This is the coat of arms of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. They are impaled with her husband's coat of arms.

On the left is Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. The first reference to Norman heraldry was in 1128, when Henry I of England knighted his son-in-law , Geoffrey, and granted him a badge of gold leopards on a blue backround. His grandson, William Longespee's sheild of arms, below, is certainly identical to his grandfather's

These are the attributed arms of King Arthur. Originally they were Azure, three crowns or. But a missreading changed it to Azure, thirteen crowns or, 4, 4, 4, 1.

Ermine is a heraldic fur made from the stoat (Mustela erminea) commony know as the ermine or short-tailed weasel. Ermine has many variations, and is found on the ermine moth.

Inari's arms combines local fauna, reindeer and the common whitefish, two local species raised on farms in Inari, Finland.

This is the second great seal of Richard the Lionheart. Richard the Lionheart's second Great Seal was the first royal emblem of England to feature three lions.

Here is the escutcheon of Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, with baroness crown, before she was married.

Here is the blazon:
Azure party per cross, dexter chief, triangle embattled, four buckles, azure pheon, stag cabossed, sinister chief, two bars or, six martlets closed, sinister base, triangle embattled, four buckles, azure pheon, stag cabossed, dexter base, two bars or, six martlets closed.

de Carteret Escutcheon

To start off my blogging adventure I thought I'd start off with something simple, but very interesting, the de Carteret escutcheon, as it appears on the 1981 Arms of Jersey Families stamps.