Heraldry
"While the use of distinguishing symbols has been adopted by the world's tribes and nations stretching back into ancient history, heraldry as it is now defined first became established in Europe following the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066, rapidly gaining in popularity during the end of the 12th and beginning of the 13th century. More properly referred to as armoury, heraldry is a system of identification that uses hereditary personal devices portrayed on shields and later as crests, on surcoats (worn over armour), bardings (armour and trappings for horses), and banners (personal flags used throughout the middle ages), to assist in the identification of knights in battle and in tournaments. These distinctive devices, marks, and colours, most commonly referred to as coats of arms for the display of arms on surcoats, were first adopted by the greater nobility. By the mid-13th century, however, coats of arms were also in extensive use by lesser nobility, knights, and those who later came to be known as gentlemen. By custom during the middle ages, and later by law through granting authorities, an individual coat of arms belonged to one man only, being passed from him to his male-line descendants. There is, therefore, no such thing as a coat of arms for a surname."
ref: Intro to Heraldry - A Primer for Genealogists by Kimberley Powell
The IREMONGER coat of arms is displayed on this page for information only, with no claims of it's applicability to my own or any other line. It has been generated from the following IREMONGER blazon:
“Sable on a chevron or between three boars passant argent three falcons heads
erased sable”
For a
description of the heraldic terms in the above blazon, click here
