The English Law of Arms is most thoroughly described in:
Squibb, G.D., The High Court of Chivalry. A Study of the Civil Law in England, Oxford 1959. (It can still be bought).
Some important information on the history of the Court of Chivalry can be found in:
Keen, M.H., "The Jurisdiction and Origins of the Constable's Court" in Gillingham, John, and Holt, J.C. (ed.), War and Government in the Middle Ages. Essays in Honour of J.O. Prestwich, Cambridge 1984.
Names and Arms Clauses are presented in:
Cox, Noel, ”Names and Arms clauses and the Law of Arms in the common law courts” in The Coat of Arms, the Journal of the Heraldry Society, Winter 1999, vol. XIII (NS) no. 188.
Recent law cases are:
Austen
v.
Collins [1886] 54 LT 903. (High Court of Justice, Chancery Division)
In
re Croxon, Croxon v. Ferrers [1904] 1 Ch. 252, (High Court of
Justice, Chancery Division)
In
re Berens, In re Dowdeswell, Berens-Dowdeswell v. Holland-Martin
[1926] Ch. 596. (High Court of Justice, Chancery Division)
Re
Parrott’s will trusts, Cox v. Parrott [1946] 1 All E R 321. (High
Court of Justice, Chancery Division)
Manchester
Corporation v. Manchester Palace of Varieties, Ltd., [1955] 1 All E R
387. (Court of Chivalry)
The
Full Report of the Case of The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of
Mancherter [sic!] versus The Manchester Palace of Varieties Limited In
the High Court of Chivalry on Tuesday, 21st December 1954. Published by
The Heraldry Society, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, May 1955.
Re Neeld, Inigo-Jones v. Inigo-Jones (No. 3) [1969] 2 All E R 1025. (High Court of Justice, Chancery Division)
The practises of the College of Arms are presented on: