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pleasant to be told by
first
" that
from
Heraldry.
syllable
which
many
it
is
air,
can possibly
arrive.
articulate
Similarly I
it
can
strike,
no end
at
the study of
and
simple
exists, until
rules.
Rochester,
yuly, 1890
vii
the
many
my
could share in
my
art
them a kindred
cultivating in
the study of
much
I therefore lost
taste,
this
most
no opportunity of
success.
Having so
far
commenced
this
volume.
incorporated.
The numerous
writers
make
its
allusions to Heraldry
Shakspeare, Scott,
and
art the
same
gratification that
it
has
given me.
S.
Rochester,
October^ 1873.
vui
T. A.
CONTENTS.
Page
vii
viii
List of Illustrations
Introduction.
of Badges
xv
Antiquity and
Unauthorized
use of
Arms
Heraldry
the
Early use
handmaid of
History
CHAPTER
The Shield. Its
Points
Varieties of
Architectural
Shape
I.
at different
Escutcheons of
6
Ladies
CHAPTER
The Tinctures. Metals,
Colours, and
XL
Furs Method
CHAPTER
of Representing
.11
III.
Divisional Lines
17
CHAPTER
IV.
Saltire, &c.
their
Pale,
C0N7ENTS.
CHAPTER
SUBORDINARIES.
V.
Billet,
Page
Bordure, Pile,
28
Flasque
CHAPTER VL
Roundels. Bezant,
34
CHAPTER Vn.
The
Cross.
Its
Heraldic varieties
Crosses
Charges
38
CHAPTER
Varied Fields. Paly, Bendy,
Vin.
CHAPTER
Diaper. Its
47
52
IX.
CHAPTER
Chequy
X.
positions
.
55
CHAPTER XL
Coats op Arms.The
63
CHAPTER XIL
Charges.
^The Lion
and of the
Cbue Birds,
Fish, Reptiles,
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
Blazoning.
XIII.
Page
Heraldic Language
98
CHAPTER
Glossary.
xi
Titles,
XIV.
103
CHAPTER
XV.
Order Combination Quartering Dimidiation ImArms of Alliance, Augmentation, and PretenceThe Ac-
Marshalling.
palement
210
CHAPTER
Cadency and Differencing.
XVI.
Differences of Illegitimacy
System of Differencing
CHAPTER
Heraldic Crowns
CHAPTER
261
XVIII.
278
CHAPTER
Augmentation.
233
XVII.
....
OriginExamples
XIX.
.
3^4
CHAPTER XX.
297
Crests.
CHAPTER
XXI.
303
CONTENTS.
xii
CHAPTER
Supporters.Introduction of Royal
Page
315
Supporters
CHAPTER
Mottoes.
XXII.
XXIII.
321
CHAPTER XXIV.
Helmets.
325
CHAPTER XXV.
Genealogies.
Examples of Arrangement
332
CHAPTER XXVI.
Precedence
337
CHAPTER
College op Arms. Its
constitution
CHAPTER
Flags. Pennon,
XXVII.
and purpose
....
342
XXVIII.
355
CHAPTER XXIX.
Official and Corporate Heraldry. Arms of English Sees and Universitics
361
CHAPTER XXX.
Miscellaneous. Archilcclural and Monumental Heraldry Emblems
of the Evangelist*Tricking Book.PlatesModern Grants of Arms 365
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXXI.
Knighthood.
Its Antiquity
Page
Thistle, St. Patrick,
Bath, St. Michael, and St. George, and the Star of India.
tions of
Honour
Legal value of
Decora.
.372
XXXII.
Seals.
Seal Engraving
GENERAL INDEX
392
405
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Frontispiece
....
Pa^e
Page
Heraldic Shield
Shield from the Percy
monument
Eltham
31.
32.
33.
a bouche
Ditto
ditto
Ditto
ditto
Shield
Heraldic Shield
Shield
The
boicche
St. Albans...
17
Ditto
Saltire
17
Ditto
Chevron
36.
Engrailed
37.
Invected
38.
Wavy
39.
Nebulee
19
40.
Indented
19
41.
42.
Dancette
Embattled
19
10
43.
Ragulee
or
12
44.
Dovetail
12
45.
Potentee
ditto
13
46.
Gules
ditto
AChief.
13
47.
Sable
ditto
13
48.
ditto
13
49.
A Pale
A Pallet
Purpure
ditto
13
50.
An
Ermine
Ermines
14
51.
14
52.
Erminois
14
53.
14
54.
Ditto, Ancient
14
55.
Counter-Vair
14
56.
Potent
14
57.
Counter-Potent
14
58.
16
59.
17
60.
Ditto
Fesse
17
61.
Ditto
Cross
17
62.
19
19
ditto
Vert
18
Undee
Modem
18
Quartered
Argent
Azure
Vair,
17
Quarterly of Eight
35.
34.
Bend
Ditto
Page
Ditto
ii
Endorse
A Bend
A Bendlet
A Cost
A Riband
A Bend Sinister
A Scarp
A Baton
A Fesse
A Bar
A Closet
A Barrulet
A Cross
19
19
19
19
19
London
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
21
110.
21
21
112. Ditto
Nowed
21
113. Ditto
The Canton
ThcGyron
The Incscutcheon
TheOrle
29
114. Ditto,
29
115. Ditto
29
it6.
29
117. Ditto
29
118. Ditto
Quadrate
Four Fusils in
of Four Ermine Spots
Patee
Patee Concaved
Patonce
29
29
120. Ditto
Urdee
29
I2T. Ditto
Recercelee
31
122.
31
31
124. Ditto
TheTressurc
The Lozenge
79.
The
The Frette
TheFIanch
The Mascle
The Rustre
The Label
The Billet
8a
ITie Bordure
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
Page
A Sahire
A Chevron
A Chevronel
A Chief
Fusil
Cross Quarterly
Ditto
39
39
39
39
41
41
41
41
42
42
42
43
Ditto Crosslet
43
43
Patee entire
43
31
125.
Fragment of a Shield
33
126.
47
33
127.
ArmsofDcGrey
48
48
at
Whatton
...
46
81.
The
Pile
33
128.
Paly of Six
8a.
TheFlasque
33
129.
83.
The Bezant
The Plate
The Hurte
34
130.
48
34
131.
Bendy of Ten
Barry Bendy
Paly Bendy
34
132.
Lozengy
48
TheTorteau
The Pomrae
34
133.
Fusilly
48
34
134.
Chequy
48
34
13s.
48
34
136.
34
137.
Gyronny of Eight
34
138.
34
Barry Pily
14a Compony
141. Counter-Compony
51
51
84.
85.
86.
87.
88. ThcGolp
89. The Pellet
9a The Orange
gz. TheGuzc
93. The Founuin
93. Arms of Grcnville
36
Ditto
Six
139.
48
48
50
50
50
50
51
Ditto
Earl of Bradford
36
95.
Ditto
Haynes
36
96.
Ditto
Wellcslcy
36
X43.
97.
Ditto
Wake
36
144.
98.
Ditto
Boughey
36
145.
99.
37
146.
Bordure Bendy
51
Shield of Robert de Vere
5a
Ditto
Foubert de Doure
5a
Diaper of the Seal of Thomas Plan-
147.
Arms
loi. Ditto
38
X48.
Chief Engrailed
94.
ditto
ditto
tagenct,
K.G
Fbmant
39
103. Ditto
Raguly
39
104. Ditto
Engrailed
39
151.
39
xsa.
loa.
los.
Cross
39
X53.
39
154.
Bend
Fesse and Bend
Bend Cotiscd
Ditto Removed or Fractcd
Ditto
108. Ditto
Fimbriated
39
155. Ditto
109. Ditto
Pterced
39
15&
Two
Arched
Bends
54
55
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
XVII
Page
157-
Bend Wavy
158. Ditto
Vair
Page
Form of Lions
56
201. Conventional
56
202.
Edward II
Shield of Abbot Ramryge
85
time of
56
87
Chevron Abaisse
Ditto Reversed
Ditto Couched
56
203.
56
163.
Bendlets Engrailed
56
164.
Three Pallets
Three Chevrons interlaced
Fesse between Two Chevrons
Chevron Couped
Arms of Byron
56
56
206. Shield of
160.
161.
162.
165.
166.
167.
168.
169.
170.
56
Declare
Ditto
m base
97
of
207.
Ancient
208.
Shield
France,
from
Westminster Abbey
57
58
of Salisbury
56
56
88
100
102
Achievement of Arms
59
of
John
Daubygne
171.
Ditto
transposed
59
172.
Ditto
in point
59
210.
Admiralty Flag
173-
Ditto
terminating in fesse
59
211,
Annulets Conjoined
107
De Neville
De Lacy
60
212.
Annulet
107
Barnacles or Breys
113
174-
Early Shield of
175-
Ditto
176.
Fusils in Fcsse
177.
Lozenges conjoined
178.
Ditto
Bend
180.
Lances
Swords
213.
214.
61
61
216.
61
217.
in Fesse
6i
218
in Saltire
61
219.
in pale
179.
181.
in fesse
60
61
of Fusils
104
106
Ditto
113
120
120
Ditto
Chess Rook
124
Ditto
124
182.
Bezants in Cross
61
220.
Ditto
ditto
...
125
183.
Bend
Arms of Champagne
61
221.
Ditto
ditto
...
125
62
222.
Ditto
ditto
...
184.
Arrow
in
185. Effigy of
Henry,
first
Duke
of Lan-
caster
186.
187.
190.
191.
65
223.
Counter-Changed
224.
Covered Cup
125
130
132
225. Crescent
227.
Henry III
Lion Rampant
75
228.
Aumberdene
Arms of Hay
78
229.
145
78
230.
149
Guardant
Reguardant
Ditto
Ditto
226.
132
138
143
78
231.
Ditto
ditto
149
78
232.
Ditto
ditto
149
194.
DittoSejant
78
233.
Ditto
ditto
149
195-
Ditto Dismembered
78
192.
193.
Duke
of Northumber-
land
197.
198.
Lion Coward
199.
Conventional
2CX3.
Form
Ditto
of Lions
235- Galley or
151
Lymphad
15''
81
236.
Arms
81
237.
Guttee du sang
156
reversed
15^
82
238. Ditto
84
239-
84
240.
152
of Chester
160
Hemp-brake or Hackle
160
Ditto
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
XVlll
Page
241.
Arms
of Leveson
Thomas Lucy
Early example of Maunche
Page
Wood
166
2S4.
Arms
169
285.
Impaled Shield of
Arms
of
223
Wood and
Ellis 223
of Ellis
172
286.
244.
Ditto
ditto
172
287.
245.
Ditto
ditto
172
288.
173
289.
173
290. Illustration of
243.
246.
247.
Merchant's
248.
Ditto
Ditto
227
Butler
172
Mark
223
Stafford
227
Marshalling
227
227
249. Collar of
Mermaids
173
291.
Ditto
227
250. Millrind
or Millrine
173
292.
Ditto
227
173
293.
Ditto
227
251. Millrind
252.
Ditto
173
294.
Ditto
227
253.
Ditto
173
295.
Ditto
227
296.
De Mortimer
229
854,
Monogram and
255.
257.
258.
Pommel
256.
Stall-Plate
of
259.
260.
a6i.
Arms
of Hesse Darmstadt
Rose of York and Lancaster
264.
265.
266.
Ditto
ditto
181
299.
181
300.
Ditto
Ditto
301.
236
and C.
302. A. B.
186
303. Shield of
Henry Plantagenet of
Bolingbroke
189
303 A.
189
303B.
Arms
of
De
237
Courtenay
238
Ditto
238
305.
Ditto
William Le Latymer
241
306.
Ditto
Thomas Le Latymer
241
307.
Ditto
De
Grandison
247
De Grandison
247
205
309.
Ditto
ditto
...
208
310.
Ditto
ditto
247
ditto
...
208
311.
Ditto
ditto
247
Ditto
ditto
269.
229
ditto
183
Salamander
191
Scaling- Ladder
;
192
Shield and Supporters of Jaspar
Tudor, K.G
198
Turnpike
205
267. Turnstile
268.
298.
189
262. Rose-en-soleil
263.
179
of
Ditto
297.
Black Prince
Arms
27a
Ditto
ditto
...
208
312.
ayx.
Ditto
ditto
...
208
247
247
with
272. Shield of
210
273. Seal of
212
253
Saint Quintin
212
253
ditto
253
214
ditto
253
215
...
215
...
215
274
Ditto
275.
Lady
Matilda de
277. Ditto
Bardolph... 214
Filliol
279.
Ditto
Earldom of Essex
Hereford Earldom
a8o.
Ditto
Earldom of Essex
...
381.
282.
Arms
383.
Isabella,
Queen of Edward H.
...
gerald
a Crescent
253
Roundel
253
353
353
353
319
323. Ditto
231
324.
Fitz-
325.
221
326.
253
with two Annulets interlaced 253
The Label
The Crescent
The Mullet
255
255
25s
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
XIX
Page
327.
328.
329.
330.
331.
332.
The
The
The
The
The
The
255
368.
Annulet
255
369. Shield of
Fleur-de-lis
255
370.
Rose
255
Cross Moline
255
371. Shield of
Double Quatrefoil
255
Ralph de Arundel
256
Mantling of George Plantagenet,
372. Shield of
333. Shield of
334.
Page
Royal Arms
Martlet
K.G
258
278
Henry of Lancaster
280
Henry Plantagenet of Bo-
Ditto
lingbroke
281
Henry
V., as Prince of
Wales
282
Arms
Consort
284
373. Shield of
Arms of
the Prince of
335".
258
336.
258
374.
261
375.
Wales
286
Diagram of the Shield of the Princess of Wales
287
Shield of the Pnnce of Wales im-
262
376.
263
377.
Ditto
290
263
378.
Ditto
Prince Alfred
290
379.
Ditto
290
264
380.
Ditto
Prince Arthur
290
381.
Ditto
290
382.
Ditto
Prince Leopold
290
290
337.
338.
339.
340.
341.
342.
Ditto
343.
Wales
346.
347.
Duke's Coronet
Marquess's Ditto
Ditto
348. Earl's
349.
267
384.
Arms
385.
Augmented
386.
Pelham
Shield of Harpur Crewe, Bart
of Arthur Wellesley,
387.
269
388.
Molesworth
Coronet
269
389.
Ditto
269
390.
353.
Ducal
Ditto
270
354.
391. Crested
355.
356.
Naval Ditto
357.
Crown Vallary
272
Eastern Crown
272
Crest and Cap of Maintenance of
Lord Dynham, K.G
273
359.
360.
Ditto
395.
Ditto
Ditto
Newcombe
301
Ditto
Cape
301
Archbishop Hamsett
273
399.
(modern)
275
365.
Ditto
276
400.
276
401.
277
402.
Kings-of-Arras... 277
403.
(modem)
Crown
Crown of Herald
366. Imperial
567.
ditto
of Austria
300
300
ditto
397.
Ditto
Durham
299
396.
362.
ditto
297
Quintin 299
274
398. Seal of
Bishop of
St.
Crest-Wreath
Tyndall
274
Ditto
Thomas de
394. Crest of
Bishop Goodryke
Ditto
296
Kent
Ditto
364.
294
Duke
of Marlborough
393.
293
295
of Spencer Churchill,
361.
363.
Howard
294
Astley Baron Hastings... 295
Ditto
Baron's
272
292
Shield of
Ditto
Arms
290
Duke of
Wellington
352.
358.
of Cambridge... 290
383.
383 A. Ditto
351. Viscount's
Duke
290
267
268
Arundel
the
Ditto
288
266
Fitzalan, Earl
of Arundel
350.
382 A. Ditto
268
Thomas
Coronet of
Denmark
paling
262
Edmund
de Arundel
302
Prince Aithur
307
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
XX
404. Heraldic
Page
Rose from Pulham, Nor-
Arms
of Earl
311
445.
446.
Head
408.
of
Ram
Ram from
St.
Albans
...
hampstede
410. Stafford
Knot
443.
447.
Arms
of Munguldass
312
448.
313
449. Shield.
Bourchier ditto
313
450. Shield of
412.
Heneage
313
451.
ditto
413.
414.
Lacy
415.
Bowen
416.
Dacre
Badge of
Edward
313
453. Garter
ditto
313
ditto
455.
314
314
Hungerford
314
315
458.
ditto
...
III
372
313
ditto
ditto
Nuthoobhoy 365
Cowasjee Jehangier
366
Do- Cursetjee Furdoonjee Paruk 367
Ditto
411.
375
and Motto of
ditto
375
377
Thistle 380
380
381
St.
Patrick 382
420. Seal of
421.
460.
Sur
319
461.
422.
Ramryge
Example of Helmet
325
Ditto
325
423.
383
386
387
426.
Helm
437. Basinet
Prince
428.
429.
326
327
Helm of the
Sovereign
329
390
390
467.
Badge of
468.
ditto
Ditto
471.
Ditto
472.
Ditto
430.
329
431.
Ditto
Baronet
330
473.
432.
Ditto
Esquire
330
474.
475.
433.
India
Ditto
476.
Seal of the
De
St.
394
John
395
395
ditto
Dauphin Louis
396
Mauger le Vavassour
Secretum of Henry Plantagenet
Ditto
331
Arms
342
479.
Ditto
349
48a
Ditto
Hydes
396
Ditto Thurstan
435.
394
ditto
436.
331
390
39a
Neville
434. Ditto
385
385
Knights G.C.B
425.
Ditto
...
Knights K.C.B
464.
382
of ditto
424.
357
406. Collar of
418.
Warwick
311
309
407.
409.
Sail of
folk
405.
Page
4,it-2.
397
...
398
398
399
Humphrey de Bohun
399
Thomas Plantagenet, K.G. 399
Thomas Holland, K.G. ... 400
438.
Arms
353
481.
Ditto
439.
Modem Hatchment
354
482.
Union Jack
Second ditto
355
355
485.
440.
441.
First
BOUTELUS HERALDRY.
By AVELING.
INTRODUCTION.
ROM
the
earliest
history
of
the
world,
employed
sarily
things.
we read
to
letters,
Symbols,
When
the
Paul went
in
had
their
respective ensigns.
It
the
Romans used
HERALDRY.
tians
There are
also, doubtless,
on
numerous
The
is
and the
no connection between
Many
certainly
assumed no
definite or tangible
it
was
left
it
but
It
is
devices used in the early ages of the world's history, also called
forth those of the
middle ages.
By
adorning the crest of the helmet with some device, the warrior in
the middle ages collected his forces in the
his
enemy evidences of
The
century,
field,
and exhibited. to
his valour.
heraldic devices
that
all
symbols, but at the same time they were simple and expressive.
of
To
as,
for
represent
would necessarily
recorded, and the
favour with
his shield
memo-
INTRODUCTION.
rials
doubt that the " Iron Cross " of our own day
is
not more
is
valued than was the heraldic record of some glorious action placed
on the
the learned
shown by the
of the windows
my
To show
my household
me no sign
my living blood
torn
the world I
am
a gentleman.
Shakspeare.
and
his master's
Richard
badge on
Rose
II. y
Act
II., Sc.
The
his arm.
i.
sign-
coat,
impress, leaving
Staff,''
Those
of the mediaeval inns that were under the influence of the adjacent
symbols of the
Many
saints,
St. Peter.
2.
HERALDRY.
arms of the Dukes of Medici
the
The Church
their
Knights carried
in
the glass of the windows, the frescoes of the walls, the encaustic
tiles
a dignity to himself"
Herbert Spencer,
in
man
"Arms were
can arrogate
one of
his essays
men
in battle,
partially created
The name
servitude.
is
Baron
Knighthood has so
now honour
Mr.
if
S.
modern
his
far
says
interest, or party
men
it."
were he to
the
by wealth, or
themselves by declining
GouGH Nichols
man adopted
on the
figure
the
footman, a mark of
marked a
now
rightful
INTRODUCTION.
case of Sir
in
August, 1385, respecting the right to the arms "azure, a bend or,"
to
armour.
Now we
in
some
Great assistance
may be
in archaeological pursuits;
by
its
that
help families
is
may be
it
is
the "
importance.
discourse, or
may be ranked
David Lloyd
may be made
says
" It
is
is
much
Whe-
clear.
as an art or a science
naked diversion of
piece of knowledge*"
of History," and
ther Heraldry
Handmaid
of
little
leisure time,
of
CHAPTER
I.
THE SHIELD.
THE
him
in the field,
in the
middle ages
it
the soldier of the present day bears his medals or other honourable
distinctions.
shields
The
may be
earliest
said to have
been
in the reign of
Richard
I.
sciitiim,
a hide.
some animal
The shape
The Norman
and tapering;
to these succeeded
stilted.
The
equilateral
it
advanced
THE SHIELD.
being produced by a series of concaves.
cut out, for the lance to pass through, in the dexter chief;
notch
is
when
No.
The
heraldic shield
and sometimes
The
is
No.
2.
3-
sometimes represented
illustration
No.
is
The use
monument
monument
of
at
John of
in
No.
convex,
in pale.
Eltham,
it
slightly
5.
No.
No.
6.
its
7.
No.
8.
insigina
since passed away, but the practice of placing heraldic
upon
shields has
been retained.
HERALDRY,
The Points of
positions
a,
for instance
The
There are
the Dexter or
The
shield bears
him
left
The
field
is
more
its
when holding
the
the technical
the
or lower part.
(c,
names of which
are
at
it,
hand
No. 9)
is
is
is
is
the dexfer
the sinister
the
chief,
and
The
is
and
to their
that which
shield in front of
opposite to the
left,
is
ornamentation on
its
and
named according
is
divided into
mne pointSy
THE SHIELD,
The knowledge
The escutcheons
From
noble ladies
his Garter-Plate ad
Windsor.
diamond-shaped.
1300.
a.d. 1460.
>
until the
known about
end of
the year
HERALDRY.
lO
The
or shield-beh,
either side
Some
beautiful
The
shield occasionally
is
is,
pendent
its
origin
shields previous to a
tournament (No.
their
lo).
wood
cities,
represented on shields.
Na
CHAPTER
11.
THE TINCTURES.
NEXT
Tinctures
that cover
it.
Tinc-
and Furs.
by precious
stofies:
blazoning.
Sir
of the week,
names
t\\Q
for the
J.
Ferne
which
all
we
have,
heralds acknowledge
of.
The days
The former
is
in Heraldry, viz.
Gold and
to have
came
valuable matter,
is
whose works on
said to have
been the
heraldic tinctures
dots
much
Italian writer,
by
lines
and
dots.
The
HERALDRY
12
Gold and
silver are
blazoned
latter generally
No.
There are
No.
12.
five heraldic
Colours
13.
to these
two more.
Azure
signifies blue,
Gules,
which
and
is
marked by horizontal
signifies red, is
lar,
which expresses
black,
(No. 14).
represented by perpendicular
lines
by
lines horizontal
lines,
15).
and perpendicu-
by diagonal
lines
The two
colour,
which
is
horizontal lines;
blood-colour,
THE TINCTURES.
No.
14.
No.
15.
Titles.
No
No.
16,
13
17.
No.
18.
HERALDRY.
No.
No.
19.
No.
No.
23,
20.
24.
Its
No.
21.
No.
25.
name
No.
22.
No. 26
is
a small beast having a white belly and blue-grey back, called varus
(Nos. 22 and 23).
must be
would be blazoned
that vair can only
but
specified.
vaire,
if
Thus,
or and gu.
be of the tinctures
if it
Some
ar,
be or and
gules,
it
and
az.^
and the
varieties
Leigh
gules,
6.
and
is
is
when
Potent
same
when
calls
against base
7.
Counter-vair
or bells
the field
is
it
gresly.
little
shields
24).
THE TINCTURES.
crutclies.
of
Potent
is
now an
obsolete word.
15
Chaucer makes
use
it
So
eld she
was
A-foote, but
it
that she ne
vfQXQ
went
hy poieid.
^,
is
(No. 25).
Potent Counter-potent, sometimes called varry cuppy, differs
8.
from potent in that the potents of the same tincture are placed
base to base and point to point (No. 26).
Ermynites
is
it
is
de
much used
common
mantles.
and there
is little
doubt that
this is the
and
covering of shields,
To
the foregoing
noticed
that
An
First, that
points particularly to be
Secondly,
"And
silk,
because
it
to
colour.
embroider
upon metal."
The
shield argeiit
is
said to
Or^ or gold,
is
said
to
war was
to represent wealth
and
HERALDRY.
i6
generosity
dence
vert^
aziire^
youth
charity
;
and so
courage
gules^
sahle^ grief
and
pru-
forth.
proper or ppr.
The
tincture of a field
GuiLLiM mentions
gules
till
their chief
was
Ker
killed at
appointed that for the future the House of Cesfoord should carry
verty in
No
27-
field
-Eariy Ermine
whereupon he was
Sioi5.
killed.
CHAPTER
III.
PARTITION LINES.
SHIELDS
There are
By
I.
a perpendicular
six
line,
and
ticular direction.
fur,
methods of dividing a
it
in a par-
shield.
(No. 28)
No.
2.
28.
No.
29.
A horizontal
No.
line
30.
No.
31.
No.
32.
No.
33.
29).
line crossing,
termed Parted
diagonal dexter
line,
Band
(No. 31).
5.
HERALDRY,
i8
6.
Two
lines rising
sinister base,
and
PARTITION LINES.
19
r^r^r^^/^sr-sr^y^s/^^r-sr^r No. 3 7.
Livected
Wavy or
Undee.
Nelmlee.
'\f\J^\f\f\J\f\^ No.
38.
No. 39.
<
\-zszszszs
v/WV\/WV^
No.
4a
Dancette
\./^^^^\^/'^^\n/ ^'
^ ^'
Embattled.
_J
Ragulee.
~ZyZ_y"^yZ_yZv^ No.
Indented.
LJ LJ
1_J
V No. 42.
43.
Dovetail
P^/^/^^.
is
straiglit.
at sea.
Indented and dancette are not unlike each other, but the latter
same
The various
composed.
cross
These
lines
originally.
may be
employed
to form Ordinaries.
It
must
chief
may be
may be
e?igrailed, that
is,
the divi-
HONOURABLE ORDINARIES.
No.
47.
No.
51.
No.
No.
55.
No.
No.
No.
21
No.
49.
No,
so.
52.
No.
53.
No.
54.
No.
56.
No.
57.
No.
58.
59.
No.
60.
No.
61.
No.
62.
63.
No.
64.
No.
65.
No.
66.
48.
HERALDRY,
22
in the fol-
lowing descriptions.
The Chief
1.
cutting
line,
it
off as
it
horizontal straight
It
line.
lines
be
shield, but
formed simply
The Chief
it
it is
specified)
may be borne
lines.
and (unless
field,
is
formed by one
in
combination with
which is one-fourth
When any
the
field, it is
charge
it,
and
it
Chief.
may have
The Pale
2.
is
said to be
The Pale
field.
this lieraldic
The Pale
and
occurs less
Mackenzie
them.
it.
says
wood which
viz.,
encamp
the Fa//et
(No. 49), which contains one-half the Pale, and the Endorse (No.
50),
which
is
vertical position
on the
field.
The
Pallet
may be borne
The Endorse
is
in
any
generally borne in
HONOURABLE ORDINARIES.
and often accompanies the Pale, one being placed on
pairs,
side of
it.
The Pale
is
The Bend
3.
(No. 51)
it
it
is
sinister base.
When
slightly arched,
fifth part.
but
The Bend is
when
The
Bend
Cotice
now
are the
is
is
Bendld (No.
Riband (No.
is
its
borne in
52), containing
pairs,
extremities
or^
half
in
on a beiid cotised
This diminutive
54).
is
and generally
The
the
is
said to be cotised.
is
it
said to repre-
one-half of the Bend, and the Cost or Cotice (No. 53), which
of the Bendlet.
drawn
but we have
diminutives of the
lines,
siT.j
either
necessary
tives
The
It is
may be mistaken
The same
was
23
is
Bend
the shield;
The Bend
that
is, its
position
is
reversed on the
is
it
be a Bend
Bend
dexter.
shield.
sinister.
Bend
is
Bend
is
field.
It
placed, unless
HERALDRY.
24
which
is
so that
it
illegitimacy.
may blazon
colour.
is
smooth)
Scarp (No.
which
57),
at its extremities,
The Baton
is
all
it
with
some heralds
generations.
Many
it
of our nobility,
can be removed
who
after three
English Kings and Princes, bear the Royal arms with the Baton.
the Baton could
now be removed,
Some
If
Baton rather as a
common
charge than as a
58)
is
formed by two
part of
it.
It is said to
Fesse has
warriors.
writers
have taken
The Bar
(No. 59)
is
number than
The
It is
it
it.
greater
drawn
The
parallel lines
can be borne
in
field.
It is also
field.
HONOURABLE ORDINARIES,
25
is
When
61),
is
be
cotised.
is
said to
Bars gemelies.
7.
The Cross
two horizontal
(No. 62)
is
lines crossing at
it
may be
The
varieties
mentions thirty-nine
seventy-two.
it
Some
Leigh,
forty-six
Guillim
is
is
simply a Cross,
always intended.
to this Ordinary
warriors
was the
and pilgrims
in
Spenser.
The Saltire
(No.
6t,)
may be termed
in
the
same way
a diagonal Cross,
sinister crossing
and
each other at
fesse
form the
HERALDRY.
26
The
field,
This Ordinary
the belief that
It is
it is
charged.
sometimes called a
is
upon such a
St.
Andrew
cross St.
suffered martyrdom.
The
Saltire
Two
or
more
The
The
can be borne on a
Saltires
but the extremities are couped, and they assume the rank
family of
it
Upon
gulcs^
by various charges.
martial red.
Drayton.
9.
The Chevron
(No. 64)
may be
so also
may two
the chief
may appear
it
it
in the
two
rafters of
occupies one-third
be charged or
not.
same composition,
Clievrons.
diminutive
many
Barons' War.
said to represent
in the
chief.
Neville bear
branches differencing
may appear
Saltire
The
Couple-close
to bo a subordinate charge.
65)
is
by
and by others
HONOURABLE ORDINARIES.
As
27
field,
thus
first
Ordinary
any of
the tincture of
is
When
lines,
and
lines
and nine
dififerent
CHAPTER
V.
SUBORDINARIES.
IN
ordiiiaries.
use,
them
called Sub-
and although of
less
The
by
all
exact
number of
heralds,
some
this
group of devices
is
Honourable Ordinaries
These are
I.
Th
blazoned.
is
29
probable that
The Canton
it
is
size,
and
it
banner of Knights
Bannerets.
No.
67.
No
68.
No.
69.
No.
70.
No.
71
No.
72.
No.
73.
No
74.
The Canton
bordure
and
field,
bars
az.
it is
is
in blazoning a shield
on a cafiton
ingstone,
ar.,
nephew of Edward
2.
all
az.,
for
of Hard-
lions of
68)
is
Cox
I.
a line
lion's
it is
upon
line
meeting
HERALDRY.
Gyrons are borne
singly,
by couples of
six or eight,
and some-
times of ten.
The Gyron
and
is
is
derived from
This Subordinary
gijsset.
is
The Inescutcheon,
or
69),
is
small shield borne within the shield upon the fesse point or centre,
and said
to
by the husband of an
heiress,
This
shield.
who
is
generally borne
Kings of England.
England
Royal proclamation
Kingdom should be
in
:
first
and
called Escutc/ieoJis,
ordinaries.
4.
fifth
70)
is
composed of a double
It
and
it
may be
line at
about a
field
by
of a larger shield,
early heralds
it
was
thus blazoned.
5.
the orle,
71)
may be
regarded as a diminutive of
have no diminutives.
The
Tressure
is
SUBORDINARIES.
This decoration
are reversed.
hereafter illustrated
and
The Lozenge
6.
field,
blazoned, fleury
coiinter-fleury.
is
7.
8.
(No. 73)
is
74)
An
No.
other.
says
"
He
Blake bear
75.
No.
berith govvles
arg.^
The
bears ^., a
No.
76.
75)
is
and a
77.
is
No. 7a
formed of a segment of a
It is
said to
circle
origin of Flanches
frecte of golde."
a frette gu.
Baron Audley
Lord Audley,
family of
lozenge.
is
9.
is
fleurs-de-lis
further described.
(No, 72)
The Fusil
The
de-lis,
31
sinister side.
The Mascle
(No. 76)
is
it
is
HERALDRY
32
Armourists are
much
them seem
mesh
or
11.
mash of a
circular
is
it is
from the
is
The Rustre
to think that
net.
BoYER
it
is
it is
round.
