Laugh at this guy all you want - the late medieval heralds had much the same problem. See Wikipedia on "Quartering": <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartering_%28heraldry%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartering_%28heraldry%29</a> specifically the arms for the Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville family.