Approved arms for the Tennessee Valley Scottish Society.

[Joseph McMillan]

In England, personal arms are typically granted to a single individual "to be used by the said [name] and his descendants ... according to the law of arms."

I neglected to point out the similar formula used by Lord Lyon: "We have Devised, and Do by These Presents Assign, Ratify and Confirm unto the Petitioner the said (name) and his descendants with such due and congruent differences as may hereafter be severally matriculated for them, the following Ensigns Armorial..." The grant is thus not merely to a single person but to a group of people defined by common descent from a particular person.