12.
The Label
(No. 78)
field,
Of
late years
it
The Label
Label couped.
will
difference^ to distinguish
is
used for a
is
13.
The Billet
(No. 79)
is
a right-angled figure a
little
longer
than broad, resembling a folded letter in form, and from this said
to
The BoRDURE
or
Border (No.
field,
and
book
as a difference.
to denote illegitimacy.
will
be treated of further on
also been
employed
SUBORDINARIES.
15.
iniddle chief,
base.
33
and extending
to,
and meeting
used
in the construction
No.
16.
No.
79.
is
80.
The
Pile
Honourable Ordinaries.
No.
No.
81.
82.
a segment of a larger
circle,
there-
Gibbon
Voiders differ
As
the Subordinaries,
is
all
furs.
also in
intended.
it is
understood that
CHAPTER
VI,
ROUNDELS.
ANOTHER
RouNDLETS
which
circular
is
83.
No.
84.
No.
85.
No.
86.
No.
87.
No,
88.
No.
89.
No.
90.
No.
91.
No.
92.
discs or plates,
No.
83.
its
No.
or spherical.
figures possesses
blazoning to denote
sufficient in
o
flat
Heraldry.
title,
distinct
sorts
are
The Bezant
colour.
and those of
They
a distinctive
colour,
or^
gold
named
Crusades.
argent^ silver
borne
by the family of
ROUNDELS,
No.
85.
The HuRTE
35
azuVeXAne.
gulesred.
or
St.
Albans" "tor-
Duke of
lytill
Buckingham and
Neville Grenville,
in those of R.
Esq., of
No.
87.
vert green.
The PoMME
Lord Aveland
termed pomeis.
These
or.
purple.
black
91.
These
The GuzE
last
this
roundel
is
termed by
ogress.
No.
sable
j-^w^/^^ blood-colour.
altogether ignored.*
it
is
altogether unlike
composed of two
is
all
tinctures, argent
and
aziire;
it
is
The
of six thdit
termed
is,
sykes.
wavy
as crests
and
furs or of
in
any other
any number
in
number
tincture.
arms
in the
in each
32
row
HERALDRY.
36
No.
is
No.
93.
mentioned
in the blazon.
No.
94.
or,
on a
The
is
bears
family of
sa.,
Haynes,
The
Wellesley
95.
is
shield of
blazoned gu,,
@m
No.
No.
96.
No.
97.
98.
cross arg. between five plates in saltire in each quai-ter (No. 96).
The
^^S-y afessegu.,
and in
barsgu.f and in
Wake
-y
Devereux,
ROUNDELS.
Roundels may be charged, that
upon them.
The
family of
and
for a crest
Roundels of
of arms, that
is
yj
another charge
may be borne
sa.
Stafford,
(No. 98)/
is,
borne
all
of
whom
inherit the
same arms.
Some
is still
false roundel.
it
No.
No,
loo.
loi.
CHAPTER
THE
THE
is
cross,
which sometimes
There
will
CROSS.
described in
blazon
VII.
is
its
it is
is
St.
George of England.
Holy Land.
to the
The former
are chiefly
is
a Cross Jlamant.
great im-
made up
The
it
is,
No. 102
the
lines,
When
pattern.
21).
in
some
particular
THE
CROSS.
39
17 \r
No.
I02.
No.
105.
No.
103.
No.
106.
No.
No.
No.
io8.
No.
109.
No.
No.
III.
No.
112.
Na
104.
107.
I TO.
113.
'
HERALDRY.
40
No. 103
whose
is
No. 104
is
known.
a Cross engrailed.
The
fillets,
and
the
or a Cross tti-parted
is
andfretted^'' or
interlacings of
fillets.
is
St.
It
is,
in fact,
The Fimbriated
is
upon a
field
of another metal
it, if it
be of
the fimbriation,
upon
metal, or colour
upon
109)
is
the
St.
George's
part,
no)
is
other,
removed.
This Cross
is
line,
and
borne by
THE
No. Ill
This Cross
No. 112
41
is
is
borne by Viscount
is
CROSS.
is
degrees,
De
Vesci.
a Cross Quadrate.
be
Degraded
or steps.
illustrated in this
book.
numerous
Cross.
It will
this instance is
similar, there
No. 115
is
is
composed of an
indefinite
number of
fusils.
spots.
their extremities
illustrations
No.
16
is
The arms
betwem
HERALDRY,
42
This Cross,
The
1 1 7,
Cross Patee
is
No.
and a Maltese
Cross.
No. it8
is
The
Harefield
mounted of another,
it
may appear
that
one
is
placed
the other.
No.
family of Baynes, of
in pale, arg.
upon
Duke of
No.
118.
No.
119.
It is
is
I20.
The
is
its
it
No.
Id
(page 38)
is
silver shield
who bore
upon metal."
THE
The
Cross Potent
which
it
is
GO,
CROSS.
43
page
This takes
38).
it
will
its
name from
the/z/r
be remembered, represents a
Potent or crutch.
No. 120
The
line,
is
is
No.
No.
23
is
as the same.
Crewe
No.
123.
fication of the
for
Mo-
terminate with
az.,
is
124.
a modi-
it is
regarded
fleurs-de-lis.
Baron
Offley.
The Cross
It is
as in
No. 124.
Per pale,
entire, that
is,
and coimter-changed.
The ^Qx^fitchk
is
applied to
all
HERALDRY.
44
terminating in a point.
This
who made
is
crosses of wood,
early Christians,
to stick into
The Cross
is,
perhaps, of
The
Cross Bototiee, or
trefle
is
a modification
Any number
whole shield
is
may be borne
of Crosses
more
may be
and
voided,
voided,
In
&c.
like
may
manner
or fitchy,
it
arm
The
nut.
is
George,
or crusilly.
all
the other
be
when
x^
may
Fitche'e,
is
formed
St.
criisilee,
double fitchee
2,
also
the
variety.
be remembered,
will
three,
correctly,
wavy
When
in a shield.
It will
Crosses
it is
an addition to
is
it,
complete
is,
but in a Cross
like the other
as in No. 124.
Cross
Cross Avellane
is
the Cathedral of
St.
Paul
is
a Cross
Avellane.
Cross
Lambeaux
is
label.
THE
The
letter
The Greek
Cross has
The Latin
Cross has
is
45
a Cross terminating
like the
V.
'
CROSS.
its
its
its
transverse limbs
of the same length, the fourth limb or shaft being longer than the
This
other three.
is
The
Cross Calvary
The
Cross Anchored.
is
a Latin Cross on
Most
degrees, or steps.
is
only a modi-
The
C7'oss
Milrine has
its
letter
in-
verted.
The
Cross Rayonnant
is
A
off,
and
is
when
is
lower part of a
St.
like
represented as being
Cross couped
A Cross
it.
made
is
pale,
saltire,
letter
and the
Y.
formed
like
letter
it is
as will be
St.
in
is
most generally
60).
shown
Andrew,
for
a subsequent chapter.
HERALDRY.
46
The Cross
it
was customary
it
In
Mono-
the.
name
to
a custom which
less religiously,
in our
day
not
than formerly.
is
Whatton, Northamptonshire.
CHAPTER
VIII.
VARIED FIELDS.
HERE
Paly
is
number
Pales, the
Bendy
is
to
be
field into
an even number of
field into
an even number of
field into
an even number of
specified.
Barry
is
When
there are
more than
eight
bars, the
term Barruly or
No. 128
when
is
occupy the
first
or dexter portion.
that the
first
ft is
customary
named should
HERALDRY,
48
No. 129
is
six,
fl';/^^///*?^'
or other tinctures.
(for
Thynne)
five
and
No.
128.
No. 129
No.
131.
No.
135.
!%:!
TT ^F "V
No.
Paly^
132.
No.
133.
No.
134.
VARIED FIELDS.
The Earl of Annesley
and
illustrates
This shield
is
is
six,
or and
is
sa.
horizontally, crossed
it is
lines.
termed Barry-nebulee of
No. 130
az.y
No. 135
49
by others drawn
is
formed by
lines
drawn
No. 131
vertically,
is
is
produced by
lines
drawn
and Bendy.
A field
Lozengy
is
tinc-
133)
is
more elongated.
Chequee, Chequy or Cheeky (No. 134)
by
lines perpendicular
and
is
when
the field
horizontal, crossing
is
divided
arranged alternately.
may
run the same way as the bend, &c., and not necessarily horizontal
and perpendicular.
tered
The
shield of the
The
large
number of old
is
De Warrens,
chequee or
still
quar-
and az.
De Warren.
4
HERALDRY.
i;o
Frdty or
The arms
sa.,
an ancient
It is
Lord Bellew
of
a canton
field
one another.
the Frette.
is
Neville
The
remembrance of Gilbert de
ship, gold, in
No.
No.
136.
Gyronny
No.
138.
number of
is
139.
of a Gyron.
No.
137.
Duke of Argyll
Campbell.
bears
Sometimes gyronny
is
^^r^;/;/j'
of
six,
of eight, orafidsa.,
and
it is
then repre-
Bendy Pily
is
is
is
composed of piles
to
Barry Bendy
dexter
and
is
field
of Mascles.
sinister is similar to
is
lines,
VARIED FIELDS,
which reduce them to triangular
term for
this
ornamental
51
pieces.
It is also called
field.
by some heralds
Triangle Counter-triangle.
No.
No.
140.
Compony or Componee
is
No.
141.
field
143.
No.
142.
bears a
and az.
Coimtet -Componee (No. 141) has two rows of squares, with a metal
and colour
Chcquy.
is
termed Cheqiik or
for colour,
the
alternating.
and colour
same composition or
p. 130).
is
the same as
Bendy
within or
in the
fields
fall
same plane or
level,
and
set
no shading whatever
is
upon them.
It follows
introduced, nor
is
any
CHAPTER
IX.
DIAPER.
DIAPER
is
upon the
charges, to
its
add
to their artistic
beauty.
employed
in stained glass,
upon
sculpture,
and upon
seals,
much
and
the
examples of
Diaper
is
this beautiful
work.
it
any relation
to Heraldry
more
in
may
blazon.
DIAPER.
Diaper may be executed
heraldic rule, but
it
in
53
docs not
is
in
keeping with
affect in
When
when
there
Diaper the
Oxford,
is
is
The
field.
shield of
it, it is
admirable example.
It will
is
is
in sculpture
effect is
tint
is
Diapers upon
monument
of
field,
fields
is
exquisitely diapered.
Champleve enamel
is
as fresh
and
This
is
in
Upon
the
Westminster Abbey,
in
example of Diaper
in
fine
brilliant as
it
ago.
Equally good
in relief.
This example
silver
an
is
^yjz^^^XiX. facsimile
drawing of
this shield.
heraldic Diapers
OF Castile,
back."
surfaces of any
The
all
a.d.
effect in slight
may
reHef
1290, and of
Earl of Lancaster,
a.d. 1296,
may be
specified as
good
54
HERALDRY.
effigies
King Richard
of
1394;
the
all
King Henry
Percy
Alban's
II.,
shield of
De Warrenne,
men
of
of Diapering.
luce haitriant,
is
and
a.d.
upon
The
field
a.d. 1375, in
Hugh
Hastings,
good examples.
speci-
on a
shield
very curious
"FouBERT de Doure"
cJuqtiy,
1272;
Queen,
his
III., a.d.
of
instance
is
The arms
are
The
illustration
(No. 145)
is
copied from
From
the
will suffice
numerous
(No. 146).
beautiful Diapers
This Diaper
is
on
seals
one example
No.
146.
"^mm m^m
ij
CHAPTER
X.
VARIETIES
The
C/iie/
Saltire, as in
ployed together.
cafiton gu. ;
and combinations.
The arms
ar.,
a fesse and
Bordicre.
A
will
it
formed of
The
this or of
modifications
and
is
varieties of the
lines.
assigned to them.
HERALDRY.
56
No.
No.
148.
152.
Na
153.
^^
No.
No.
151.
No.
154.
No.
155.
No.
158.
No.
159.
No.
156.
No.
160.
No.
161.
No.
162.
No.
163.
No.
164.
No.
165.
No.
166,
No.
167.
1S7.
VARIETIES
AND COMBINATIONS.
57
a bend engrailed^
No. 184
is az.,
a bend
Blantyre bears
or,
borne by
Lord Bateman.
Lord
and
az.,
surmounted of a
which
it
de-Hs,
and
is
naries can
Bcfid
charged.
is
No. 159
is
furs.
ordi-
vair.
lines, as
No. 157.
Bend formed
Two Bends
there are
of a
wavy
or other line
is
is,
fleurs-
wavy
shield, as
a second
first
bend.
When
No. 156.
BYR,OK
straight lines, or of
ornamental
lines.
The
any of the
family of
Anson,
bendlets
sinister canton
163).
crescent
Sometimes
field are
that
Some
in the
on the
special positions
Baron Byron
for in-
168.
and
stance, the
No.
engrailed gides,
"
Enhanced
" signi-
sinister.
HERALDRY.
58
many variations
Chevrons have
abaisse; No. 162
is
of position.
No.
60
is
in
off,
ra'ersed.
shield.
a Chevron
cotiped^ that
Two
coat,
and
in combination
Chevrons.
Chevronels are generally borne in triplets, and they are some-
or^
three
The
family of
interlaced
The
Priory,
family of
King's
Armstrong, Gallen
County, bear
arg.^
three
The one
all
Pallets
is
but there
is in reality
is
a shield
to three Bars,
VARIETIES
which
is
AND COMBINATIONS.
Barry of
six, that
59
is,
six stripes
of alternate tinctures.
Bars, Pallets, &c.,
may be borne
or, three
Westmeath
No.
ondee or wavy, or
may be formed
lines.
Drummond.
The Marquis of
No.
170.
No.
171.
numerous ways.
and
No.
172.
counter-pily, that
No. 173
ture^s.
is,
field
two
72
termed
fields
No.
Pil^
173.
tinc-
No. 171
others, transposed.
chief.
The
sinister
points of the
The
de-lis,
This
is
HERALDRY.
6o
in
modem
Heraldry,
as
Edw.
is,
&c.,
Honourable Ordinary, and great care must be taken that the two
monosyllables on and in do not get confused.
On
field
and
shape of a cross.
The same
The
176).
refers to
on a
and
in /esse.
Percy bear
ancient family of
Lord
fesse,
or (No.
in bend, &c.,
would be a
Kent, are
betid
vert,
offusils.
and no number
The arms
is
When
fusils
AND COMBINATIONS.
VARIETIES
6i
"^^^J^
No.
176.
No.
No.
177.
esse^
179.
be seen
No.
178.
fesse
One
No.
Two
No.
180.
i8i.
No.
No.
182.
saltire
183.
(No. 181).
The
and
sa.^
hilts or.
two swords
/;/
saltire,
are
pommels
is
five
bezants in
cross.
The Northcotes,
of
HERALDRY.
62
Colyer
and flighted,
arg,, point
bend^ sa.
and az.y an
arroiv in
is,
The
Three
each placed
horizontally) in pale.
Many
No.
184.
CHAMrAGNE.
CHAPTER
COATS OF ARMS.
THE
SuRCOAT.
XI.
ETC.
It
called
first
;
was probably
From
''
this
method of
Cote Armure
" or
illustrating or depicting
arms
A vesture
Woiche men
yclept a cole-armure,
Embroidered wonderly
.
..;
.^
And though
thei
riche,
weren not
ilche
But
I will not, so
Be now abouten
mote
I thriue.
to descrive
For
The
first
to
me
were impossible.
Chaucer.
and
girt
belt.
One
is
on the monu-
HERALDRY
64
mental
effigy
of
Geoffrey de Magnaville,
in the
an escarbtmcle^dixA
is
The
first
known monumental
the earliest
representation
The monumental
216), in the
The monumental
II.
Earl of Essex,
him habited
lioncels,
surcoat.
effigy of
represents
in
his
page 97,
shield, illustrated
No. 206.
and the
effigy
William de Valence,
of
effigy
it
number of
who
is
is
a good
ment
small shields;
died in 1323,
Above
the
monu-
a surcoat.
The
horse also
is
rider.
The Cyclas.
to
John D'Aubernoun,
began
off"
The
sculptured
Oliver
effigy
Ingham,
of
Sir
in
Ing-
1343
and
that of
Prince
John Plantagenet,
Eltham, a.d.
admirable
some
of
1337, afford
examples.
instances
In
the lower
is
cut
into an orna-
mental pattern,
or termi-
The
reduction
the
in
surcoat
was probably
when
The
surcoat
and
the
foot.
cyclas
Examples
effigies
JSo.. 185.
Duke
of
of
mounted
of Princes, nobles,
HERALDRY,
66
and knights of the middle ages with the surcoat and cyclas are
very numerous.
shields
They
insignia.
war-horses,
and
to be
in this chapter
of
Henry de
(died 1272); of
Laci,
Robert de
Earl of Hereford
(killed 1322)
latter
on
the cyclas,
it
The
later
examples
fit
skirt at
The
same length
its
gene-
fine
on the
effigy
of
John de
COATS OF ARMS.
No.
i86.
JUPON
Lancaster,
of
a.d.
67
William Montacute,
on
effigy
his seal.
effigy
of the
62
Black
HERALDRY.
68
Prince
This jupon
emblazoned with
is
The
is
ornamented with
lions'
beautiful belt
England.
Another example
Abbey Church
is
upon the
effigy of
Guy Brian
Sir
of Tewkesbury.
Sir
"
Wednesday next
in the
Guy
or,
died on
Virgin, 1390."
No. 186
is
is
from the
effigy of
two and
It will
one, for
Thorpe,
sa.
af
two
esse between
varieties of
Baynard.
"coats of arms"
Edmund
Norfolk.
Sir
as of the
shape of a sack, with holes for the arms and head to pass through.
Before the surcoat was shortened,
the waist-belt
down
to the
it
had an opening
bottom of the
skirt
in front
from
had
sleeves.
effigy
of
One
introduced
The
many
is
in
Arundel Church.
This John was born a.d. 1407, and died a.d. 1434.
instance the sleeves are very shoirt
and
fit
it
represented on the
In
this
COATS OF ARMS.
69
gu.^
lion
187.
Fitzalan tabard
is
and
sleeves,
sa?ig.
gu.^
One
As a mark
a fesse
eagle only
is
visible
above the
differs
from
Tudor
era,
close-fitting.
du
sa.,
blazonry
and
Maltravers.
No.
The
rampant
The
its
armorial
on the
sleeves.
were put on prisoners, and thus habited they were led through
tlie streets
The
till
the
commencement of
the sixteenth
HERALDRY.
70
by the
Officers of
On
monument
the beautiful
and the
to Sir
state occasions.
Thomas Broke,
effigies
The married
official
habit of
all
Cobham
represented
The
all
in
the Heralds
is
left
blank,
filled.
a tabard^
or, as it
some-
The Mantle,
now worn by
estate;
Peers
is
is
The mantle
called a robe of
are of scarlet.
that
official insignia
constitutes an
is
many
case the mantle generally bore either the impaled arms of the lady
to
is
monumental
Lady Tiptoft
only.
Numerous examples
(No. 188)
in this instance,
charged with the impaled arms of the father and the mother of
the wearer,
of Powys, and
Alianore
COATS OF ARMS.
Holland. In
that
Tudor
the
era, ladies
71
monument
to the
memory
of Sir
On
the splendid
his lady,
upon
The mantle on
mantle.
Richard
wife of
the effigy of
is
Whether
open
front of the
Anne of Bohemia,
first
represented as embroidered or
ladies actually
monumental
sculptors,
it
is
mental
effigies,
Yorkist collar
so also
is
is
represented on
many monu-
teenth century, by knights upon the helm, and under the crest.
It
is
supposed
to
The Mantling
derived from the
example occurs
contoise,
monu-
have been
earlier period.
to
in the
at Westminster.
Mantling, or Lambrequin,
silk,
on
singularly characteristic
velvet or
a.d. 1322,
it
is
attached
HERALDRY,
72
The
ged and
irregular
mantling
exposed, was
indicated
by the
jag-
p. 9) the
is
is
much
is
The mantHng
of
John Daubygnf:,
a.d. 1346,
This example
illustrates the
mark cadency
same charges
This mantling
in shields of arms.
is
that
semee of mullets.
of
Henry Bourchier,
K.G.,
The mantling
died in 14S3,
is
billettee, or^
As a general
arms;
and the
or, if there
lining
is
mantling
rule, the
sable.
is
and
in the case of
very
It
would be
differs
is
difficult to
coats.
The
description given
by some
COATS OF ARMS.
73
when
Many
early seals of
their effigies,
and they are represented with arms charged upon the mantle or
tunic
thus,
tunic,
and on her
left
I, is
effigy
of Isabella,
Queen of Edward
Margaret,
wife of
II. is
afterwards of Sir
J.
represented
England charged
Giffard gu.,
lion ranipant ;
upon
Numbers
of
and
In the middle ages, the ladies of knights were occasionally associated with the Order of the Garter, and monumental
representing the Garter
Ecclesiastics also
heraldic bearings.
effigies
remain
wrist.
it is
HERALDRY,
74
Museum
there
is
a magnificent cope
on
altar-cloths.
Item.
An
myddes
John Robyn-
thereof, w* a frontell
If,
it is
1446.
CHAPTER
III.
XII.
CHARGES.
THE
ordinaries
rous
Charges were
common
object,
man
sufficient
devices, from
fishes, serpents,
in
some respect
his
in quality like, or
were charged
that
quality did
HERALDRY
76
upon a
shield are
entitled Charges.
|The Li on ranks
and he
generosity.
reigns of
first
among
is
The
lion
is
lions as far
The
monarchical dominion.
He
lion
is
The
made
for distinction,
Sove-
shield of Scotland
said to represent
is
borne
in various atti-
The
The Royal
command and
shields.
may
lion."
still
The
lion is
borne
rampafit^
rampant
may be
addorsed^ counter-passant^
the
same
The
when
Any one
&c
a demi-lion
Two
may be
termed
variety.
their arms,
and
these are of a different tincture from the body, they are said
CHARGES.
to be
is
annedoi such a
tincture.
is
77
be not
If this
The tongue
the tongue.
is
same
ture.
armed
and
be
is
arming
specified, the
generally the
gules,
and
tinc-
and tongue
must be azure.
The
elevated.
tail
is
also represented
to
and proper
make a
when
The red
in
any other
lion in the
spring
this at-
attitude, described
is
a lion rampant.
lion
The
its
is
rampant guardant.
The
guardant
or, ducally
Lord Carberry
Lord Braybrooke
sufficient
a lion supporting a
shield.
Some
No.
194.
No.
195.
CHARGES.
79
The
raised.
tail is
is
always
is
a lion passant^
The L'Estrange
walking.
arg.^
sa.y
or.
Passant guardant (No. 189, page 75) was by early heralds bla-
zoned a
^^
leopard'''
The
end of
In the
roll
''
leoparts," or
''
lybbardes.''
Upon
With
of arms of
Henry
is,
''Le
Roy
its
true name.
Emperor of Germany
to
Henry
by the
Royal
coat of arms."
The
statute of
Edward
teste
I.,
and
Ed.
when
I.,
assayed, should be
controversv about
this
lion.
HERALDRY.
8o
fairly
exhausted; and
it
has
now been
well decided that the term " leopard " did not actually
pretty
mean
the
animal of that name, but was a term applied to the lion when in
the particular position represented
on the Royal
shield of England.
lions in
The
England's
lion, as
it is
is
coat."
the lion passafit in that he looks out from the shield towards the
spectator, or
The
the
lio7i
is affronte.
when
Passant Reguardant
is
similar to passant
is
sinister.
Statant
is
of the lion
is
Statant guardant
is
The
tail
he were looking
a direct
in
line.
The head
crest of the
head
if
Duke of Northumberland
a lion statant^
is
is
on a chapeau,
blazoned
The
often blazoned as
turned back, as
The
is
of England.
feet,
of gold,
extetided or extended in
crest of the
but,
a right
Duke of Norfolk
is
line.
is
on a chapeaUygu.^
tunwd
CHARGES.
/, erm.^
8i
with a
taU
Howards.
Duke of
the
Howard
Lion.
Northumberland.
tail
elevated,
on the two
lion
hind-legs, with
to ihe
Combattant
Some
face.
is
term
tlie
for
two rampant
is
Rampant
scarcely necessary, as
it
combattant:
would be the
01^
in combat.
When two
rampant,
face
it
is
gu.,
two
on the impaled
to
shield, or Cotmter-rampafit.
down
or at
rest.
The
is erect.
HERALDRY.
82
Sejant guardant
the
is
Lord Lyons
affronte.
same
bears
sa.^
are elevated
Couchant or Dortnant
The head
of the lion
is
rest
of ihejield.
on the ground.
is
is
is
Coward (No.
and
his tail
198)
is
between his
Addorsed
on the
is
From
signs of fear.
shield.
Cotinter-passant, said
legs,
to the
passant as two
sinister,
Some
directions.
lioncels,
old writers
blazon
two
lions
counter-
blazon.
Tricorporated
is
all
CHARGES.
83
his brother
and ari?ied,
az.
Dismembered 01
paws cut
is
off,
Maitland bear
tail,
and
Sir Gibson
a
or,
Maitlands
Two
or three lions
P2arl of
two and
one,
The Catlings
arg.
When more
termed
When
who
Another
Catlyns bear
or
three lions
or.
In
bury,
thus, the
shield;
Lioncels.
rampant.
tail.
as
The
Salis-
in the
page 97)
fine early
example
OF Hereford, which
is
is
thus blazoned
field azure.
De Bohuns, Earls
HERALDRY.
84
A great
number of our
The Royal
the crown.
crest of
England
The Royal
is
No.
The
tion,
and with a
crest of Scotland
is
is
199.
represented as
fierceness
also a lion.
full
of
almost grotesque.
life
and anima-
In the earliest
tails.
The
beautiful con-
ventional forms used by the old sculptors and painters are very
CHARGES.
On some
striking.
entirely
85
formed to
fit
ornamental curl to
fill
up the
most ingeniously
twisted into
some
shield.
No.
PuGiN
is
tail
201.
is
Rampant
the
emblem of
sovereignty,
magnanimity,
Passant
resolution,
Guardant
prudence,
Salient
valour,
Sejant
counsel,
Reguardant
circumspection.
HERALDRY.
86
The
may be blazoned
lion
prey, or devouring
it
or he
When
watching
for his
Brave Barony
guardani^
vigilant^ or vormit
may have
winged, vair.
or,
an ordinary
set over
is
lion, the
such ordinary.
animal
is
debruised by
ribboti, in bend.
The
lion is frequently
The
mouth or paw.
gu., holding
The
family of
a sword ppr.,
lion
also borne
is
attached, or he
hilt
Cape bear
for
collared,
301).
with a coronet.
may be
demi'lion
rampant
is
lion's
tail
head
is
tuft.
it
is
When
line
it
is
when
body.
is
DowNE
a
armed, gu.
and
in the sinister
lion's
gambe, erased,
or,
CHARGES.
liofi's
The
paw
is
87
all
beasts of prey.
When
when
when
attires,
own.
in motion,
and
is
their
termed
when
II.
armed of
The head
stag full-grown
is
their
of a stag,
horns
but a Stag
when placed
generally blazoned a
is
affronte,
Hart; the
HERALDRY,
Almost every description of
head of the
is
The
with in arms.
county as
is
at the
The Horse
met
living thing
place in Heraldry.
much
as the
Dog are
still
frequently
distinguishes that
The
elephant
Powis and
Every variety of
OF Newcastle
Melfort
The
Dog is
Pakington.
Duke
The
rence.
heraldic bear of
Warwick and
Ne-
the bull of
Rams
are borne
mily of Ramsey
betwee7i
Rams
three
by the
a
az.,
rams
fa-
chcv.
pass., or.
St.
Alban
Rams and
421, p.
ram's heads
CHARGES.
89
try.
It will
same
direction
by
on the
shield
lion
is
bla-
coiiraiit.
the families of
Herrer, De Heriz,
or
up on the
an animal running,
is
in
said to
be
coiirant ;
when
rearing
said of
an animal
Animals
Naissant
doiihle-tete ;
is
when
encircled round
gorged.
are said to
different
to
be
represented
When
beasts of prey are devouring their prey, they are WdiZon^A preying
when watching
blood
is
The
Wild
many
it,
vigilant ;
that the
dripping, vulned.
and
Shakspeare
of
for
Richard
III.,
and
to the bear of
Warwick.
The
three boar's
heads of the Gordons and the three elephant's heads of the Mar-
HERALDRY.
90
QUis
Camden
fleur-de-lis,
affrofite^
The arms
resting
upon
issuing from
Birds of
into
all
Tomb
of
William de Valence.
two classes
Of
the
first
class are
Ea^le, the Vulture, the Falcoji, the Gufalcon, the Saker, the Lanert,
The
charges
Kite, the
Buzzard,
Owl
and the
it
is
Amongst
amongst beasts
make
earliest
Earl of Cornwall,
lion maintains
delighted to
its
one of the
same rank
that the
An
Imperial
CHARGES.
Eagle has generally two heads,
The
crowned.
eagle charged in
crowned
and
relief
of
upon the
Abbey has a
monument
generally represented
is
two heads.
the
91
is
single
early shield in
head and
is
not
originally blazoned
on
a copy of which
is
Museum
(No. 204),
is
an
Baron Methuen
eagle.
K.G.,
somewhat exaggerated
Another example
is
in
HERALDRY.
92
RYGE, at
St.
artistic feeling,
it
was sculptured.
Some
the shield of
is
Abbot
three eagles.
The
instance of
all
is
displayed.
In the
said to
be
all
disclosed.
When more
blazoned Eaglets.
Falcotis
of
The well-known
John of Ghent
is
seal
When
falcons or
close.
paternal shield
is
Of
and jessed.
and straps on
The
I.
belled
bells
bears for a
Swan, the
Cygnety
the Wild Goose, the Wild Duck, the Sheldrake, the Shoveller, the
Cormorant, the Stork, the Heron, the Stern, the KingHslier, &c.
CHARGES,
The Swan^ when blazoned
proper^
have
for a crest a
is
The Calders,
swan swimming in a
93
De Bohuns
of Muirtoune,
with flags.
loch bordered
and many
beautiful
BoHUN,
On
swan having a
collar
and chain
is
Humphrey de
the seal of
carried
is
and
monuments
The
and
and
by a swan.
Royal.
The
crest
by the
father of
Cardinal Pole,
The
borne by Cave
the family of
beaked
and
BucHAN
Heron
legged or.
Stork
is
The head
of
two aftd
one, arg.,
Earl of
The
The
The Dove
heroiis,
is
borne by
Lord Chelms-
The
she
is
Pelican
generally blazoned as
standing above
its
name, Handcock.
nest,
2,
and nourishing
its
and
is
represented
for
a crest
2i
pelican
in her piety.
drawn
HERALDRY.
94
The
Peacock^ the
Game
The peacock,
Heraldry.
Cock,
with
spread,
is
in
said to be in pride.
when
roussant i
The Ga?ne
its
body,
He
Beaked
any
is
armed of
comb and
is
said to be crested
beak and
his
when
the wings of
close.
gills
of a different
spurs.
is
Membered applies
their beaks.
legs of
said to be
it is
same manner
in the
beak and
to the
bird.
Winged
from the
bird.
is
em-
many
variations of arrangement.
inverted
tassels or, is
of an eagle displayed,
erect is
when
Two wings
and
term
Meux
cord,
with
family.
as a charge, are
sometimes blazoned as a
vol,
single
wing
is
borne.
The head
of a swan in a charge
"
is
blazoned a swan's
in
The Heraldry
of Fish "
therefore but a
ject can
mere mention of
be here given.
It is
this
neck.
is
sufficient of
Moule
it-
testifies
supposed that
fish
CHARGES.
95
were the
lion holds
to
first
The arms
Russell, borne
in pretence
M.P., are
a dolphin
az.,
two
the second,
may be
It
fish that
the
a good example
Lady Frankland
of the late
late
is
R. Neville Grenville,
naiant embowed
on
or,
a chief of
saltires gu.
is
air, it is
uria?if.
embowed.
by the
base,
by God."
beasts.
hauriant ; but
When
Most of the
the
body
is
when
in pale, with
its
it is
head
in
blazoned
families of
The
infesse
in pale, as if rising to
bent or carved,
it is
swimming
family of
The
Dolphin, of
family of
az., three
Dolphingley bear
vert, three
The Pike
is
time of
scene of the
first
so satirized
Duke
is
the
Lucy
seal,
luce.
by Shakspeare
by him of the
In the
(page 169)
of
is
name
No. 242
arms.
