Grant of Arms
Grant of Arms

Members' Roll of Arms

Many of the members of the Heraldry Society are armigerous, ie. they have a coat of arms. This gives us an opportunity to introduce you to the wide range of designs and styles that are used for modern, and ancient, heraldry. The arms are organised by the member’s surname.

Current Members

Marcenaro y Aguirre, Osvaldo Enrique

Arms
Argent, on a bend cotised Azure, three griffins paleways of the First. Above the shield from which is surrounded by its proper ribband the Badge of a Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, is set the cap of Justice as Baron-Baillie, Vert doubled Argent stringed Vert, being as from the Liveries of the Barony of Tranent, and environed of two guards Or (of gold braid) thereon a Helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Azure doubled Argent and a wreath of the Liveries
Crest
An Arm and hand in armour couped at the wrist Proper the hand holding a sword in pale point upwards Argent hilted Sable between two wings Argent
Motto
POTIUS MORI QUAM FOEDARI (Rather Death Than Dishonour)
Authority

Granted by the Court of The Lord Lyon, 9th day of May 2005. Folio 25/Volume 87 and Registered with the Committee on Heraldry, New England Historic Genealogical Society, April 25, 2013.

Marner, Harry Goodwin David

Arms
Azure on a Pile Or between two wings expanded Argent a Pellet in base on a mount of three cusps Vert a Bezant
Crest
upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Azure On a Mount Vert a Griffin passant Azure winged and beaked Or langued Gules armed Azure around its neck a Wreath Argent Gules and Azure supporting with its dexter claw a Pair of Dividers points downward Gold
Motto
Teuri Praeter Modum (Protect Beyond Measure)
Authority

The College of Arms, 8th April, 1993.

Martin, András Tamás

Arms
Azure, on a bend Or, between two mullets of eight points Argent, a horse courant Proper.
Crest
An arm in armour embowed, holding a branch of oak fructed Proper.
Authority

Assumed 2024 (in Hungary)

Notes

Artist: Tudor-Radu Tiron

McEwen, Ross Manson

Arms
Or a lion rampant Azure armed and langued Gules holding in its dexter paw a stem of mistletoe in bend and a stem of barley in bend sinister Or on a Chief enarched Azure an ink pot between a quill in bend sinister and a quill in bend points downwards all Or.
Crest
A trunk of an oak tree sprouting, perched on it a golden eagle proper
Motto
Ad Altiora Tendo
Authority

The Court of the Lord Lyon, Warrant signed 24 February 2021

Notes

Artist: Allen Crawford

McIntyre, Thomas

Arms
Per pale Gules and Or in chief two Lymphads each having between the forecastle and poop two Oars in saltire blades upwards sails furled that on the dexter Or and that on the sinister Sable in base an Eagle displayed counterchanged of the field
Crest
Upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Gules issuing from a Circlet of alternate Trefoils slipped and Thistles slipped Or a Cubit Arm in armour proper cuffed Ermine the hand proper grasping a Dagger palewise proper the blade piercing a Snowball Argent
Motto
Per Ardua Ad Vires (Through Difficultly to Strength)
Authority

The College of Arms, 8 January, 2008.

Notes

Artist: Tom Meek.

McMillan, Ernest Oliver Joseph

Arms
Or a lion passant Sable between in chief three stars Azure voided Argent and in base on a bar wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Silver
Crest
From a wreath of the colors a dexter hand proper brandishing a Creek Indian atassa (war club) Gules
Motto
Caelum Non Animum Mutant (They Change Their Skies But Not Their Souls)
Authority

Recorded by the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, June 11, 2005, on behalf of Rustem Warthen McMillan (1872-1926), the member's great-grandfather.

McNulty, Brady

Arms
Azure, on a bend Argent three dog paw prints Sable between two wolves’ heads erased Argent langued Gules. Above the Shield from which is pendant from its proper riband with the badge of a Member of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem is placed an Helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Azure doubled Argent
Crest
On a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a demi beagle hound howling Proper gorged of an antique crown Or
Motto
LUPUS FIDELIS
Authority

Court of the Lord Lyon; Grant of arms approved on 27 July 2023

Notes

Artist: Quentin Peacock

Merrigan, Michael MA FGSI

Arms
Azure a wolf and a boar combatant Argent langued Gules supporting between them a military pike pointing upward Proper.
Crest
On a helmet mantled Azure doubled Argent: On a wreath of the colours a European Herring Gull rising, wings elevated and beak open Proper.
Motto
Fréamhacha agus Craobhacha Aontaithe (Roots and Branches United)
Authority

