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A MANUAL
HERALDRY,
HISTORICAL AND POPULAR.
S&itfj &eocn fQunoreto Ellustratums.
BY CHARLES BOUTELL, M. A.
" All the devices blazoned on the shield
In their own tinct."
IDYLLS OF THE KINO.
&ra pro&at artificem.
LONDON:
WINSOR AND NEWTON, 38,' RATHBONE PLACE.
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CONTENTS.
Preface .....
Page
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CHAPTER I.
Introductory ... .
. 5
CHAPTER II.
Blazon, Nomenclature, Language, and Laws
. n
CHAPTER III.
The Shield — its Parts, Points and Primary Divisions . 19
CHAPTER IV.
Dividing and Border Lines .
. 24
CHAPTER Y.
Tinctures and Furs .
. 25
CHAPTER VI.
The Ordinaries, with their Diminutives, and the Roundles 27
CHAPTER VII.
The Heraldry of the Cross .
. 32
CHAPTER VHI.
The Subordinaries ....
. 37
132
IV CONTENTS.
Page
CHAPTER IX.
Varied Fields and Diapers . . . . .40
CHAPTER X.
Miscellaneous Charges : Section I, Inanimate Objects . 44
CHAPTER XI.
Miscellaneous Charges : Section II, Animate Beings . 58
CHAPTER XII.
Miscellaneous Charges : Section III, Natural Objects . 70
CHAPTER XIII.
Descriptive Terms . . . . . .76
CHAPTER XIV.
Miscellaneous Names and Titles, not included under the
term " Charges" . . . , . .89
CHAPTER XV.
Marshalling ....... 127
CHAPTER XVI.
Cadency ....... 157
CHAPTER XVII.
Badges, Knots, Mottos, Crests, and Supporters . 201
CHAPTER XVIII.
Flags 220
CHAPTER XIX. •
The Royal Heraldry of England . . . .226
CHAPTER XX.
Orders of Knighthood and Insignia of Honor . . 259
CHAPTER XXI.
Official and Corporato Heraldry .... 280
CONTENTS. V
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CHAPTEB XXII.
Architectural Heraldry ..... 292
CHAPTER XXIII.
Monumental Heraldry ..... 300
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Heraldry of Seals and Coins . . . .817
CHAPTER XXV.
The Heraldry of Illuminations .... 329
CHAPTER XXVI.
Examples of Shields of Arms .... 333
CHAPTER XXVII.
Genealogies ....... 338
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Precedence ....... 345
CHAPTER XXIX.
Modern Heraldry . . . ... . 350
CHAPTER XXX.
Heraldic Treatment, Drawing and Color . . . 357
CHAPTER XXXI.
Foreign Heraldry ...... 363
CHAPTER XXXII.
Abatement ....... 372
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Supplemental . . . . . . 375
VI
CONTENTS.
List of Plates ....
General List of Illustrations
General Index ....
Index to, Heraldic Charges, Terms, and Figures
Index to Names, Titles, Offices, and Places
Page
. 389
. 392
. 404
. 407
. 416
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elfigy at Westminster. Page 385, see abo pages 20G and 207.
PREFACE.
It is the aim of this Manual to inquire into the true
character and right office of Heraldry, and to describe and
illustrate its general condition as it is in use amongst
ourselves.
Of the rise and progress of Heraldry, and of its almost
universal prevalence under variously modified forms, I
have not attempted to give more than a slight and rapid
sketch. I have been content also to refer only incident-
ally and in a few words to the value and interest of
Heraldry, as a handmaid of History, as an ally of Art,
and as the chronicler of Archaeology — my purpose being
not so much to lead students on to the application of
Heraldry, as to enable them to apply it by becoming
Heralds. In the following pages, accordingly, I have
sought to define and elucidate the principles of Heraldry,
to exemplify its practice, and to illustrate at once its
utility and its attractiveness. The Heraldry of the pre-
sent time I have desired uniformly to exhibit as the direct
descendant and the living representative of the Heraldry
of the past ; and the student will observe that I have
systematically endeavoured to impress him with the con-
viction that Heraldry is, essentially and at all times, in-
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2 PREFACE.
separably associated with History, or at any rate with
Biography.
