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however. loosely come to be applied who was annigerous, in battle, he
10 the Achievement.
There are two main types of arms, that prisoner, either adding them to
namely:
his own or bearing them alone.
1. Private or personal arms which
5. Arms of Adoption where the
have been granted to a man for him- last survivor of a family bearing
self and for the use of al1 his heirs arms has no issue he may, with
male, and by courtesy to his heirs Royal consent, adopt a stranger to
femaIe of the next generation only. bear his name and arms and to
2. Corporate arms which have possess his estates.
been granted to institutions wliether
6. Canting arms which are some-
public or ecclesiastic, civic bodies times known as allusive or punning
and industrial concerns.
arms. These are bearings which con-
3. Attributed arms. These are tain charges which allude to the
bearings which have been attributed name of the bearer.
either to Kings and Queens and to
famous people who lived before the Armoria1 Display - Armigerous per-
inception of Heraldry or to mythical sons rnay well display tlieir arms jn
one or more of the following places :
characters.
An example of attributed arms A Heraldic banner; wall plaques
can be seen in the famous coat of and paintings for use in the house;
Edward the Confessor, azure a cross on the side of a vehicle: on decoxa-
paronce bdween five martlers Or. tive scroll work either on gates or
This coat was frequently quartered on furniture; table silver and table
by King Richard II. It may also be mats; cigarette boxes; cigarette
cases; lighters; cd links: rings;
found in the arms of Westminster.
Referencc is also made to other stationery, seals and bookplates.
types of arms which strictly faIl into
one or other of the above categories, Annory - The early name given to
These include:
the study of armorial bearings. This
1. Arms of Dominion which are name was used more particularly in
those borne by Sovereign Princes, the early days when the word
not the ams of their families but Heraldry applied to al1 the duties
those of the states over which they of a Herald. It must not be confused
reign.
with ' armoury ' which is the name
2. Arms of Pretension, which are given to the place where srnail arms
arms of dominion borne by sover- are stored.
eign princes who have no actual was entitled to assume the anns of
autliority over the states to which Annonr - The defensive covering
such arms belong, but quarter them used by fighting men. Generally il
!O express tlieir right thereunto; thus was made of iron or steel but
the Kings of England quartered the records are in existence whereby
arms of France from the time of other tough materials have ben
Edward II to 1801. used.
3. Ams of Succession which are
those borne by the holder of certain Arrache - Erased.
lord-ships or estates thus Earls of
Derby as Lords of Man quartered Arrondi - Rounded or curved.
the arms of tliat island.
4. Arms of Assumption. In early Arrow - The ordinary position of
days. if a man captured a prisoner. an arrow is in paIe with the point
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