The
HERALDRY,
96
Amongst
commonly borne
in
last.
It will
be
seen that the whales have allusion to the name, and the crozier to
The Whalleys
the monastery.
of
Wyamarus Whalley,
descended from
standard-bearer at
the
Battle of Hastings, bear arg., three whale's heads haiiriafit, e7'asedy sa.
Salmon
1
62 1 the arms,
Salmon
Sturgeon,
When
Herring
is
sa.,
all to
The
In
were granted to
The
be found as charges.
When no
is
of small
size,
is
specified,
all reptiles
A
ing
to the spectator,
in chief.
and erected on
back
its tail,
noived, that
and
i^liding.
is,
curl-
chev., between
two
couple-closes
impaling or,semee
sengreen resting
offtoivers, gentle, in the middle of the chief a
upon the
heads of two serpents, in pale, their tails knit together, allproper colours.
CHARGES,
resting upoti
a square marble
sa.
No more
97
and decorating
extraordinary or lengthy
tails
of the
very curious.
Earl of Salisbury
is
CHAPTER
XIII.
BLAZONING.
TO
blazon a coat
upon
it
in their proper
rules of Heraldry.
is
To
field
and
first
or colour, but
is
colours,
in Blazoning
is
and
and Marshalling
For instance,
If the field
parted by a perpendicular
called the
field,
the
The ground
divided by a partition
if
line,
it
of
originally
borne
in
is
that
is,
all
Armoury.
In blazoning arms,
that
and
called Marshalling^
field,
It is to explain
positions.
position
is
When
such line
is
understood to be
when a device
is
laid
line,
The
shield
such device
upon
it.
charge
is
is
is
called charged
upon
is
it,
and
placed
BLAZONING.
Heraldic language
99
is
explicit,
and conveys to
or a
or
number
is
to
in the
same
is
is
said to
tincture
said to
it is
be
^'-
be
of the field
is
may be blazoned
So any charge
a tincture
If
^^
" or as
specified in the
^^
as
of the
of the first."
third,''
'^
of the
In no case must
then,
if
that
is,
is
next
to,
or
"
field.
The blazon of a coat or quartering,"
Mr. Gough Nichols, " should be commenced with a capital
field
letter,
name
"
and
seldom any stronger than a comma, unless in a long and complicated coat.
comma.
demand
espe-
Nothing
is
be understood
in uncertainty.
72
HERALDRY.
lOO
and
lastly,
charge.
The
tincture of
sable.
varieties
may be emblazoned
and
looked, as there
and a
is
as great a difference
lion passant, as
between two
No.
When
row
ceed
shield, the
one
six,
rampant
number
in each
is
lion
207.
must be given
between a
distinct animals.
so covered
is
said to
in question, as in
in the "
calls
BLAZONING.
attention to
out,
among
numerous
errors to
be found
we should
"
loi
in blazon;
and he points
write "three
wolfs heads,"
lioii!s
jambs."
When
blazoned
proper^'' or,
falcon's head
erased^
more
generally,
^^
For instance,
ppr."
ppr^
*'
a
''
figure.
siftister,
and
is
The
at the
embowed, &c.
same
position.
To
is,
when
in
an easy motion
birds, disclosed.
follows gives
explicit
marks of cadency
is
is
to
birds of prey
appiled, but to
said to be cotichant
that
is,
Differencing.
all
is
to describe differences, or
manner.
last
thing
down
lion lying
all
lodged.
"^
^VSj^"^
separate chapter
is
given to
"
,
HERALDRY.
102
The
allied, as
it
became most
whom
there
and
its
quarterings,
new
shield
part.
The most
careful laws
St.
CHAPTER
XIV.
GLOSSARY.
ABACOT.^ cap of
Abaisse.
state.
of the shield, as, gu., a chevron abaisse ar. (No. i6o, page 56).
Abased.
See Abaisse
A mark
Abatement.
degraded in
dignity.
shield
is
lowered or
abatement.
either
its
all
of which are of
"
(tawney) and
" sanguine."
Abbot.
sixth century
title
it
originally given to
clerical.
who were
styled secular
abbotsy
duties.
Abbofs
staff.
The
A vexilluvi,
head.
of the pastoral
the crook
is
official staff
staff,
encircling
its shaft.
is
all
representations
crook
staff of a bishop,
of which the
HERALDRY.
io4
Abeyance,
When
A term
is
in expectation.
is
in
boiiche.
Said of a shield
page
4,
7).
See Conjoined.
The paraphernalia belonging to a
Accessories.
shield.
These are
badge,
scroll,
Accession.
Accolee.
The succession of an
Collared.
shields in foreign
cucoleeSy
a collar
Accolade.
Collars
Heraldry
may
of knighthood
when
and,
encircle
impaled
encircle both.
The term
Charges
placed on
side
by
side.
Accrued.
vigour of
Full-grown;
leaf,
in full
branch, and
fruit
grown
ling.
Achievemait.
badges, and
full
The
symbols,
armorial honours
of a Sovereign or subject.
hatchments
o^lo^^i^^^SiTZ .5 *<v'm
his
Monumenl&l Slab
Oxfordshire.
at
Norton
Brise,
Signs
displaying
A-
refers to
the
en-
U^oroiDCafer.
GLOSSARY.
Acorned.
105
is
more
generally used.
Placed back to
The
of
keys,
two in chief
rings,
wards in chief
Admiral.
The
title
officers, origin-
Charged, decorated.
The upper parts of the horns of a
Affrontant, or Affronted. Front or
Affronte,
chief.
Adorned.
Advancers.
stag.
Aj^rontee,
full-faced
to the spectator.
other.
Agmis Dei.
The
Lamb
of
God
is
one of the
titles
of Christ,
and the effigy of a lamb bearing a cross, and with a halo or nimbus,
is
styled
Agnus Dei.
is
Middle Temple.
Aguilated, or Aigiilated.
Aiguisee.
See
eagles.
Fitchee.
Winged.
Voided sliowing the shield through.
Alant. A short-eared
Alb. A long white linen vestment worn by
Aisle.
Ajoiire.
mastiff.
ecclesiastics at
divine service.
Albatiy
heralds.
order
2i
The badge
pear-tree.
is
HERALDRY,
io6
Alderman,
man
A municipal
title
(Ang. Sax.)
Alembic.
form of
still
This
Aliaize.
Alise.
at
Allerions,
eaglets, beakless
and
Allumee.
Lighted
described allumee
Almoner.
from within.
when
The
Originally a member of a
distribute alms-money.
sparkling.
religious order,
who had
to
distributes the
Queen's bounty.
Altar.
rally
depicted as a heathen
Ambulant.
in Heraldry,
and gene-
Walking, or passant.
Some
mode
of
Amethyst.
purple.
Amphisien Cockatrice.
Having a second
tail.
Ananas. A pineapple.
Anchor.
cable,
This
and
charge
is
set fesse-wise,
1
No.
place
210.
it
in pale,
and
it is
A small
flag
Ancred, or Anchored.
on the
When
it
is
British
usual to
depicted without
borne with a
by the
is
specified.
stern of a ship.
GLOSSARY.
Andrew (SL), or T/ie
named after the patron
Thistle.
107
saint of Scotland.
See
A six-leaved
Angles. A pair of interlaced angles, or chevronels, placed
Andrew's Cross.
Saltire.
Angenne.
tier-wise,
Anime.
flower.
that
bent like
is,
S.
No.
Annulet.
fifth
ears.
fire
Atinodated.
the letter
sal-
From
No.
21
annultcs,
ring.
212.
mark of
difference of the
Anmilettee, or Annuletty.
Having an annulet
at each extremity,
Annulets Conjoined.
Two
or
more annulets
interlacing each
Duke of Savoy
Antelope.
Order of Knighthood
instituted
by the
in 1360.
This animal
sometimes conventionally.
is
Some writers
called the
HERALDRY.
io8
Apostles.
St.
The arms
&c., &c.
saltier, arg.,
of the See of
pommels
or.
Two
London
Ripon and
St.
To
book,
Bristol,
Colonial Sees.
Apple.
The
heraldic apple
Appalmed, or Appau?nee.
right,
the
of Ulster, the
and appaumee,
arg.,
sinister
stalk.
The Badge
distinctive
wrist
is
Open-handed
is
thus
gii.
Archbishop.
in
title
Arched.
(No.
drawn with
Ar?n.
its
it is
and supports.
silver.
In engraving
surflice.
position
must be
whether armed or
Armed.
blazon,
pillars
The metal
carefully given,
whether
erect
or anboiued, and
vested.
when
In heraldic
said to be
armed.
is
GLOSSARY.
Armes
Parlantes.
Such armorial
fall
abound
Arfning Buckles.
Doublet.
Armourer.
Armoury.
Allusive or Canting
Arms
word
A lozenge-shaped buckle.
A surcoat.
An ancient armour-smith.
branch of Heraldry.
of
is
The
Ar7nortal Bearltigs.
all
rebus.
in early Heraldry.
Arming
the
109
Anns
Office,
sion,
in
Forcibly
The term
severed.
erased
is
now more
generally used.
Arraswise or Arrasways.
In
perspective, with
the spectator
Habited.
The of a mediaeval
Arrih'e. Backwards; showing the back.
Arrayed.
Arrayer.
Arro7idie.
Arrow.
Curved or rounded.
two
be
military officer.
title
in saltire.
and
When
armed and
is
feathered.
A bundle
of arrows
there are
more than
three, the
and
number must
specified.
Arrow pheoned.
spear.
Asc7idant.
Rising.
HERALDRY.
HO
Ash Keys or Ashen
Keys.
naturally.
Aspect.
Full-faced or at
A spedant,
Aspersed.
Ass.
gaze.
Aspecting, or Respectant.
Face to
face.
Strewed or scattered.
A charge
with "As."
Assis.
Sitting.
is
more generally
used.
Assiirgent.
sea.
Assumptive Anns.
his victor.
to
in
an attitude of defence.
At
Gaze.
Attire.
Full-faced
Habit or
This term
dress.
is
of a stag.
Attired or horned.
^The horns of a
Aulned. Bearded applied
the
Aure. Guttee
or drops of
Auriflamme. An ancient banner.
Augmentation. An honourable
bull,
&c.
Attires.
to
ears of barley.
gold.
d'or^
Avellane Cross.
Aversant or dorsed.
Aviz.
like
filbert.
part.
Aylets. Sea-swallows
gules.
Ayrant,
Applied to birds
in their nests.
and beaks
GLOSSARY,
Az. or Azure.
The
II
by
horizontal lines.
Bachelor.
ensign in the
Badge.
in the probationary
stage of knighthood.
field.
A device
signification of its
distinct
own.
from a shield or
badge
crest,
and having a
is
shield.
Bag of Madder
or Bale Corded.
A bale
Bagpipes,
of goods.
Sometimes
used in
Heraldry.
Bagivyn.
A fabulous heraldic
Baillon'e,
Baldrick.
The
symbol.
Bale-fire.
band or
girdle
beast.
its
mouth.
Queen
is
called a Baldrick.
See Beacon.
Sometimes called
Ball.
shown
A spherical roundel.
presented
flat,
Ball offire,
Fire-ball, or
Ballfiredproper.
sheaf
is
A ball with
fire
issuing
part.
A with four
placed
A
Surrounded
Banded.
by a riband.
Ball
Tasselled.
Bande.
re-
ball
staff
in bend.
of a different tincture,
The streamer
Bandrick. A sword-belt.
Banderole.
Banner. K piece of
it is
When
blazoned banded.
staff.
HERALDRY.
12
to a pole or
was the
of military chiefs.
oriflamme of
simple
as the
St.
known simply by
their colour.
Banneret,
The banner
device.
orders
highest
staff,
A knight who
for
The
entitled to
elevation of a knight to
Baphomet.
among
An
field
of battle, tempo
the
Charles
I.
the Templars, having two heads, male and female, the rest
Bar,
field.
is
The
which
is
one-half,
Bar-gemelle.
its
it
Two
parallel bars.
is
Any number
ceeding four
Barbs.
Barbed or Bearded.
Having
barbs.
heraldic rose.
This also
refers
to the
point of a weapon.
Barbed and
gills
Crested.
of a cock.
Barbed Arrows.
The of name.
Barded. A term describing a charger caparisoned.
Barnacle. A water-fowl with a broad
Barbel.
fish
this
bill.
GLOSSARY.
Barnacles or Breys.
No.
Baron.
in the United
is
in
214.
British peerage.
or husband
is
and
Barmlet. A diminutive of
of the shield.
Barrtille or Barruly.
page
used
closed or ex-
Kingdom.
it
may be borne
No.
213.
of
of horse-curb
tended.
sinister,
description
This charge
113
Divided
by
lines into
into
tinctures.
an even number of
tinctures
parts,
(No. 130,
48).
Barry
Indented^ or
may
sinister.
When the
best be explained by a
field
of
Barry-Pily.
When the
shield
is
Two
Barry- Wazy.
Bar-shot.
HERALDRY,
114
Bar-wise or bar-ways.
Base.
dle,
The
and
When any
sinister base.
the shield,
Basilisk.
it is
said to be
One
is
heraldic
Basket
This
"The
tail.
plain helmet.
is
Bastard Bar.
coat.
a dexter, mid-
base.
///
of the
There
shield.
A mark of
Shriittle.
sinister.
is
called a Batton
never carried
It is
in
Nisbet.
See Baton.
An Order of Knighthood.
Bat The bat
Heraldry
always
Bath.
in
batt
is
borne displayed.
a mark of illegitimacy
it is
staff
*'The
Sylvanus
borne generally as
one-fourth of the
bend
sinister,
but
does not reach to the extremities of the shield (No. 57, page 21).
Battering-ram.
An ancient engine of warfare used in a siege,
represented as a
A short
staff
rings of iron,
at
on
one end.
Having
battlements.
GLOSSARY.
Batline.
See Baton.
on a
pole, against
which
is
represented a
ladder.
is
115
Said
beak
tincture of the
in Heraldry,
legs.
differs
The
horn or
of a
or buck.
Beams. See Rays.
name, usually blazoned /^j^/.
Bear. The animal of
Beard. The barb of an arrow.
Arrows are generally blazoned
Bearded. Barbed.
Bearers. Supporters. Figures placed as
the
of holding
Beam.
principal
hart
attire
this
barbed.
if
up or guarding the
Bearifig.
arms
is
Beaver.
this
The
name.
shutter of a helmet.
Visor.
*'I
coat of
bearing.
Beddeth.
The complete
See Adorned.
Beaver or
Bee.
shield.
also called
Beautified.
act
in
emblem of
industry.
Shakspeare.
is lodged.
This insect
is
in
Heraldry
bees.
by
bees volant.
Bell.
bell
The
bells
Belled.
Having
Bellows^
when borne
bell.
HawUs
Bell.
///
base.
HERALDRY.
i6
Belt.
chief.
51,
that
sinister.
is,
page
21).
from
sinister chief to
dexter base.
Bend-wise or In bend.
Placed
width
its
Divided
Bendy.
number
of parts (No.
Betw.
An abbreviation of between.
Represented, English
Bezant or Besant.
piece of gold.
in
It derives its
rame from a
Heraldry, as a
flat
Bezante.
Bezants
Bezantlier.
two,
scattered over a
field,
generally in rows of
and one.
Bicapited or Bicapitated.
Bicorporated.
Double-bodied.
A woodman's
Bill or Billhead.
Billets.
Brick-shaped
Billetc or Billety.
Biparted,
Cut
tool.
in the
'
jecting pieces.
Bird-Bolt.
Bishop.
The
The
bishops in number
York, four for Wales, and one for Sodor and Man.
and
GLOSSARY.
Bitt or Bit.
The
snaffle-bit
17
in
Heraldry.
Black.
In Heraldry termed
A Prussian Order
sable.
Rod
Black
of).
{Usher of
z'//^). Chief
Bladed.
stalk
is
of a different
Blanche-Lyon.
pursuivant to the
Dukes of Norfolk
in
mediaeval times.
Blazing Star.
An
estoile
with an illuminated
The
tail,
always
represented in bend.
Blazon or Blazonry.
Blue.
Termed azure
Blue
Matitle.
Bluebottle,
The
in Heraldry.
title
A flower
of an English pursuivant-at-arms.
like a thistle.
in profile.
cognizance of the
Gordons and
is
the well-known
It
piercing a
Tun or Bolt-in-Tun. A
Springing forward.
Bonnet. The velvet cap of the coronet.
Book. Sometimes borne open and sometimes
A charge the arms of the
Book with
Bolt a?id
was the
by Shakspeare.
tun.
bird-bolt
Boltant.
closed.
Sei'en Seals.
in
Oxford
University.
Bordure or Border.
distinguish
bearer
is
One
that the
The border
HERALDRY.
ii8
is
impaling,
the
omitted.
side
of the
fifth
the
In
field.
divisional
difference^
line
it is
is
now
Generally
represented of leather,
but sometimes of
into an
ornamental knot.
Botto7iy or Bottonee.
A term applied
to a cross having
its
ex-
Bottonee Fitchee.
The
same
Water-Budget or Bucket.
in
See Water-Bouget.
ancient manuscripts.
Bourchia- K7iot.
Variously represented
family,
and used
Bourdon.
A palmer's
staff.
Curved
in the case of
an arm,
Bowed^ Embowed.
Said
of a serpent
when
coiled up,
and
its
folds.
(See chapter on
Branches.
These are generally
Brcued or
leaves, but
Brands or
ragiily^
Fire-brands.
with flame in
Brassarts. Pieces
fretted.
four.
Are
generally
represented in pale^
chief.
GLOSSARY.
Brettessee,
Counter-embattled,
119
^^"^
another.
Breys or Barnacles,
Bridges.
Are
See
latter.
is
represented flowing.
The number
traiisfltient.
The ancient
this is
if
the
blazoned
on a bridge of
five arches.
Bristled. ^o\d of a boar when the hair on the back of the neck
is
Brisure or Brizure.
Broad Arraiu.
This charge
plain.
and
is
placed on
all
A mark of cadency.
pheon, but having the inside of the barbs
is
naval stores.
not unlike a
An embroiderer's
and open
pointed
Brogue. A high shoe, with a
fork.
tool,
Broche.
toe,
Bucket. K
handle.
The
pail,
first
at the side.
splintered or shattered.
branch of a buck's
standing on three
legs,
attire.
worn on the
left
arm.
^/^^^'/^.This bearing
may be
Bugle-horn or Hunting-horn.
that
is,
of any shape.
GtnexBWy
strings.
Bullets. ^QQ
Pellets.
blazoned garnished;
HERALDRY.
20
Bundle of
tied
Sticks,
Generally represented
Burling-iron.
studded.
volant.
Butterflies.
CHAMP
of
Mus-
A twisted rope.
Said of an ordinary or charge formed of a
Caboched, Caboshed, or
or
Cable.
Cabled.
Cabossed.
the
neck
is
concealed.
Cabre.
Erect,
which
is
Affronte,
full-faced.
When
Trunked
is
salient.
That
members of
same house,
Cadency.
the same
is
cable.
indicated by
some
special device.
family.
Cadet.
it.
carried
by
it
Instruments
of
No.
215.
No.
216.
GLOSSARY.
121
Calatrava.
Cajjiel-leopard.
this as half
grieses.
camel and
half leopard.
Cameleopardel.
Cafjipanes.
Candlestick.
Cannets.
Ducks without
picted in profile.
Can?ton.
Canon.
ecclesiastical
fall
redns.
abound
in early Heraldry.
Canton.
call this
in size
is
Canton
canton
One
of
ordinary Angulus.
Ancient writers
It
may
Catitoned.
also
A canton on
be borne
single charge
is
placed in the
first
or
when a
Borne with a
other than a crown or coronet.
A bearing of
Said of a knight armed head
Cap of Maintenance, Duciper, or Chapeau. An ancient
Cantonnee.
Cap.
cross.
dignity,
to foot.
Cap-a-pie.
bearing,
made
achievement of a duke.
It
HERALDRY.
122
Cardinal.
each
tassels at
Caparisoned.
Capital.
hanging
side.
Accoutred or armed
The upper
Carbuncle or Escarbunde.
gem.
Represented in Heraldry
part of a pillar.
its
This charge
is
bands placed
strength.
it
A helmet.
Represented
Casque.
Castle.
castle
blazoned
as a wall
four towers
tvith
is
represented in perspective
pale
and two
These are
in fesse.
is
in the foreground.
struction of
them; but
who aided
in the de-
been granted to
a doctor ofphysic I
Cat.
Cat-a-Moimtain.
cat
as
repre-
at
Eastern crown,
havmg a mullet
ray.
One of the
man and
GLOSSARY.
Cercellee or Recercellee.
Chamed.
torteau.
Chain-shot.
kxi
123
to the collar.
each end.
Chalice.
carriage.
Chamberlain^ Lord.
officer
Gi'eat.
great an-
officer
tiquity.
Chapeau.
Chaperonne or Chaperoti.
A small ornamental
shield placed on
Chaplct or Garland.
roses
is
composed of
A wreath of oak or
laurel.
chaplet of
and two
in
fesse.
Charge.
figure
Charged.
in
shield,
it.
in
shield
I.
succeeding kings.
Chasuble.
Chausse.
priests.
in base; that
is,
Chaussee.
Wearing shoes.
Checkers or Chequers.
Chequy.
field
See
See
latter.
Cheqiiy.
page
48).
tinc-
HERALDRY,
124
Chenih.
A winged head.
One
A kind
No.
'
game
of
No.
217.
218.
One
of the ordinaries.
able Ordinaries."
Divided
the manner of a chevron.
When the point of the chevron the base
of the
Chev7'on Couped. ^When the ends of
ordinary do not reach
CheiTon, Per.
after
Chevroji Reversed.
is
in
field
this
Chevron Braced.
When
page
56).
Chevronny.
When the
shield
is
divided by a
number of lines
in
Chcvronways or Chevronwise.
Charges placed
in the position of
a chevron.
Chief.
ordinaries,
with
and
a bearing
in blazon
One
of a shield.
is
mentioned
last,
of the honourable
unless
chief
it
be charged
may be
invected,
GLOSSARY.
wavy, &c. &c.
eiigrailedy
shield
may be any
Chizzel.
Christ,
Church.
that
125
is,
it
from the
of these.
carpenter's chisel.
of.
as
in perspective,
bell
and
The
clapper,
families of
Cinquefoil.
When
the ball
is
by
five
leaves
This
towers,
differs
is
Clam.
See Escallop.
Clarencieux King-ofArms.
arms
in
England.
His
kings-of-
England south
of the Trent.
Clarion.
A musical
219 to 222).
No.
219.
The
illustrations are
No.
220,
No.
221.
No.
222.
HERALDRY.
26
Claricord.
clarion.
Clariiie.
Clasps.
some
collar
bell
to
to denote
particular action.
Cleche.
Pierced so
Clenched or Clinched.
Closed.
Said of a hand
when
it
is
closed.
Clock.
charge used
the arms
in
of
the
Clockmakers'
Company.
Close.
When
Close girt.
Closet.
This term
when
is
the vizor
is
Said of a habited
down.
tools
Closing-tongs.
its
in
Company.
Clouee.
Cloves.
The
Grocers'
Company.
C J/.
nails.
6^.
in the
hands of a savage.
Companion
of the
it.
and
St.
George.
Clymant.
its
Coach.
hind-legs.
in
insignia,
armour by mediaeval
understood,
Cobtveb
is
warriors.
The "Coat
of Arms," as
now
and Spider. In
this
is
represented in
GLOSSARY.
Cock or Dung/iill Cock.
The
127
of this name,
bird
An
image of
and watchfulness, or
vigilance
Cockade,
Originally
generally
this bird
was
emblem
of
adherents.
worn
in the cap.
cockade
The
origin or
it is
at,
and
it
by a fan
to military officers.
To
certainly
is
not clear
Custom seems
who
to assign
civil servants,
An
cockatrice
is
The
at others
ivings imiorsed.
Cocquel.
See Escallop.
Cognizance.
Coif of
Collar.
See Badge.
Mail. A
An
defensive hood,
office,
great helm.
and
position.
we now generally
They were
Knighthood.
of
insignia of some Order
regard them as
crown
is
it is
blazoned gorged.
six heralds,
There
black, green,
purp.
HERALDRY,
128
Columbine.
The flower of
this
Generally
Combatant or Confronte.
See
Comet. A
Combel,
Facing each
Fillet.
fiery
tail.
Order.
See
The
Compartment.
Compasses.
Complemefit.
Partition.
Said
of the
moon when
represented as a
full
moon.
Compony^ Compone, or Gobony.
A term applied
when
to a border or
Connter-Compony
the border has two lines of division (No. 141, page 51).
Compostella.
Coney.
family.
is
pale, with
head in chief
Conjoitied, Abotite, or Incorporated.
Connected,
or linked to-
gether.
Conjoined-in-lure.
Constable.
their tips
downwards.
rank.
Contoise.
Contourne.
field.
ecclesiastical
coronations.
at
GLOSSARY.
A kind of
See Raven.
Corded. Formed
Cormorant. A bird
A small
Copper.
129
reel
is
wound.
Corbie.
like a cable or
The
bound with a
a
cable.
sliarp bill.
Hyde
silver,
Cornet.
i?,^^
rope
flag.
7oith afiagge
Cornish Chough.
in its
in the
arms of Cornish-
gides.
Represented
with corn and
The ensign of princely and noble rank, corresponding
Cornucopia.
Coronet.
common
bearing
filled
own degree
with the
fruit.
The
They
modern
times, have
in
all,
Cotoye.
much
in the reign of
(or,
Edward III.,
nearer to our
own
See
times.
Cotise.
Cotised.
Cotise or Cottise.
singly, the
Cotised.
side,
tassel of
Cost or Couste.
com-
it is
term
borne
cost is used.
Having
cotises.
blazoned a bend
Cotton Hanks.
When
When
cotised.
Generally represented
///
pale.
This charge
Said of a
shield suspended
by a
lifted up.
belt.
is
HERALDRY.
I30
Coudiere.
elbow
The
joint,
in the
Part of a
When the
plougli.
Counter-changed.
field is
fall
colour,
reversed.
No.
No. 223
is
per charon,
or.
223.
and
Needham
Two rows of
counter-changed:
and
colour alternating.
Counter-embowed.
sinister,
or bent
in reversed directions.
See Ermifies.
Counter-fleury. Said of a tressure fleury or otheF ordinary when
Counter-ermined.
GLOSSARY.
Counter-passant.
in con-
trary directions.
//^rj-.
Counfer-salient.
does to the
lion.
Counter-vair.
by having
its
One of the
cups or
little
heraldic furs.
shields of the
It differs
same
from Vair
against base.
Countess..
The
title
Couped or Coupee.
Cut
Earl.
This term
off smoothly.
is
used to
describe the head or any limb cut cleanly from the trunk.
distinct
from
erased^
which
is
It is
off.
is
visible.
Couple-close.
pairs.
a chevron
is
in
generally blazoned
cotised.
Courant.
Running
Crowned.
at full speed.
Couronne.
Courtesy, Titles
of.
mulated
is
titles
right.
titles
title
it
it
The
title
of
a commoner.
92
HERALDRY,
132
Couste,
See
Covered Cup.
Cotise.
An
circular pedestal
No.
Coward
Crab.
No.
224.
Said
225.
of an animal having
its tail
between
its legs,
Cowl.
or Cowed.
224).
See Hood.
The
claws in
shell-fish
its
chief.
The
See
Chape.
Crampettee.
Ornamented,
as the scabbard of a
sword
at
is
its
extremity.
Cramps.
Irons
used
in
building,
either end.
Crancelin.
blazoned a
wreath of me.
'I'his
charge
It is
borne
is
also
in the
it
Crenellce.
Crmelles.
in his shield.
See Embattled.
The open spaces or embrasures of an embattled
line.
GLOSSARY.
Crescent.
133
horns turned
its
See Beacon.
An adjunct to
Cresset.
Crest.
coronet, or chapeau,
the shield,
ment.
in size,
Crest-wreath.
Twisted
on a wreath,
represented
made
silk
made
in
an achieve-
of metal or wood.
page 299).
bird
when of a
different tnic-
Crined.
Crocodile.
Crose.
Cross.
name.
this
ordinaries.
Cross.
Crossbow.
Crosslet.
this
name.
cross.
in
cross.
thorns
twisted
Into
garland.
Part
late
Crowns.
Celestial
pali-
sades.
Crozier.
The cross-headed
Crusilly.
Covered
staff of
an Archbishop.
arms of Trumpington.
HERALDRY.
134
Cubit Arm.
An arm couped
wise blazoned.
When a
Cuffed.
the sleeve,
it is
Cuirass.
cuff
said to
is
be
cuffed.
breastplate;
originally
a jerkin or musket-proof
leather garment.
Cup.
See
Chalice.
Currier's Shave.
flexible
Cushion.
angle
it is
Cutlas.
Generally borne
blazoned
The weapon so
A blade
Cutting Iron.
chain
Dagger.
mental
worn on the
back.
and
in
monu-
right side.
The perennial
fidelity in love,
its
staff.
Daisy.
called.
A short sword,
effigies
at the other.
afliixed thereto,
and a ragged
When
A swan
lozengy.
tasselled.
stall.
emblem
of
it
ladies at tournaments.
Dalmatic.
A robe of
state
It is tlie distinctive
vestment of a deacon.
Dame.
The
Dancctte or Danse.
GLOSSARY.
a /esse dancette.
It
135
roll
of
Caerlaverock.
Dancette.
Deeply
Danebrog.
When
indented.
Danish Axe.
the division
is
per fesse
to
an indent
in
Dauphin,
Formerly the
title
Crown.
Death's Head.
Death's
of gold
circle
surrounded by eight
skull
Head in a
resting
on
a chalice.
Dean.
churches.
in cathedral
and
collegiate
Said of an ordinary
another ordinary.
Decapitated or Decollated.
Dechausse.
Decked.
feathers
Adorned.
off.
tincture.
See Decapitated.
Parted or severed.
Decours. See Decrescent.
Decollated.
Decouple or Uncoupled.
Decrement.
See Decrescent.
Decrescent or Decressant.
Said
of the
moon
in its
Without a
tail.
wane, whose
HERALDRY.
136
See Armed.
Placed upon
Degraded or Degreed.
Degrees.
Delf.
Steps.
Demembered.
Demi.
turf.
See Disme?nbered.
Demi-Monk.
The
Knight, of Bobbing,
Co. Kent.
Detriment.
Developed.
eclipsed.
as a flag unfurled.
Heraldic representations.
Dez'ouring or Vorant. Swallowing whole
Dei'ices.
generally applied to
fish.
The right-hand
The right-hand of the base of the
Dexter
The right-hand of chief
Dexter.
side.
Dexter Base.
side
shield.
Chief.
Diadem.
fillet
ornament by Kings
Diademed.
of
until
silk
A term applied
to the
rial eagle.
Diamond.
precious stone
black.
Diaper.
Is
Diaper
is,
therefore, simply
an
Ornamented
with
an
arabesque or
geometrical
GLOSSARY.
Dice.
These
in perspective,
who
Dilated.
Distinguishing
for the
heraldic compositions,
persons
or Brisures.
Diffej-etices
137
Dimidiated.
Cut
in halves
DimimitioJi of Arms.
See
Differefices.
Disarmed,
offence
beast without
bird or
its
natural
weapons
ot
and defence.
Disclosed.
Expanded;
ge-
See Dis-
played.
Dismembered or Detnembered.
An
arrangement of the
Displayed.
panded.
parts.
Spread
or ex-
Applied to birds of
Disponed.
Distinctions
rran ged
of Families.
See
Dei'eloped.
No.
and border
lines, in
addition to
the
226.
-Eagle
Monument
st.
Displayed.
of AiJBOT
Aiban's Abbey.
Ramrydge,
HERALDRY.
138
such as wavy,
Dogs.
See Alant.
The dog
is
emblem
the
effigies
It
and was
of fidelity,
women
in sepulchral
Sovereign.
Dog
Collar.
Generally
the
Dolphin,
bowed.
The
The
etn-
sea-fish
The example
from the
is
Nicholas Aumberdene.
No.
227.
Regnant, borne
The
armorial
tlie
as of the Sovereign.
dominion from
insignia of a Sovereign
all
as the
also,
by
it
restricts
difference
Thus
them ab-
the Royal
GLOSSARY,
!39
from
differs
head
lowered.
