" in a blazon is inappropriate for
someone who does not have an augmentation.

An augmentation may or may not involve a restricted charge.  For
example, a charged canton or charged escutcheon can be registered only
in an augmentation.  I would think that a non-augmented person should
not be able to use arms with such a restricted charge.

But Galen's augmentation is an Ansteorran mullet on a bend.  There's
no reserved charge, there's no way to tell just by looking that
there's an augmentation.  Anyone could do nothing more than change the
tinctures and register it (barring other conflicts).  I don't see why
the son could not own it too, jsut blazoned without the "and as an
augmentation".

Danielis Lindocollinum
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com