Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - Arundel

I feel that I've taken a few liberties with this one. Usually, the Arundell arms feature a martlet but in this blazon it simply states "six birds, 3 2 & 1 Argent clawed Gules". Whilst I would normally illustrate martlets, they clearly have no claws but then again, the pun is that the bird should be a swallow. It simply states birds but I've chosen to make them volant (in flight). The way I have emblazoned them gives the whole a sort of depth. 

Arundel, Thomas, Sable, six birds, 3 2 & 1 Argent clawed Gules (from the Corbet Pedigree).

The six birds are, in other, similar, Arundel arms swallows (often emblazoned as martlets but here they can't be because the blazon states "clawed Gules"); the heraldic pun associated with Arundel involves the use of swallows, known in French as hirondelles. 

This is a classic example of "canting arms"—a heraldic pun where the emblem represents the name of the bearer. The Pun: The French word for swallow, hirondelle, sounds similar to the town and family name Arundel.

While some theories suggest the name comes from "hoarhound-dell" or an Old English word for eagle, the swallow pun is a long-standing, romantic tradition associated with the family's arms. 

The arms of Thomas Arundel.