Heraldic Information

General — Cambridge Heraldry — Specific Heraldic Topics — Heraldry Within the British Isles — Heraldry outside the British Isles — Royal Heraldry — Military Heraldry

General

• Heraldic Media Limited with useful General Information section
• Heraldica – F. Velde's heraldry site – with a section on British heraldry
• Caltrap's Corner
• International Register of Arms from Burke's Peerage and Gentry
• Heraldry and Vexillology (produced by T.F. Mills who has a number of other interesting sites)
• Entries from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica:
  • Heraldry
  • Herald
• Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry
• Baronage (with The Feudal Herald) – though not an heraldic site per se, this site does contain a lot of heraldic information … besides other items which may interest Society members … and now in its second decade!
• Chivalric World
• Heraldry on the Regalis site
• Some Pictures of Coats of Arms (part of HereditaryTitles.com) – at present, 63 on six pages
• An interesting article on the history of personal heraldry by Prof. G.R. Sampson of the University of Sussex
• Article at the Churchill Society
• Héraldique européenne

Cambridge Heraldry

• Trinity Hall
• Fitzwilliam College

Specific Heraldic Topics

• The High Court of Chivalry, 1634-1640 - collaboration between the Centre for Reformation and Early Modern Studies (University of Birmingham), the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing (University of Birmingham) and the College of Arms
• Specific Periods and Groups of Armigers
  • Ecclesiastical Heraldry
  • Elizabethan Heraldry
  • Attributed Arms
  • St Benedict
  • Heraldry of the Scottish Barony (from a much larger site on The Convention of the Baronage of Scotland)
• Charges, Lines of Division, etc.
  • The Yale
  • The Pelican
  • On the use of the portcullis as a badge by the House of Commons (is a PDF file)
  • Some Crosses and their Forms – 150 forms of the cross (some less frequently used than others)
  • A Compendium of Crosses
  • Recent innovations (at the site of B. Gabriel)
  • The Law of Arms in Mediaeval England
  • The griffin and the wyvern (from The Daily Telegraph, November 7th, 2000)
  • Seaxes and the arms of Suffolk (from The Daily Telegraph, September 22nd, 2001)
• Mottoes
  • University of Cambridge and Queens' College, Cambridge
• Military Badges
  • Fovant Badges – enormous regimental badges carved in Wiltshire chalk during the Great War

