Arms parlantes ("speaking arms"), more generally termed "canting arms" in which the arms are a pun, or cant, on the sur...

Or at least, new to me. I am familiar with many of the chiefs of affiliation to be found in Italian heraldry: the capo dell'Impero  (...

In working on another one of my projects (an update to my book Camels In Heraldry ), I've been looking through a whole lot of armorials...

On January 30, 2016, Mary Jones made a Freedom of Information request to the College of Arms. In her request, she asked: I would therefo...

I ran across a great illustrated article earlier this week about some aspects of heraldry in Russia. Written by Oleg Skripnik and posted on...

I've been trying to make good use of my "extra" "free" time now that I have retired, and have been working away at ...

On 10th June 1128, Geoffrey V d'Anjou is said to have been knighted and given arms by his father-in-law, Henry I of England, and in 2...

Serendipity can sometimes be a fascinating thing. In this instance, a friend had emailed me a link to a discussion of a poem written afte...

It is always a pleasure to see people bringing heraldry back to life as a decorative art, and even more so when it can also be used to educ...

Driving home from our annual Memorial Day ceremony (honoring those who have died during military service to the nation) over at Oak Wood Ce...