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The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for SubmissionsA few special cases follow more stringent rules. For example, the Lancaster and York rose badges are verywidely associated with those families in many forms. Therefore, we do not allow anyone to register thebyname (of) Lancaster with armory including a red rose, or the byname (of) York with armory including awhite rose. Again, the name will normally be registered but the armory returned.F. Claims through Marshalling: Marshalling is the combination of two or more arms into a single design. Bydoing so, it makes a claim about the person that we do not allow in registered arms. This claim can be to amarital or inheritance relationship or about an office that the person holds. In some cases, such designs maybe displayed, even though they cannot be registered.Arms combined using the per pale field division generally combined either marital arms or the arms of anindividual and an office. They are often called impaled arms and were not inherited. The display ofregistered arms impaled to show a marital relationship is encouraged, even though it is not registerable.Arms combined using the quarterly field division generally combined inherited arms from armigerousparents. They are often called marshalled arms or quartered arms. Once inherited, they were sometimesfurther cadenced as a whole. While the Spanish occasionally used per saltire divisions for marshalleddesigns, they more commonly used quarterly divisions for this, so we do not consider fields divided persaltire as potentially marshalled designs.Marshalling in these rules refers to both impaling and quartering collectively. Arms which appear to bemarshalled cannot be registered.Both quarterly and per pale divisions were used in single armorial designs and also in marshalled designs.Therefore, quarterly and per pale divisions of the field may be registered only when there is no unmistakableappearance of marshalling. Most designs are either clearly not marshalled or clearly marshalled, but somerequire more careful examination:1. Designs which do Not Create the Appearance of Marshalling: A design with one of these features is notmarshalled.a. Plain Field or Other Field Division: Only designs with per pale and quarterly field divisions arepotentially marshalled. Designs with another field division or no field division are not marshalled underthese rules.b. Complex Lines of Division: As marshalling was only used with plain line divisions, the use of acomplex line of division with a quarterly or per pale field division does not create the appearance ofmarshalling.For example, Per pale azure and Or, a talbot and a hart rampant addorsed has the appearance ofmarshalling. However, Per pale raguly azure and Or, a talbot and a hart rampant addorsed does not.c. Single Primary Charge Group Over The Entire Field: A design that contains only a primary chargegroup of certain kinds does not have the appearance of marshalling. The primary charge group must beone of: semy of identical charges over the entire field, a single identical charge in each charged section, agroup of multiple identical charges in a standard arrangement covering the entire field, or a singlestandard arrangement of multiple primary charges with at least one charge crossing the per pale line ofdivision. Special rules affect designs with peripheral ordinaries and quarterly field divisions with primaryordinaries like crosses; they are discussed in section 3 (A.6.F.3) below.For example, Per pale azure and argent all semy of cinquefoils counterchanged does not have theappearance of marshalling. Quarterly gules and Or, four crescents counterchanged argent and sable doesStandards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 69 of 73
The Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory:The Rules for Submissionsnot have the appearance of marshalling. Per pale gules and sable, six cauldrons two, two and two argentdoes not have the appearance of marshalling. Quarterly vair and Or, three crosses moline gules does nothave the appearance of marshalling. All of these are registerable.2. Designs which Create the Appearance of Marshalling: In general, when any section of the field can onlybe understood as an independent piece of armory, it creates the unmistakable appearance of marshalling.a. Charges which Terminate at the Edge of a Section: When a charge or charges terminate at the edge ofa section, it creates the unmistakable appearance of marshalling. This most commonly occurs withordinaries. This includes both the situation where a field division appears to be multiple ordinaries andthe situation where multiple ordinaries appear to be a field division.For example, Quarterly gules and chevronelly argent and azure creates the appearance of marshallingand is not registerable.b. Sections which are Subdivided: A section of the field which is divided further into multiple partsgenerally creates the unmistakable appearance of marshalling. Such designs can only be registered whenit is demonstrated to have been used in similar designs which are not marshalled.For example, Per pale gules and quarterly argent and azure, a heart argent has the appearance ofmarshalling and cannot be registered. However, checky is found in quarters of armory that is notmarshalled. Thus, Quarterly gules and checky argent and azure, a heart argent does not have theappearance of marshalling.c. Multiple Types of Primary Charges: When different sections of the field contain different types ofcharges, it creates the appearance of marshalling.For example, Quarterly gules and azure, in bend two crosses crosslet and in bend sinister two rosesargent creates the appearance of marshalling, as does Quarterly vert and erminois, in bend a badger anda fleur-de-lys argent. Per pale argent and sable, a unicorn sable and a dragon Or combatant creates theappearance of marshalling. In each case, the different types of charges create the appearance ofmarshalling.d. Multiple Charges in a Section: When any section of such a field contains multiple charges of the sametype in a way that cannot be described as a standard single pattern covering the entire field, multiplecharges of different types, or multiple charge groups, it creates the appearance of marshalling.For example, Quarterly, azure and Or, in canton three crosses fleury argent creates the appearance ofmarshalling, because the charges cannot be blazoned as a single pattern covering the entire field.Similarly, Per pale sable and erminois, each section charged with three billets two and onecounterchanged creates the appearance of marshalling, because each section appears to be an independentpiece of armory. However, Per pale sable and erminois, six billets two, two, and two counterchangeddoes not create the appearance of marshalling, because the arrangement of all the charges can be blazonedas a single coherent pattern. For example, Quarterly sable and Or, in canton a lion and a unicorncombattant Or creates the appearance of marshalling because a single section of the field containsmultiple types of charges. Similarly, Per pale gules and argent, a tree and in chief a mullet gules createsthe appearance of marshalling because the tree and mullet are forced into the argent section of the fieldand thus it contains multiple charge groups.3. Designs which May or May Not Create the Appearance of Marshalling: Designs which do not fit intosection 1 or 2 above must be considered more carefully.Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory – April 29, 2012 - Page 70 of 73
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