Coat of Arms

Here are the personal arms of Tommie Rappe Petersson, used in association with the Lordship of Coley; they are not manorial arms in English law and confer no public authority. Registered: Svenskt Vapenregister 2025:46. A blazon is the formal heraldic wording from which any herald can recreate the design (e.g., Sable = black, Argent = silver/white, Or = gold, Vert = green; dexter is the bearer's right, the viewer's left).

Blazon: Arms—Sable, a horse salient Argent; in dexter chief a mullet Or; in base a fess embattled Or. Crest—Between two buffalo horns per fess Sable and Argent, a gauntlet erect Argent holding a laurel sprig Vert. Mantling—Sable doubled Argent. Motto—CONSTANS ET VERUS.

In plain terms: a silver horse on black proclaims the Swedish noble house Rappe (ennobled 17 May 1675; introduced 1697, no. 1284), on the armiger's maternal grandfather's side; the gold star at the upper left honours the Bure kin (ancient nobility; later a branch ennobled 1621/1624 and introduced 1627 as no. 126), on the paternal grandfather's side; and the gold embattled bar along the base recalls forebears' estates and fortified houses in the Nordic countries and in the British Isles. The crest fuses strands from Gagge (Danish–Scanian ancient nobility), on the maternal grandmother's side, Stålhandske (ennobled 1574/1578; introduced 1625, no. 98), on the paternal grandfather's side, and Ehrenlund (ennobled 1719; introduced 1720, no. 1599), on the maternal grandfather's side, pointing to service recognised with honour. The motto, CONSTANS ET VERUS, is a Latinised form of "Constant and True", reflecting recorded links with Clan Rose (maternal grandfather's side) around the North Sea.

For the Lady of Coley, English usage is straightforward: she displays her husband's arms on a lozenge, without helm or crest. The "Manorial Badge" used on this site is simply the Lord's crest badge—the gauntlet with laurel—rendered as a device; it is not an official emblem and carries no public authority. The seal of the Court Baron of Coley is the same crest placed within a circular legend (SIGILLUM CURIE BARONIS DE COLEY), used decoratively on manorial papers and ceremonial documents only. The "Steward's Badge" is the same crest badge set upon an open book, symbolising guardianship of Coley's records and history, and it likewise has no official status or public authority.