Petitioning for a Coat of Arms

Any person who wishes to use Arms must petition for a Grant of Arms or – if they can trace their ancestry back to an ancestor with the same name who had a grant of Arms in Scotland,– for a “matriculation” showing their place within the family. When a grant or matriculation is obtained, an illuminated parchment, narrating the pedigree as proved, is supplied to the Petitioner, and a recording is placed in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.

Letters Patent & Extracts of Matriculation

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Examples

Example Grant

Example Matriculation

Foreign Countries

It is not generally possible for non-British citizens to be granted Scottish Arms. It is sometimes possible for a cousin who is domiciled in Scotland to seek a Grant of Arms with a destination which includes the other descendants of a common ancestor, provided that ancestor had also been domiciled in Scotland.

Applications For Arms

The Court of the Lord Lyon is a court of law, and applications for Arms are made by a formal “Petition”. This is done on the initiative of the person wishing to obtain Arms, who submits a Petition to the Lord Lyon stating who s/he is and asking for Arms to be granted to her/him. The process is not complicated. There are four main varieties of Petition:

Petition for a new Grant of Arms
Petition for a Grant of Arms to an Ancestor
Petition for a Matriculation of Arms
Petition for a Grant of Arms to a Company.

Sample Forms of Petition

Advice on any special difficulties or matters not covered can be obtained by writing to the Lyon Clerk at the Court of the Lord Lyon, HM New Register House, Edinburgh, EHl 3YT, and to whom all completed Petitions should be sent. All such correspondence is ‘CONFIDENTIAL ‘.

Petitions are considered in the order in which they are lodged with the Lyon Clerk who checks the papers to ensure all is in order. The Petition is laid before the Lord Lyon who, if willing to grant the Petition, discusses the design of the Arms with the Petitioner or Agent.

Petitioners are welcome to submit a suggested design along with the Petition, or to suggest ideas that they would like the Lord Lyon to consider within the design. However there is absolutely no need to do this and a great many Petitioners do not do so.

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Sample Forms of Petition

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