Aldermoor

“The moor keeps what it is given”

A house of 42 members across 10 generations.

Only a steward can change the arms and the succession

What the arms mean

Shield shapeHeaterThe usual knightly shield of the 13th and 14th centuries. The shape shows period and fashion, not a symbol.
ColourVertHope, joy and youth: the green of spring and the fields.
ColourOrGenerosity and wealth: the gold of the sun.
DivisionPer fessSplit across: a top and a bottom, two grounds one above the other.
ChargeTower · ArgentA stronghold: the defence of a family and its home.

These meanings are a later tradition. Medieval heralds mostly chose a charge for how it looked, or as a pun on the family's name.

The number of figures, where they stand and which way they face are choices of design, with no fixed meaning.

Succession