• England
  • Civic Heraldry of England and Wales – extensive site
  • All Saints Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Cheshire – including references to the Bishops of Chester, Chester Herald and civic heraldry
  • Visitation of the West Country – Devon, Dorsetshire and Somerset
• Scotland
  • Acquiring arms in Scotland
  • Messenger-at-Arms
  • Heraldry in Scotland
  • Heraldry in Scotland
  • Scottish Heraldry
  • The Lordship and Barony of Kilmarnock – including information on Kilmarnock, Boyd and Ayre
  • From Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
    • Scott, W.H., "Notice on the Impressions of Ancient Seals, principally of the Eglinton Family", 2, 1854-57, 78
    • Cooke, T.E., "Notice of the Heraldic Painted Ceilings in a House at Linlithgow, Now Destroyed" 7, 1866-68, 409-13
    • Laing, H., "Remarks on the Carved Ceiling and Heraldic Shields of the Apartment in Holyrood House", 7, 1866-68, 381-4
    • Bain, J., "Notes on the East Window of the Choir of Bothwell Church and its Armorial Shields", 8, 1868-70, 395-403
    • Laing, D., "Notice of an Original Privy Seal Document relating to the Invasion of Scotland by King Henry the Seventh, in the Year MCCCCXCVII", 9, 1870-72, 540-7
    • Armstrong, W.B., "Notice of an Ancient Door-Knocker with Armorial Bearings from Muness Castle, Unst, Shetland", 15, 1880-81, 101-3
    • Bain, J., "On Two Original Seals of James, First Lord Hamilton, one attached to a Document dated 1457, the other to an Original Truce between England and Scotland Sept. 28, 1473", 21, 1886-87, 203-5
    • Anderson, P.J., "Note on Heraldic Representations at King's College, Old Aberdeen", 23, 1888-89, 80-6
    • Dunbar, A.H., "Facsimiles of the Scottish Coats of Arms Emblazoned in the Armorial de Gelre. With Notes", 25, 1890-91, 9-19
    • Balfour Paul, J., Lyon King-of-Arms, "Notes (1) on a set of Shuffle-board Counters with Portraits of Kings and Heraldic Devices, about 1640; (2) on a Silver Badge of the Conservator of Scottish Privileges in the Netherlands – exhibited by Sir Robert Fraser Turing, Bart.", 25, 1890-91, 397-402
    • Gray, J.M., "Notes on Examples of Old Heraldic and other Glass, existing in, or having connection with, Scotland; with especial reference to the Heraldic Rondel preserved at Woodhouselee", 26, 1891-92, 34-48
    • Hislop, J.F., "Notes on a Heraldic Panel found in the Parish Church of Prestonpans in November 1891", 26, 1891-92, 241-50
    • Gray, J.M., "Additional Notes on the Heraldic Glass at Stobhall and in the Magdalen Chapel, Cowgate", 28, 1893-94, 9-13
    • Urquhart, J., "Preliminary Notice of the Seals of the Royal Burghs of Scotland", 30, 1895-96, 253-66
    • Walker, R.C., "Notes on a Heraldic Monument at Kilmany, Fifeshire", 31, 1896-97, 94-98
    • Walker, R.C., "Notes on an old Heraldic Iron Door Knocker from Meikleour, near Blairgowrie", 33, 1898-99, 461-2
    • MacDonald, W.R., "Notes on the Heraldry of Elgin and Its Neighbourhood, including the Cathedral, Bishop's House", 34, 1899-1900 ,344-429
    • MacDonald, W.R., "The Heraldry in Some of the old Churchyards between Tain and Inverness", 36, 1901-02, 688-732
    • Bell, W.L., "Notes on an Armorial Stone at Carrick House, Eday, Orkney", 42, 1907-08, 234-42
    • MacLeod, F.T., "Notes on the Chapel Yard, Inverness and some of its OldMonuments, with a notice of Heraldic Devices on Tombstones at Kilmun", 45, 1910-11, 198-219
    • MacLeod, F.T., "Notes on the Relics preserved in Dunvegan Castle, Skye, and the Heraldry of the Family of MacLeod of MacLeod", 47, 1912-13, 99-129
    • Clouston, J.S., "Some Early Orkney Armorials", 52, 1917-1918, 182-203
    • Primrose, J., "Glasgow Cathedral in the Thirteenth Century, from an Ancient Seal", 52, 1917-18, 151-8
    • Reid, T., "The Seven Seals of Lanark", 53, 1918-19, 153-9
    • Clouston, J.S., "Some Further Early Orkney Armorials", 53, 1918-19, 180-95
    • Trail, H.L.N., "Some Observations regarding the Use of Armorial Bearings by the Native Families of Orkney", 56, 1921-22, 301-18
    • Clouston, J.S., "Norse Heraldry in Orkney", 57, 1922-23, 307-13
    • Stevenson, J.H., Marchmont Herald, "Note on Three Metal Matrices of Seals (of apparently the thirteenth century or thereby) in the National Museum of Antiquities, which bear the Emblem of Stag-head Cabossed)", 60, 1925-26, 218-26
    • Douglas, W., "The Armorial Tombstone of Lady Jonet Ker at Restalrig, 1596", 62, 1927-28, 27-35
    • Innes of Learney, T. Carrick Pursuivant, "Heraldic Decoration on the Castles of Huntly and Balvenie", 69, 1934-35, 387-937
    • Clouston, O.B.E., J.S., "The Armorial De Berry (Scottish Section)", 72, 1937-39, 84-114
    • Gilruth, J.D., "The Abbey of Aberbrothock: Two Early Thirteenth-Century Seals", 72, 1937-39, 56-67
    • Innes of Learney, T., Albany Herald, "Processional Roll of a Scottish Armorial Funeral, stated to have been used for the Obsequies of George, 1st Marquess of Huntly, 1636", 77, 1942-43, 154-73
    • Bayley, T.D.S. and Steer, F.W, "The Carre Heraldic Panel", 88, 1953-55, 130-6
    • Simpson, G.G., "A Great Signet of James IV?", 89, 1955-56, 451-5
    • Robertson, W.N., "Two armorial panels at Rossend Castle, Burntisland, Fife", 104, 1971-72, 236-237
    • Burnett, C.J., "The funeral hatchment in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire", 105, 1972-74, 515-317
    • Cameron, J.K. and Smart, R.N., "A Scottish form of the Embleme de la Religion Reformee: the post-Reformation seal of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews", 105, 1972-74, 248-54
    • Burnett, C.J., "The Act of 1471 and its effect on the Royal Arms of Scotland", 105, 1972-74, 312-5
    • Burnett, C.J., "A heraldic panel from Aberdeen", 106, 1974-75, 223-5
    • Burnett, C.J., Dingwall Pursuivant, "Funeral heraldry in Scotland with particlar reference to hatchments", 116, 1986, 473-559
    • Murray, A.L. and Burnett, C.J., "The seals of the Scottish Court of Exchequer", 123, 1993, 439-52
    • Caldwell, D.H., "Lead seal matrices of the 16th and early 17th century", 123, 1993, 373-80
• Ireland
  • Irish Heraldry and Genealogy
  • Gaelic Irish Heraldry and Heraldic Practice
• General
  • Miscellaneous items of interest