Dosser,
See
Double
Fitchee.
Water Bouget.
Having two
Having two
Double Queue.
points.
tails,
as in the case of
some
heraldic
lions.
Double
Tete.
Doubling.
lining
The
of Peers.
lining of a mantle
on the robes
on an achievement
is
blazoned
the doubling.
Two
one within the
The dove generally represented
Double Tressure.
Dove.
tressures,
an olive-branch
Dovetail.
in
other.
in profile,
is
and holding
its bill.
This
system of counter-wedging.
is
also
one of
Dragon.
the
emblem
It
tail.
Dragon's Head.
is
called a
Lindworm.
colour tawney.
DragorHs
One
Tail.
of
the ancient
terms
for
the
colour
murrey.
Drawifig Iron.
Ducal
Coronet.
charge very
by wire-drawers.
commonly used in Heraldry
be ducally gorged.
of birds,
&:c.,
It also
issuing from
it.
forms part of
many
crests
the heads
HERALDRY,
HO
Duchess.
and
is
"
The
wife of a Duke.
She
styled "
is
Your Grace,"
Most Noble."
in
The
Duke was
first
A three-pronged
Dunjeoiied or
A
Dmtg-Fork.
Doiijonne.
from
castle
1337.
borne in pale.
it.
Eagle.
The
used in Heraldry.
eagle
fork, generally
is
the
The
emblem of
eagle
St.
temporal power.
Eaglets.
on a
field,
Eared.
from the
Earl.
there
Small
three eagles
stalks.
The
third degree in
the
number of
Peerage.
Originally
earldom;
British
from towns,
by
more than
eaglets.
afterwards the
is
eagles.
or illustrious families.
villages,
The
title
Earl's coronet
and which
Earl Marshal.
The
Earl Marshal
is
held by the
Duke
The
of Norfolk, and
Charles
it
II.
and pedioffice
of
has been
The arms
Howard,
GLOSSA /^i\
141
saltire,
are
^ti'O
marshaVs
sable.
Easterfi Crown.
Eclipsed.
Eel.
partially obscured.
fish,
Eel Basket.
Eel Spear.
later,
throughout.
Eight
Eightfoil.
sometimes
A scarlet cap
on
The animal
its
pearls.
back.
partition lines,
Battled.
formed
like
Embordered.
Embo7ued or
the elbow
is
Having a border.
Fleeted.
Curved
or bent.
sinister
arm bent
at
falling
E7?ierald.
it
from
it.
signified vert.
in
numbers above
eight.
Emperor.
The highest
Enaluron.
En
title
of sovereignty.
Arriere.
eagles.
its
HERALDRY.
142
Endorse.
part of
A diminutive of
the pale,
it.
E^idorsed.
Endorsed or Addorsed.
Enfiled.
Englante.
Engoulee.
See
Friccted.
Engrailed.
divisional line
Engrossing Block.
Enhanced.
An instrument used
by wire-drawers.
its
usual position.
See Manche.
Ensigned. Adorned.
The arms of Southwark
Ejunanche.
Ente en Rond.
Similar
to indented, but
Entoyre.
Entwined by.
with.
tightly encircling
man
or beast.
of the British
Episcopal
Staff.
Staff,
Equipped.
roots.
Erased ox Arazed.
Erect.
Ermines. A black
Ermine.
Erminois.
^^Vhite fur
GLOSSARY.
Escallop or Escallop- Shell,
An indented
The emblem
U3
shell.
A badge
belong-
the
Great.
Escarbuncle.
See Carbuncle.
The
on
See Quarterly.
Ragged,
See
Esaitcheon. The
word
is
Scroll.
Escroll.
shield
are depicted.
Escutcheon of Pretence.
wife being an heiress.
An
Sir
John Hay,
of
Dunse
is
This
borne as a charge,
it is
blazoned
\\\itx\
one
a7i tnescutclieon.
noble
Originally a
now
properly a
below a knight.
are
all
Those
title
title
to
whom
this title is
now, of
right, due,
HERALDRY.
144
A diminutive of the
A with wavy
Essomier.
Estoile.
star
which consists of
six
differs
emblems of the
a??gel,
Expatrded Wings.
six rays,
they
and wavy.
ETangelists^ Emblems.
Faggot.
This
are the
orle.
rays.
four Evangelists
and the
eagle.
See Displayed.
tied with a
cord.
Falchion.
Falco7i.
in the
legs,
A broad-bladed sword.
The bird of
this
Edward
arms of
name.
in the blazon.
The
Ghent.
Falcon
and
False Cross.
Sceptre.
Elizabeth.
"^
cross voided.
False Escutcheon.
An
orle voided.
Fan, Van,
Scruttle, or
Feathered or Flighted.
Feathers,
Winnowing Van.
middle ages as
See
latter.
plume, were
for flight.
much used
in the
crests.
Feathers, Ostrich.
in heraldic devices.
The
It
ostrich feather
sometimes
is
is
The
Black PRrNCE
monument
of the
it
GLOSSARY.
145
are alternately charged with his arms, and with three ostrich feathers
upon a
sable
Each of these
field.
'^
feathers has
with
pen ermine,
having
its
")
Museum,
luhite,
his will
and
it is
ostrich
evident
its
piercing a
In
"our badges of
of
with
its quill
is the
pen golden,
its
is
King's ; the
feather golden,
of Lancaster's; and
is the
Duke
In
recorded that
is the
Duke
pen compony,
it
the feather
of Somerset's.**
large
blazoned on their
seals.
K.G., at Hereford,
Sir
Thomas Arderne,
are
good examples.
(a.d.
at Elford
1418), at Ashwelthorpe,
feathers
and such
all
The panache
is
is
also the
Edmund Thorpe
HERALDRY.
146
Plumes of
band.
a millstone.
It is
Edward
Roll of
Fermaile.
The iron
I. is
styled a Fer-de-MoHne.
nioline,
which
in
A buckle.
A horse-shoe.
One of the
Fcss or Fcsse.
Ferr.
shield.
This seems
to
The hoop
of this instrument
is
sometimes
writers say
it is
so called because
it
Some
shield.
ancient
been
gained.
Figured. Represented as having a
or
human
face,
moon.
File. See Label.
Fillet.
it.
A diminutive
The
chief, unlike
diminutive.
Fimbriated.
coming
Edged
two tinctures
two
GLOSSARY.
metals.
147
entitled a Fimbriation.
Finned.
Represented with
ox a Ball
A bomb, having
fins.
Fire-ball
it.
An
size,
is
fire,
on the top of
set
placed.
See Brand.
Fish of every
when no
fired.
particular variety
is
specified,
"a
but
of small
fish."
Fishes
uriant^
and
cmbowed.
Fissure or Staff.
Pointed
Fitchee.
at the lower
early Christians
made wooden
them
ground
stick
is
into the
end.
crosses,
It is
sinister.
and
to
Cross fitchee.
Fitched.
See
Fitchee.
See
A distinguishing ensign.
Five-leaved Grass.
Flag.
tation of
and points of a
a Flag.
Hoist,''
The Flag
'^
Ci/tquefoil.
and the
extremity
is
length
is
entitled the
distinguished as the
"i^/j-,"
which
term also
latter
flag.
communication.
The
is
means of
HERALDRY.
148
The word
" flag
"
may
also include
Flamhes.
formed by two
may be
borne.
greatly
radius,
extend
still
shield.
in pale
See Hetnp-Hackle.
A lancet.
or Golden
A sheep's
Flax-Breaker.
Fleam or Flegme.
Fleece
Fleece.
There
collar.
is
An
Fleece.
A three-legged cauldron.
A conventional
Fleur-de-lis.
Newton,
"
tell
lily.
and place
are reoresented with sceptres in their hands, like the flag with
flower,
Many
its
figures of France."
legendary tales have been told about the " blue banner with
golden
fleur-de-lis,"
little
doubt that
tlie
Kings of
GLOSSARY.
France, from Clovis downwards, bore a
lilies,
and
that
149
field
the
number
Fleur-de-lis, or Fleur-de-luce, to
modern
No.
No.
231.
typical form.
its
is
It
No.
232.
modifications of
emblem
have been a
that ^^Cioi'is
C being
No.
230.
The
etc."
Louis, the
to three, either
Kings of France, or
233.
ecclesiastical ornamentations.
it
placed by
Henry
The
minster.
resting
early
Edward
III.
great seal
and
the
tiles
forms one
Robert de Vere,
and
It
or
III.
Edward
I. in
the Abbey of WestDauphin Louis is a most inte-
counter-seal of the
The
in his arms.
English shield in
801.
Fleurs-de-lis
To
is
shield, semee de
/is.
on
his
sef?iee
lis
distinguish the
lis)
de
early
French
blazoned France
ancient.
HERALDRY.
rro
nating with
Having
fleurs-de-lis.
Fleeted.
Flexed.
Flighted,
flight
Flotani.
Floating
or flying in the
air.
furled.
Fly.
The length of a
flag
fore extremity.
Foliated.
Forcene.
its
like
a leaf or leaves.
hind-legs.
Patee.
is
One
and
az.,
or
represented
The Foun-
flat.
Divided
The emblem of
Fourchee.
Fox.
wavy
into
deceit, cunning,
and
rapacity.
Broken.
Fraises. Strawberry-leaves.
Fracted.
Fraternities of Honour.
Frame-Saw.
Orders of Knighthood.
saw fixed
in
Rearing up on the
hind-legs.
De
Spencer.s, and
When
still
It
Earl Spencer.
is
said
GLOSSARY.
Three semicircles
Frette Ti'iajigular.
Fretted.
When
bend ways.
Fnicted.
fruit is
is
covered with
inter-
Fruited,
or bearing
fruit.
Fumant.
interlaced.
Interlaced.
Fretty or Frettc.
lacings
151
Said of trees
when
their
tree.
Emitting smoke.
Equipped.
Furnished.
Fur.
and
Furs were
shields,
Fusilly.
Fylot or Fylfot.
73,
shield
and
Vair.
29.)
fusils.
is
(No. 234.)
the ends
or
No.
Gad-Fly or Gad-Bee.
sented volant.
No.
2:4.
The
summer
235.
HERALDRY.
IS-
Gads.
See Gads.
An
Galley or Lymphad.
also propelled
with
of
its
by
oars.
The
colours flying.
LoRNE
It is
blazoned with
galley
is
its
sails furled
and
(No. 235).
Gal-Traps or Galthraps.
See Caltraps.
are
az.^ three
garbs
or.
Gardant.
See Guardant
The elbow-piece of a
A wreath or chaplet.
Gardebras or Garbraille.
Garland.
Garnished.
ment
set
Decorated.
This term
is
suit
of armour.
on any charge.
Garter, Order of
the.
This Order
was
instituted
by Kino Ed-
all
Sel-
chivalrous
GLOSSARY.
Orders
153
in the world."
with a
Garter King-of-Arms.
His duty
is
upon knights
to attend
and a fleur-de-lis^
in
England.
at their installation,
o?i
The
a chief
and
official
az.,
to
arms
a ducal
lion of England
all or.
A glove of mail.
sinister.
Gaze.
The
same
chase.
aC/^ (Knight)
of,
the Bath.
St.
See Pike.
See Bar-Gemel.
Genet. An Order of Knighthood.
Genet. A small animal
a
next below an
Gentleman. The
esquire.
Michael and
St.
George.
Ged.
Geniel.
fox.
like
title
As
in this
kingdom
who
countenance of a gentleman, he
is
the
title
who can
men
will
shall
in the
for
Uni-
live idly
be called
'
HERALDRY.
1S4
be taken
shall
for
a gentleman."
"Commonwealth
Eng-
of
land."
George Badge.
of
St.
The figure
Garter.
George, St.,
the fourteenth
red cross of
St.
of.
A white banner
George over
saint of
banner
Banner
and
their armour.
George
St.
is
In
wore the
the patron
St.
banners of
St.
Patrick and
St.
Gerated.
Powdered.
The ancient practice oi powdering shields
Gerrattyng.
rence
the
is
described in the
*'
Gilly-Floiuer.
A species of carnation.
Two annulets
Gimme/ Ring.
J
of " Gerattyng."
title
Girl
for diffe-
interlaced.
Girt or Girdled.
its
second
year.
object.
See Gyronny.
Said of snakes when represented moving forward.
Borne
arms by Sir H. Dryden.
Gironne.
Gliding.
Globes Terrestrial.
in
his
Hope
and HoPETOUN.
Glorious Virgin.
Glory.
Issuing
head of a
An Order of Knighthood
rays.
The
circle of rays
in Venice.
saint.
Goat.
this
is
GLOSSARY.
Gold.
Golden
Spain.
Duke
15s
Fleece.
It
was established
of Burgundy.
in the year
in Austria
and
A pointed
A purple roundel.
Gorge or Gnrge.
Gorged.
A charge sui)posed
Having a
collar
to indicate a whirlpool.
Neck armour.
Goshawk. A kind of hawk.
Gorget.
See
Walking applied
Grafted. Inserted and fixed
Gutiee,
Gouttee.
Gradient.
which
is
to the tortoise.
in.
Gi-ain Tree.
Grappling Iron.
crest
four-armed anchor.
represented in perspective.
Grasshopper.
The
crest of Sir
Thomas Gresham,
the founder
present building.
Grater.
Greyhound.
glazier's tool.
Grice.
is
Griffin
//;
base.
Gr}i/i?i,
but
when
erect
The
and
HERALDRY,
156
it
blazoned segreant.
is
two horns,
it is
Guardant.
fre-
When
Marquis of Ormonde.
Griffins are
monster has
this
Looking
to beasts ofprey.
for doubling.
pendicular lines.
See
A whirlpool.
Portions of the
Gunstone.
Giirge.
Pellet.
Gussets.
Ancient abate-
ments of honour.
Guttee or Gouttee, from
Heraldry a
may be
field
the
Latin
a drop, signifies in
giitta,
These drops
Guttk d\rr
affixes, as follows
Arg.
Guttee d'eau
Gu.
Guttee du sang
Az.
Guttee de larmes
Vert.
oil.
Sa.
Guttee de poix
pitch.
water.
blood.
tears.
^^
r f
No.
937.
No.
f
?
238.
(No. 237.)
GLOSSARY.
Not only
'puttee.
also
the field of the shield, but the field of any charge can be
The arms
on
157
of
his shield
his
his tabard
and
du
(No.
sang.
Guttee reversed.
position
(No. 238.)
inverted.
Giize.
A roundlet
of the
now
guine.
Gyron.
An ordinary, composed
Gyronny or Gironnee.
gyrons.
NiSBET,
is
in
be
field
If there
composed
of
traufiche^ taille^
six gyrons,
Habergeon.
it
us girony
segments,
A cloth-dressing
tool,
Company.
i^^Z^/V^^/. Clothed.
Hackle.
See Hemp-bf-ake.
Hake-Fish.
Halbert.
An ancient weapon
VIII. to the
last century,
in use
ceremonials.
Halk-spear.
A short-handled
spear.
at
Henry
certam
HERALDRY.
158
Hames
or Heames.
Part of a
horse's harness
a badge of the
Haffimer or Martel.
by the
in the
Plasterers'
An
Company
and
it is
This charge
is
or graspitig
erect,
sinister
Hare.
some
The Badge
be appaumee.
to
It
whether the
An
object.
of Ulster
and erect,
is
must be
dexter^ or
open hand
blazoned
is
arg.y
gu.
A cabled
The musical instrument of
upper part of a winged angel
was
Harington Knot.
frette.
Harp.
this
this
harp.
borne
is
Hand.
said
The hammer
early charge.
;
It is the national
Harpoon.
borne in
The
originally called a
it is
Welsh
borne in the
Britain.
base.
Harpy.
A fabulous heraldic
Hart.
horns.
A stag of
The
is
a hind.
Hart
is
part of
An early charge.
De Hursthelve
Hatchment.
bore
when
living.
When
a Hatchment
Hatchment
itself is sable,
and the
sinister, argent.
is
field
On
erected
of the
the death
GLOSSARY.
of a
7vife, this
159
When
is reversed.
a Hatch-
A coat of
sometimes reaching up
form a
and sometimes so
Hauriant. Faleivays or
and having the head
in chief.
Applied to a
It is
Hauberk.
mail,
to the neck,
as to
coif.
/;/
pale,
the
converse of Uriant.
Hause or Hausse.
Enhanced.
its
customary
position.
Hawk.h.
appears in Heraldry.
It is
HaivKs-lure,
Hawk's
Bells.
Hay-fork.
tips
Bells
Hawks Jesses,
jesses).
for attaching to
hawks'
ring.
legs.
See Shakefork.
Borne by
Hazel-leaves.
Head.
end of the
its
position
may be
understood.
Heavies.
See Hamcs.
Heart or
Human
it
Douglas badge
is,
Heart.
is
This
charge
is
sometimes borne
human
in
The
heart gules.
Having a decorative
field.
HERALDRY.
[6o
Helmet.
See Healmc.
Hevtp-brake or Hackle.
An
hemp
borne by Sir Geo. Hampson, Bart. (Nos. 239 and 240, drawn from
ancient examples.)
No.
Hen and
Chickens^
this
240.
The
Heneage Knot.
No.
239.
name.
Herald.
An
officer
whose duty
is
to
Herald
probably coeval
is
l^ancaster.
The
office
of
Heron's Head.
The
officer is
Lyon
six Heralds.
crest of
Beckford
is
Herse.
An
at funeral
ceremonies
tiful workmanship in
it
coat armour.
King-at-Arms
^^i
^vith
lost all
Antiquaries, in
The ancient
Monumenta
The
Society of
GLOSSARY.
At
i6i
the funeral of
many
Under
lettres
of gold, dieu et
mon
droit, and
A princely
title
of honour.
when two
Henry
green mound.
is
One
is
blazoned a hill;
used.
Having a handle.
The female
without homs.
Hirondelle. A swallow.
Hoist. The depth of a
from chief
Holy Lamb. A lamb having a
over
Hilled.
Hi?td.
stag,
to base.
flag,
circle
its
a banner.
the).
An
Order of Knighthood
of
Honour
Point.
Honourable Ordinaries.
chapter on Ordinaries).
coif or hood.
different
Hoofed.
tincture.
courajzt,
is
Kent
is
&c.
said to be
The white
one of the
Horse-shoes are generally borne with the ends turned up, and
placed in
base.
This charge
is
borne
in the
Earls of Derby.
11
HERALDRY.
i62
Hound.
Humette.
is
generally represented on
This term
it
scent.
is
Hunting-Horn.
There
ways.
is
which
is
of a semicircular
form.
Hurst. A clump of
Hurte or Huert.
Hurtec^QVCi^Q of
Hydra.
with
lope), with
Idcle.
hurtes.
many heads.
One of the
Ibex.
trees.
An azure roundel.
Imbattled.^tQ Embattled.
Imbrued.
Impaling.
Arranging
in
one
shield.
hnperial Croivn.
Emperor of Germany.
mitre-like
Imperial
Crown
is
now
In Base.
shield.
In Chevron.
In Chief. ^ti
in the chief.
In Cr^xj. Arranged
In T^j^. Placed
In
Foliage.
in the
form of a cross.
fesse wise.
Bearing
leaves.
GLOSSARY.
163
to
rays.
Lure.
Pale.
pale.
Pile.
pile.
displayed or spread.
its tail
In
in
Saltire.
In Splendour.
Increment.
Increscent.
saltire.
See In Glory.
See
When
Increscent.
dexter side.
Indorsed or Addorsed.
Indented.
lines,
and
to
line.
is
is
partition
Indian Goat.
A goat with
horns very
much
A small
to hold the
arms of Ulster
there
are
are
When
called Escutcheons.
The
Infamed or
to
Defa?tted.
Without a
tail,
With
See Engrailed.
fire issuing.
Ingrailed.
The
usual
emblems of a
ink, as they
were carried
their girdles.
The
^^^ 1566
Ink Moline.
See
in the
church of
St.
Mary Tower,
Ipswich.
Millri?id.
112
HERALDRY.
64
engrailed.
Invected.
Inverted.
of
light.
in 1815.
Issuant.
chief.
Ja?nb or Gamb,
part
of the lion or
leg,
other animal.
III.
A barbed
The comb of a cock, &c.
Rising or
from the middle of a
When a
from any object;
for
James,
St.
Januarius^
St.
of Spain.
dart.
lavelin.
Jellop.
issuing
Jessant.
fesse
fleur-de-lis issues
Jessant-de-lis.
head of a leopard,
that the
are of opinion
be reversed, but
not apparent.
which the
Some writers
by
a different tincture
Small
John,
St.,
and
religious
See
Exercises of arms.
Joinant.
Jousts.
all
the military
Conjoined.
The
GLOSSARY.
of the Bath.
K.C.H.
Key.
165
The emblem of
St. Peter.
Keys
When
Kings-of-Arms.
of
The
Arms; these
Norroy ; of
dedicated to
St.
wards
pale, with
Peter.
iii
chief.
are three in
number: Garter,
Clare?2ceux,
and
There
also, for
is
Ulster,
Knights.
Knots.
composed of twisted
Label or
File.
mark of cadency,
ways.
of his father.
See Knots.
Lacy Knot.-
Lambrequin or Mantling.
velvet or
silk,
of crimson
to
the
is
it
its
accessories
manner
Laminated or
Lampasse.
as to cover the
Scaled.
Having
See Langued.
One of
Lancaster Herald.
it
and thus
simply hangs
Arms.
Lancaster Rose.
it
A conventional red
rose.
HERALDRY.
i66
Langued.
differs
All beasts
A
or coupling.
Said of greyhounds when coupled the
Leather
The ancient oblong-shaped
Leaves. The
or
or the branches of any
Leash.
strap
Leashed.
at
Bottle.
leaf
must be
collars.
bottle.
specified
leaves,
and described
borne by Hazelrigg
in the blazon.
oak-branches
tree or plant,
Hazel-leaves are
by Frazer ;
laurel-leaves
by Leveson
(No. 241).
Legged or Membered.
Said of the
legs of a bird
when they
are
civil
and
military.
It
The
Order comprehends "Knights of the Grand Eagle," "Grand
Officers," "Commanders," and "Legionaries."
The Bourbons
was
remodelled the order, and displaced the " Grand Eagle," and subrtituted
"Grand
The Order
Jj^s are
Cross,"
many
changes.
GLOSSARY.
great care.
Three
167
upper
insignia of the
crests.
at or
ofif
and
this
it is
anciently,
lions.
Some
pard and
lioness,
is
still
If
termed Sipaw.
Leopard,"
and abbesses.
is
it is
method of blazon
heralds.
When
joint,
as
It
its
or leopards.
It is
substitution of the lion for the leopard, that the leopard has dis-
appeared from English Heraldry, but that the face and head of
the leopard have remained.
Letters
charges.
of the Alphabet.
The
These
are
frequently employed
as
must be
described.
officer.
frequently borne in
Limbeck or Alembick.
antique form.
still;
generally represented
in
an
HERALDRY.
68
and curves.
These are
illustrated
Lion.
A Royal symbol.
See
the body,
is
In a "demi-lion" the
lions occur
Lined.
represented.
tail,
field
on a
The whole
A
of lions.
fore-leg of a lion.
shield.
also having
an inside
lining.
Lists.
Enclosed spaces
Colours
Livery Colours.
their servants
adopted by families
eminent personages
as scarlet
and
by the Plantagenets
white,
blue
Lizard.
The
Lobster.
reptiles of this
name
cat.
Lochabar Axe,
Lozenge,
A four-sided diamond-shaped
figure.
composed of lozenges;
that
is,
diamond
pattern.
GLOSSARY.
Luce.
"
The
fish called
a pike. In the
169
first
The ancient
give the
is
of Charlecote
.;
r^^m^cc^ (^^
s-lure.
mast, and a
sail furled,
This charge
Royal
They may
See HawJH
Lyinphad. An ancient
Lyon.
(No. 242
family.
interlaced.)
Lure.
whose
"
The "dozen
coat.^^
Thomas Lucy,
scene of Shakspeare's
:
with one
oars.
is
The
title
galley,
and propelled by
is
shield.
Lord
Lyon.
'^^^ ^''^'
offi-
cers.
Lyo7i Court.
An
Mace.
headed
ensign
of authority
originally a
Macers.
Maideiis Head.
The
generally crowned
in Scotland.
and wreathed.
Fearne
says
of.
rose.
See
captivity."
for a
Cap
and
spiked metal-
staff.
cap
whom
after him, in
he
victory,
caused
led, to follow
him
token of subjection
HERALDRY.
I70
Male Gryphon,
Maltese Cross.
Cross
worn
is
See
A
Griffin.
The Maltese
as a decoration
Manch.
Ancient handcuffs.
See Maunche.
Maned.
Said
Manacles or Shackles.
of an animal
when
the
mane
differs in tincture
Maris Heady
is
variously represented,
viz.,
in profile, affronte,
&c., &c.
Mantle.
The mantle
official insignia
Mantle of Ladies.
ladies of rank.
Mantling.
The
in
an achievement.
It
estate,
and then the arms or bearings of the shield are generally embroidered on
it j
or contoise,
but when
it is
it
It is
the
former to that
worn round the waist and over the shoulder, and the
latter to that
Marcassin.
its tail
hanging down.
Mark
of Cadency.
That
GLOSSARY.
members
of the
same
indicated
originally given to
specially
adopted
Marquess' Coronet,
four strawberry or
slightly raised
and
is
Richard
formed of a
II.
golden
tassel,
Marshal of Efigland.
Marshalling.
compositions.
The
it
many
became honorary.
band of
gold, with
pearls alternating,
points.
The cap
velvet, with a
title
sea-coast or frontiers
circle or
oak-leaves, with as
on pyramidal
This
commanders on the
pearls
by some device
Marquess.
was
is
171
is
of crimson
disposition
Marshalling
is
more
fully
of this work.
Mars.
red.
Martel.
Martlet.
early representations
legs.
is
it is
legs
represented
son.
Mascle.
the lozenge
Masaily.
In early Heraldry
Composed of mascles.
Masoned.
Said
of a castle, &c.,
when
Master of
Ceref?iomes.
An
office
originally instituted
for the
It
HERALDRY.
17:
is
now extended
blies.
Maiimhe.
time of
Henry
No.
Mayor.
sleeve,
I.
No.
243.
first
title
No.
245.
246.
to 246).
The
Lord Mayor,"
year 1354.
Medals.
Honourable
insignia
for
Ancient
Medals generally
name of a
instituted in 1852.
legs
of any bird
when they
are
Merchants' Marks.
Devices
Mercury.
Meriette.^te Martlet.
Merlion.
See Martlet.
iox
and
248).
purpure or purple.
GLOSSARY.
Mermaid.
mermaid
is
A fabulous being,
woman and
half
it
half
fish.
The
of Sir
are
173
No.
Merman.
248.
A sea-man or Triton.
given to
An old
Mesne Lord.
his camail.
title
a lord
who was
subject to
another lord.
Metals.
or
The
two viz.,
white.
Gold
is
yellovv^,
and the
and
latter
silver
by
Middle Base.
An
shield.
dressing millstones.
No.
250.
No.
251.
No.
252.
No.
253.
HERALDRY.
174
Millrind or Millrine.
is
millrind.
When
Mirror.
Mitre,
A white
fur
A crown or cap
upon
coming
purpose
into use,
it
was
it
In England,
worn by Bishops
is
The
will
originally intended.
A
terminating
a
Monarch. The chief ruling power of a community.
cross,
Molitie.
of
Monarch
again
is
is
like
millrind.
The
title
Monogra7n.K
Pope.
of several
initials
combination
or letters, arranged as to
Mary,
St.
at
Bury
St.
In the
Edmunds,
compartment of
Baret,
is
richly painted
beautifully
drawn
enclosing the
Lancastrian,
I.
John
monogram
of this zealous
B.
St.
Edmunds.
at
years agO.
thirty
'
GLOSSARY,
The moon
Moon.
to
is
be in her complement, or
crescent
175
///
plentitude,
when
She
at the full
She
chief.
is
is
said
she
is
decrescent
or in increment,
Moor's Head.
This charge
is
for the
forehead.
Morion.
visor
steel
It
has neither
nor beaver.
Morse.
Morse.
Mortar.
Mortier.
A cap of
Funeral
estate.
Mortcours.
chandlers'
Motto.
or badge.
Mottoes
there was
no badge,
used as a war-cry
originally
of the Nevilles
is,
to the crest.
it
In
battle, the
"Ne
of
shield.
The motto
Vernon, "Ver non
semper
Wax-
Company.
viret."
with punning
mottoes.
globe
is
This
ball or
The
its
HERALDRY,
176
It
so,
and
is
Some
described as such.
so, as
the
is
generally
Mullet
is
Mural Crown.
circle of
and
it is
who have
distinguished tliem-
crest.
Roman
fortress.
Murrey or Sanguine.
spots.
to a fish
swimming or
set fesse-wise
shield.
Naissant.
An animal
rising or issuing
ordinary.
Narcissus.
Naiant.
A flower of
six petals,
See Naiant.
A crown composed of
Naval Crmvn.
fillet.
sails
and stems of
ships,
the early part of this century, the naval crown appears in numerous
grants of arms for distinguished maritime services.
Nebuly or Nebulee.
'*
and out
like the
dovetail joint."
Neptune.
tridenf".
Represented
as half
man and
half
fish,
holding a
GLOSSARY.-
Said of the
Nened.
fibres of Jeaves
177
when of a
different tincture
saint.
Earls,
Sir James
Lawrence
and Barons.
Gentry
")
gives
it
Norroy.
Nouied.
Oak.
The
emblem' of
strength.
and
crests.
See
The emblem of peace and concord.
Ombrk or Adumbrated. A shadowed or outlined charge.
Ondee. Wavy.
Ongle. Armed.
Ogress.
Pellet.
Olive-tree.
On
Degrees.
Opinicus.K
steps.
See Debruised.
The metal gold, represented
lion.
Oppressed.
Or.
Ordinaries.
in engravings
by
dots.
A pillow or cushion.
One of the subordinaries, a
Oreiller.
Orle.
orle.
2,
An orle of bezants
plume
Henry
The
VI.
Three
tops of ostrich
bending over.
12
HERALDRY.
178
this
mouth.
fish in his
le tout.
over others.
See Displayed.
Expanded, ready for
The emblem of wisdom, always borne
Ox-yoke. The coupled collars used when oxen are
Overt.
flight.
Owl.
full-faced.
employed
for hauling.
Padlock.
Pale.
tically in the
middle of the
shield.
middle
is
In pale
is
placed ver-
when
down the
said of charges
shield divided
Pale^vays.
Placed
is,
set in a
vertical positiort.
Pall.
The upper
It takes its
bishops.
name from
This charge
is
worn by Arch-
As a vestment,
is
the
ad-
justed about the shoulders, and has two similar bands hanging
down from
it,
With
this is generally
and
its
width.
knob
at the
colour.
with a
staff
lines
GLOSSARY.
Generally
Panther.
issuing from
mouth,
its
Papal Crown.
179
represented full-faced.
it is
blazoned
set
A plume of
upright, so as to
regarded as a
Partition
lines.
fire
mound and
cross pattee.
form a
crest.
always
(No. 255.)
crest.
with
red,
When
incensed.
his Stall-Plate.
the direc-
direction of
fesse, or
and sometimes
Lamb
Pascuant.
lines are
sometimes
or
Passant.
These
plain,
irregular.
Party or Parted.
Paschal
is,
a bend.
St.
George.
Grazing.
Passant Guardant.
profile.
affrontee,
122
repre-
HERALDRY.
[8o
Passant Reguardant.
.
is
Pastoral Staff.
back.
The
Pastoral Staff
him
is
A vexillum^
outwards.
also borne
borne
in the
by a Bishop
its
shaft
It
is
Patrick, St.,
representa-
Pastoral Staff
Crosses.
family.
original
of.
now
by
carried
See
The
arms of a
Order
An Order of Knighthood, established
Paternal Arms.
It
all
The
is
it
1783.
office.
staff
in
twenty-two knights.
Pauldron.
Paw,
Armour
Pawne.
See Peacock.
Borne
Peacock.
in profile.
Pean.
One
sable ground
of the heraldic
and gold
When
its tail
blazoned in pride
it is
repre-
spots.
Pea-Pise.
Pearl.
Peel.
title
There are
degrees of Peerage,
five
viz.,
Great Britain.
Pelican
is
represented with
is
When
GLOSSARY
Pelicaiis
Head.
With
this
i8r
is
represented em-
bowed.
Pellet or
it
this
Tendent or Pendant.
