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Volume 17, Number 3 (August 2005)

• President's Blazon: Heraldry in my life
• All that Glitters: Sonia Mrva writes about the usage of silver throughout history, and its role in heraldry.
• The Greater Hogtown Area: Geographic distribution of GTA members.
• Five Unassuming Arms
• What's in a Name: Ross Dempsey, FSA Scotland, writes on the origins and evolution of names, influenced by the military over the ages.
• Seme de Mots
• An Unusual Charge

Volume 17, Number 2 (May 2005)

• President's Blazon: David Cvet's first official duty
• Cinematic Heraldic Quiz
• Heraldic Resources on the Internet
• Branch AGM at Hart House: A review of the Branch AGM, along with colour photos.
• The Cat and the Fiddle
• Seme de Mots
• Gargoyles Return to Toronto: An article in the Toronto Star highlighting the return of gargolyes to the GTA with gargoyles perched on a newly constructed condominium in Mississauga.

Volume 17, Number 1 (February 2005)

• President's Blazon: 2005 Branch AGM news
• Cinematic Heraldic Quiz
• Heraldic Sources on the Internet
• April Fool's Heraldry
• Recent Grants: City of Peterborough
• Seme de Mots

Volume 16, Number 4 (November 2004)

• President's Blazon: Successful society AGM
• Branch Hosting of the 2004 RHSC Conference and AGM
• Heraldic Tour of St James' Cathedral
• British Kings & Queens
• Aristocracy in Poland
• Recent Grants: David Cvet
• Requiescat in Pace: Eleanor WILKES
• Seme de Mots: Birth announcements, other notices
• Notice of Meeting: Date and location was to be announced

Volume 16, Number 3 (August 2004)

• President's Blazon: 2003 membership review
• Seme de Mots
• Recent Grant: All Saints' Anglican Church, Peterborough
• Notice of Meeting: Meeting to be held at the St James' Cathedral, following a tour of the cathedral.
• Rumball's Rumblings
• Heraldic Books for Sale: David Rumball found the library of the late LCol Dr. Leslie Calvert of Peterborough in a used bookstore in the village of Lakefield. A listing of the books available for purchase is included in this publication.
• Translation Contest Answers

Volume 16, Number 2 (May 2004)

• President's Blazon
• Seme de Mots
• Recent Grant: Colin Fleming
• Bucket/Bouquet Shoppe Heraldry
• Rumball's Rumblings
• Confirmed new Branch By-Law
• The Lure of the Ring
• Old Sayings Contest

Volume 16, Number 1 (March 2004)

• President's Blazon
• Seme de Mots
• Recent Grant: Brian Domander
• A Heraldic Fictionary
• Rumball's Rumblings
• Proposed Branch By-Laws
• Saint Barbara, the Patron Saint of Artillery
• Heraldry Debunks the Bard

Volume 15, Number 4 (December 2003)

• President's Blazon: 2004 AGM at Dundrun Castle, Hamilton; Winning Branch Badge submitted to RHSC; Website address; membership renewals
• Seme de Mots: Charitable organization for veterans, www.testaments.ca; Index available for Hogtown Heraldry volumes 9-12 available from Bruce Patterson
• Recent Grants: Anne Good, John B Wilkes
• Notice of Meeting: Meeting set for 17 January 2004
• Heraldry in Gilbert & Sullivan
• Rumball's Rumblings: Review of Branch By-Laws, holiday message
• Requiescat in Pace: Sidney SMITH, FRHSC; Michael MACLAGAN
• Heraldic Humour

Volume 15, Number 3 (September 2003)

• President's Blazon: Petition for Royal augmentation; Design Branch badge contest; Branch website introduced; Jennifer Reymes-Landry's ancestral arms
• Seme de Unicorns(?): Letters from Gordon Macpherson, Niagara Herald Extraordinary and William Cooke on heraldic use of the unicorn
• Recent Grants: Raymond Morrell
• Notice of Meeting: Meeting set for 21 September 2003
• Traditional Recipe: "Tipsy Cake"
• Rumball's Rumblings: Errata; Overdue fees reminder
• Requiescat in Pace: John William SETCHELL, MBE, ERD, MICE, CEng, PEng; Andrew DUNCANSON
• Lord Lyon and the Barons: Reprinted article from The Times (3 June 2003)

Volume 15, Number 2 (June 2003)

• President's Blazon: Election of David Rumball as Branch President; Toronto Branch to host 2004 AGM; Guest speaker for next meeting - Jennifer Reymes-Landry
• The English Origins of the Unicorn: Examination of the English origins of the unicorn in heraldry
• Recent Grants: Captain David Evan Rumball, EsqStJ, CD, UE, MA, LRHSC
• Notice of Meeting: Meeting set for 22 June 2003
• Rumball's Rumblings: Branch, Toronto "Back in Business"; Request for consideration to receive Hogtown Heraldry as an email PDF file
• Requiescat in Pace: Lieutenant-Colonel Oswald Fletcher Chisholm "Jim" COOK, KStJ, CD, BA, FRHSC; Most Revd Bruno Bernard HEIM, Titular Archbishop of Xanthus
• Heraldry(?) in a WW2 POW Camp: Heraldic exercise - Identify image from booklet, Verses by British Internees

Volume 15, Number 1 (March 2003)

• President's Blazon: Cry for Help! Call for Programme Convenor and Meeting Venue; David Skene-Melvin Stepping Down as President; David Rumball now Editor of Hogtown Heraldry
• The Importance of Being "Heraldically" Earnest: Heraldry in Movies
• A Statute on Statues: Meaning of Equestrian Statues
• Notice of Meeting: Meeting set for 23 March 2003
• A Heraldic Valentine: Heraldic prose
• Rumball's Rumblings: Return to Four Issues Per Year; New Permanent Home - Officers' Mess, 7 Toronto Royal Canadian Artillery; Golden Jubilee Honours
• Heraldry in Herodotus: Heraldry in 5 BC