This Manual does not profess to extend its range to
legendary Heraldry, nor does it include even references
to those fanciful and often fantastic speculations, in which
the early Heralds delighted to indulge. " The Curiosities
of Heraldry," in like manner, this Manual leaves, with
grateful and admiring acknowledgment, in the accom-
plished hands of Mr. Mark Anthony Lower. Repeated
references to standard works upon Heraldry I have con-
sidered to be neither necessary nor desirable, but instead
of this, I have prepared and inserted a complete list of
heraldic authorities ; and, in the preparation of this Ma-
nual I have been scrupulously careful that every state-
ment contained in its pages should be based upon certain
and approved authority.
Historical Heraldry occupies a position of such impor-
tance in Histories of England, that a certain amount of
heraldic knowledge has become indispensable to the
student of English History.
Every Gothic Architect ought to be a thorough Herald.
Heraldry alone can enable him to render his works, in the
noblest and most perfect sense, historic monuments.
Without Heraldry, no lover of the great Art, which has
been so happily revived amongst us, is able either to feel
the full power of what the Gothic has transmitted to him
from the olden time, or to realise all that it is now able
to accomplish as a living art.
Historical Painters, having at length learned to esti-
mate aright the worth of archaeological accuracy, con-
stantly require that information which Heraldry is ever
ready to impart.
PREFACE. O
It is the same with Sculptors, when they treat of sub-
jects that are derived from either mediaeval or modern
History, or that are in any way associated with Gothic
Architecture.
To Illuminators, Heraldry opens a wide and richly
diversified field of attractive study. The beautiful and
deservedly popular Art of Illumination finds in Heraldry
a most versatile and eflicient confederate. True Illumi-
nation, indeed, is in its nature heraldic ; and true
Heraldry provides for Illuminators the most appropriate,
graphic and effective both of their subjects, and of the
details and accessories of their practice.
In some sense or degree also Heraldry enjoys the
favour of the general public. To many persons, as to
seal engravers and herald painters, it provides what may
be styled a profession. Whoever has, or desires to have
a " coat-of-arms," professes to know something about
Heraldry ; that is, he is favourably disposed towards it,
though perhaps he is unconscious of the sentiment. It
is always pleasant to the pedestrian public, many of them
bearers of time-honoured arms and having the reddest of
red blood flowing in their veins, to be familiar with the
heraldic blazonry that appears upon the panels of aristo-
cratic carriages. Nor is it less satisfactory, when we
chance to see a flag displayed and blowing out in the
breeze, or when our eyes rest upon an heraldic seal, or
when we discover a shield-of-arms in a book, or on a monu-
ment, or amidst the decorative accessories of some building,
to be able to read what Heraldry thus has written with
her peculiar symbols. And then, as a matter of course,
Heraldry, as of old, receives a becoming homage from the
wealthy inheritors of historic names and noble titles;
b 2
4 PREFACE.
while a similar homage is no less cordially tendered by
those whose Heraldry, like their own position in the great
world of society, is at least of comparatively recent
growth.
From each and all of these Friends of Heraldry, this
Manual ventures to anticipate a welcome, inasmuch as
it aspires to place before them, in a plain and simple
form, whatever heraldic teaching they may require ; and
also because, as a book of reference, they will find it to be
trustworthy, easy to be consulted, and, as far as it pro-
fesses to go, complete.
a No. 1. B
AEMS OP THE CEUSADEE ZINGS OP JEEUSALEM.
A. Early form of the Cross in the Jerusalem shield.
b. More recent and generally accepted form of the Jerusalem Cross.
A
MANUAL OF HERALDRY,
HISTORICAL AND POPULAR.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
An inquiry into the Heraldry of the past leads us
back almost to the remote fountain-head of human his-
tory. From the very earliest periods, we find it to have
been an usage universally prevalent amongst mankind
for both individuals and communities to be distinguished
by some sign, device, or cognizance. The idea of symbolical
expression coupled with a love of symbolism, appear,
indeed, to constitute one of the component elements of
the human mind, as well in the rude condition of savage
life, as in every progressive advance of civilization and
refinement. Through the agency of such figurative
imagery the mind is able both to concentrate a wide
range of thought within a very narrow compass, and
to give to the whole a visible form under a simple image.
