My own personal arms are described heraldically thusly- "Grand Quarters 1st & 4th therein quarterly 1st & 4th: Sable,a fesse or between 6 mascles of the 2nd for Mitchell, 2nd and 3rd: argent, 2 flaunches sable,and in fesse 3 fleurs-de-lys counterchanged for Robbins; 2nd & 3rd Grand Quarters therein quarterly 1st and 4th: Or, on a chief azure 3 lions heads erased of the 2nd for Richardson, 2nd and 3rd: gules,on a bend argent, 3 trefoils vert for Harvey"
Gules=red
Sable=black
Azure=blue
Vert=green
Argent=silver
Or=gold
How do you get a coat of arms? Do you have to present any English or British ancestry to a coat of arms institution?