AUGMENTATIONS
When royalty felt it necessary to reward someone's notable or heroic deeds, they might be granted the right to bear arms. If the recipient was already an armiger, then the college of arms was commissioned to make an augmentation to their existing arms. This practice was notably cheaper than granting a piece of land or monetary reward, and politically safer than granting a royal title or membership to an order of chivalry. The augmentation often took the form of a charge inserted into existing arms, or a bordure, canton, flaunches, or inescutcheon was added bearing a symbolic charge. Occasionally, an entirely new coat of arms was granted, alluding to the actions of the recipient. In some rarer cases, an escutcheon or quarter bearing the royal arms was granted.