The mind thus speaks to the eye. By this symbolical
6 INTRODUCTORY".
blazonry a multiplicity of definite impressions are con-
veyed, in the simplest manner, and with poetic impres-
siveness. By such means, also, the mind is empowered
to combine the imaginative with the real, and, while
extending its speculations beyond the bounds of ascer-
tained verities and actual facts, to impart a definitive
character to the visions of the imagination.
The exercise of a faculty such as this, it is easy to
conceive, would be held in the highest estimation in the
primitive stages of human society. Men so circumstanced
had much to say; but they had only rare opportunities
for speaking, and they knew but few words in which
to convey their meaning. They delighted, therefore, in
an expressive symbolism, which might speak for them,
laconically, but yet with emphasis and to the point.
Their symbolical language, also, would commend itself
to their favour in a peculiar manner, through the facility
with which it would extend and intensify its own phonetic
powers by means of accumulative association.
War and the chase would naturally furnish the ima-
gery that would first become prevalent. A man's physical
powers or peculiarities, as a warrior or a hunter, or the
issue of some exploit in which he might have been
engaged, would determine his distinctive personal cog-
nizance. If swift of foot, or strong of hand, or fierce
in demeanour, or patient of hardship, he would naturally
seek to symbolize himself under the form of some animal
distinguished pre-eminently for one or other of those
qualities. For, it is natural that man should find symbols
of his own physical attributes in the inferior animals ;
because in mere swiftness, or strength, or such like
qualities, those animals are superior to man. The next
INTRODUCTORY. 7
thing would be to render this personal symbolism here-
ditary. A man's son would feel a natural pride in
preserving the memorial of his father's reputation, by as-
suming, and also by transmitting his device. It would
be the same with the comrades of a chief, and with the
subjects of a prince. Thus a system of Heraldry would
arise and become established.
And such is actually the process, which has produced
and matured its own Heraldry amongst each of the
various races and tribes of the earth. In the far West,
the Red Indian, from time immemorial, has impressed
upon his person the totem of his people — the cognizance
that his fathers bore, and by which they were dis-
tinguished before him. In the very constitution of his
mind essentially a lover of symbolism, the Oriental revels,
and he always has revelled, in a truly characteristic
Heraldry. In the relics of the wonderful races that
once peopled the valley of the Nile, this Heraldry of
the East is everywhere present. Another expression of
the same semi-mystic symbolism was found, deep buried
beneath the mounds of Assyria. Somewhat modified,
it was well known in ancient Israel. In Europe, with
the first dawn even of historical tradition, the existence
of a Heraldry may be distinguished. Nearly six hundred
years before the Christian era, iEschylus described the
heraldric blazonry of the chieftains who united their
forces for the siege of Thebes, with all the minute
exactness of our First Edward's chronicler of Caerlaverock.
The well-known Eagle of the Romans may be said to
have presided over the Heraldry of Rome, as their own
Dragon has ever presided over that of the Chinese. The
legendary annals of mediaeval Europe abound in traces
8 INTRODUCTORY.
of a barbaric Heraldry, in the war-banners of the chiefs
and in their personal insignia. The Bayeux Tapestry of
the Conqueror's consort may be placed at the head of
the early existing illustrations of the Heraldry of Britain.
That celebrated piece of royal embroidery exhibits a com-
plete display of the military ensigns in use at the period
of the Conquest, by both the Norman invaders and the
Saxon occupants of this island. Illuminations in MSS.
take up and carry on the heraldic record. Seals, carvings
in ivory, monumental memorials, stained glass, and the
various productions of the architectural sculptor, gradually
contribute their several memoirs, and lead us on to the
full development of English mediaeval Heraldry through
the agency of the Crusades.
