Edward III claimed the French throne in 1340 and the Royal Arms have reflected this claim by being quartered Arms of France (three gold fleur-de-lys on a blue background) until 1801 when the anachronistic title of "King of France" was abandoned by English monarchs at the Peace of Amiens.

JAMES I   1603
The accession of King James VI of Scotland to the English throne of England on the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 brought together the Royal Arms of Scotland, Ireland and England. These remained as the chief elements of the Arms into the present day.

During Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth (the period sometimes referred to as the Interregnum), Parliament replaced the monarch as the supreme authority in England and the State's Arms were displayed as a symbol of that authority until the Restoration of Charles II in 1660.

GEORGE I   1714
George, The Elector of Hanover, succeeded to the throne of England in 1714 and the Royal Arms changed to include his territories. The lions of England and Scotland remained side by side in the first quarter but were replaced in the fourth quarter by a new coats of arms divided into three showing two gold lions in a red field, a blue lion on a gold backgroud, and below them, the symbol of hanover; a galloping white horse in a red field.