"Heraldry Coat of Arms"
The cited information was published by (http://www.onlinepub.net/arms/arms.html, Online Publishing, May 12,1999)Attn: Heraldry Dept., 13124 E. Nixon Ave, Spokane, Washington99216,509-924-4429, FAX: 509-924-4616 The author/originator was Elliott, J. M..
Source Notes
"Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective
Bearing or entitled to bear heraldic arms.
The reason the notion of a family crest was brought into the languagewasthat those who were armigerous (entitled to bear arms) used to puttheircrest or achievement (