The Crusades formed the armed followers of the
different European princes into a military alliance for
a common purpose, and also brought the rude yet gallant
soldiers of the West into contact with all that then
existed in Eastern lands of the refinement, both military
and social, of still earlier times. Among the many and
important results of those strange and strangely romantic
enterprises, were great changes in the weapons and
armour of the western chivalry ; and these changes were
accompanied with the introduction of an infinite variety
of armorial devices. The Crusade confederacy itself would
necessarily demand the adoption, by the allied Sovereigns,
of a more definite system of military standards and
insignia than had been previously prevalent. The use
of improved defensive armour, also, combined with a
better system of organization and discipline in the
armour-clad bands, rendered it necessary for each warrior
of any rank to assume and wear some personal cog-
INTRODUCTORY.. 9
nizance, without which he could not have been dis-
tinguished, at a time when the ascertained presence
of certain individuals was of such grave importance.
And the device of each baron and knight would be
assigned, with appropriate modifications, to their res-
pective retainers and followers. In this manner, Crests
were introduced, and placed on bascinets and helms ;
and thus some recognized device or composition was
displayed upon all knightly pennons and banners, and
was emblazoned both upon the rich surcoats which the
knights wore over their armour, and upon the shields
which so long formed most important components of
their defensive equipment. Such is the origin of Shields-
qf-Arms and Coats-of-Arms, — terms that we still retain,
with representations of the Shield, and with Crests, in our
own Heraldry at the present day.
In England, Heraldry may be considered to have first
assumed a definite and systematic character during the
reign of Henry III., a.d. 1216 to 1272 ; and at the close
of the thirteenth century it may be said to have been
recognized as a distinct science. The heraldic devices
that were adopted in England in the thirteenth century,
in common with those which were added to them during
the century that followed, partook of the ideal character
of all symbols, but at the same time they were dis-
tinguished by a simple and dignified expressiveness.
And they were associated directly, and in a peculiar
manner, either with individuals, families, establishments,
potentates, or with the community at large; so that
they may be considered after a definite method, their
varieties readily admit of classification, their charac-
teristics may be clearly elucidated and fully set forth,
10 INTRODUCTORY.
and they may be subjected to certain general laws and
treated as forming a system in themselves. This classifi-
cation and description, and the general laws themselves,
we now unite with the devices and compositions, under
the common name of HERALDRY. And with the
Heraldry of the thirteenth century we associate that of
the fourteenth, and of succeeding centuries, and of our own
era, assigning to the whole the same common title. For,
as it happened in the instance of Architecture, when once
it had been duly recognized in England, Heraldry rapidly
attained to an advanced degree of perfection. Whatever
the Heralds of Edward I. might have left to be accom-
plished after their time, their successors of the fourteenth
century were not slow in developing. Under the genial
influences of the long and brilliant reign of Edward III.,
mediaeval Heraldry attained to its culminating point. The
last quarter of the fourteenth century proved to be equally
favourable to the Heralds. And again, during the Lan-
castrian era, and throughout the struggle of the Roses,
English Heraldry maintained its reputation and its popu-
larity. Its practical utility was felt and appreciated by
the Plantagenets in their fierce social wars, as it had been
before their time by the Crusaders. Then, with a general
decline of the Arts, Heraldry declined. Its art-character,
indeed, had shewn signs of a coming degradation, before
the accession of the Tudors to the disputed throne of this
realm. The next downward step seriously affected the
early simplicity of the art- science, so that the Heraldry of
the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries can
advance but comparatively slight claims upon our present
consideration. And thus we are brought onwards to the
great and general Art-Revival of our own times, in which
INTRODUCTORY. 11
Heraldry again appears in the act of vindicating its title
to honourable recognition, as an Art- Science that may be
advantageously and agreeably studied, and very happily
adapted, in its practical application, to the existing con-
dition of things by ourselves.
When thus directing the attention of students to the
Heraldry of the past, I am anxious to impress upon them
the remembrance of the fact, that the main object of our
inquiry has reference to our own present use and applica-
tion of Heraldry in the days of Queen VICTORIA. All
true Heraldry is historical, though it by no means follows
that it must always be necessarily popular. Our Heraldry,
however, is to be such as may claim to be entitled both
" popular" and " historical :" but the historical condition of
our Heraldry does not imply that we should enter into the
elucidation of mediaeval Heraldry, purely for its own sake.