Heraldry outside the British Isles

• France
  • Heraldic map of France
• Canada
  • Canadian Heraldry
  • More Canadian Heraldry
• New Zealand
  • The New Zealand Coat of Arms
• South Africa
  • Coat of Arms – there is also a new "coat of arms" but this might be described as a logo with some heraldic elements
• Sweden
  • Heraldry in Sweden
    • Frequently asked questions (F.A.Q.)
  • Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen
• Spain
  • Spanish Armorial Certificates from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century
  • Heralds and Kings of Arms in Twentieth Century Spain
• Belgium
  • Official blazons showing work of Fernand Brose
• Portugal
  • Heraldry in Portugal - in Portuguese
• France
  • French Heraldry
• Poland
  • Polish Nobility and Its Heraldry: An Introduction
  • Kalendarz Rycerskie Herby Polaków (in Polish)
  • Another site in Polish
• Iceland
  • Heraldry in Iceland
  • A Web Site on Icelandic Heraldry
• Slovenia
  • In Slovenia
• Slovenia
  • Insignia of Slovenia (including coat of arms)
• Hungary
  • Hungary
• Miscellaneous
  • The Sonnenburg Collection
  • Héraldique européenne (also includes some British heraldry) – in French but with lots of pictures
  • International Civic Arms
  • "Heraldic Arts"

Royal Heraldry

• Arms (as flags) of members of the Royal Family
• The Royal Arms of Scotland
• The Duke of Edinburgh:–
  • Arms;
  • Badge
• The Prince of Wales:–
  • Three standards – personal; for use in Wales; for use in Scotland
  • Badge – perhaps the best known badge in heraldry
  • Arms of the Duchy of Cornwall
  • The Princes of Wales and their Royal Regalia (from British Heritage) – includes some heraldry in passing
• Arms of Prince William of Wales – newspaper articles:
  • Initial story (The Sunday Telegraph – Issue 1850, Sunday, June 18th, 2000) and letter (The Sunday Telegraph Sunday, June 25th, 2000)
  • A later version (The Daily Telegraph – Issue 1872, Monday, July 10th, 2000)
• Badge of the Earl of Wessex (The Daily Telegraph – Issue 1477, Friday, June 11th, 1999)
• Arms of Prince Michael of Kent
• British and French Monarchs
• Spain
  Arms of the Prince of Asturias and details of guidon and standard (in Spanish)
• Norway
• Jugoslavia

Military Heraldry

• Royal Air Force College, Cranwell (arms granted in 1929; supporters in 1970)
• Royal Air Force Heraldry Trust
• 150 Squadron

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