From: tim@powys.org   
      
   On 19/01/2019 1:12 pm, cecilia wrote:   
      
   > Some years ago I could access a book in a local reference library that   
   > had coats of arms in blazon order so one could determine the family   
   > name.   
   >   
   > I could still - if I could remember the names of the book or its   
   > creator.   
      
   Papworth's "Ordinary of British Armorials" obtainable from archive.org   
   for free as "An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to   
   families in Great Britain and Ireland". Note that this is in two volumes   
   while later editions are in one volumes but they all date back to the   
   first edition of 1874.  It is not well referenced.   
      
   For medieval arms the four volume "Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval   
   Ordinary" is well referenced and generally excellent.  But it costs,   
   though you should still be able to get it on library loans.   
      
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   Tim Powys-Lybbe                                           tim@powys.org   
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