"We find Heraldry to have been in England a growth of the
Middle Ages : and, consequently, when we desire to fami-
liarise ourselves with this Art- Science, we are constrained
in the first instance to direct our thoughts back to the mid-
dle ages, in order to obtain much of the information that
we need for present use. This differs widely from a study
of mediaeval Heraldry, undertaken and conducted for the
sake of reproducing mediaeval Heraldry. It is impossible
to press this consideration too urgently, not only upon
living Heralds, but also upon all who are interested in
the Arts and Art-Manufactures of our country at the
present day. The Arts of the middle ages are replete
with precious teachings for ourselves ; and yet they are
not by any means calculated to be reproduced by us in
their original condition. They were the Arts of those
times — they then arose, and they flourished through their
12 INTRODUCTORY.
direct association with their own era. It is most true,
that at all times they may be studied with certain ad-
vantage ; and it is also no less true, that a mere imitation
of their former operation indicates that error in judgment,
which ignores the all-important mutatis mutandis, and so
leads to a mistaken course of action. And then, on the
other hand, nothing can be more absurdly irrational than
to reject what the Arts of the middle ages can teach so well,
upon the alleged plea that any such study involves a
modern medievalism. Here, as in other matters, a middle
course lies open invitingly before us. Whatever we find to
be really valuable and useful in the Arts of the middle ages
we gratefully accept; and, as we know that our prede-
cessors in departed centuries matured their own thoughts
for their own advantage, and applied their Arts to their
own use, so we take their teaching, and associate it in its
practical application, not with them, but with ourselves.
When we seek to apply our knowledge, from what source
soever we may have acquired it, we look around us, and
we look before us, seeking both to adapt our knowledge
to present requirements, and to expand its range that it
may become applicable to the requirements of the future.
By no means content to be imitators and copyists, we
aim at excellence in our works, through the judicious,
consistent, and appropriate application of sound principles,
under the guidance of an observant and well- disciplined
experience. It will be understood, then, when I refer in
the following pages to the Heraldry of the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries, that I do so without the slightest
intention, on the one hand, to suggest that either our
Guardsmen or our Volunteers should be equipped in the
armour and surcoats of the Plantagenets, or, on the other
INTRODUCTORY.
13
hand, to fix the standard of the Heraldry of to-day in
accordance with the heraldic fashion prevalent when
the Black Prince was invested with the Order of the
Garter.
No. 198. — ENGLAND.
The Crown and Shield of the time of Henry III.
No. 283.
Coronet of William Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, a.d. 1487.
CHAPTER II.
HERALDIC BLAZON, NOMENCLATURE, LANGUAGE AND
LAWS.
In Heraldry, the term Blazon, or Blazoning, is applied
equally to the description and to the representation of all
heraldic figures, devices, and compositions. It also indi-
cates the arrangement of the component members and
details of any heraldic composition. Historical Blazoning,
also entitled Marshalling, denotes the combination and
arrangement of several distinct heraldic compositions, with
the view to produce a single compound composition. In
like manner, the disposition and arrangement of a group
or groups of heraldic compositions or objects, is styled
Marshalling.
All heraldic figures and devices, whether placed upon
shields, or borne or represented in any other manner, are
entitled Charges ; and every shield or other object is said
to be charged with the armorial insignia that may be dis-
played upon it.
HERALDIC BLAZON, NOMENCLATURE, 14
Heraldic Language is most concise, and it is always
minutely exact, definite, and explicit ; all unnecessary
words are omitted, and all repetitions are carefully
avoided ; and, at the same time, every detail is specified
with absolute precision.
The Nomenclature is equally significant, and its aim is
to combine definitive exactness with a brevity that is
indeed laconic. As might naturally be expected, both
the Language and the Nomenclature of Heraldry habitu-
ally indicate their Norman-French origin.
