I need help on finding my coat of arms shield.last name chegwidden?

Question

nothing that says you have to purchase

Answer 1

Sorry but "free" has gone the way of the dodo. That animal don't exist anymore.

www.ancestry.com

Answer 2

Try Here:  http://www.4crests.com/chegwidden-family...

Answer 3

Coats of arms were and are granted to individuals and are passed down to the direct legitimate male line descendants. If there was no male heir a female might have inherited her father's coats of arms.They do not belong to surnames.

See the links below, one from the British College of Arms(they grant coats of arms) and the other from the most prestigious genealogical organization in the U.S., The National Genealogical Society.

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

Actually, there might have been, for instance, 15 different individual men with the same surname, not all necessarily related that were each granted their own coat of arms, all different.  Then there were many men with that surname that were never granted a coat of arms.  No, one peddler that sells them on the internet, at shopping malls, at airport, in magazines or solicit by mail will have all 15, no way. They don't need to in order to sell.  The only time they will have more than one is if more than one individual with the same surname from different national origins were granted one.

Then they will hae one of each and there might have been several of each.

If you feel your father or your husband are entitled to a coat of arms, then you must search your family tree until you get back to the direct ancestor that was granted a coat of arms.  You can then send your family tree to the College of Arms and apply for yours.

Now, you might have more than one in your family tree. That doesn't mean you are entitled to any one of them.  It just means that after doing research you find various ancestors that were granted coats of arms and if you have a book printed or even published on your family history, it is quite valid for you to put in your book pictures of your ancestors' coats of arms.  It would not be valid however for you to put in your book ones that just happened to be granted to someone with the same surname as your ancestors.

If you are an American and you have any English lines going back to early colonial days in the American South, chances are you have several in your family tree. Some in the South have the one their ancestor brought over from England 300-400 years ago.  They aren't those little walnut plaques with a coat of arms on it either.  

As a rule they don't display them.  They aren't the least bit good for buying groceries or GASOLINE.

If this is a school project, please print off the 2 links I have furnished you and give them to your teacher. Also feel free to print off what I have posted here and give it to your teacher.