[Loch-Ruadh] devices

[Padraig Ruad O Maolagain]

If it is an actual coat of arms for the family name Armitage, then it 
is registered to someone by the real-world College of Heralds.  I think 
that if you were that someone, you would know it.

There are a lot of places that will send you "your family's actual coat 
of arms" for a fee - while neglecting to tell you that the arms belong 
to a specific person with your family name.  Most of the time this 
doesn't matter, as there are very few mundane situations in which any 
question of actual ownership of the arms is going to come up.

Padraig

> What do you think the chances are that its registered? I guess I 
better 
> start thinking one up....
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> 
> Ld Kylan Ulfgierrson
> In service to the dream...
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> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> Unless you are the person that the coat of arms is registered to then 
you
> cannot use it in the SCA as yours since it is registered to someone 
else in
> the real world.
> 
> Even with the difference in the crosses it would be kicked back.
> 
> Domhnall
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kylan Ulfgierrson" <kylan__ at hotmail.com>
> To: <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] devices
> 
> 
>  > To my knowledge its the coat of arms for my last name Armitage, 
does that
>  > mean I can't use it?
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Ld Kylan Ulfgierrson
>  > In service to the dream...
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > ----Original Message Follows----
>  >
>  >
>  >  > Thank you, I think I like my ladies over mine, however my 
device is my
>  >  > families actual coat of arms, so I thought I'd use it. :)
>  >  >
>  >
>  > If it's an actual Coat of Arms, then unless you are the person who 
it is
>  > registered to, you cannot use it. Sorry.
>  >
>  > Domhnall