Heraldic Devices are described, first, in the order of
their comparative importance ; and, secondly, in the order
in which they are placed upon the shield, or other object
that bears them. Thus the character of the surface of
the shield itself, which forms the foundation of the
heraldic composition, is first specified. Then follows a
description of the principal charge, which occupies the
most central and most commanding position, and which
also is considered to rest immediately upon the surface of
the shield. Objects of secondary importance, which also
rest upon the shield itself, are next described; and
finally, descriptions are given of such other devices and
figures as may be placed upon another charge, and which
consequently appear to be carried by an object that is
nearer to the surface of the shield than they are them-
selves. In some instances, as when a Chief, a Canton, and
a Bordure appear and are charged, the composition
will require to be blazoned in two groups, precedence
being given to the central and more important group.
In blazoning any Charge, the title, position or disposi-
tion, tincture, and distinctive conditions of the device or
figure are first to be specified, and then there will succeed
16 HERALDIC BLAZON, NOMENCLATURE,
such descriptions of details and accessories as may be
necessary, in their order of comparative importance.
If a tincture or a number should occur twice in the
same sentence of any descriptive blazon, such tincture
or number is to be indicated by reference to the words
already used, and not by actually repeating them. Thus,
should any Charge be of the same tincture as the field,
it is said to be " of the field" or, as the tincture of the
field is always the first that is specified in the blazon, a
Charge of that tincture may be blazoned as " of the first."
So any Charge is said to be " of the second" " of the ( ^
third" " of the last," &c, if its tincture be the same as
the second, the third, the last, or any other that has
been already specified. In the instance of the metal gold,
instead of reference to the heraldic term " Or," the word
u gold" itself may be used. The position or disposition
of any Charge or Charges are to be blazoned first after
the name or title of the Charge or Charges. When the
same Charge is several times repeated in the same com-
position, the figures are generally arranged in rows,
one row being above another. Such an arrangement is
indicated by simply stating the number of the figures
in each row : as " six crosses crosslets, 3, 2, 1," to denote
three in the uppermost row, then two below them, and
then one crosslet in base.
In heraldic descriptions, the presence and the position
of the stops or points demand especial attention. A
comma precedes and follows each item of every descriptive
clause ; and the consistent intervention of the more im-
portant points must be observed with rigid precision.
The student will bear in mind that in Heraldry, while
nothing is specified that can be distinctly and certainly
LANGUAGE AND LAWS.
17
understood without description, so nothing whatever is
left to the possibility of contingency or misapprehension.
It is a positive rale in Heraldry, that Metal shall not
appear upon Metal, nor Colour upon Colour ; that is, a
Charge of one of the Metals must rest upon, or be in con-
tact with a surface or another charge of one of the
Colours ; and in like manner, a charge of one of the
Colours must rest upon, or be in contact with a surface or
object of one of the Metals. This rule, absolute in its
primary application, admits of a partial relaxation in the
case of varied surfaces, and of certain details of charges ;
and also in those compositions, in which a supported device
or figure extends in the shield beyond the charge that
supports it. The solitary early violation of this heraldic
law is the armorial ensign of the Crusader Kings op
Jerusalem, who bore five golden crosses upon a silver
shield, that thus their Arms might be distinguished from
those of every other potentate. Nos. 1 and 1 a, p. 4.
When any Charge is repeated in such considerable num-
bers, in the same composition, as to produce almost the
appearance of a pattern, the Field so covered is said to
be Semee with the Charge in question. It will be ob-
served that a Field which is Semee, is often treated as if
it were cut to the required size and shape from a larger
extent of surface, some of the Charges being only parti-
ally represented. The ancient shield of France, nobly
emblazoned in the North Choir-Aisle of Westminster
Abbey, in the work of Henry III, bears azure, semee de
lys, or. No. 2, p. 18.
When the often-repeated figure is of very small size,
the term Powdered is substituted for Semee.
In Heraldry, every ' Coat' or Shield-of-Arms, Crest
c
18 HERALDIC BLAZON AND NOMENCLATURE.
and Badge is attached to the Name, and not to the Title,
of the person who may bear them.
All figures and devices represented in heraldic compo-
sitions have various attributes, qualities, and epithets
assigned to them by Heralds, which express their several
positions and dispositions, and indicate the parts which
they take in the aggroupment of the whole. Thus the sun
is said to be in its glory, or eclipsed ; the moon is said to
be increscent, or decrescent ; human figures are variously
habited ; animals are said to be armed with the horns, or
the appendages provided for them by nature for their
defence or for aggressive purposes. Similar appropriate
terms indicate the circumstances under which figures and
objects of all kinds appear in heraldic compositions, to-
gether with their individual peculiarities, details and
accessories. These terms are classified and explained in
Chapters X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV.
