I visited the College of Arms last summer in London. I wanted a colored Coat of Arms that belonged to, Sir William Waad. They told me it was against the law to give anyone a copy unless it was my own. His Arms is the more elobrate than any of the others that I have. I am going to wait and hope that my Edward is indeed a descendant. I knew my Barons in Magna Carta days, the son had to have his own coat arms. When they were in battle you could distinguish from father and son. They mite use the basic family crest and alter it slightly to make it original. I was so certain that I was going to connect my Edward Wade b. 1611 to Sir Wm. Waad - Gov of the Tower of London in the late 1500s. Georgia Hornbuckle