The Armorial Register Limited is a British

publishing company Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

focused on

heraldic Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branc ...

and

genealogical Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...

topics. It was founded in 2006 with the aim of producing works related to heraldry and associated fields of study.

Publications

The Armorial Register Limited's main publication is the ''Armorial Register - International Register of Arms''. This work was originally titled ''Burke's Peerage & Gentry International Register of Arms'' when the publishing rights were held under license by

Burke's Peerage Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genea ...

until 2011. At this point, the license was terminated and the publication was rebranded under its current name. The publication functions as a

roll of arms A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coat of arms, coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. The oldest extant armorials date to the m ...

, allowing individuals from around the world to record legitimately granted, inherited or assumed

coats of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic ac ...

. However, as a

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venture, it holds no official heraldic authority or powers of judgment over genealogical matters. The contents of the publication are periodically compiled and edited into bound volume

book formats The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf, or sometimes the height and width of its cover. A series of terms is commonly used by libraries and publishers for the general sizes of modern books, ranging from ...

. Thus far, three such volumes of the book have been released since the founding of the publisher in 2006.

Arms

The Armorial Register Limited petitioned for and received a grant of armorial bearings from the Court of the Lord Lyon: Granted by the Court of the Lord Lyon Scotland: 69th Page 90th Volume of the Public Register of All Arms and bearings of Scotland, 23 December 2013.

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* Armorials {{Heraldry-stub

Publications

Arms

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