Quote Originally Posted by Cygnus View Post
Thinking ahead a generation, though, would Sandy's suggestion not be the better choice so that the next "set" of matriculants can use the quartered bordure without there being any confusion?

I admit that chequey and compony counter compony would be easily confused (especially on a battlefield, though that's not really the purpose of heraldry today), so it certainly wouldn't be ideal.

And I am most certainly still interested!
Generally speaking, the next "generation" would probably difference by dividing the bordure per fess, and the generation following that one would divide per cross (quarterly). In all probability variations in the lines of partition would also be tossed in for the chevron, as well as for the bordure.

That said, Sandy's suggestion of a bordure compony counter-compony is probably the technically better choice, especially if the Herald failed to use all of the options available to him when composing the differencing of the coat of arms. In that same vein I think a bordure billettee argent and azure would probably be a better choice, although it may look like the dreaded compony at first glance. Bastard!