Pemted.
name.
Said
roundels
call all
torteaiix.
of a feather,
when
is
of a
different tincture.
No.
A small
flag with
Pennon was
carried
Penno7i.
ages the
No.
256,
one or two
257.
by a knight upon
In the middle
points.
his lance,
and
it
zontally.
Pennoncelle.
Per.
A small pennon.
By means
of,
or after the
manner of
Generally used
field.
Perelose.K demi-garter.
See Pierced.
The barbed head of a spear or arrow, engrailed on the
Perforated.
Pheon.
inner side.
The
is
placed in
base.
(No. 257.)
HERALDRY,
i82
Pierced.
the aperture
is
Piety, in her.
not given,
When
field.
the shape of
circular.
it is
her blood.
Pike.l!\iQ. fish of this
Pile.
An ordinary
name,
in the
in
middle base
chief,
Some
Pilgrim.
on
in the
of the shield.
luce.
and
in his
hand a
staff.
Plantagenet
broom
is
the
family.
of
represented with
its
family.
spike-like leaves,
its
A
its
silver roundel,
termed bezants
argent.
Playing-tables.
Plentitude.
represented
Semee of Plates
A backgammon
is
flat;
m foreign
termed Plattee.
table.
Plume of Feathers.
were generally
set upright, in
Heraldry
full.
after-
and show
Point.
shield,
their seed.
Hanover (formerly
fesse point.
It occurs in the
arms of
GLOSSARY.
Points of a Label.
The
183
pendants.
figure.
Pommelled,
sword,
when
Said
of a different tincture.
Black Prince,
is
at Canterbury,
spirited representation of
and which
is
lion.
Pomme.
A green roundel.
Pommee.
A form of
Popinjay. K green
Porcupine.
The
Pot.
this for
crest.
steel head-piece.
horizontal bars.
The
and beak.
A castle gateway.
Portcullis.
in the
cross.
Generally
family of
Port.
Canterbury Cathedral.
Portcullis
rings,
was a device of
five vertical,
and four
Henry
VII.,
family.
The
Portcullis
is
is
now,
also
HERALDRY.
84
borne as a charge
&c.
Portcullis
is
it
title
of Arms.
Potent.
this
name.
divisional lines,
Potentee,
which
is
formed by a
suc-
Pouldron.
See Pauldt'on.
Said of an
indefinite
number
of
charges scattered or sprinkled over the field (No. 207, page 100).
Preene.
A cloth-dressing instrument.
used by English heralds,
A
Premier.
title
to signify the
most
Represented
as a mitred Bishop
in his sinister
centre,
of,
generally borne
on a small
shield.
The arms
shield of preteticc,
of an heiress are
Preying.
Devouring
its
prey.
The
Haynes,
family of
of
Pride, In.
Primate.
With spread
tail.
in the
Church.
all
is
not neces-
a Primate.
Prince.
title
now
is
and grandsons
now
only applied
GLOSSARY.
to the
title
of
Prince of Wales
is
created by
a special patent.
and
The
Royal family.
185
their mitres
Strictly,
in
Frivy
and
to
Seal.
The
minor importance,
seal.
Proper.
Pryck-Spir.
Purfl^d.
Garnished.
Purflew or Purflen.
a bordure of
Purpure.
different tincture
An old
fur.
The colour
In engraving purpure
purple.
occurrence
Purse.
when of a
itself.
in
left
to the right.
is
repre-
It is of rare
English Heraldry.
the girdle.
Pursuivant.
An
lowest degree.
an
office
officer of the
Originally
it
There are
in the College of
Arms
Queen Elizabeth,
his coat as
Pyot.
is
and behind,
The
Pursuivant
Rouge Croix,
now wears
for
wearing
his coat as
does
A magpie.
A winged serpent.
Python.
to the time of
a herald.
a herald, but he
Up
four Pursuivants
PortciUlis.
HERALDRY.
86
Quadrate.
Quarter.
Squared.
One
now
super-
Divided.
The several
Quarterings.
little
Divided
marshalled
coats
in use
on one
shield.
till
also,
number
is
be
specified in
Quarterly Quartered.
Is said of a
saltire
quartered in
A four-leaved
The
quatrefoil is a very
Queue.
The
tail
grass,
leaves,
stalk.
common
it.
of an animal.
Having a forked
Quill.
centre,
Quatrefoil.
its
different tinc-
An instrument on which
is
tail
(No. 259).
thread, &c.
GLOSSARY.
It
must be expressed
in the blazon
187
whether the
quill
be
filled or
unfilled.
Used
A
See
Qidlled.
tilting
Qiiintai7i.
Qiiintcfoil.
Cinqiie-foil.
A case
with arrows.
See Fire-beacon.
Quiver of Arrows.
Rack-pole beacon.
filled
See Rayontik.
A having serrated
as
from
Rainbow. Represented
Ram. The Ram, Heraldry, generally treated conventionally.
Radiant.
Ragidy or Ragulee.
projections.
line
issuing
naturally,
in
Abbot Ramryge, of
supporters,
and
clouds.
is
St.
in the
Abbey of
See Battering-ram.
Rampant. Standing
St.
Ram
exist.
Ra7n.
erect
A narrow stabbing
One
of the fore-legs
is
to
repre-
profile.
sword.
See Erased.
Raping or Rapin. Preying.
name.
Raven. The bird of
Ras'ee.
this
CORBETT.
charge or ordinary.
Rays.
heraldic
straight
When
Rays
drawn round a
and
tiiey
are akernately
and wavy.
Rebated.
Broken or cut
HERALDRY.
88
name.
very
common
in the
middle ages.
In Westminster Abbey,
Abbot
two forms of
his
one a man
falling
human
and a
from a
tree, exclaiming,
"
I slip
"
Rebus
the other a
eye,
Reed.
Curled.
See Stay.
Reflected or Reflexed.
Red Hand.
sinister
the arms
those of a coronation.
or office,
more
espe-
it
is still
Reguardant.
Looking back.
attires.
Removed.
position.
its
Respecting.
face to face.
See Clarion.
Intertwined frette-wise.
Reversed. A charge with the upper part turned downwards.
Riband. A diminutive of the bend.
similar to a
Rest.
Retorted.
It is
but
is
couped
Making ready
Broken, or interrupted.
Rising or Roussant.
Rompu.
Rose.
cotise,
at the extremities.
In Heraldry the
Rose
is
for flight.
represented in a conventional
form, generally with ten leaves (No. 261), but sometimes with only
five
(No. 260).
When
five.
there are
The
rose
ten, five
is
stalk, unless
GLOSSARY.
As
it is
it is
Plantagenets
that of
House
An example
York.
it is
often blazoned
are to
of
^^
barbed
be represented green,
yellow.
of the
189
The monument
Henry VH.
of
nowned
is
in
this re-
historical badge.
No.
No. 260.
No.
261.
262.
House
rounded with
rays, as of the
Roiielle-Spur.
See Spur.
Rottge Croix.
The
the
title
of York, sur-
The
Rouge Dragon.
The
title
Henry
Henry VII.
VII. used a
Red Dragon
as
one of
his supporters.
HERALDRY,
I90
is
names
ar.
Roundels
tinctures, viz.
a
In
Fowei.
Part of a spur.
Euby.ThQ
Rudder.
The
tiller
and
stays
of.
A charge
in the
arms of Saxony.
On
the continent
it
is
sometimes
coronette,
it
is
garland.)
A pierced lozenge.
Rustre.
Sable.
Black
tical lines
Sacre.
See Saker.
Saint George's
navy.
It is the
a Union Jack
mign. The
red cross of
St.
See
surrounded by
with
Saltire.
A kind of
Salamander. A fabulous monster,
Saker.
field,
falcon.
flames.
A golden
the
first
Salamander
is
Scottish noble
who was
a.d.
1483
elected
this ani-
GLOSSARY.
mal
is
[91
No.
Salient or Saliant.
263.
It is similar to
Sail-cellars.-Cuips
Salt-cellars are
borne
Saltire or Saltier.
represented with
in the
arms of the
salt
Andrew's Cross.
The
falling
Salters'
Saltire
from them.
Company.
ordinaries.
is
This
is
formed by a bend
dexter and a bend sinister crossing each other, like the letter X.
The
Saltire
contains one-fifth
of the
field,
charged.
Saltire-wise.
As a
saltire.
When
Small
is
saltires.
Sandal or Brogue.
foot covering.
Sanglant.
Nombre.
Sapphire.
This tincture
is
of rare occurrence.
See Powdered.
HERALDRY.
192
Sarcellee.
Saturn.
man
A man
lion
and antelope,
Wild Man.
loins,
naked,
represented
or with
in
one
hand.
Scotch armoury.
Scaled.
Said
of a
fish,
when
shield.
The
family of
Grey
No.
Scallop.
A kind of
shell,
264.
A small
a charge,
tlie
Scarf
is
Scarpe or Escarpe.
half
its
it
as a
banner attached to a
badge (see
crozier.
Escallop).
When
borne as
sinister,
and one-
breadth.
Sceptre. Pl
staff;
GLOSSARY.
193
Scorpion.
Scotch
Scrip.
Scrog.
Sparkling, or emitting
The reptile of
sparks.
this
shield,
Scroll.
is
written.
in chief.
some
it
then stands
Scrlittle.
Scut.
See
The
crest.
Wi?inounng- Van.
tail
of a hare, or rabbit.
tail
A dog
body and
legs scaled,
and
a mane, the
feet
horse with a
Half
lion
Represented
and
fin
like
half
in place of
fish's tail.
fish.
sea-wolf.
Seax.
A broad curved
griffin
In a
Addorsed.
Sejant
sitting posture.
Sitting
Affro?ite.
back to back.
extended sideways,
spectator.
Seffiee.
scattered with
field
HERALDRY.
[94
Seraph's Head.
surface.
child's
Serpent.
involved,
erect,
and nowed.
Cerise.
iron, with
This
is
an eye
each end,
at
See
Fetterlock.
when
term
Shamrock.
A charge resembling a
The
national
pall,
emblem of
Ireland.
trefoil
or
three-leaved grass.
Sheaf.
of
com
A
is
Sheldrake.
sheaf
termed a garb.
The
sheldrake
is
said to
be between
in Heraldry.
depicted.
piece of
The
shield
Shield of Pretence.
is
arms
who bear
insignia
is
shield of
their
own
In the arms of
pre-
GLOSSARY.
195
more
modem
raldry.
and Garb.
Sickle
Sijtgle.
for
deer.
tail
\
'
Shuttle.
Silk
Sinister.
the bearer's
Sinople.
Six-foil.
left side,
and
See
A flower of
covers
lies to
Vert.
A weaver's instrument.
A small twig with three
Slay.
Slip.
leaves.
Snake.
See
Soarifig.
Serpe?it.
flying aloft.
So77ierset
cf Arms.
iox gold.
tool,
borne
in
Plumbers' Company.
Spancelled.
Fettered.
hind-leg secured
Spear.
The
by
fetterlocks.
tilting spear.
One
is
Spervers.
lion, bird,
and woman.
Splendour.
The sun
is
said to be in
its
splendour
when
13-2
it
is
HERALDRY.
196
and
represented with a
is
human
face in the
centre.
Sprig.
sprig, in
salient,
the chase.
Spur.
The
earliest spur,
it
had a
About
earlier form,
shortly after, the true Rouelle spur, having the wheel spiked,
The
appearance.
its
and
made
Gallant conduct
and
Square- Pierced.
him on a
dish.
field
SS
Collar.
The
supporters, friends,
the
SS
collar
Henry VHI.
their
the wearing
Stafford Knot.
StagSy in
and dependants. By
attires,
at
&c. terms
Sta^s
Attires.
stag.
GLOSSARY.
Standard.
197
none of a
this
form.
Star, Etoile, or Estoile.K star
when
there are
is
more
Star of India.
An Order of
all
The
star
star is in
has always
some form
or
Knighthood
instituted in 1861
by
Queen Victoria.
Starved.
S/^/rt!///.
in
Standing on
a straight
all
leaves.^
line.
Staves.
Staff,
Steel Cap.
close-fitting
for
tail
The stump of a
tree.
vestment.
Part of a
Said of the of a comet.
Stringed. Applied to harps, &c., when
Stole.
priest's
Streaming.
tail
or bands of a mitre.
a separate chapter.
Subverted.
R eversed.
HERALDRY.
198
Sufflue.
See Clarion.
A given to a Bishop
Suffragan.
title
face,
and wavy
when
so represented
In some instances
its spletidotir.
it
it
is
said to be in
its
glory or in
Supporters.
tude of supporting
Surcoat.
it
in the atti-
(No. 265).
in 1485
It
was generally
GLOSSARY.
199
Many
Among
Aymer de Valence (who died
wearing the Surcoat.
Snr le
tout or Surtout.
effigies
these
may be mentioned
that of
Westminster Abbey.
in 1323), in
A charge,
Overall.
beautiful
of knights represented
or small escutcheon,
Surmounted.
different tincture.
Sustained.
sustained or,
Having a
would be a red
chief,
of gold.
Swan.
proper^
The Swan
it is
often
De Bohuns.
It
and
his
chained,
and
Duchess Alianore.
Swivel.
Two
they revolve
by a
bolt,
around which
Sivord, in Heraldry,
blade,
when blazoned
upon the
nostrils.
of the
is
and pointed.
to
is
The
hilt,
be specified
Sivepe.
in
in
for
throwing stones.
fifteenth
and sixteenth
wearer
{i.e.,
and
sleeves were
On
HERALDRY.
200
mental
of
John Fitzalan,
in
its
Officers of
monu-
of the
is
that
worn only by
many
Arundel Church.
Feld, with
One
of the period.
effigies
it
is
at great ceremonials,
instance, the
Th^
the
A pavilion or
-The
tails
of
tent.
many
of the wolf
tail
direction of the
tail
is
is
the stern
Talbot.
of a deer, the
sometimes blazoned.
Duke of Northumberland
the
lion coiuard is
tail
tail
for
&c.
In the crest of
of the lion
between
single,
is
extended.
Target.
Tasselled,
tassels.
letter
Taic.
This
is
thistle
used
in
Tawfley. See
Teazle.
Tenney.
cloth manufacture.
Tenants.
Human
Figures
when
Tenney or Tawncy.
The
each other.
Tenney
is
GLOSSARY.
Some
would be unreasonable.
Tergiant.
Teutonic Knights.
and
religious
Order,
The
Emblem of
Scotland.
It is
now
represented as
Order
of.
Threstle or Trestle.
TJiimderbolt.
stool.
Represented by two
Tiara.
triple
crown.
composed of a
is
Two
cross
on the
ends,
Tiercee or
may be
top.
Per
tierce.
strings
gold,
at
the
parts.
shield
The
mound and
Tilting Hebnct.
dis-
&c.
fire,
tierce
in pale.
at-
Tilting Spear.
Timbre.
shield.
colours,
Tinctures.
Toison d'or.
Topaz.
- Golden
Torqued.Vlxe2i{\\t6..
Toret.
Torse.
furs
in
fleece.
in
lance,
for gold.
ififlajned
Twisted
or lighted.
in the
shape of a
A ring moving on a
The wreath placed on the helmet.
swivel.
letter S.
HERALDRY.
202
spherical.
Torteau.
Tortoise,
Tourtiee.
military sport.
Toiver.
Said
towers.
Trade Alarks.
Devices
The merchants
manufacturers.
whom
the
use of true heraldic insignia originally was not conceded, are sup-
shields,
the arms of
A.D.
some mercantile
guild.
The
in a shield with
brass to
John Terri,
vents
and
piracy,
College of
Marks
to
it
is
is
The
pre-
Arms has not the power of granting the same prowho have honourably and legally obtained ar-
tection to those
morial bearings.
Transpierced.
Pierced
through.
Flowing
through.
GLOSSARY.
203
See Comiterchanged.
Having the
or natural position or arrange,
Transmuted.
Transposed.
ment
original
reversed.
Traversed.
Treflee.
Facing
to the sinister.
Adorned with
A
or flower
Trefoils.
Trefoil.
leaf
Treille or Latticed.
representing trellis-work.
pieces
slipped^
They
are
all
nailed at
the intersections.
Tressiire.
and half
One
its
breadth
blazoned yf^wry
esteem, and
descent.
it is
It is
borne in the
counter-fktiry.
This subordinary
is
held in great
The Double
Tricked. Axm% sketched in outline with pen and ink, and the
different tinctures written.
Tricolour.
This
is
Triparted.
parts.
foot up.
This term
HERALDRY.
204
compares
yf\i\\
prey.
When
speed.
ifi
DON,
Shaped
See
postman's horn,
like a
at the extremity
it
trumpets in pile,
az., tiao
to beasts of
said to
be at
is
opposite directions.
Triton.
expanded
it
is
or.
borne
Merman and
a long
i.e.
Neptune.
straight tube,
arms of Trumping-
in the
blazoned in pale.
Truncheon.
The
official
and having the Royal arms on the upper, and the Earl Marshal's
own arms on
Trundle. h.
quill of
Trunked.
tree couped.
Trussing.
the
birds.
2.?,
Sometimes the
it
rose argent
quarters the
is
two
tinctures.
Tun.
Tun
bars, revolving
Turnstile.
vertical
As
tlie
on a step or ibot-frame
(No. 267).
Turret.
castle.
GLOSSARY.
No.
7>/^/^^rt^. Applied
differs
to an animal
when
267.
Tyjies.
A term
for the
U/ster King-of-Arms.
The
No.
266.
205
stag.
office
a similar office,
under another
U/ster Badge.
gules.
title,
Uinbrated or Adumbrated.
Undy. One
Ufidee or
Unguled.
Hoofed.
and
is
is
the dis-
shields.
Shadowed.
of the divisional
Said of hoofs
Undulating.
lines.
when
of a different tincture
Ireland,
and Scotland,
Union Jack
Upright.
is
its
forehead.
one
flag.
Applied
to reptiles
and
shell-fish, as
rampant
is
to
animals.
Urchin.
See Hedgehog.
The reverse of
Urinant or Uriant.
Usher of the Black
Rod.kn
officer
hauriant
applied to
fish.
HERALDRY,
2o6
Vair.
One of
the furs
is
it
and
it
rence,
any shield or of
charge.
observes, that
pieces,
its
tincture of
when
furriers first
made
this lining,
white furs
rules of
and he
infers
from
those
that, that
who have
it
must be expressed
felled to
settled the
its
La Colombiere
there be
if
in the blazon.
Vallary
number of
Vambraced or Umbraced.
Vamplate.
it
A piece of steel on a
See Winnowing-vane.
Vannet. See Escallop.
Vmus. The ancient blazon
the hand.
Vane.
for vert.
Verdke.
fret
Vert.
lines,
F<Tr^. See
Vervels or
Vair.
Varvels.
is
The
rings at the
end of
jesses,
through
passed.
Verules or Verolles.
Vested. H^h\Xt^i.
Victoria Cross.
An
Order
instituted
by Queen Victoria
for
GLOSSARY,
eminent personal valmir.
It is
207
with the Imperial crown and crest, with the motto " For Valour."
Vigilant.
F/>(r^/^;//.
The
title
or office of
now
The
peerage.
Henry
hereditary
Viscounfs Coronet.
Upon
title in
title
of Viscount was
granted by
circlet
in representations.
F^/V/<f^. Pierced, or
showing the
Voiders.
Vol.
first
shown
It is
field
some
through.
part ot
Diminutives of Planches.
Two
borne as a charge.
Volant.
Fly
in g.
Vulned.
Wake
Knot.
initials
W and O, with
Warwick Badge.
often
A Bear
makes mention of
in the Play of
Henry
Water Bouget.
this
and Ragged
Staff.
Shakspeare
268 to 271).
Wattled. Sba^ of the
ferent tincture
comb and
itself.
gills
of a cock
when
of a dif-
HERALDRY.
2o8
No.
IVaijy.
is
also
Wave-like, represented
one of the
Wedge.
Wei?'^
Well.
No.
No. 26Q
268.
No. 271
270.
by three
generally
risings.
It
partition lines.
Generally
represented
circular,
in
in base.
perspective
and
masoned.
Well Bucket.
legs.
Wheels Catherine.
See Qtiintain.
Whirlpool.
Two
lines of azure
and
and
argent^
commencing
at the
White Ensign.
Jack
in the
first
Wild Man.
at the waist
The
quarter.
Represented
and temples.
six heralds
of the College of
their position
must be blazoned
Arms.
GLOSSARY.
Winged.
tincture
is
Provided
used
husbandry.
in
and the
surcoat,
This term
with wings.
Fan, or Basket.
It
the wind
ailettes of
the enemies of
my
winnowing implement
that
is,
king.)
Woolpack.
Wreath.
appears
is
different
Winnowing- Van
209
at
each corner.
The
to
of
Every
when
crest
is
it
chapeau.
is
now
barbed.
Yoke.
See Ox-yoke,
The White Rose of the house of York.
York Rose.
six
See Chess-Rook.
14
Quartering
CHAPTER
XV.
MARSHALLING.
MARSHALLING
Heraldic
Heraldry.
in
consists
Insignia
in
Marshalling ot arms
is
disposition of two, or
by
uniting
them
side,
either
by arranging the
distinct, or
by
in one.
The admission
of two or
more
families*
MARSHALLING.
shield
was limited
211
is,
by hereditary descent of
several
accumulation of honours.
Marshalling consists not only in the aggroupment of two or more
families' bearings in
one
it
all
but
shield,
The methods
and the date
to
amples of
this
many
These
method.
is
pound
heraldic composition.
The
seal of
single
com-
each of which
the composition.
is
is
so placed that
The arrangement
The anus
centre compartment
is i,
two
it
of this seal
are charged
Warrenne
given in the
is
upon lozenges;
2 2 are
England
in the
3 3 are
De
dure engrailed gu. ; and in the four quatrefoils are Leon and Cas14
HERALDRY.
212
tile
alternately.
Barr
The
and Alianore of
Saint Quintin,
Castile
a.d. 1301,
aggroupment of several
diagram, No. 274.
No.
arg.
is
The
seal of
It is
shown
in the
accompanying
No.
273.
I.
Robert de
shields.
is
Edward
eldest daughter of
and Leon.
a maunchegu.; and 3 3 3 3
or.^
Henry, Count de
and Alianore,
(in France),
,-
274.
2 2 2 2 is Hastings,
Fitz-Walter,
is
r//^<^//^^
a fesse between
or.,
(Vincent MS.
second daughter of
DE Burgh,
of
Hertford; and
de Clare, became
eldest son of
aggroupment of several
pound composition
thirdly,
the wife,
and
of
first,
youngest
of
John
secondly,
Roger d'Armori.
characteristic
distinct coats, so as to
Joan, the
their
Her
example of the
compartment of the
seal
MARSHALLING.
is
Roger d'Armori,
the shield of
a bend
(Roll of E.
sa.
in chief
H.
to the dexter
III.
and
and of
Castile
E. II.,
of
and
the legend,
The
his
alternately.
275.
Thomas Plantagenet,
helm and
crest, i
his
and
5.
seal
of Elizabeth, granddaughter of
Roger d'Amori,
usage of the
first
Edward
last
I.,
and
marriage with
seal of the
of
Duchess, Alianore
mother.
youngest son
De Bohun,
Verdun^ or,frettee
is
III.,
No.
The secretum
sinister are
and Lion of
Edward
7ieburee
is
gu. (Rolls of
Castle
II,),
barry
213
illustrates
It
is,
with the
The
com-
HERALDRY.
214
partments
(rts:.,
and base,
and Leon, as
seal
before, in the
Bardolf
and
Castile
The
of Elizabeth de Bury,
illustrated in "
Norfolk Archaeol."
(V., 301), is
dif-
Nvwv-
W^^M.mw'
erent coats.
The
small seal of
DE Lascelles (No.
277),
is
to Sir R.
Lascelles
lets gti.;
Hilton
arg.,
two bars
az.
first
de Filliol;
to
ac-
and Filliol
gii,y
lion
The
counterseal of
Hereford, and
third
Humphrey de Bohun,
Earl of Essex,
fourth
Earl of
an
ex-
MARSHALLING.
215
which the
full
ones (Nos. 278 and 280), and both of them qiuwterly^ or and ^uksy
No.
No.
278.
No
for
279.
280.
of
counterseal
John de Bohun,
of shields
the
fifth
Earl of Hereford.
In like manner, the seal of
folk,
who
shields, of
the
Confessor
Brotherton
(a special
is
grant from
(^England, with
Richard
silver label
II.),
impaling
of five points)
the
HERALDRY.
2i6
Mowbray
{gu.^
Segrave
a lion rampant
{sa.^
a7'g.),
and the
arg.,
crowned
lion rampt.
Many
nor was
this
upon a
single shield^ as
ment.
It
is
introduction
its
but before the system of quartering came actually in use, the combination of two or
more
The
by forming a
celebrated shield of
Abbey of Westminster)
is
(repre-
charged with
his father
Isabella of France.
The
Edward
arms.
is
I., is
an
earlier
Edward
II.,
beautiful seal of
example of
this
in
mother
of
system of compounding
his
Margaret, Queen
incorporated with
and of
Bohun
lioncels
(No. 279)
rampant were
MARSHALLING.
The arms
of Salisbury.
illustrated
of
Earls of Salisbury
attributed to the
217
Jack, which
is
Andrew, and
are
the
Union
St.
Flags).
This instance
Marshalling by Quartering
(as in
parts,
and
allotting
When
is
and
2,
is
Should there
278).
first
quarter.
of
Her Majesty
THE Queen,
This aiTange-
coat that
third quarters.
first
and
4,
Etigland;
Queen
of
Edward
I.,
first
Leon upon
in the
the
Abbey
by
quartering,
monument
is
the shield
of Alianore,
of Westmmster.
These
HERALDRY,
2i8
Ferdinand
The
gilt
III.,
plate
effigy
of this lady
The
who
is
rests, is
Edward
the Roll of
or; en
les
quarters de argent
les
les
'^
:
Henry III.),
pieces
^^
azure,
two
daunces de goules'^
griffin segreant
Montagu,
or;''"'
is
The
in or
de
" daunces*^
William Montagu
dajicettee)
(Roll
of three
by
quartering.
Edmund de Thorpe
les griffons
ample
Symon de Montagu^
at present
is
marshalled in
quarters de azure
of
Sire
is
diapered
English sub-
first
his rule.
later ex-
may be considered
to
have assumed
and
prove
it
to
of
Edward
3,
Navarre
II.
i,
upon the
(her mother)
and
4, az.
in
2,
a bend
The Champagne
two or three
Queen
shown enlarged
seal of Isabella,
of the
shields
Four coats
in
coats.
no
repetition is
When
the shield
It will
is
be observed that
necessary, as
is
quarter
is
the case
MARSHALLING.
four parts,
" quartering
" is
divisions, the
An
Abbey
and
4, or,
4,
a subdivision of quarters)
lion
rampant
quarters are
quarters
then
treated pre-
on the alabaster
Westminster
in
and
and
illustration
4,
It is thus
blazoned
cipal
II.
is
is
it
is
shield,
there
is
first.
terly, I
term
When
219
sa., for
It will
first
and
2
quarters,"
grand
a fid
3, or,
quarters,
quar-
when
i
and
lion rampa?tt
prin-
their subdivision
and
Flanders
and
3,
of
thus
th-e
and 4
g. q., 2
grand quarters
and
and
3 g. q.,
3.
The
;
:
HERALDRY,
220
the second and third grand quarters, but the four lions in each of
these quarters are supposed to be
all
on four separate
18).
The
or
divisions (see
Impalement
it is
effected
parts, as in
is
not hereditary.
Impalement was by
half,
is
The
17.
dimidiatioji, that
is,
earliest
two equal
system of
in
sinister
single composition.
This
effect
caused by
the dimidiating three lions and three ship's hulls, and such other
that the
The
seals of the
England dimi-
Upon one
of
Edward
of her seals,
I.,
Margaret of
monument
of
Queen
One
MARSHALLING.
Westminster Abbey, a.d. 1296, bears
in
De
trefoils,
Valence dimidiating
tiuo barbels
haurient,
addorsed, or.
The
(see
I.
town of Youghal,"
in Ireland
three
semi-chevronels are
shown
in
is
sinister semi-saltire
The arms
the
same
all^
in pale,
of the
as the
Abbey
is
crosier.
The double-headed
eagle
is,
in the opinion of
Mr. Planche,
HERALDRY.
222
due
and other
so also
may
be the gryphon,
fictitious beasts.
by marriage was,
Alliance
century, represented
on
shields
and the
wife's in
the sinister.
"Husband and
wife"
more
distinct,
Femme was
is
used
in this
work, to
make
the explanation
by the impaled
shield.
The manner
in
very interesting.
drawn to
characteristic
heraldic
many inanimate
quarter
The shape
without in any
maunche
in
The
charges: the
way
is
So also with
No. 272
fills
up the
bent backwards to
way destroying
fit
the sleeve
but the
value or rank of the smaller lion differs nothing from the larger
one.
Isabella, Queen of
Edward
II.
suit the
is
another
its
own
MARSHALLING.
distinctive individuality;
223
Wood
(No. 284)
The
shield (No.
(No.
286) had impaled his wife's arms (which she bore as her father's
daughter, and not as his heiress or co-heiress) with his
Wood.
No.
284.
has but a
life
not hereditary
is
No.
interest in the
No.
285.
Ellis coat
but the
if
in
every instance
iu-ms,
transmitted,
loz7ige,
is
It is
coat he
obvious
arms, therefore, of
wife,
would
complication
The
286.
the
their father's
were to be continually
of
therefore,
Wood
own arms
Wood,
either of
crest.
upon a
widow
marrying again does not usually bear the arms of her former
husband, unless he was a Peer.
is
HERALDRY.
224
In
second
which
in
wife.
Official
to
husband
same manner.
the
after
cjuarter.
arms of
shield.
The arms
in
of the Herald
same manner
the
that
is,
and
official
their personal
arms on
arms on the
sinister.
The arms
also are the
arms of
office.
The Archbishop,
is
this relation to it is
they
may be
may
on
plate.
After the
is,
Impalement
line
is
and
tressure
omitted.
I.
bore in the
first
quarter of
MARSHALLING.
the arms of Scotland, was
England.
removed on
Bordures and
225
arms of
tressures,
by
Arms of Alliance
Impalement.
lier
be an
otherwise than by
heiress^
Pretence.
No. 287
now become
is
illustrates, for
is
of compara-
general.
If there
band of each would bear the Butler arms upon a small Shield
of Pretence upon his
of
own
The
shield.
after
their
Stafford and
of
%rd,
All
the suc-
decease,
father's
quarterly
ist
and
^th,
Stafford; 2nd
The
a?id
Butler.
arms.
is
an heiress
sets forth,
is
heir to his
mother as well as to
Heraldry
his father.
Marshalling by Quartering. In
quartering arms
it
must be
15
HERALDRY,
226
first
that the
The
we now assume
to
most imporquartered
now, should he
own
places the
pretence^
as in No.
290.
if
his
own
quartered shield in
The descendants
Campbell
quartering,
and the
Campbell arms
Stafford-
of this
in their shield
by
shield
Campbell
heiress marrying,
were she not an heiress, her husband would simply impale with
his
their father's
arms only
but
if
their children
his
own
of the heiress.
Campbell
would bear
az.s
and
shield
heiress (whose
lozenge instead of a
but
in
if
The descendants
Bentick, and
in
MARSHALLING.
227
^WW
W^^
new
No.
287.
No.
288.
No.
No.
290.
No
291.
No. 292^
No.
293.
No,
294.
No.
289.
295.
is
This
is
termed Quarterly
No.
35,
page
18, represents
"
HERALDRY.
228
The primary
grand quarters
shield
that
becomes
may be
this shield,
and
hereditary,
and admits
If a son of the
Butler, were
arms, and
In
Campbell
heiress,
who had
married a Stafford-
to
if
The
Bentick
man
No. 292.
and
4th,
in the
grand quarters.
A man
inherits
the arms of her father and mother, but the son inherits only the
arms of the
When
father.
may
cover
all
following chapter.
father,
mark of cadency so
and
that
in
MARSHALLING.
No. 272, page 210,
The
illustrates tvvo
229
centre of the shield, does not always denote that the bearer married
an
Marquess of Abercorn
escutcheon, az., charged
and
is
The
hereditary.
all,
an
Camden
some of
some of mere
says
these
grace,
and
merit."
blazon of the
are differenced,
Mortimers
by changing the
These two
shields
argent, to ermine.
BHH
No.
296.
