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« on: Sunday 22 October 17 02:20 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the replies.
I'm very illiterate when it comes to heraldry.
So, coat of arms does not belong to a family but to a person? And they usually go by first name but not surname?
Let's say you have John Smith Of Wonderland. If you have to write a name on the coat of arms it would be John but not Smith?
And are the coat of arms passed to the next generations? But what about if the son of Owen is let's say George? It still will be Owen but not George's coat of arms?
Sorry if my questions sound a bit off.
By the way, I asked on another forum and the folks there found a similar image from The Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire by John Burke ESQ from the sixth edition 1839.
Is that a good clue?