If you have researched your family name, you can email us your notes, images, sketches separately (info@yorkinisignia.co.uk) in order that we can check details against our records (*Burkes General Armory), or alternatively if you are not sure of the design we will provide you with the oldest family coat of arms for your name.
- If you are aware of a region within the country where your family comes from, this will allow greater accuracy. Please note that unless you have done your own research and shared those details with us we cannot guarantee that the shield we provide is the definitive one for your branch of the family.
Family coats of arms contain a central hand painted shield, called arms alone. Some have additional design features where a crest, or crest and supporters are added to the design.
Some may have all three so make sure to choose the correct option. If you are unsure choose arms with crest & supporters (Option 3) and we will make sure the design is correct for you.
- Arms alone
- Arms with Crest: a crest is added to the top of the shield above the arms (if the design requires this)
- Arms with Crest & Supporters: includes arms, crest and supporters (If the design requires this).
All shields come with a scroll, but you can choose to have one additional scroll if there is more information you would like to add e.g. a date to remember.
Please note each shield is not mass manufactured, it is a bespoke, handpainted shield by one of our in house artists and produced to a very high standard.
* The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, by Bernard Burke.
This database is a compilation of about 60,000 coats of arms. It "comprises the Armorial Bearings of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the British Empire, and the various Coats that are to be seen in churches and family mansions, together with those traceable on Seals, Deeds, Wills, and Monumental remains." This includes the Royal Armory and the armory of the British Order of Knighthood. The armory is depicted through Illustrations and accompanying explanations. (Ancestry.com, 2020)