Chief Herald of Ireland (Vol. Ab, Folio 28 – 16 December 2022)

Notes

Herald: Dónal Burke : Herald Painter: Philip Mackey.
Meaning & Symbolism of the Arms:
General: Azure (blue) ancient colour representing Ireland. The imagery evokes the sounds and sights of the island of Ireland as encountered by our early ancestors on their arrival, the seagulls as they approached land and the sounds of the wolves and the herds of wild boar.
The wolf (Irish: ‘Mac tire’ literally ‘son of the land’) was the top predator, preying on the boar (Irish: Torc), deer and, even livestock in an Ireland that was referred to as “Wolf Land” in the seventeenth century. However, both wonderful creatures were hunted out of existence, noting the fragility of nature and our natural heritage. Given the importance of the totemic or emblematic symbolism, mythology and folklore associated with the wolf and the boar for the armiger’s Gaelic ancestors, the disappearance of these native species at the hands of later invaders unfortunately coincided with the destruction of the ancient Gaelic civilisation in Ireland.
The wolf also alludes to the ancient genealogies of the tribes of Leinster like the clans/septs descending from the Uí Fhaoláin (‘faol’ = ‘wolf’) such as the O’Byrnes of Wicklow and associated families, including the Merrigans – Uí Mhuireagáin.
It could also be interpreted as a pun on the sounding of the surname ‘Merrigan’ and its similarity to the ‘Morrigan’ (Irish Goddess of War) and the reference in ‘Táin Bó Chuailgne’ to the ‘Morrigan’ changing into a “grey she-wolf” (Wolf Argent above) although, here the wolf is male.
The military pike represents the Irish people’s struggle for freedom, defence of their heritage and language and, in particular, it evokes the Great Rebellion of 1798.
The European Herring Gull (Larus Argentatus) represents the sea bordering the homeland of the armiger’s ancestors – the province of Leinster, specifically counties Wicklow and Dublin. The seagull is associated with the Celtic sea god, Manannán Mac Lír, and its inclusion here represents the armiger’s genetic ancestry in the Irish Sea Haplogroup, R1b-Z16434. Also, the sound of the seagulls in the armiger’s hometown of Dún Laoghaire greets its residents every morning and is ever present during the day.
The imagery evokes the natural and cultural heritage of the armiger’s ancestors in Ireland and the Motto alludes to his interest in genealogical research (co-founder of the Genealogical Society of Ireland) and genetic genealogy (co-founder of the Irish DNA Atlas).
The text of the ‘Letters Patent’ is in both the Irish and English languages and records the armiger’s genealogy to his great great-grandparents and that, the grant extends to the other descendants of his father, observing the appropriate heraldic differencing as determined by the ‘Laws of Arms’ in Ireland. The document also mentions the armiger’s long-time partner, the late Andrew Gerard Ball, originally of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, who died May 16th 2021.
The armiger is the General Secretary of the Genealogical Society of Ireland (including its Specialist Branches – Heraldry Ireland and Vexillology Ireland) and a member of the Heraldry Society (UK), the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (LSE, UK), the Guild of One-Name Studies (UK), and the Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland.

Montgomery, Edmund

Arms
Azure a tilting spear in bend sinister point upwards surmounted by a pilgrim's staff in bend point downwards in saltire between four fleur-de-lis the stems converging towards the centre or
Authority

Chief Herald of Ireland 30 July 2021

Notes

Digital version: Quentin Peacock

Mueller, Dr John F

Arms
Quarterly: 1 & 4 Müller: Or on a fess cotised Gules a lion passant guardant Argent armed or langued Gules. 2 & 3 Wolpert: Azure on a chevron Gules fimbriated Or a linden leaf (sometimes depicted as a heart) Sable
Crest
Müller: A demi lion Argent (sometimes shown facing sinister out of Germanic heraldic courtesy) crowned with a crown rayonne Or, armed and langued Gules holding between its paws an ear of wheat Proper. Wolpert: Rising from a crest coronet a natural lily Or with a stem bearing four lime (or linden) leaves Vert between two horns Gules and Azure
Motto
A Vulneribus Tuis Sanabo Te

 

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