- grant, matriculation, or ****umption of arms. Such a
person is said to be
armigerous; a
family or a clan likewise. The
Latin word
armiger literally means "arms-bearer"...
- An
armigerous clan (from armiger) is a
Scottish clan,
family or name
which is
registered with the
Court of the Lord Lyon and once had a
chief who bore...
-
original on 15
February 2012.
Retrieved 13
October 2015. "MyClan.com :
Armigerous Clan
Garden Home Page". 19
March 2007.
Archived from the
original on 19...
- the
following elements: Clan chiefs, clan chieftains,
armigerous clan members, and un-
armigerous clan
members may wear
crest badges. However,
there are...
- The
armigerous river snail or
armored rocksnail,
scientific name
Lithasia armigera, is a
species of
freshwater snail with an operculum, an
aquatic gastropod...
-
families with
coats of arms, but Coss
notes that not all
gentry were
armigerous. Coss
proposes that the
gentry had
three main characteristics: (1) landownership...
- The
Hearn family is a
family of Anglo-Norman origin. The name's
original spelling in the 11th
century was
Heron or Heroun. As
early as the 17th century...
- clan.
Scottish clans that no
longer have a clan
chief are
referred to as
armigerous clans.
Historically the prin****l
function of the
chief was to lead the...
- hers. In some cases, an
heiress of a non-
armigerous family may
transmit a
claim of
quarterings from an
armigerous family to
which she is also an heir (for...
-
Highland Scottish clan. The clan has no chief; it is
therefore considered an
armigerous clan. The
surname Macrae (and its variations) is an
anglicisation of the...
