Further reading

Find out more about Royal Arms & heraldry in the UK & around the world

Royal Arms

• Royal Arms in Churches: the Artists & Craftsmen
• The British Monarchy
• The British Royal Family History
• College of Arms (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
• The White Lion Society (UK)
• The Office of the Chief Herald (Ireland)    
• The Court of the Lord Lyon (Scotland)   
• The  Royal Arms of France
• The Dutch Royal Arms
• The Royal Arms of His Majesty the King of Spain  
• Portuguese Royal Arms
• High Council of Nobility (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
• The development of the Royal Arms of the Austria-Hungarian Empire 
• The Royal Coat of Arms - The Danish Monarchy

UK heraldry

• The Heraldry Society   
• The Office of the Procurator Fiscal to the Court of the Lord Lyon  
• The Heraldry Society of Scotland    
• The Society of  Scottish Armigers    
• The Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society  
• The Norfolk Heraldry Society    
• Suffolk Heraldry Society    
• The Middlesex Heraldry Society  
• The Yorkshire Heraldry Society  
• Cheshire Heraldry Web Journal   

International heraldry

• The European Heraldry 
• Swedish Heraldry (only in Swedish)
• Ukrainian Heraldry ( some information in English)    
• Heraldik (only in German)   
• Switzerland’s Heraldic Society (only in German, Italian and French)
• Spanish heraldry (only in Spanish)
• The Scandinavian Heraldic Society 
• Dutch blog on Heraldry
• Heraldry & Arms in Germany 
• Coat of Arms in Germany 
• International Heraldry

Books

• Barnard & Shepard, 1929. Arms & Blazons of the Colleges of Oxford, Oxford University Press
• Bedingfield & Gwynne, 1993. Heraldry,  Magna Books
• Boutell, 1891. Boutell’s Heraldry
• Brooke-Little, 1973. An Heraldic alphabet, Macdonald & Janes
• Brooke-Little,1987. Royal Heraldry, Pilgrim Press
• Burke, 1884. Burke’s General Armory
• Cautley, 1934. Royal Arms and Commandments in our Churches, Boydell Press
• Dorling,1913. Leopards of England, Constable & Co
• Friar, 2004. The Sutton Companion to Heraldry, Sutton Publishing
• Friar, 1998. A Companion to the English Parish Church, Stroud, Sutton Publishing
• Gwynn-Jones, 1998. The Art of Heraldry, Parkgate Books
• Hasler, 1980. The Royal Arms Its Graphic and Decorative Development, London, Jupiter Books
• Jamieson, 1998. Coats of Arms, Pitkin
• Moncreiffeff & Pottinger,1972. Simple Heraldry Cheerfully Illustrated, Nelson 
• Newham & Pardoe, 2007. Royal Arms in Cornish Churches, Yelford, DAE Publishing
• Papworth,1874. Papworth’s Ordinary of British Armorials, London
• Pardoe, 1991. Royal Arms in Berkshire Churches
• Pardoe, 1988. Royal Arms in Devon Churches
• Pardoe, 1975. Royal Arms in Essex Churches
• Pardoe, 1989. Royal Arms in Nottinghamshire Churches
• Pardoe, 1987. Royal Arms in Oxfordshire Churches
• Pardoe, 1977. Royal Arms in Shropshire Churches
• Pardoe, 1974. Royal Arms in the Churches of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
• Pardoe, 1973. Royal Arms in the Churches of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
• Pardoe, 1976. Royal Arms in the Churches of Central London
• Pardoe, 1976. Royal Arms in the Churches of Northamptonshire and Rutland
• Pardoe, 1973. Royal Arms in the Churches of the City of London
• Pardoe, 1985. Royal Arms in the Churches of Yorkshire 
• Pinches, 1974. The Royal Heraldry of England, Heraldry Today 
• Slater, 2010. The Complete Book of Heraldry, Hermes House 
• Summers, 1980. Hatchments in Britain, Phillimore
• Woodcock & Robinson, 2000. Heraldry in National Trust Houses, National Trust