armigerous

West Sussex was the first county council to become armigerous.

Such a person is said to be armigerous.

Because of this the clan can be considered an armigerous clan.

The clan has no chief; it is therefore considered an Armigerous clan.

The clan does not currently have a chief and is therefore considered an Armigerous clan.

Despite this, the right to bear a territorial designation can also exist for landowners who are not armigerous.

An oval or cartouche is occasionally also used instead of the lozenge for armigerous women.

Some popes came from armigerous (noble) families; others adopted coats of arms during their career in the Church.

His family were members of the minor gentry, armigerous since Elizabeth I's reign.

The village and estate were ruled from the 17th century until at least the late 18th century by the armigerous Boelare family.

Many clans have their own clan chief; those that do not are known as armigerous clans.

The King appointed the armigerous Levett his chief "goonstone maker".

Clans with clan commanders are still referred to as armigerous clans.

Greater ministerials maintained their own subordinate milites, or armigerous soldiery.

Once coats of arms were the established fashion of the ruling class, society expected a king to be armigerous (Loomis 1922, 26).

However, heraldry has never been restricted to the noble classes in most countries, and being armigerous does not necessarily demonstrate nobility.

You're not entitled, she added, unless you can prove an armigerous ancestor - one to whom the distinction was awarded, usually by a monarch.

Scottish clans who no longer have a clan chief are referred to as armigerous clans.

As explained by Daniel Lysons, the Gregg became armigerous in the early 18th century.

Several Brockmans in Kent were armigerous gentry and used the "esquire" title.

Knights are generally armigerous (bearing a coat of arms), and indeed they played an essential role in the development of heraldry.

They are armigerous.

His father, who was descended from an armigerous Cheshire family, was ruined by taking a share in the wine-licensing patent of 1631.

Because the clan does not have a recognised chief, it is considered an armigerous clan, and has no legal standing under Scots Law.

The name may also refer to Clan Russell, a Scottish armigerous clan.