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COAT OF ARMS OF COATES

The surname Coates is of English origin but a number of arms of Coates have been registered in Scotland in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings. The earliest such entry in the Public Register was in 1763.

Under the laws of Scotland, the use and display of arms is strictly controlled and it is an offence to display arms without proper authority. Heraldic authority is vested by statute in the Lord Lyon King of Arms, who is at once a judge of the realm and an officer of state responsible for the ordering of Royal, state and public ceremonies in Scotland.

The arms of Coates in the Public Register are comprised of a gold (Or) field or background, a red (Gules) stag's head and with a blue (Azure) phaeon between the antlers. Certain other personal symbols are added which vary from individual to individual.

A recent grant of arms in this form was to Michael Joseph Coates, a Barrister and Solicitor residing in The Hague, The Netherlands. The arms are blazoned as follows: Or, a stag's head erased Gules between the attires a phaeon Azure, in chief two scrolls Proper each having pendent a seal the dexter Vert the sinister Gules, in base a bar wavy of the Third and with motto Consensus facit legem.