Arms of Dominion
necessarily
come
De Mortimer.
No.
297.
do not
of
Arms
of
Community and
by regular quartering,
tlie
corporate bodies
may be
marshalled
HERALDRY.
230
compound composition,
in
and
to knightly
and
if
(if
own arms
repeated, im-
official insignia.
on one
their arms,
shield,
bemg
also the
shield,
of the
Peeress in her
helm or
crest)
own
arms (without
If
she be married to a Peer, both her arms and those of her husband
are fully blazoned,
and the
shield,
are
grouped
If she be married to a
Achievement of Arms,
her marriage
distinct
own
and she
and complete,
as she bore
it
own
before
The widow
retain the
his rank
had been
late
MARSHALLING.
Lord Palmerston impaled
her former husband,
It will
231
Earl Cowper.
be remembered that
all
whether unmarried or
ladies,
widows, bear their arms upon a lozenge, and without the helm
and
crest.
The
The Knights
all
In
manner, other Orders display the riband, with the badge de-
and
The helm,
official staves
of the
may be
dis-
Earl Marshal
his shield.
porters, scroll,
;
The
are blazoned
shield
official
all
is
termed an Achieve-
ment,
The Helm
is
one corner of
Varieties of the
it.
The Wreath
is
of two coloured
The Cap
is
Dukes, and
is
a kind of
silks,
roll,
it is
in another chapter.
is
is
HERALDRY.
232
The Mantling
as displayed in
is
displayed, or
falls
and Motto
are placed
below the
crest.
Nft aoS
OuEBN
and
it.
shield,
PHiuri-A OF Hainault.
it
can then
as Prince Royal.
1.,
CHAPTER
XVI.
MARKS
of
brizures,
Cadency are
certain distinguishing
added
shield
family, the
had
to resort to
to
men
arms,
to
marks or
distinguish
other.
To
marks arose
some plan of
of
The
made by
label
it.
is
obsolete.
much
that
is in-
employed.
mode
of Differencing
is still
one of those
HERALDRY.
234
Marks
of
distinction, contingent
The
conditions.
ference
to a shield as a temporary
and
transfer
it
is
to his son.
Permanent marks of Cadency become part of the armorial composition of the shield,
family,
branch.
It often
appears
members
of that
same
in the
different individual
shield
and
it
early
is,
to
from Cadency,
is
applied to dis-
of
Differencing, as
distinct
and
families
dependency.
Differencing
is
shields
of arms
are
dis-
The Caerlaverock
DE Hastings bore
vert (or
banner
sal;le).
or,
or^
The
Edmond
a maunche
gu.y with
displays
the
Hastings
a maunche gu.
"A
John Paignel, a
friend
De Has-
It will
or.
235
brother bore a label as a mark of Cadency, but the ally took his
friend's shield,
for a Difference.
The
earliest
varieties of Differences;
in
its
that
most used
in
different modifications.
made by
charges, or
its
by adding some
were
slightly varied, or
under
fresh charge of
for another
like conditions.
78,
sometimes with
five, points,
label
is
in the thirteenth
borne with
The
The
it
label or Pile
The
differences.
and
tinctures,
differences.
three,
so.
label has
old heralds,
most used.
During the
to
They
which
Edward
I.
HERALDRY.
236
upon
which should distinguish his own shield as Prince Royal of Enggland, from the shield of the
label
is
King
Prince Edward's
his father.
and two of
its five
points
lie
alternately over
Edward
TI.,
tail of
bore the label set lower on the shield, and with longer points.
Edward
a
III., as
upon
Another
and the
in
also bore
in 1235, displays
his counter-seal
same arms,
Earl of Chester,
labels arg.
shield, of
little later
sifiister,
Xk
%
No.
The
No. 301.
300.
times of four
but
it
is
and some-
were not then considered important, and there are instances of the
same impaled
by
side.
The
seal
Henry Plantagenet
and a
label of
and
five points
II.,
and
///r^<?
Confessor
differenced with a
These
first
237
wife
and
this
impaled
303).
itself
302 B)
and
in our
own time
The
latter is generally
is
preferable.
The
early
^nr
TJSIS
No.
No.
302.
303.
Two
label
it
is,
one
was charged.
by the heralds of
Henry
111.
and Edward
I.
The former
has a label of fotir points charged upon the chief of the shield
HERALDRY.
238
but the
latter,
No. 303A.
more usual
No.
303B,
point only.
and
these charges
rence
label,
position.
this
on each of the
arrangement
The
specifies otherwise.
is
points, are of
common
occur-
some
ex-
No. 300
Abbey
is
St.
Alban*s
and
one.
Two
of the
Plantagenet
shields at
One
point.
lias
Edward
point,
Albans
Edward
and
and
same
this
again,
upon
IV.,
is
blazoned with a
label
is
Richard
eitlier five,
cross
The
of
K.G.,
single canton
its
George Plantagenet,
the stall-plate of
upon each
son of
while a third
brother of
glass at St.
spots,
Upon
point.
of the shields,
label charged
two ermine
and a
239
si7igle
During
red can-
his father's
St. George.
John Lovell,
or Lovel, bears on a
each point.
barrulee arg.
three mullets
on
a label of Longespee
lioncels or).
or,
is,
His mother
No. 206,
and
DE la Vacha, a
label
Roll of E. III.
label co7nponee az.
and
az.,
of
o?i
lVarre?i?ie.
and
Sir Richard
arg.
gu.,
a frette
or,
any
difference.
Richard de Grey
HERALDRY,
240
"de
De
Sandiacre," differences
and Byron,
manner (No.
in like
^i8)
with a
Calais Roll:
Edward de Montague
Sir
point with
an
eaglet vert
No
or,
charged on each
(No. 304).
Edward de Montagotc.
label
how
generally
liest
it
in the ear-
more examples.
II.,
gn.
another William le
is
blazoned
(No. 305)
and
pattee)
William
shield.
Latymer
In the
differences this
his brother
Thomas
A.
has his
third
label, also
Latymer
label
The Roll
sable uncharged.
of
Richard
241
Thomas
Latymer
a plain label
az. ;
difference
by charging
upon
their cross.
No.
No.
305.
306.
Sometimes two
distinct
label
its
and
two points
to
it
one
on the
south side bears France ancient and England quarterly, with a label
of five
poifits in
on
each),
IV.,
is
3, 4, 5,
The
and
2,
of France (three
stall-plate of
John
HERALDRY.
242
and
charges,
may be
in these cases
transmitted,
hereditary.
The Label of
the
or.^
difference,
integral
Henry
without any
three torteaux,
be a
to
The Courtenay
label.
is
Hugh de Courtenay
Cadency.
torteauxj
label
Courtenay shield
Courtenay, the
this
time
This
Hugh de
is
married
St.
Hugh de Courtenay,
label,
as
it
first
Earl,
St.
His
in 1340.
his father
Robert de Courtenay,
St.
I.
he
The
bears an
be remembered, was a
and
Earl of
the
Hugh de Courtenay,
eldest son,
early
it
will
Sir
Hugh Courtenay,
Bryan
and
heir,
Elizabeth de
sa,, bezantee.
az,, fleurettec.
Exeter,
and
(No. 303A.)
Maud de
having married
243
Earl of Devon; he
Camoys.
died in 1419,
The
Camoys
was
shield
or,
it is,
therefore,
Sir
Hugh de Courtenay,
third (but
ot
the second Earl, bears a label with three points az., charged with
jiifie
crescents arg.
The arms
ot
label of three
(Brass at Christ
a.d., 1440.)
on a
label
1381-1396, were
Earl, a.d.,
of three points
az.,
as
many
^nitres arg.,
The
is
fifth
is
probably that
viz.,
Hereford,
He
married
Margaret Wake,
Wakes bore
why
(No. 303B.)
and
of the
His son.
The
168
it
will
HERALDRY,
244
Earl of Devon,
sa.,
Exeter Cathedral).
Margaret de Beaufort,
ponte arg. and
Upon
the
fifth
d'or;
difference with
alabelzxA a
bendlet coi7i-
az.
same
shield,
and
Chief
or a fesse
cotised; a chevron
in time
may have
for difference
Ordinaries
and
The Canton
shield, rather as
or
A canton
Cadency.
to
arms
is
in the brass to
blazoned
sa.,
two
betids arg.,
Anthony Har-
This shield
is
or.
thus
is,
tlie
245
dency.
early heralds to
numerous instances of
find
It
its
is,
not altered by
Eltham, represented
it.
on. his
The Bordure
of France of
monument
Westminster Abbey,
at
John of
The
is
diffe-
TuDORS
furnish
Henry
III.
vair'ee.
A remarkable bordure
and by
his son
race.
1502),
of
This
and
and charged.
Edward,
Henry was
his wife
Edward
plain
IV.
was borne by
the son of
In the Roll of
afid gu.^
a border
Henry Courtenay,
Earls of Devon of
William Courtenay
their
(died
quarterly,
first
quarter),
lion
rampant
az.,
in
differenced
and
3,
Cour-
armed gu.
Lord Scrope
a bend
HERALDRY,
246
of%
Robert Grosvenor
made
being
that
in consideration of the
finally
concession
in
this
to
ex-
clusively those of
"a bordure
strangers in the
is
not
bordure
is
A.D.
sufficient
difference
between two
1 1,
The Archbishops
dures.
Thomas Fitz-Alan,
or
engrailed arg.
a bordure
qiiarterl}\ ivithin
the See of
sinister
side
his
differenced shield
differenced
is
shield
of
his effigy,
shield of
and on
Le Despencer.
Le Despencer arms
In
sa.
the.
This
within
and
it
num-
be a matter of indifference.
247
arms of the
az.^
saltire or,
within a
No.
No.
310.
its
for
bend gules
eaglets
is
charged
is
The
by the
shield of
next,
substitution,
first,
all or,
and
Grandisons
upon
this
These
of three
tlie
az. ;
differenced
312.
marking Difference.
original simphcity
No.
311.
escallops,
and sub-
finally,
John de
HERALDRY.
248
a.d.
group with his shield, having the red bend charged with a
mitre between two golden buckles (No. 311),
shield of
arg.
is
blazoned paly of
silver
eaglets or
(No. 310).
more used
Cadency
is
time of
Henry
the two
III.,
Furnivals appear
and azure,
De
bend
by charging
arg,,
Seigneurs
silver,
At the
by introducing a canton
chief ermine.
or,
and on a
chief erm.
Mortimers
bearing,
of
gules,
ermifie,
and
field
The De Genevilles,
barnacles in pale
field
and by adding a
De
upon a
Thus,
bezantee.
also
any other
or
sa., three
breys or
difference by changing
The
cutcheon from argent to ermine (Nos. 296 and 297, page 229).
Hugh De Mortimer,
CADENCY AND DIFFERENCING.
azure of the original shield.
Another instance
is
249
given in the
means of small
These
ferencing.
the shield
is
itself,
upon the
many
these
would be drawn
to so small a comparative
original composition.
At a
in
some
later period,
regular order
the
as not to
and thus
Later
still
that
It will
be remembered
is
single small
pri-
of
As a matter of
times repeated.
field
exceed
for dif-
charges.
and every
diffe-
same time
it is
who may be
whom
effectually
allied without
there exists
no
any
alliance what-
HERALDRY.
250
The Beauchamp arms are blazoned in the first Roll of Henry III,
One
shield
is
in the Caer.
quarterly arg.
is
is gii.,
or,
and a banner
Early in
or.
number,
ments
j/;i;;
at
and
in the Garter-plates,
golden crosslets.
by charging a
the
members of
the
fesse
upon a red
branches of
different
all
brother of the
crescent sable
upon
his
In other shields of
II.).
Cadency.
The Cliffords
or
cheqiiee
field.
De Bellamont,
Warwick
same
bear,
in
the Roll of
Henry
Richard
III.,
bears these
Walter's
eldest son,
Walter,
bears the same arms as his father; but the second son, Roger,
bears a fesse instead of a bend.
The Cobhams
shield, without
to
Sir
bear^^/.,
a chevron
or.
or.
Cobham
rampant
lioncels
sa. ;
same
is
severally
crosslets,
7i.'ith
\(\'=>
sable;
witli three
eaglets sable;
251
Rauf de Cobham
adds an
estoile for
all
a secondary difference,
his crosslets.
esteem.
DON
arms of
III).
in pile, or.
This shield
powdering the
is
field
Thomas Bardolph
his elder brother
differenced
with
by
same
Roger de Trumping-
two trumpets
az., crnsilee,
in the
The
arg.^ (Roll
H.
crosslets, first
William Bardolph,
crnsilee,
a cinqiiefoil or;
rolls
powdered with
of H. III.
Camden
Maurice de Barket>e
roll
In the
first
bore gules, a
erm.,
HERALDRY.
252
The Martlets
and three
by
severally charging
escallops or.
upon the
shield attributed to
to
have been
Saxon Edward,
which are stamped with a plain cross between four doves. The orle
of martlets in the shields of
is
The
Cadency.
ment
in
Westminster Abbey,
Earl William on
an example of
is
The
artistic
was
beautiful
his
monu-
work worthy
of any age.
Many
appear.
fleurs-de-lis in the
arms of France
fleur-de-lis.
King of France,
in the sinister
in the dexter
On
ii8o, the
hand a
King
sceptre,
is
surmounted with a
hand a fleur-de-lis.
On
fleur-de-lis^
and
is
an
Numerous
Cloudeslev Shovel
there
is
the fleur-de-lis,
De Cantelupes
The
253
shield
of the
in strange
compound two
coats.
No.
No.
313.
No.
No.
314.
No.
321.
No.
315.
No.
322.
316.
323.
The
trate
shields of the
the
system of Cadency.
Above
are
suffice to illus-
some of
the
difle-
HERALDRY.
254
Raby.
Lord Laiymer,
No less than
^^z.,
saltire
family,
Neville
Thus the
323).
entire
and two
silver saltire.
rose as a difference
As the
by a
now
is
fifteenth century
a gimmel-ring,
all
of them
the
number.
Numerous examples
There
is little
might be found
employed as a
doubt
that, if
it
difference.
on the
Honours,
alliances, victories
had
was
their
Modem
Cadency
very
little
from
in tlie following
Ljruxt^
No.
324.
\w^m
No
325.
^^"^
msr
No.
The Label
I.
order of precedence
No.
326.
No.
327.
11
328.
329.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
wc^lh?
vc^rypr::;
No.
No.
330.
by the second
No.
332.
father'^
ime).
^o
331.
2.
^swxmf
No.
255
son.
third son.
fourth son.
fifth
son.
,,
sixth son.
,,
seventh son.
eighth son.
ninth son.
These marks are generally placed upon the honour point of the
The
shield, or in chief
first
son of the
first
son,
may
may
crescent.
charge his
The
first
and
so on.
Royal Cadency, as
will
be seen
hereafter,
is
marked
do not
exclusively
his,
or her
become permanent,
COURTENAYS.
Marks of Cadencv
also include
HERALDRY.
256
illegitimacy.
employed by the
natural, as
by the legitimate
In the
sons.
Sir
or,
on a bend
of the
His near
before
three lions
of^ng-
label
of France.
The
argent and azure, were the livery colours of the Lancastrian Plan-
TAGENETS.
JoHN DE Beaufort
compony.
Ralph de Arundel, a
natural
that
is,
2S7
sinister.
Duke of Richmond,
by Henry Fitzroy,
and by
the
all
Duke
arg.
ermijie;
and
Charles
II.,
VIII.
az.
and
that of the
excepting
Henry
land
son of
At
is ^//.,
of Cleveis
compony
Royal
The term
is
in coat armour.
Arms
are ne-
crests, supporters,
and badges.
Windsor Garter-plates
The mantling
rence,
is
of
afford other
The
is
an
good examples.
George Plantagenet,
K.G.,
Duke of
York
Cla-
(No. 334).
Henry Bourchier,
in 1483
17
K.G.,
HERALDRY
258
and the
and brass
sable (Garter-plate,
mantling of
is
also
and
lining
is
billetee,
and
its
Earl Rivers,
No.
(died 1449),
water-botigets.
the father-in-law of
The
Edward
334-
IV.,
No.
is sefnee
of
trefoils
(No. 335).
No.
335.
336.
Thomas Beaufort,
collars.
Duke of Dorset,
is
The
and
lion crest of
represented as gorged
259
about the throat with a collar company erm. and az. as the bordure of
his shield
Duke
and the
of Somerset, has a
collar
or,
Black Prince
is
The Royal
These
after the
manner of bands or
Numerous
and of the
The
crescent
of Cecil,
Plantagenets
labels appear
the martlet of
were
first
The arms
Duke was
show
of the
that they
the annulet ol
Earl of Aber-
to
Howards, Earls
lington shows
lions
Brudenell, Earl
Earl of Eldon
on the
Marquess of Salisbury,
upon
frills.
Earl of Stanhope ;
Earl of Abingdon
lion
silver label]
instances of
the Peerage.
In like
Thomas Lancaster
company
collar
Duke of Wel-
Earl of
MORNINGTON.
on "Royal Heraldry."
will
be alluded
will
Space
fullest extent,
172
but
HERALDRY,
26o
Cadency, and
will
form a groundwork
who
will find
The examples
Difference, not
more
more
to the antiquarian,
The example
Cadency.
more
is,
and
less
is
of
One more
instance
may be
Mr.
Planche
says,
*'
Prince
in the
As
the
it
evident that these differenced garbs must have been the result
The
Rolls of
distinguished families
and men
whom
to
Originally,
instances of families,
upon
shield.
Cam-
No
Monument
A.D. 1509.
Westminbter Abbey.
CHAPTER
XVII.
CROWNS
were garlands of
in ancient times
diadem was a
fillet
of
silk,
The
leaves.
The Crown
of
modern times
it is,
The
The
earliest
crowns of
this
is
adorned
exemplified
HERALDRY.
262
in the effigies of
I.
at
Mans; and
L'Espan, near
Richard
of John, at Worcester.
much
all
at
of
Fontevraud ; of Berengaria,
mutilated, but
still
These
they plainly
The
effigies
crowns of
of
Henry
trefoil-leaves
and Alianore of
III.
of two
sizes,
Castile,
have
The crown
of
Edward
The crown
G]otJce.ster, is
of
I.
differed
II.,
formed of four
Edward IL
Edward
little
Henry
75.
father.
IV., Canterbury.
large,
strawberry-leaves,
circlet,
and having
Edward
III.
and Richard
II.,
the crown
Henry
and
his
Queen Joanna,
The
IV.,
it
first
at Canterbury,
(No. 339).
is
tured images,
263
&-c.
Queen
These
sculp-
more
delicate construction.
may be supposed
to be faithful representations of
the splendid " Harry Crown," broken up, and employed as security
for the loan required
France.
Rymer
in the eighth
No.
by Henry
V.,
when about
to
embark
for
340 Ckowx
of
Henry
VII.,
Henry
circlet
and
of
is,
the enriched
cross
Henry
In the crown of
Henry
Henry
at
first,
HERALDRY,
264
pression
is
VI.,
Sovereigns,
James
II.,
is
number nas
The crown
and Charles
I.
that
crown of Charles
and
this de-
greatly increased.
Edward
James
II.,
I.,
of the
Stuart
The
arches,
crosses,
which
The
and
circlet,
in its turn
becomes subjected
State crown,
made
rise
on the
to the cross.
of
Her Majesty
The
differs
is
arches,
rather than
The
No.
gems (No.
heraldic
brilliants,
depressed.
265
&-c.
and
The crown
completely
is
is
342).
crown incHnes
to a type of
an
earlier time.
This
343.
heraldic crown of
and
roses, thistles,
Her Majesty
is
No. 368.
The Coronet
of
H.R.H. Albert,
the late
Prince Consort
(No. 343), has four arches; these arches rise from strawberryleaves.
This
is
is illustrated
The coronet
only,
which
of
rises
H.R.H.
the
from a jewelled
circlet.
The cap
is
of
cnmson
HERALDRY.
266
and as many
fleurs-de-lis,
The Coronets
circle of gold,
patties; there
Queen, and
fleurs-de-lis
of
The
Her
is
sur-
tassel.
The
circle
fleurs-de-lis,
of gold
and two
strawberry-leaves.
The
crosses
and
strawberry-leaves.
some
effigies,
beautiful
a crown from a
is
Countess of Richmond,
monument
of
Westminster Abbey.
a.d. 1509,
Duke
of a
No.
Margaret,
rr
The coronet
267
&-c.
tassel,
No.
Black Prince,
In representations
The
effigy
of the
on the basinet
from the
series of the
Marquis
is
page 327).
The
second
coronet of a Marquess, or
on
its
set four
balls of silver,
same
height.
HERALDRY.
268
Three of the
leaves,
representations.
tassel
De
(No. 347).
first
The cap
The
II., a.d.
1387,
The
coronet of an
Earl
rays,
at their bases, is
a golden straw-
In representations
The cap
is
of
The
ages,
mental
effigies,
are very
interesting.
pearls,
rises
The
crest
from a plain
of
Richard
circlet,
sur-
The Earl
and of
leaves
269
&-c.
them
the Countess the raised groups are set alternately with single balls
that are less elevated.
entirely of
The
upon a
No.
351.
coronets was
cap
is
a.d. 1487.
circle of gold.
shown (No.
351).
Viscount's Coronet.
first
In representations, nine
The
privilege of wearing
granted to Viscounts by
King James
I.
The
The coronet
of a
Baron
surmounted
HERALDRY.
270
by
placed in contact with each other, and a velvet cap and tassel of
The Coronet
is
of the Sovereign.
made
with
first
granted by
golden
II.,
circles.
a.
Charles
tassel
is
and surmounted
now
generally dis-
The
artistic style
is
beginning to prevail.
also of the
No.
borne as charges.
The
353.
latter is called
monumental
effigies
many
of the existing
&-c.
271
to the
crowns of
Henry
III.
In form
it
of Castile.
When
borne as a charge,
One
this
form
is
generally drawn.
HAMPSTEADE,
The crowns
A.D. 1460,
is
Abbot Wheat-
crosses pattees
Crowns
The
is
The
and
St.
354).
Albans.
crest of the
Earl of
HERALDRY.
272
collared
and
The
leashed gu.
crest of the
Earl of Pomfret
when used as
One
champ
is
is
Earl Beau-
is
circle of
as a crest
It is
it is
it is
asso-
borne by
often granted
as a crest of augmentation.
sails
is
a golden
circle
to
Earl Nelson
as
The Naval
an honourable augmenta-
No-
and
rising
above
is
it
(No. 357).
circlet
is
&~r.
273
The
//iree
antique crowns.
The
in Heraldry,
which are
before-mentioned crowns, but for clearness, and to prevent confusion, they are
own
is
made
The
hat
not
special messenger.
who do
is
visit
Thus
it
Rome, never
whom
the hat
may be
in the crown,
tassels,
sent.
and of a
themselves
18
made
HERALDRY.
274
of smaller tassels.
It
is still
it
early
retained in use,
and
is
occasionally placed
is
of
is
The Cap
of Maintenance
Estate did
now
It
is
it
or
is
irrespective of rank.
MITRES.
The Mitre
is
Church
No.
Is
which
the
it
it
was
Roman
first
a.d. 1407.
designed, and
Church.
it
is
1554.
a badge of
office, is
&-c.
275
shield.
The contour
and
later
first,
the brass to
Archbishop Cranley,
all
two
infulae,
No. 361
is
an example from
This
is
Ely.
No. 360
and
the
At
middle ages.
monument
of
is
from
a.d. 1631, at
Chigwell, Essex,
The
1631,
now
:^6^.
Much
difference of opinion
182
HERALDRY.
276
heralds object to
its
use.
as nominally
Many
crests
of
Thomas de Hatfield,
a.d.
and
1345
RuTHAL, 1520.
The
Durham
but there
is
now
The
mitre,
the
and
for
comparison
Emperor Francis
Garter-plate at Windsor.
is
illustrated
(No. 366).
The arms
on
of
his
The Crown
end of
tions.
itself is
of Austria.
circle,
composed of
ermine, and
277
this chapter, is
upon a golden
Crown
&-c.
it is
surmounted by a golden
satin,
tassel
and
iordiain ttiam.'^
turned up with
Herald Kings-of-Arms.
in the circle
magnam
miseri-
CHAPTER
ROYAL HERALDRY.
THE
Queen Victoria.
XVIII.
ARMS
OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF
ENGLAND.
Norman Kings
For
later period, as
instance, the
arms of
of England are of
assigned to
as-
ROYAL HERALDRY.
signed to him
many
i-jc^
to the Conquest.
Many
Confessor,
in
These examples
&c.
is
sometimes
differ
and
some of
Thomas Holland,
were granted to
it
This coat of
paiojiu.
William
leopards, of his
liam
II.,
Henry
shield thus
to have
said to have
I. is
I.,
We
and Stephen.
should
now
or.
lions, or
by Wil-
blazon their
Stephen
is
said
and arrows
may have
"
arisen from the " Sagittary
Edward
L,
Edward
The
on
II.,
and Edward
III.
till
gu.^ three
page 75.)
The second
Edward
II.,
first
great seal of
Henry
HI.,
Henry HI.
seal of
Richard
Edward
seals of
I.,
L, and of
Edward
III.
HERALDRY.
28o
words
**
DEI
gratia
anglie
kex
'*
:
&c.
These
arrns
were also
differenced
with
consequence of
shield
his claim to
be King of France
lions in the
second and
first
Edward
he quartered the
and fourth
third.
III., in
This
is
quarter,
blazoned
Richard
II.,
upon
his great
seal,
About the year 1365, Charles V. of France reduced the number of the
fleurs-de-lis in his
arms to
first
three only.
Henry IV.
effected
ROYAL HERALDRY,
This modification, which bears three
England.
is
281
styled in Heraldry
^^
fleurs-de-lis only,
lis,
or
^^
France
is
distinguished
ancient!'
Henry
IV.
Henrv
Henry
as
No. 371
is
an
Windsor.
Henry
VI,,
Henry
V.
Edward
IV.,
and
4,
Elizabeth sometimes
Edward
Henry
quarterly:
a.d. 1399.
V.
IV.
all
V.,
VII.,
bore
France modern;
and Richard
Henry
the
and
VIII.,
Edward
same arms,
3,
III.
viz.,
England; but
HERALDRY.
282
James
Henry
Prince of Wales.
I.
The arms
V. as
azure,
a harp
or^ stringed
or^
within a
The arrangement
18.
The
and Eng-
division
Charles
as
James
I.,
I.,
and
it
II.
ist
and ^th
William
III.
retained the
Sovereign, he placed
upon
it,
same
shield,
but,
as
an elected
arms of
'
ROYAL HERALDRY.
Nassau,
az., billetee^
Stuart
the
rampant
lion
283
Mary,
or.
Royal arms
Hfetime, the
The Royal
and Queen.
was
shield, accordingly,
of
Anne,
until
May
i,
in the
I.
on
2,
his accession
Royal shield
blazoned
George
and
was quarteiiy
it
France modern ;
made
it
Lunenburgh
and, over
all,
an
gules,
i,
two
lions
2,
George H. bore
The Royal
George
Norman
3,
same
Westphalia
shield,
after
incorporating the
blazoned Quarterly:
France;
the
passant
a horse
inescutcheo?z gules,
or,
3, gides
of Charlemagne.
^,
for
2,
and
shield of England)
3, L-elatid.
for
on
charged
Ireland;
4,
i,
E?igla?id
iin-
Hanover.
predecessor; but, upon the ist January, 1801, by Royal proclamation, the
land,
French
fleurs-de-lis
shield of
latter part
of
HERALDRY.
284
this
3,
Ireland;
and over
quarterly:
a7td ^,
England;
2,
From 1801
by George
Scotland;
till
18 16
III. with
over was elevated to the rank of a Kingdom, and from that date
the shield of pretence was ensigned with a Royal crown.
George
IV. and
ation.
ROYAL HERALDRY.
On
dom
the accession of
tlie
shield
composed
is
His
late
barry of
ten,
or
The
cross gu.
and sa.
he conferred the
As an augmentation
his head,
blazoned a
and threw
Duke.
off the
it
when
Crown of Rue
This bend
treflee vert,
shield of
to these arms,
The
differ-
charged on
tinent,
arg.^
English Her-
is in
or as a bend archee
is,
coronettee,
on the Con-
Crajicelin.
His
late
own
is
encircled
is
in itself
is
not in
an heraldic
contradiction.
Apparent a
usually bears
Heir
Saxony : Suppor-
HERALDRY,
286
the
ters
coronet
renced
and crowned as
tlie
Na
373
of RoTHSAv,
DsiCN
and
dexter supporter.
the label
is
also
Earl of Chester,
Duke of Corn-
of Dublin,
and of
Duke
of Saxony.
No. 373
is
a suggestion
label, quarterly
with Saxony.
and
That
heir of the
is, it
also, in
his
own
Queen and
ROYAL HERALDRY.
Consort.
The escutcheon
287
it
bears
The arms
of Cornwall are
and
one.
Rothsay
Chester
Dublin
Scotiatid, differeticed
Lord of the
Isles
arg.^
<;
arg.
sa.
HERALDRY,
288
inpaky
az.j
the
shield,
shield of the
and
all its
it
is
various bearings, in
its
marshal-
distinguishes the
i,
Denmark;
2,
a, a, a, a,
Schleswig;
RO YAL HERALDR Y.
3,
Sweden modern
5,
Faroe Islands,
az.^
Jutland
7,
4,
8,
Dietmarschen (Ditzmers);
On
coupcd arg.
Oldenburg;
14,
6,
Greenland,
az.^
9,
Holstein
or. ;
a polar
On
29
the
Stormerk;
10,
a horses head
all
13,
Delmenhurst.
on one
shield
No. 375 represents the arms of the Prince impaling the arms of
Denmark proper in
practical usage.
The marks
Queen
are as follows
K.S.I.
on the first
and thirdpoints^ ananchor az.^ on the centralpoint a cross gu. (No. 378.)
H.R.H. THE
between two
late
az.
a cross gu.^
(No. 380.)
a cross
(No. 382.)
crosses^ all
HERALDRY.
290
+n$
c=
ROYAL HERALDRY.
H.R.H. THE Princess Alice: a
rose gu.
291
cross
between
The
as the
The
crest
Royal arms, and they ensign the shield with the coronet.
AND AvoNDALE
the
differenced.
own
differences the
label,
Royal
on Crowns, and
192
upon
CHAPTER
XIX.
AUGMENTATION.
AN
as
badges,
an honour-
commemorate
and these
are distinct
crests,
is
They
and supporters.
and complete
in
Henry VHI.
granted to
9,
5 13,
as a
detni-lion only^
which
is pierced
Howard
(No. 385).
slain,
them-
silver
through
bend of
AUGMENTATION.
Henry
293
is,
Henry
quarterly
of England.
VIII.,
and
viz.,
4, az.^
and
King Edward
reward
sisting of
3, gu.y
a plume of
of a ducal
IV.
Edward
con-
crest,
corofiet^
as a
shield of
Douglas, was
Augmenta-
James
to the
Holy
Land.
To
HERALDRY
294
Berkeleys
still
augmented
gii.^
The Pelhams
at
Pelham fl2.,
in
also
assumed as a
crest
and
cage,
as a badge,
buckle.
1692),
for
renced by Augmentation.
of
Harpur Crewe,
Bart.,
many
No. 387
is
ad. 1626:
ticfo
or.
shields of
arms were
an Augmented
arg.^
crescents az, ;
shield,
diffe-
that
A UGMENTA TION.
bordure engr.
sa.
is
a.d. 1689
that of Astley,
:
az.,
No. 388.Astley,
special warrant,
Baron Hastings.
in 1660, received
I.,
granting him
mony
vaivy
a bordure
295
testi-
Suwn
Jirch
of a
"
cuique " on
on a
scroll
Hebrew
a scroll above,
below
the
motto.
first
Duke of Marlborough,
^^/eho7'ah
escutcheon of the
cross
of
St.
chiefs
George^ gu.,
an
and
was
incscutcheon
thereon
an
HERALDRY.
296
to
of the
Duke of Wellington
in
is
perhaps
viz.,
an
inescutcheon charged
with the Union device of Great Britain and Ireland (No. 384,
page 292).
and
soldiers
may be
Na 39aAkms
is
added
to the
medals of our
regi-
sailors
op Spencer Churchill,
Duke of Marlborough.
CHAPTER
XX.
CRESTS.
CREST
soldiers
is
that
command.
The
It
is
it
was necessary
for warriors to
them.
