"Heraldry Coat of Arms"
Copyright © 1997-98-99 J.M. Elliott & On-Line-Publishing. All rights reserved.
The cited information was published by 12 Feb 2001, held in
Kirk Larson The author/originator was Elliott, J. M..
Source Notes
"Armigerous" (ahr-MIJ-ehr-us) adjective
Bearing or entitled to bear heraldicarms.
The reason the notion of a family crest was brought into the languagewas that those who were armigerous (entitled to bear arms) used to put their crest or achieveme