The
in.
dis-
or Wreath, or sometimes
it
No. 391
in
is
Cobham
HERALDRY.
298
The
The
in
435)
Kent,
is
of
liead
used as a pillow.
wood
or of stiffened leather,
and
in
some instances
its
Crest,
Cobham Church,
made
is
still
this Crest
modern photographers.
The
is
described in the
chapter on coronets.
The Wreath
is
principal metal,
in the case of
those of the
now
first
quarter.
Crests are not borne in the armorial insignia of ladies, with the
know
They wcare
The
helm.
earliest Crests
Richard
is,
modern Heraldry.
theire crest
on
is,
theire
thumb,
I. in his
second
seal, a.d.
1194,
is
represented
CRESTS.
bearing one of these.
device
is
299
Edward
upon
III.,
heraldic Crest
chapeau, and this has ever since been the Crest of England.
It
Probably of
and
plume.
tliese
Edmund de Thorpe,
Quintin
upon
is
a.d. 1418.
Thomas de Saint
HERALDRY.
300
The
seal of
1326, has two crested helms placed at the sides of the shield
Panache or Plume
circlet (Nos.
No.
Crests are
differenced; as
ermine
Crests, like
a martlet or an
394.
now
either
Crests of Tyndall.
No.
395.
modern
still
retained in
blazon.
Lord Dynham,
tall
upon a wreath,
spikes.
The
Crest of
way Crests
396)
is
are
Percy
lion
bird, &c., is
bull's
used as a Crest.
Howard
lion
(No.
The
197,
CRESTS.
There
is
301
a7i eagle
and child.
An
The
Stanley.
present
Earl of Derby
Crests,
father of
John
Many
some
DowNE, a
real
and others
fanciful.
The
Crest of the
Viscount
was granted
and
and afterwards
killed a lion,
he cut
off the
HERALDRY,
302
paw
to the King,
it
still
Crown
he should
bears.
certain conditions,
as an augmentation,
and by
his
finger (which
that
Downe now
own
and ordered
viz.,
who, to record
of, his
own
name
in these
cases the two Crests are displayed above the quartered arms.
The
Crests of
grants of augmentation.
by some heralds
little
doubt
to
be personal
they
Queen Elizabeth.
CHAPTER XXL
BADGES AND KNOTS.
BADGES.
BADGES,
crests,
shield.
Crests were
ori-
soldiers.
at
soldiers.
The bedesmen
still
the
HERALDRY.
304
Tower
bear
still
The Badge
is
on
and
for
at
been introduced by
Henry
II.,
and
furniture,
their breasts.
said to have
it
their sleeves,
equipments, household
Badges, like arms, are hereditary, and in the early days of Heraldry
it
Badge.
No. 400.Tub
Many
families,
II.
streets of
London we
see
many
Richard
Richard
III.,
II.,
and
BADGES AND KNOTS.
family or feudal alliance
305
be borne
in
i),
Shak-
He makes
of Badges.
Clifford conclude
his brief
threatening
I but
know
replies,
among
First
planta genista
name
of
Henry
pods)
and red
some of
the
roses of
Next
to this in
Sagittarius.
The
I.
ivhite
escai'buncie ;
Richard
separately
II.
an
of
is
Plantagenet
Stephen
crest,
that
The Badges
a sword ; and an
star issuing
from a
and seed-
oiive branch.
crescent
a star and
crescent
Edward
\.\
Edward
11.
Edward
III.
J^ajs issuing
from a
crescent.
tree,
HERALDRY.
^06
and
a sword.
Richard
II.
An
401)
stock
of a
stock
II.,
from his
Effigj' at
Westminster.
of a
an
tree-y
panther; an
ermi?ie or gennet;
ostrich feather ;
Henry
the
and a whitefalcon.
tree;
Henry
An
V.:
an
a cro^vned
eagle displayed;
ostrich feather ;
eagle:
tait ;
a craianed
a columbine flaiuer
the
De Bohuns.
chai/ied antelope;
a chained
Henry
VI.:
and two
Edward
IV.
andfetterlock ;
Edward
lion,
V. and
(Mortimer)
and a white
Arthur Tudor,
as
Princes of Wales,
c.\
on
are held
by
307
Edward's
Prince
feathers
lions (No.
(No. 403).
No.
No.
402.
Richard
and a falcon
Henry
III.
ivith
VII.
a dun
VIII.
portcullis;
Henry
dragon^ (Cadwallader)
HR. ;
a white boar;
rose.
illustrations of his
portcullis
ivhite
coia,
The
many
403.
A luhite rose;
A
V.,
fleur-de-lis ;
Badges.
The pomegranate,
Boleyn A crowtud falcon
Anne
the
20- -2
HERALDRY.
3o8
holding a
A Phoenix
Catherine Parr A maiden!
a large Tudor
rising from
Edward
Mary:
Tudor
VI.
rising from
Jane Seymour
sceptre,
T/ie
rose.
castle,
s head crowned,
rose.
a sheaf of arrows,
rose impaling
ensigtied
st0rroufided by rays.
Elizabeth
Tudor
the
rose.
T/ie
The
latter is
James
I.
Charles
sceptre of
lid
Charles
II.,
and James
II.
as
James L
Anne
rose-branch
and a
thistle
crowned.
From
this
thistle,
and shamrock,
all
of them im-
The
Henry
it,
and
Plantagenet
it
was
era,
it
Princes of Wales.
directions that
funeral,
for war,"
two
monument
309
at
Canterbury
that
for war
is
charged with the quartered arms of Fra?tce and Etigland^ with his
silver label;
and
\}ci2X
for peace
is sable,
coronet,
and these
are
now
circles
ostrich
of a princely
Prince of Wales.
No.
404.
Heraldic Rose.
Another renowned
historical
Badge
is
The
large
number of
to the "
Wars of
the Roses,"
when
the
is
HERALDRY.
3IO
Henry
and
it is
De
BoHUN
gorged
upon
brass at Westminster.
his standard,
This Badge
405).
No.
is
of the
1399, in
to
Westminster Abbey.
Badge of Warwick,
a
crest)
and the
Grenville,
Hunger ford
most important
most
portcullis of the
Gaunt
heraldic
the buckle of
Pelham
the sickle of
Rebus.
allusive to the
The well-known
son of John of
name
is
that in
is
curious
examples
Ramryge,
at St. Albans,
monument
abounds
its
in
311
of
Abbot
of rams^ each of
figures
An
ash-
UTTINC.
No.
406.
ttre
ryge.'
series.
name
The
of
Langton
and a
ton for
for T.
HuNTON
Bolton
a capital
a vme and a
its
ton for
of the Bishop's
name
to7i
or tun
iabel in
is
tun, to represent
Ashton,
and a hen
Winton.
a device
letters
dom;
sitting
on a
ion
Bishop Oldham,
an
this
Bishop
HERALDRY.
312
Lyhart,
at
Dering
of
tree.
human
man
eye,
Kent has a
deer
from a
or slip
tree,
of a
his
is
tree,
and exclaiming
Rebus
and another, a
"/j-//)>."
Exeter Cathedral.
St Albans Abbey,
upon
his
a.d. 1460.
monument
at
the
313
restricted
it
There
as the
is
from a
ton.
Badge of Ulster
arg.^
badge
appaiimky gu.
upon a small
shield of pretence.
this
is
all
the wrist
and
KNOTS.
Knots are a
borne as Badges.
They
No.
410.
No.
413.
No.
411.
No. 414
monogram
No.
412.
No.
415.
The
HERALDRY.
314
The
Stafford
Bowen
initials
and
intertwined; the
is
name;
the Savory;
and the
The examples
of the
of
Compound Badges
Dacres (No.
and a ragged
staff;
Hungerford
sickle
418).
coat,
and they
were borne upon the standard, but not upon the shield or tabard.
now commonly
to the Badge,
and not
to the arms, as
used.
No. 416.
No.
417.
No.
418.
it
is
CHAPTER
From
XXII.
SUPPORTERS.
SUPPORTERS
up or protecting a
shield.
on the
sinister
The
another.
creature
now
of the shield.
angels,
to
is
HERALDRY.
,i6
the time of
Edward
III.
some
are
common on
Supporters.
The
their
always lead more or less directly to the idea of the true Supporter.
One
is
on the
215).
seal of
Humphrev de Bohun,
The guige
page
is
carried
De Bohun
swan
is
The
and
in the
same position
is
Thomas Holland,
half-brother of
Richard H.,
represents the shield of arms, of the Earl, having the guige buckled
The
and
seal of
Edmond de Mortimer
characteristic
example of Supporters.
Arundel
is
the seal of
In
this the
SUPPORTERS.
No. 420, drawn from the
seal of
317
is
The Supporters
group.
Edward
III.
Richard
II.
Henry
IV.
Henry
V.
is
Earl of Arundel.
also a snan.
actually bore
such Supporters.
Henry
or antelope.
lion a?id
a panther
HERALDRY.
31
Edward
IV.
lions arg.y or
Edward
Richard
Henry
a hart
V.
III.
VII.
A lion or,
A dragon
lio?i or,
A
A
and a dragon
gu.,
and sometimes a
lion or,
:
lion or,
arg.
James
Awards
arg., gorged
lion or,
a greyhound, or a
VI.
and a boar
gii.,
Henry VI II.:
Edward
and a
and a hart
lion arg.,
bull,
lion or.^
arg.
I. first
lion or for
England and a
and
after-
The
Dexter
Sinister
They
I.
Royal Supporter
are
now blazoned
lion rampafit
Royal Supporter
guardant
a unicorn
as
or,
arg.,
armed, unguled, and crined or, gorged with a coronet composed of crosses
pattees
and
all
of nobility.
originally,
it
who
bear honorary
SUPPORTERS.
badges as Supporters to their
St.
'-'
319
official shield.
Abbot Ramryge
RYGE "
421).
The arms
Abbey
of
St.
of
letters
Alban (No.
and the
shield
is
ensigned
drawings of the head and collar of the rams, which are sculptured
with great freedom and boldness.
mand
privilege.
"Lord Lyon"
enjoys the
HERALDRY,
320
sons of
Peers.
some comfortable
down
they should
CHAPTER
XXIII.
MOTTOES.
MOTTOES
in a scroll,
shield.
war-cries,
bearer,
some have
arms, as
some
derived from
are
originally
bearer's
The Motto
name.
it is
now commonly
is
now
The
used.
Scroll or
inconsistently used
Ribbon, which
by modern heralds
for
When
the
Motto has
Viscount Mountmorris
should be
The Earl
an orange-coloured
the crest, on
it
crest.
^^
Dieic aydef"
Montmorency,
(God help
!)
This
is
(God help
i*
HERALDRY,
322
Of Mottoes considered
may be
major^
be
to
par
" Semper
that of Earl Onslow
Of
salus
Allusive or
ducum
" Ne
Bulwer-Lytton "^^z;^^/>
"
Punning Mottoes
(The
Home, a Home I
and
Fortescue
is
Neville
Home " A
Home, a
a strong shield)
''^
There are various other sources from which Mottoes are de-
rived.
Burke
sit
is
for
a Motto
^^
viz.,
that
blasts of a
Earl Rothes
Barthol. Leslie,
the adopters.
cross);
^^
**
la volonte de Dieu'^
(Help,
with us,
who
religious sentiments of
Dim!"
shield,
God!);
against us
?)
''
of God);
^^
Aides,
(God
(By the
Dms
" Fiat
Dei
will
be
MOTTOES.
done);
Gardez la
^^
(God my
Deo
light)
et vives "
foi""
Richard
filiaP
the
I.
" Dieti
I.
^^
of England are
mon
droit^''
323
my
hope)
Vive
live).
" Christo
used by
diice,'^
first
" Rosa sine spina" " Semper eadefn " (in addition to
established
James
et
as a regular
Mary
faith);
assumed
(Keep the
\o^
Royal
Elizabeth;
motto),
'^
Dieu
mon
et
*^
droit'''
Beati
pacifici^'
The
them.
The Motto
pense^' with
household words.
The Order
The Order of
naval,
its
origin,
for
is
soit
as familiar as
me impime
qui mal
in one).
In Orders
iacessit:'
Mottoes were very commonly introduced into heraldic decoration during the
middle ages.
In stained
his sword.
Shrewsbury
Thus
the famous
weapon of the
Earl of
great
Talbot's to conquer
my
am
enemies).
more
212
HERALDRY.
324
with wedding-rings.
Church
bells also
with some appropriate Motto, and those of the middle ages which
still
remain, bear
some
beautiful
No.
No.
No.
423.
CHAPTER
424.
XXIV.
HELMETS.
THE
middle ages.
arms, and
known
It is
modem
now
in earlier times.
When
was secured
effigies
lists,
as a defence for
was made
the great
Helm
viantliiig,
Cobham Church,
by a
upon the
chain.
shoulders,
of
and
In monumental
wreath, and
to rest
and
it is
adorned with
his crest
Kent.
the
conical
326
HERALDRY.
The
came
is
These Helmets, of
150 to 1200.
No.
little later
(No. 423).
Helmet
the
This
upon
No.
425.
flat
About
time
this
A.D.
Roger de Trumpingdon,
William de Staunton,
Monumental
back of the
Efiiges."
a.d.
1336,
This Helmet
also find a
on the well-known
made
to
in
About
project
monument
illustrated
is
we
near Cambridge.
**
at the
brass of Sir
426.
illustration
to this ring
the shoulders.
in
of Sir
Stotherd's
HELMETS.
ened with a cross
fleury,
327
is
ring,
which
is
sup-
other favour.
Under
about
this
which
close-fitting basinet,
the
From
the
is
illustrated as
The
his effigy
an example
of this head-covering.
fine
Edward
III.,
was
illustrated
and described
The
in
strengthening-bar of this
Helmet
is
oma-
HERALDRY.
328
mented with
fleurs-de-lis,
date,
is
Later
the two
On
the
Helm
of the
also
made
in
426).
still
and
slits
(No. 428),
Somewhat
is
the
Helmet was
Helm
of Sir
fixed the
Edward de Thorpe,
Crest.
a.d. 141 8,
Many
fine
which have
In
are several
HELMETS.
Tilting
crest,
329
Helmets (Nos. 433, 434, and 435), one of which has the
Why some
tained.
reign of
its
Henry VHI.
it.
the Tilting
is
Helmet
still
modem
models by the
singularly
difficult to
understand.
Helm
the shield.
re-
it
is
and Nodles.
their crests
placed upon their Helms, the crest in every case being sustained
by
its
coronet of their rank upon their Helm, and their crest, duly supported,
is
is
The Helm
of the Sovereign,
The Helm
of nobles
is
of
HERALDRY.
330
silver,
it is
On
the
monumental
effigy
of
minster,
his mitre
is
of West-
represented placed
The Helm
silver,
and standing
affroiitk;
the vizor
of
is
is
steel,
raised,
garnished with
(No. 431).
The Helm
and
is
one
is
and, in
When
shield,
three
the
tliis
Helmets
middle one
the
Helmets are
Thus
sliield,
in
many
Marquess of Cholmondelev
bears
it.
upon the
f;//.
/;/
is
field.
chief
two
HELMETS.
331
century
Cardigan bears
Northampton
sa., three
helms arg.
bears, for
In the nineteenth
The Earl of
The Marquess of
Compton, sa, a
The Hon
No.
4315.
No. 434
No.
435.
CHAPTER
XXV.
GENEALOGIES.
THE
closely
families.
To
investigate, display,
is
part
the
same horizontal
to
have
their
names
in
line.
The
to be
in a vertical column.
fti
is
each
the sons
series
her-
In extended Genealogies,
inks of different colours.
and, in
some
distinct
groups
may be
indicated by
In compiling a Genealogy,
it
is
much
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GENEALOGIES,
336
son,
7c.,
names
for wife;
denote issue;
s.
The
p.
determined
in a great
intended to
illustrate.
any
James
I.
from
offshoots.
v.
T
/., (vit^
Genealogy must be
The
latter
first
it is
are portions
(afterwards
Neville-Grenville)
III.
mark, thus
Ralph Neville
Edward
connection
d.,
historical
this
actual arrangement of
descent of
=: placed between
patris), in his or
and h.,
was married;
w.,
or
//.,
s.
CHAPTER XXVL
PRECEDENCE.
HENRY
VIII., in 1539,
first
letters patent,
Various
have contributed
among
practi-
us.
The Sovereign.
The
The
Sovereign's grandsons.
The
Sovereign's uncles.
The
Sovereign's cousins.
The Archbishop
The Lord
of Canterbury, Primate of
The Archbishop
England.
all
Chancellor.
whom
is
HERALDRY.
338
The Lord
The Lord
Privy Seal.
The
great
Degree
Officers
(that
Earls, in like
if
is,
of State precede
manner, &c.)
Peers of their
all
other
own
Dukes
if
all
official duty).
The
Constable.
Earl Marshal.
The
Secretaries of State.
Then
First
The Dukes.
The Marquesses.
The
The
Earls.
The
The younger
sons of Dukes.
The
Viscounts.
The
The younger
sons of Marquesses.
The Bishops
PRECEDENCE.
339
The
The
Barons.
The Speaker
The
of the
House
of
The Master
of the Horse.
The
The
The younger
The
Commons.
sons of Earls.
The Knights
and
St.
Patrick (not
being Peers).
The
Privy Counsellors.
The Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
The Chancellor
of the
The Master
Duchy of
of the Rolls.
Justice of the
Common
Pleas.
of the Exchequer.
The Judge
Ordinary.
The Lords
Justices of Chancery.
The
Lancaster.
Vice-Chancellors.
The Judges
The Barons
of the Exchequer.
Common
Pleas.
The
of Barons.
Baronets.
22^-
HERALDRY.
340
Crosses of
St.
Michael and
St.
George.
Esquires
including
all
eldest sons of
all
The younger
sons of Baronets
civil,
Members of
Barristers
the Royal
Academy of
Arts
Law
Clergymen
Gentlemen.
The Precedency
not
official
of
women
before marriage
all
is
PRECEDENCE.
have the same degree.
dignities of their
dignities)
By
marriage,
husbands (except
women
341
participate in the
to their husbands.
The
all
sisters of
them, such ladies having place immediately after the wives of their
eldest brothers.
From
Dukh
CHAPTER
XXVII.
THE
constituted,
Garter, Clarenceux,
consists
of three
Kings-of-Arms, entitled
is
the chief,
four
Pursuivants
and
Portcullis.
Rouge
There
is
Croix,
Rouge
Richmond
and of
Dragon, Bluemantle,
343
for Scotland,
and
Ulster,
for Ireland.
is
This
office is
Duke
The arms
of Norfolk, and
the
shield, crossed
in
saltire,
are two
The
four
held by the
his
is
arg.,
cross
of
St.
George, cantoning
page 353)-
The
of arms and claims for descents, was bestowed upon the Heralds
Originally the
mon
Arms,
their
These
visitations
regularly
Heralds visited
rights.
Courts in different
same way
localities.
They enquired
&c
now hold
into
titles,
HERALDRY,
344
King Charles
In the time of
authorizing
Wm. Dugdale,
II.
Norroy King-of-Arms, to
visit
his
and when he
shall think
all
call
before
manner of persons
him the
said
Norroy, or his
do or pretend
that
and cause
to bear arms,
all
^uch persons
then and there to produce and show forth by what authority and
right they
Power was
also
all
and
unlawfully usurped,
all
to reverse, pull
prohibit, forbid,
and command
that
no
as also in plate,
we
shall
"And
furthermore
upon them
to paint,
crests, &c.,
his deputies."
It
was customary
for
requiring
them
to
in his province, to
summon
if
they disobey.
all
threatens
''
to disclaim
title
345
make proof
of their
just calling."
summoned
If those
summoned
ihey were
contempt.
The
fine.
is
crier in
"
and
and
of Esquires or Gentlemen
us,
titles,
in his visita-
upon us names
do hereby disclaim
all
"ROBERT MORREY,
"JONATHAN CROSSE,
"JAMES KNOLL,
"RICHARD HEATH,
&c.
\^^^^^^^^^,
HERALDRY.
346
The
tracing
it
rule.
the creation
all similar
Some
Two
Cater
" (which
is
*'
George Hyde
From
is
the
'^
Ashmoles
assigned to a lady)
Regis, in Berks,
Margerye
early examples
Margerye Cater
heire of
John Cater,
(wife to
of Letcomb20, 1559.
signa-
tures.]
" iE/0
all
and singular
as well as
shall
Principall Heralde
greetinge.
347
valiante
comended
and
to the
Emonges
hath been the bearing of signes and tokens in shildes called armes,
the which are
the diligent faithfull and couragious myghte apeare before the negligent
stire
harttes of
menn
efficient
cause to
move
continuallie
due honour
in their lyves
and
And
John Cater
heire of
to
Margerye
being requyred of
same successively
of Letcombe Regis in
make
and
fownde the
not alter nor change the same nor no parte nor parcell thereof but to
the great prejudice of the said
whereof
auctoritie to
myne
office
Margerye.
In consideracon
HERALDRY.
348
now wyfe
to
Margerye
in the
Countie
of Berkshire Esquire the said armes with the appurtenaunces hereafter followinge,
The
^olde.
That
and azure^
o?i
lyon's
7?iantelled gules
doubled argent as
"
creaste
is
all
margent.
this
John
to the foresaide
John Cater
for
and
the
initncgg
set
armes.
oure
In
or interrupcon of
lett
whereof
myne
Geven
XX daye
at
London
the
first
office
and the
my
hande
seal of
myne
fyve hundred
fiftie
in
"W. Heroye,
[Exemplification of a crest
to
George Hyde,
"
Co all and
als
singular to
whom
William Camden
come
to be
349
partes of England, from the River Trent southward sendeth due co-
plainly appeareth
by
divers
George Hyde
it
evident-
and sundry
fieft
yeare of
of South Denchworth
^"-
ARQ,
ARQ
his request
Hyde
vSn$OOwO
No.
437.
Esquire to
\
C
re-
said devise,
ratefied,
ARG.
George Hyde
with
being
ratefie
staff
And
horseman's
staffe silver
and
is
to
gules a Lance or
more
plainly appear-
to the said
due
my office
differences,
and pleasure
for
to use beare or
shew
HERALDRY,
350
3En taitness
hereunto
sett
whereof
I the
my hand and
twentieth day of
November
King of Arraes
seale of office
in the three
aforesaide have
and
&c
of the
1600.
The
It
arms
is
for distinctive
marks, and partly as being the easiest and best means of marking
field.
spirit
and meaning.
The
coats
granted in the last and the early part of the present century are,
ridiculous.
It is
most interesting
to trace
families derived
their
some of the
charges.
The
reference to arms.
points,
and
it
is
Thousands of
family of
fables
De Vere
bear a mullet of
in
five
Antioch, and the night waxing dark, to give them safety there ap-
and
shyning excessively.''
arreste
five points,
De
Vere, there
351
John Froissart,
is
given in the
" whiche Cronycle begynneth at the raygne of the moost noble and
valyant
and contynueth
to the be-
gynning of the reigne of king Henry the fourth, the yere of our
lord
God
"
" Translated
out of
commande-
viii.,
&c., &c.
(Senlis),
hym
"
And
mounted
dyd
set
on
and
to
coude
on a
semed
It
trees,
his
faucon
all
"...
*'and therwith the king awoke, and had great marueyle of that
visyon,
when he went
And
hym
this
so moche, that
was one of
right well,
all his
and the
ymaginacion
HERALDRY.
352
first
and sometimes
bearer,
to a jurisdiction or possession.
brought into Heraldry charges such as the escallop-shell, the crescent, &c., &c.
but there
is
no
by Arundel;
doves,
calves,
by Dove;
and a sprig of
Walden.
by Calveley;
allusive
arms were
bells,
by Dobell;
in great favour
and Guillim
there wou*d be
by Caldwell;
cold-wells,
saffron enclosed by
These punning or
(French, hirondelles),
daisies,
of the
beckets,
name
says,
at
first,
*'
by
many
If
for others,
their bearer's
names
to the beholders."
It
is,
is
Sir
and
any
says,
their
for
their
arms
to suit their
names.
names from
their
whom
they
arms
for
Some,
their
names,
Some
in
show
^ use of French
it is
The
extensive
has been said that the concession of arms has been deputed
to the Kings-of-Arms
an
and
we
353
heiress,
and by tenure of
office,
wise.
No.
438.
From
additional surname
it is
usual,
by the bearer of
Arms
them with
are
now
originally they
his
own.
HERALDRY.
354
Henry
III. they
significance
and
a growing and
know more
Different generations
principles remain,
and
improving appreciation,
and a
is
desire to learn
very gratifying.
and
HERALDRY.
356
was charged with the badge or armorial ensign of the bearer, and
Many good
On
examples
re-
on page
65.
the staff or lance, but were so arranged that they would appear in
their proper positions
when
weapon was
the
the charge.
and
also
It
On
the field
it
into a banner.
who were
present with
The
Roll of Caerlaverock
Edward
I.
in his
in 1300.
It
may be remarked
that the
Two
and
followers,
and
command.
cessories to the
monument
of
in
West-
The
sails
made
to serve the
FLAGS.
examples are to be found on
357
&c.
No. 442
Earl of Warwick.
it
bore
all,
or any
of
much
of,
the motto,
&a
into use,
and
it
it
All the
of St.
two
when
it
just
came
tinctures.
personage by
The
/esse into
III.,
whom
it
its
size
was displayed.
George
No. 443
is
Tudor
era generally
had the
cross
at their head.
Bohngbroke, which
is
Henry Plantagenet
of
it is
per /esse
arg.
and
az.^
the
HERALDRY.
358
De Bohun
rosesj
the
tails proper.
Standards appear to have been used solely for the purpose of display,
and
to
military gatherings
and royal
pageants.
Henry Plantagenet of
is
Boi.ingbroke.
of square or oblong
form, and bears the Royal amis only, as did the mediaeval banner.
George,
St.
Andrew, and
St.
Patrick.
incorrectly placed
upon
George was
if
to England.
To
of colour not being placed upon colour, the cross of St. CiEORGE
FLA GS.
combination was declared by James
359
I.,
The
present "
St.
is
Patrick.
I.
previous plan was adopted, and the red saltire was placed on the
white
saltire
The
sign,"
and the
cross of St.
*'
Red
George
first is
and blue
The
Ensign."
(or
St.
George Flag
"),
" the
is
specially
The Flag of
set fesse-wise
ers,
the
Admiralty
is
red^
cross of St.
command
in
and charged
at the
head with a
and honours
this class
ject
is
ot the corps.
To
is
ation.
The
who comes
our shores.
it
is
is
another branch of
which
visits
HERALDRY.
36o
Upon
displayed his Banner, and this custom most probably gave rise to
that of placing metal vanes
castles,
and other
buildings.
"),
of
No. 444
(illustrated
and
No. 444.Ancient
steeple.
Sussex.
CHAPTER
OFFICIAL
CORPORATE
XXIX.
bodies, both
is
and
civil
ecclesiastical,
have
to
peculiarly
numerous
that they
had
all
their separate
I.
Sees.
Arms
arms and
The arms
own
all
seals.
own See on
and each
ARCHBISHOPS.
Canterbury
az.,
an
arg.,
crosses
last,
formees
fitchees.
fimbriated
fitchees sa.
HERALDRY.
362
York
two keys in
gu.^
The arms
Engla7td.
of the See of
an
York were
itnperial
as those of Canterbury.
crown of
originally the
same
a.d. 1540.
BISHOPS.
London
Durham
two swords in
gu,^
az.,
Winchester
of the
second, hilt
Bangor
two
gu.,
or.
keys,
and pommel of
a bend
gu.,
pommels
saltire, arg.,
third.
or, guttee
Chester
arg.,
az.,
hand a mound,
and in
his head,
Ely
az.,
cross sa.,
Chichester
left
on a
his
a Prester John
mounting
gu.,
two and
on a tombstone, in his
linen mitre on
one, or.
Gloucester; impaling
Lichfield
sitting
of the
and arg.
labelled or.
Hereford
or
labelled or.
Exeter
a mitre
j^z.,
last,
az.,
three ducal
hilt
wards
two
and pommel
in chief.
keys,
crowns in pale
arg.,
cross potent
or, sur-
lis,
or.
and quadrate
OFFICIAL
Lincoln
two
gii.,
Virgin^ sittings
Llandaff
of England^ on a chief
lions
crowned and
sceptred^
and holding
sa.,
Blessed
az.^ the
the
Holy
or
and
saltire,
363
Child, or.
arg.j
on a
Manchester
or,
Norwich
Oxford
arrayed atid
two and
one, or.
a fesse
arg., in
veiled, arg.,
crowned
or,
sa.,
ifi
an ox of
base,
the second,
Peterborough
gu., between
four
crosslets
ftehees, two
keys in
saltire, or,
RiPON
arg.,
saltire, or,
on a chief
Rochester
St.
Asaph
sa.,
St. David's
Salisbury
arg.,
two keys in
sa.,
on a saltire gu. an
on a cross
az., the
saltire,
escallop-shell or.
addorsed arg.
Blessed Virgin
and
of the first.
hand a
sceptre or.
Worcester
universities.
Oxford
az.,
or,
having on the
last.
Cambridge
gu.,
HERALDRY.
364
iti
field, clasped
and garnished
gold, the
base.
various Colleges
versities.
The
different
Kingdom
habitually use
arms, which have probably been adopted from the heraldic insignia
of the Earls or Counts.
yjcSDoiDiiBove EiQi^eg
CHAPTER XXX.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE
College of
subjects,
dominions.
Arms
Her
Majesty's
No. 445
is
MuNGULDASS NuTHooBHOY,
of Girgaum House,
Bombay
az.,
rice,
he
all
HERALDRY.
366
yjb
MY
No.
L IFE
IS
HIS
446 CowAsjBB
vert
WHO GAVE IT
Jbiianghibr, of Bombay.
an elephant
trunk a
MISCELLANEO US.
367
Motto
fesse,
f==^
ll'GOOD-CONSCIENCEISA-SUREDEFENCE
No, 447. CURSETJEE FURDOONJEE PaRUK, OF BoMBAY.
No. 446
Bombay
is
az.,
or; on a cantofi arg., the rose of England and the lotus of India in
saltire ppr.
Crest
on a
mound
vert,
a low
and
HERALDRY.
368
Mottoes
To
Bis
luho gave
it^^
crest,
authority
I shines
" Btirning
" My
now borne by
India, both of
influence,
and
also of
may be added
of Bombay,
of India,
bears
arg.^
a chevron
mound vert, a
an
two
witiged
a sure
estoileSy
liofi
the sun
passant
iti
or,
splettdour or.
Crest
on a
07i
conscience is
Motto
" A good
defence.^''
and
sickles
may be supposed
to denote
Architectural Heraldry
is
we
among
glass of the
and, but
and the
The hundreds
artist,
historian.
tectural cloisters of
Westminster Abbey,
MISCELLANEOUS.
369
Westminster Hall,
St.
The
tile
full
of
spirit,
and abound
in histori-
cal information.
also
Architecture.
From
the cathedrals
much
to learn.
The
the
Richard
II.
are full
of heraldic interest.
Upon many
of our English
monuments we
and daughters-in-law
who could
The monument
Elizabeth,
in
relatives,
and even of
the beholders,
connections, which
its
erected by
James
Westminster Abbey,
is
I.
to the
memory
in itself a
of
Queen
complete chapter
first
may be
included
shields.
These devices
I.
The emblems
Matthew,
Mark,
24
HERALDRY.
37
The emblems
2.
Trinity,
Lord's passion
the
cross,
nails,
&c.
And
3.
our
scourges,
soldiers,
of
which
is
Tricking
coat of arms,
is
Holy Trinity.
when a rough
charges of a shield
is
memorandum
of the
The
sketch, or simple
required, as in the
Book-plates
lines, as in
last
two
Some one
wood
blocks,
steel engravings
and
fine thin
MISCELLANEOUS.
lines.
It
is
book-plates.
There
371
is
shield
and
its
accessories,
good suggestions
for
groupmg and
early
treating
No.
From
Shield of Edward
450.
Monument
his
in
III.
CHAPTER
XXXI.
KNIGHTHOOD.
KNIGHTHOOD
record
its
is
origin.
Tennyson,
and
it is
times in which
it
Its
was
Knighthood
upon men
in the rude
good influence
instituted
much
traditions of the
that
cannot be over-estimated
and
KNIGHTHOOD.
yj-i,
from a
state of
The Church
it
barbarism to that of
in the creation of
much
to
civilization.
Knighthood
flags of
regiments of
still
workmen, who
us.
forged, bur-
embroiderer, and
who
did
much
it
artistic
knowledge and
to spread
and the
and mechanics,
country.
The gorgeous
display, of
Knighthood
Knighthood
in
its
in the
its
entered into
I.
its
brotherhood.
much
When
first this
felt.
to encourage
Not
as
were grown
to
my
lords,
Such
men
(referring to the
pomp and
to credit
by the wars
HERALDRY,
374
He
then that
in
most extremes.
is
the sacred
name
of knight,
And
Be
should
(if I
hedge-bom swain
Templars,
most important of
early
all
King Edward
The
reign.
it
is
noble
men and
be traced with
He
spirit
at Winchester,
hospitality, the
the
him
of emulation
guests
by
certainty, but
to collect about
hall
instituted
them
first
castle
knightly
sincerity,
and
together.
title,
has num-
it
King,
let fall
that
the
circumstance
KNIGHTHOOD.
375
true
HERALDRY.
376
Mr. Planch^
may be more
says there
from the
first,
undergone changes,
fundamental
original
stalls
it
character has
never been
and
its
The
altered.
George,
The
Windsor.
at
stall-plates,
and
institution,
The
among
insignia of the
Order are
the Garter and motto, the Star, the Ribbon, and Badge, and the
Collar with the George
I
and pendant.
dark blue.
on the
leg
left
It
It is
is
letters
was
now
it
is
of
left
The
Matitle
the Badge
is
upon the
cordon and
left
shoulder, and
is
taffeta.
It
has
tassels.
The Hat
is
taffeta.
It
is
KNIGHTHOOD.
centre of which
is
attached to the
Hat by a
The Badge
is
377
circular,
clasp of diamonds.
and
is
George on
white enamel.
The Star
is
the badge,
first
ordered by Charles
The
star is
I.
worn on the
The
left
rays
breast
(No. 454).
The
Henry
Collar
VII.
The
Collar
is
to
the insignia
by
and
HERALDRY.
378
The
a figure of St.
The
George on
forms a pendant to
it
^^
the
collar
Lesser George^'
This George
is
Queen Elizabeth
changed
it
to a light blue,
behind.
its
I.
again changed
continues.
still
over the
shoulder,
and George
it
The Ribbon
figure
it
to
passes
added
The
The
Chancellor^ the
The Badge of
in evening dress.
are
Bishop of Winchester.
Bishop of Oxford.
the Prelate,
is
St.
George on horseback
St.
in gold,
and
tlie
by the
killing
Garter,
and
sides.
These
two badges are attached to blue ribbons, and are worn with the
episcopal robes.
KNIGHTHOOD.
The
The
Registrar, the
379
Dean of Windsor.
His Badge
is
of gold,
saltire
His Badge
George impaled
is
And
all
Charles
the time of
be retained by
II.
The
titles.
by James
It
was
is
allowed
II.
K.G.,
initials
known.
is
On
their representatives.
instituted at
names the
after their
other
to
its
origin
not
is
of England in 1679
and by
Queen Anne
I.
in
and
George IV.
The Order
The Star of
this Order,
worn on the
left
side, is
formed of a
HERALDRY.
38o
St.
Andrew's Cross of
silver,
gold,
is
thistle proper,
The
in the centre,
surrounded by a
letters
upon a
circle of
field
of
green enamel,
(No. 457).
KNIGHTHOOD.
as
many sprigs
381
all
enamelled
The Jewel
left
shoulder,
his surhis
own
and
The Order
is
The
indicated
jewel
by the
is
also
initials
him
"nemo me impune
woni as
K.T.
in
No. 456.
The
insignia are
382
HERALDRY,
Lord Lyon
the Order of
St.
George
St. Patrick.
Patrick, of Ireland.
III.,
February
5,
1783,
KNIGHTHOOD.
and now
383
Grand
two Knights.
The
insignia are
silk,
The
left
is
not worn.
and
sustains the
tassels.
same materials
On
as the
d^do).
right shoulder,
is
is
silk
is
the collar
HERALDRY,
384
The
Collar^ of gold, is
roses, alter-
The Badge
or Jewels of gold,
The Motto
is
The
Siar^
is
oval in form.
worn on the
The Order
is
silver.
Archbishop
Dean of
St.
Patrick's
the
Genealogist ; the
founded by George L,
May
25, 1725.
This Order,
Henry
Among
IV.,
was
re-
The
act of bathing.
last lingering
and from
sixty-eight Knights,
neglected and
fell
created
Order was
into oblivion.
commemorating the
auspicious
it
this
termination
of
the
long and
it
KNIGHTHOOD.
3S5
25
HERALDRY.
386
The
The
Military,
Knights Grand
and Diplomatic
services.
No. 463
The
to the style
and
title
The
Star
of Knights G.C.B.
Companions
(C.B.),
of Knighthood.
and shamrock,
entitled
and
is
com-
all
KNIGHTHOOD.
387
ar.,
and having
Badge as a pendant.
The Star
silver or jewels,
same device
formed of rays
is
of
as the
Badge (No.
is itself
in
461).
its
The K.C.B.
Tlie
Badge
is
crowns; the
circle
is
in
thistle,
and sham-
ar.
scroll in base,
laurel,
HERALDRY.
388
This Badge
is
left
shoulder, and
The
still
narrower
is
worn by
The
charged
same
is
distinctions as the
The Star of
centre
is
the G.C.B., of
in
its
same
silver,
silver rays.
The
is
the
omitting the laurel-wreath round the circle with the motto, and
the small scroll with the legend " ich dien."
The Motto
well to the
of the Order
Union of
is
Kingdom
as
and Diplomatic or
Civil.
The Companions
insignia than their
The Dean
The
of the
badge with
Order
is
its
the
ribbon.
Dean of Westminster.
G.C.B. are in
Henry
VII.'s Chapel,
KNIGHTHOOD.
and the
stall-plates
been an
stalls
This
389
too numer-
of Westminster.
St.
Michael and
St.
for be-
India.
86 1,
for
in the year
The Order
Empire.
This
Crown may
and natives of
The
appoint.
officers,
India.
The
insignia are
The
palm-branches.
is
composed of
In the centre
is
roses, lotus-flowers,
and
which
onyx cameo
is
Queen,
The
Investmettt Badge,
but the
star,
diamonds.
is
encircled
by the Motto
in
same
are all of
HERALDRY.
390
The
Star^ of diamonds,
of gold.
It is
is
also a mullet,
surrounded by an azure
on an
fillet,
India.
irradiated field
KNIGHTHOOD.
and charged with the Motto
in
391
is
encircled
DECORATIONS OF HONOUR.
is
instituted
by Her Majesty
Queen
the
It is
the imperial crown and crest, and has the words " for
upon a
in
scroll.
The
Cross
is
worn on the
left
valour "
breast attached to
a blue ribbon for the Navy, and to a red ribbon for the Army.
Bar
is
won
the Cross.
instituted
by the Queen
life
at sea.
The Medal
Medals and
is
*'
in 1866,
is
the
It is of oval shape,
monogram
V.A., and
clasps,
with
ribbons
to
attached, have been conferred for signal services, both naval and
The
military.
is
Medal.
Clasps and small Bars are attached to the ribbons, each bearing the
name
of
some
Medal was
struck.
campaign
for
which the
CHAPTER
SEALS
ARMS
at
AND
XXXII.
COINS.
were employed to
certify charters
England
and
writings.
in the reign of
Edward the
of using Seals
came
into
The custom
it
many
was not
of our
SEALS AND
COINS.
393
it is
most probable
and even of
Seals,
who made
the
was confined
on
and
to nobles, knights,
ecclesiastics.
after the
Norman Conquest,
In 1215,
sealed
Richard
should have a
until the
II., at
is
Edward
Common
ordered that
I.
and
Seal,
that a
all religious
houses
The
many
on
is
Jet
cir-
The
im-
The Royal
wax of
more important
various colours.
commonly
impressed on both
sides.
on them.
to cover the
wax
fifteenth century
it
became customary
it
In the
HERALDRY,
394
by
encircling
wax from
injury,
No. 469.
Shields from Early Seals of thf,
Some
artistic
and
perfect manner,
and
to
No. 470.
Nevilles.
De
The Great
is
The mounted
obverse^ or Seal,
them two
figures
appear always
design,
The Great
Seals
of
dis-
represented on horseback,
Museum, and
Edward
III.
interest-
beautiful
are quite
are exquisite in
SEALS AND
Edward commenced by
executed.
mother,
CO/NS.
will
it
395
placing two
fleiirs-de-lis (his
he substituted
for the old Seal (in the year of his accession, a.d.
1327) a
No
Edward
III.
After
other, used in
shields of
this,
of Sussex./'
Jorthf
new one,
one by the
Another
in France>
seal,
made
" francie
" altogether
fleurs-de-lis
resumes
its
in
HERALDRY.
396
The Great
afford
equipments.
The Great
The
was
It will only
and
in the
John
six
An-
472) of a St.
(No. 471)
I.
is
shield of St.
its
in illustration
field
of
its
own
chief with
Warrenne
The
re-
heraldic Seal
SEALS AND
of
Thurstan
example.
^^
With
COINS.
this
may be
this early
Vavassour (No.
group
may be
475).
This
initial
another early
lis
(No. 473).
last shield
Mauger
Mauger le
M the
le Vavassour.
is
With
397
originally designed to
The
Vavassours
initials
MV.
Seal of Joan,
is
HERALDRY.
398
an example of
Bardolf,
is
this decoration.
remarkable for
a central
shield, as
its
The
beautiful Seal of
exquisite design
John, Lord
The Secretum
caster,
who
of
in that
Earldom,
Henry Plantagenet,
Earl of Lancaster.
is
also a
first
Earl of Lan-
good specimen of
the
England
seal engraving.
differenced
It
with an azure
his
banner
at
The
Queen
and England;
to the
to the sinister a
SEALS AND
COINS.
399
ing Hainaidt, as in No. 298, page 232; and in base the arms of
the College,
The
Thomas Plantagenet,
beautiful Seal of
K.G.,
Duke
of Gloucester.
Edward
III.
HERALDRY.
400
two
scrolledfeathers.
The
Seal of
bor-
Thomas Hol-
land, K.G. (No. 481), represents the shield of arms of the Earl:
good.
De Bohuns, Earls
Thomas Holland, K G
a.d. 1380.
Crown of England
his close
The
Seal of
482).
The
his achieve-
The
crest
is
large in proportion
SEALS AND
to the shield
it
COINS.
401
in the compositions
shields.
Thus
the Seal of
Sir
Henry
and Lucy,
differenced
lion holding
mounted
effigies,
representing
26
HERALDRY.
402
both horse and charger, in coats bearing heraldic devices. Representations of shipping of the olden time are not at
all
uncommon
in mediaeval Seals.
The remarkable
the Seal of
Seal of
Mortimer
Edmund de Arundel
this
most
interesting portion
of Heraldry.
COINS.
of England.
shield of
do not bear
Crown
Edward
silver,
side,
and the
Some
Henry
Henry
VII.,
Henry
is
be devised.
shields of arms.
Noble or Rial^
Henry
other,
on the one
all in
gold,
and the
artistic
and
it is
artistic
portant opportunity
of the people.
is
lost
INDEX.
Abacot, 103
Abased, 103
Abatement, 103
Alb, 105
;
of lUegitimacj', 257
Abbot, 103
staff,
of,
105
103
229
33c
of,
H.R.H.
label, 289.
263
Alcantara, Order
of,
105
lo^.
Alembic, 106
Alexandra, H. R. H. the Princess of Wales, 287
H.R.H.
Accession, 104
Alfred,
Alianore de Bohun.
See Bohun.
Accosted, 104
Aliaize, 106
Alice,
104.
Acorn, 105
Addorsed, 82, 105
Admiral, 105
9, 104,
231, 308
H.R.H.
Alise, 106
AUerion, 106
arms
AUumee, 106
Alliance,
Almoner, 106
Altar, 106
Aiguisee, 105
Ambulant, 106
Amethyst, 106
Amherst, Lord, 61
Amphisien cockatrice, 106
Ananas, 106
Aisle, 105
Anchor, 106
Agnus Dei,
105
Aguilated, 105
Design
his coronet,
Alderman,
104, 128
Achievement of Arms,
his
bouche, 104
Accrued.
K.G.
Abbreviations, 13
Aboute,
Ajoure, 105
Alant, 105
Abaisse, 103
225
INDEX,
404
Ancient, io6
Armstrong, arms
Arrache, 109
Andrew
cross, 107
of,
58
Arragon, Catherine
of,
Arraswise, 109
Angles, 107
Arriere, 109
Animd, 107
Anne of Bohemia, 71
Anne
Arrayed, 109
Arrayer, 109
Arrondie, 109
H.R.H.
ArtJiCr,
224, 283
badge, 308
Arundel,
crown, 264
Edmund
d',
Annodated, 107
Annulet, 37, 107
Annulett^e, 107
in
modem cadency,
255
of,
300
d', 256
Arundel, Richard, Earl
Aspect,
Appaum^e,
Aspersed,
of,
57
loi, 108
Ass,
Assis,
Assurgent,
Archduke, 108
Duke
50
of,
of,
311
Hasiiiiga, 295
At bay, no
At gaze, 87, no
At speed, 87
108
12,
Baron
Astley,
Argyll, the
no
Ashton, Rebus
Arches, 108
Argent,
Arm, 108
Armagh, Archbishop of, 384
Armed, 87, 108
" Armes parlantes," 109
Arming buckles, 109
Arming doublet, 109
Armori, Roger d', 213
no
Attire,
Attires, 87,
no
Armourer, 109
Aure,
of,
no
Auiiflamme,
no
222
Aversant,
of,
225
of,
223
permanent combination
combination
no
Aviz, Order
ers
of,
400
285
no
no
Apostles, 108
staff.
of,
no
no
Apple, 108
Archiepiscopal
Ascendant, 109
107
Antelope, 107
Anson, arms
317
Arundel, Ralph
225
temporary
quartering, 217
of,
no
Ayrant, no
Aylets.
Azure,
12, iti
110
of,
_yJ
no
229, /gz
INDEX.
bachelor,
Bar-shot, 113
See Basinet
Royal of England, 305
''^Badges, iii, 303
White Hart badge, 304
Badge, or jewel, of Knights of the Order of
iSacinet.
384
of the
of madder, 11
Barrow, arms
25, 112
of,
Barry, 47
Barry bendy,
Barry
49, 113
Bastard-bar, 114
Bat, 114
Bateman, Lord, 57
Bath herald, 342
Bath, the Marquess
See Beacon
in
in
Bande, in
Banded, in
Banderole, in
Bandrick, in
Balista,
Baton,
Baton
114
24,
sinister,
Battle-axe, 114
Batune, 114
Baphomet, 112
Baynes, arms
Bayeux
Beacon, 115
Barbed,
Beaked,
109, 112
of,
of,
41
94, 108
Bardings, 66
Eliz.,
42
Beam, 115
Beams, 115
Lady, her
seal, 213,
398
staff,
badge, 310
Beard, 115
Bearded, 115
Bearers, 115
Bardolph,
Baret,
257
Battering-ram, 114
Bangor, Viscount, 42
Bangor, arms of the See, 362
Banner, in, 148, 356
Bardolph,
48
of,
Ball,
Barclay, arms
61
Base, 114
in
Bagwyn, in
Baillon^, in
Baldrick, in
Bale corded, in
Bagpipes,
Bale-fire.
Bars gemelles,
Bar-wise, 114
Bag
405
174
H.R.H.
Beatrice,
Barker, rebus
of,
312
Barnacle, 112
Barnacles, 113, 119
Baron, 113
Baron's coronet, 269
113, 22i
Beautified, 115
of,
their
INDEX.
4o6
Beckett,
Thomas
352
INDEX.
Brands, 118
407
4o8
Casque, 122
INDEX.
INDEX.
409
Close-^rt, 126
Compartment, 128
Compasses, 128
Closetty, 47
Club-spiked, 126
Complement, 128
Componee, compony, gobony,
Compostella, Order of, 128
Compton, 331
Concession, arms of, 109
Coney, 128
Clymant, 126
Confessor,
C.M.G., 126
origii*
Closing-tongs, 126
Cloue, 126
Cloves, 126
Club, 126
Coats of arms,
63, 126
331
arms,
the,
Coach, 126
Cock,
Edward
51, 128
assumed by Henry
Bolingbroke, 237
Confronte, 128
Conger
eel's
head, 128
Conjoined in
lure, 128
Constable, 128
Contoise, 71, 128
93, 127
Contoumee, 128
Cockade, 127
Cockatrice, 127
Cocke, 124
Coote, 128
Cope,
Cocquel, 127
Queen
Cognizance, 127
Corbie, 129
Elizabeth, 303
Coins, 402
Corded, 129
Colebrooke arms, 93
Cormorant,
Lancastrian, of
Yorkist, of suns
and
roses, 71;
Order of
St. Patrick,
384
of the
of the Order of
85
of,
187
of,
and Emperor, 90
Duke
of,
286
India, 389
Collared, 127
sort,
3^
Wales, 265
Corporate bodies, arms,
Column, 127
109, 361
Columbine, 128
Cotoye, 129
Cotton hanks, 129
Colyer arms, 62
Combatant,
84,
74, 128
Copper, 129
Corbett, rebus
Coffin of
278
215,
grant to Tho-
81, 128
Combed, 127
Couchant,
Couchee, 129
Combel, 128
Combinations, heraldic, 55
Coulter, 130
Comet, 128
Community, arms of, 96, 229
Companions of the Order of the Bath, 388
Counter-changing, counter-changed,
248
Counter-componde,
51, 130
51, 130,
4IO
Counter-embowed, 130
INDEX.
INDEX.
411
Devouring, 136
Dexter, 136
Diadem, diademed,
Diagonal
Dame, 134
13
261
See Saltire
cross.
Diamond, 136
Diaper, diapering, 52, 136
Diapered, 136
Dice, 137
badges differenced,
257
Dilated, 137
Decapitated, 135
Dechausse, 135
Diminutives, 137
Decked, 135
Disarmed, 137
Decollated, 135
Decouple, 135
Decours, 135
Decrescent, 135
Disvelloped, 137
Defences, 136
Dog-collar, 138
Disgraced, 135
Dois, 134
Dolphin, 95,
Delf, 136
Demembered, dismembered,
Demi, 136
83, 136
96,
Domed,
Dominion, arms
Demi-Saracen, 86
Donjonne, 140
Dormant, 139
of,
287
301
Dering, 312
Despencer,
De
138
Dolphingley, 95
Demi-monk, 136
of,
Spencer, 150
138
of, 109, 138,
Developed, 136
Downe, Viscount,
Devices, 136
of,
242, 243
229
Dosser, 139
Detriment, 136
137
Dolphin arms, 95
lines, 19,
Degrees, 136
Denmark
by change
Dean, 135
Dove,
52,
54
INDEX.
412
Dragon, 139
supporter of the
Tudor Sove-
Eel-basket, 141
reigns, 318
Eel-spear, 141
Drawing
Eight-foil, 141
iron, 139
Eldon, Earl
Dublin, Archbishop
Eleanor.
of,
384
Dublin, Robert de Vere, Marquess
of,
of,
268
of,
of,
259
259
See Alianore
bonnet, 284
286
Elephant's head, 89
Elevated, 141
Duchess, 140
Duciper, 121, 140
Ducks, 140
Duke, 140
Dung-fork, 140
Dunjeoned, 140
Durham, Bishop and See
Durrant arms, 43
Dynham, Lord,
crest,
supporters, 318
;
badges
monument,
coronet, 267
crown, 264
of, 276,
362
273
Embowed,
Embrued,
141
Emerald, 141
Eagle, erne, heraldic, 88, 90, 101, 140
Eagle, early examples of, 90, 91, 137
Eaglet, 9:, 140
Emmets,
Emperor,
En
coronet, 268
Crouchback,
Edward
Edward
Edward
Edward
the Confessor.
Englantd, 142
83
53,
arms, 229
305
great
:
Engrailed,
arms, 279
EngouMe, 142
See Confessor
imputed
394
his descendants, 334 as
seals,
sup-
supporters, 318; as
Edward
144
En manche,
142
Ensigns, 359
Ensigned, 142
Entoyre, 14a
crown, 264
porters, 318
Edward
Enfiled, 142
Plantagcnet, K.G., 91
supporters, 317
Edward
England, arms, 75
Edmond
Edmond
badges,
22, 142
Eclipsed, 141
II.,
arriere, 141
Endorse,
I.,
Enaluron, 141
Eared, 140
Earl, 140
ants, 141
badge, 308
supporters,
318
Episcopal
staff,
Eradicated, 142
14a
INDEX.
Erased, 86, 109, 142
413
Ferr, 146
Ermine,
13,
Ermine,
Ermine
142
spots, 16
Ermines,
Erminois,
142
13,
13, 142
Ermynites, 15
Escallop, 96
Figured, 146
E'jcartele, 143
Fillet, 22,
Esclatte, 143
Filliol
Escroll, 143
Escutcheon,
30, 143
Esquire, 143
Essex,
146
arms, 214
;
fimbriated, 44
Henry
Earl
Bourchier,
of.
See
Bourchier
Fire-beacon, 147
P'irebrand, 147
Essomier, 144
Estoile, 144
Fitz-Alan,
Fitz-Alan,
Thomas, 268
Thomas, Archbishop of Canter-
bury, 246
Fitzgerald, 221
Fitz-Geoffrey, 245
Falchion, 144
Faggot, 144
Flagon, 148
Flamant, 38
Flax-breakers, 148
of,
Fleece, 148
145
Flesh-hook, 148
Femme,
Flesh-pot, 148
146
Fer-de-moline,
Ferdinand
266
Fleurie, 42
14-6
III.,
King of
Castile
and Leon,
Fleur de
lis,
100
lis,
;
148
its origin,
148
semee de
414
Heurettee, fleury, 43, 150
INDEX.
INDEX.
Glove, 154
Goat, 89, 154
Gussets, 156
See Compony
Gobony.
du sang, 156
Gold, 155
Golden
415
fleece, 148
Gyron,
Gonfannon, 155
Gyronny, gyronnee,
and Caius
Gonville
College,
157
29,
50,
157
Cambridge,
arms, 96
Habergeon, 157
Habick, 157
Gorged,
Habited, 157
Hackle, 157
Goshawk, 155
Hake-fish, 157
Halbert, 157
Gradient, 155
Grafted, 155
Duke
Grafton, the
See Philippa
Hainhault.
See Guttee
Goutlee.
of,
257
158
Hamilton, 250
Grand
Hammer,
quarters, i8
Grasshopper, 155
Hare, 158
Grater, 155
Great
seals,
158
394
in
the
Harpham,
Harpoon, 158
Gresham,
Sir
Thomas, 155
Harpy, 158
Greyhound,
88, 155,
304
Grice, 155
Harrington knot,
Gridiron, 155
Harris, 89
Grieces, 155
158, 314
gryphon, 155
Grosvenor, Sir Robert, 243
Hart,
Guard, 156
Guardant, 156
Hastings, Sir
Gufalcon, 90
Griffin,
87, 158
rock, 234
Hatchet, 158
Gunstone, 156
Hatchment, 158
Gurge, 156
badges, 314
his brass, 54
Guillim, 352
Hugh,
exemplification of heraldic
debasement, 254
;;
INDEX,
4i6
Thomas
Hatfield,
de, 276
Hause, 159
Hereford, Earls
Hawk's
bells
Herring arms, 96
Herse, 160
Hesse-Darmstadt, 186
Highness, 161
Head, 159
Heames, 159
Heart, 159,
Hiked, i6i
93
89, 159
Heightened, 159
Heiress, husband
of,
Hirondelle, 161
225
329
Henry Plantagenet
Henry
crown, 262
of Boling-
of,
161
motto, 322
badge,
Honour
Hoofed,
89, 161
Hope
Henry
;
Henry
crown, 263
badges,
crown, 263
support-
110, 161
Horseshoe, i6r
supporters, 318
badges, 307
Henry VIII,, arms, 281; supporters, 318;
badges, 307
arms, 154
Hopetoun arms, 154
Homed,
ers, 317
Henry
99a
Horseman's
staff, 129,
349
Hound, 162
Howard
lion, 81,
300
of,
sup-
Hooded, 161
supporters, 317
306
306
brokc, 237
400
Home
IV.,
seals,
porter, 400
Henry
362
Herrings, 96
Hazelrigg, 159
of,
See Bohun
305
of.
jesses, 159
Haynes arms, 36
modem,
and
Heron arms, 93
and
Hay-fork, 159
Hay arms, 143
Hedgehog,
oflficial
corporate, 361
Hauberk, 159
Heraldic terms, 99
land, T48
353
to,
sax
Humctt:c, 162
Hungcrford badge,
310, 314
INDEX.
Hunting-horn, 119, 162
417
;;
INDEX.
4i8
Leaves, 166
Key, 165
Kingfisher, 92
from, 263
to the lion
;
by
Kite, 90
Knight arms, 60
Leopard's face, 90
Knights, 165
Leslie,
Knighthood, 372
Knights of Orders, marshalling of their arms,
Leopold,
230, 231
Bartholomew, 322
H.R.H.
362
of,
Lieutenant, 167
Lily, 167
dif-
Lines of partition,
Lion, Heraldry
ferenced, 238
82
passant, 79
Lincoln, 66
of,
coward,
tant guardant, 80
sejant guardant, 82
Edmund,
first
Earl
of, 53,
of,
83
Lion leopard, 79
398
first
Lion's face, 86
jambe, 86
Lined, 168
Langued, 166
Lascelles, Roger de, 314
Latham, Lathom, 301
Lists, 168
240
Lizard, 168
240
arms, 83
Lobster, 168
Leash, x66
Leather
Longcspie, William.
bottle, 166
paw,
counter-passant, 8a
Ic,
I<aurel-leaves, x66
head, 86
Lindworm, 139
Ic,
of,
counter-rampant, 77, 81
Lance, 349
Lanert, 90
Langton, Bishop, rebus, 31 z
Latymer, Thomas
Latymer, William
87
Lions combatant, 8r
I,auderdale, Earl
Duke
82, 85
queue fourchee, 83
Lampass^, 165
Lancaster,
double-tailed or
;
362
168
of, 76,
reguardant, 80
Lambrequin, 165
Laminated, 165
Lancaster,
of,
168
19,
Lion of England, 80
Lion of Scotland, 76, 84
Lion, couchant or dormant,
167
lily-pot,
Limbeck, 167
Lincoln, the Bishop and See
and See
of,
363
Set William
INDEX.
Longespee, label
of,
239
419
420
Monarch, 174
INDEX.
INDEX.
Opinicus, 177
Pascuant, 179
Passant, 79
Oppressed, 177
Or, 12, 177
Passant guardant, 79
Passion, emblems of the, 370
Orange, 35
Order
Order
Order
Order
Order
Order
St.
421
Pastoral
staff,
180
Patonce, 42
Patrick, 382
Patriarchal cross, 41
Pattee fitchee, 42
Pauldron, 180
Oreiller, 177
Paw, 180
Oriflamme, 112
Pean, 13
Ostrich, 93
Pea-rise, 180
Peari, 180
Pedigree.
Over
all,
" sur
Peel, 180
Overt, 178
Pegasus, 180
of,
363
of,
Oxford, Earls
See Genealogy
le tout," 178
Pellet, 35
arms, 353
seal, 398
Pendent, 181
Ox-yoke, 178
Penicuick, barony
of,
322
Penned, 181
Penner and inkhorn, 18 r
Pennon, pennoncelle,
Padlock, 178
Paignel,
Per bend,
Per chevron, 18
Per cross, 17
Per fesse, 17
Per pale, 17
Per saltire, 17
Pallet, 22, 58
Palmer's
staff,
Perclose, 181
Panache,
179, 299
17, 181
Perforated, 181
;
panache
crest,
300
of, 88,
271
Philip "the
Philip II.,
of, 108,
363
Good"
of Burgundy, 155
232, 398
INDEX.
422
See Albert
Edward
Pierced, 182
See Wales
Princess of Wales.
Pile. 33, 59
Pilgrim, 182
Placque, 70
Planche, Mr,, 216, 221, 252
Plantagenet, Geoffrey, of Anjou, 182
Purfled, 185
arms, 241
Purpure, 12
Plate, 34
Purse, 185
Playing-iables, 182
Plentitude, 182
312, 352
Python, 185
Point, 182
Quadrate,
Points of a shield, 8
rose, 307
Pomelled, 183
Pomfret, the Earl
See Canton
Quartered shields, 186
Quartering, examples of, 217, 225
Quartering bordure and tressure, 225
of, crest,
272
Pommd, 35
Pomm^e, 183
Quarterly, 17
18,
186
Quartrefoil, 186
3TO
Port, 183
Portugal, Beatrice
quarterly of eight, 18
Porcupine, 183
Pot, 183
Quarterly quartered,
Popinjay, 183
Portcullis, 183,
41, 186
Quarter, 186.
Pomegranate and
Quill, 186
Quilled. 187
pots, 184
Pouldron, 184
Quintain, 187
Quintefoil, 187
of women, 340
Premier, 184
of,
109
Radiant, 187
Ragul^e, raguly, 19
Rainbow, 187
Ram,
Primate, 184
Prince Consort,
Rampant,
H.R.H.
J"*-/
Wales
Rampant
77, 187
sejant, Sa
of
St Albans,
re-
INDEX.
Ramsey
modem
arms, 88
Rapier, 187
Raping or
Raven,
423
305
rapin, 187
Queen
93, 187
Elizabeth, 303
noble (coin), 402
Rays, 187
Rayonnant, 45
Razee, 187
Rose
Rebated, 187
Rebus, 187, 310
Roundel, roundle,
Reed, 188
253
Rowel, 190
Regalia, 188
Rustre, 32
Reguardant, loi
Reindeer, 188
Removed, 188
Renfrew, the Baron, 286
Reptiles, heraldic, g6
Retorted, 188
Reversed, 188
of St. Patrick,
of the
Thistle, 381
of,
I.
St.
im-
Richard
III.
badges, 307
supporters, 89,
318
Richmond Herald,
Rings, mottoes
in,
of,
257
160, 342
323
of, 108,
363
of,
258
Roach, 96
Rochester, the Bishop and See of, 363
Rochester Bridgewardens' arms, 119
Rompu,
86
Sail, 190
261
Richard
Sable, 12
of,
St.
271
of,
35
St.
John, early
seals, 395
424
Salient, 8i, lyi
INDEX.
INDEX.
Snake, 96
425
INDEX,
426
Tercel, 90
and
Tergiant, 201
Triparted, 203
of,
Trononne, 204
201
Order
Trout, 96
Trumpet, 204
of the, 379
Thomas a Becket, 151
fretted, 40
Thistle, 201
helm, 328
effigy,
67
Truncheon, 204
Trundle, 204
Threstle, 201
Trunked, 120
Thunderbolt, 201
Thurstan seal, 396
Trussed, trussing, 93
Tudors, cadency of the, 245 roses, 204
Tudor, Arthur, Prince of Wales, seal, 307
;
Tiara, 201
Tiger, 88
Turret, 204
Tiercde, 201
Timbre, 201
Tinctures, 11, 12, 13
Tiptoft,
Toison
Lady,
70,
74
Turnpike, 204
turnstile, 204
Tusked, 205
Tyndal crests, 300
Tynes, 87
d'or, 201
Topaz, 201
Torch, 201
Torqued, 201
Torse, 201
Toum^e, 202
Tournament, 203
Tower, 202 towered, 202
:
Trade-marks, 202
Tmnsfixed, transpierced, 202
England, 318
Transfluent, 119
Transmuted, 203
Transposed, 203
Upright, 205
Urchin, 205
Traversed, 203
Urd^e. 43
Trcfl^e, 203
Uriant, 95
Britain, 217
205, 379
203
Tricolour, 203
Vair. 13
Trident, 203
la.
239
INDEX.
Valence, William de, his shield, 53,
427
INDEX,
428
Windsor, Dean
of,
Wyvem,
2oy
379
Windsor Herald,
160, 342
Yarmouth, Great
Winged, 94
Wings, 208
Yoke, 143
York, arms of the See,
York, Edmond,
'
'
of
Woodstock
Wolf, 89
108, 362
Duke
of,
91
of,
127
badges
of,
30s
York, roses
Woolpack, 209
Woodville arms, 55
Wood
"
first
of,
209
arms, 223
Wreath, 209
Wreath
wreathed, 209
crest, 231
of,
363
Zouche,
De
la,
Zule, 209
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