No. 2. — FRANCE ANCIENT.
Westminster Abbey— time of Henry III.
No. 3.
No. 4. No. 5.
Heraldic Shields.
No. 6.
CHAPTER m.
THE SHIELD, AND ITS PARTS, POINTS, AND PRIMARY
DIVISIONS.
The Shield, the most important piece of their defensive
armonr, was derived by the knights of the middle ages
from remote antiquity, and at almost all times it has been
decorated with some device or figure. The ancient Greek
tragedian, iEschylus, (about B.C. 600,) describes with
minute exactness the devices that were borne by six of
the seven chiefs who, before the Trojan War, besieged
Thebes. The seventh shield is specially noted to have
been uncharged. In the middle ages, in Europe, there
prevailed a precisely similar usage ; and, indeed, so uni-
versal was the practice of placing heraldic insignia upon
shields, that the shield has been retained in modern
Heraldry as being inseparable from all Heraldry, so that
it still continues to be the figure upon which the heraldic
insignia of our own times are habitually charged.
Early heraldic shields vary very considerably in their
forms, the simplest and most effective form having the con-
tour of an inverted equilateral arch, slightly stilted, as
No. 3. The shields actually used by the Normans in
20 THE SHIELD, AND ITS PAETS.
England were long and tapering ; they are exemplified in
the equipment of the knightly effigies in the Temple
Church, London. To these succeeded short, almost trian-
gular, heater-shaped shields. Examples abound in the
monumental effigies of the thirteenth and the fourteenth
centuries. The equilateral form became prevalent early
in the fourteenth century, at which period several modifi-
cations of the prevailing form were introduced. Two of
the more effective of these varieties, Nos. 4, and 5, are
severally drawn from the Percy Monument at Beverley,
a.d. 1350, and the Monument of John op Eltham, in
Westminster Abbey, a=d. 1336. In the next century the
shields were shortened, and as it advanced their form
was altogether changed, and became somewhat square,
the outlines being produced by a series of concave curves.
Shields of this class appear to have been introduced
during the second half of the fourteenth century, but
they did not become general until a later period. In
these shields a curved notch is cut out, for the lance to
pass through, in the dexter chief ; when thus pierced, the
shield was said to be a louche, No. 6. This form of
shield may be advantageously used in Modern Heraldry,
particularly when any composition has many charges, or
when there are quarterings ; it would seem, however, to
be desirable not to represent any shield as a louche in
modern Heraldry, since shields now do not require any
adjustment to knightly lances laid in rest. And there is
some danger lest a misapprehension should arise with
reference to the shield a louche, now that its use has so
long passed away : thus, in each of the upper spandrels of
the fine trussed timber roof of Lincoln's Inn Hall there is a
carved shield a louche ; and these shields have been made
SHIELDS OF ARMS & ACHIEVEMENT OF ARMS.
CHAPTERS III, YII, XV & XXVI.
PROVENCE
Westminster Abbey, about 1260
KUWARD.
THE CONFESSOR
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THE SHIELD, AND ITS PARTS.
21
to correspond with one another, as they range along the
two opposite sides of the Hall, so that on one side the
shields have the notches cut out, quite correctly, in their
dexter chief, and the other series have their notches cut
in their sinister chief.
The form of the Shield, as a matter of course, may be
determined in Modern Heraldry in accordance with the
preference of every Herald. All that I would suggest is,
that the preference may as well rest upon the more agree-
able rather than the less attractive forms.
In early architectural and monumental compositions,
and also often upon seals, heraldic shields are represented
as' if suspended from the guige,- or shield-belt, which was
actually worn by the knights to sustain and to secure
their shields to their persons. In some instances of this
always effective, because always consistent and appropri-
ate arrangement, the long guige appears oh either side of
the shield, and is there passed over a corbel, as in No. 7,
one of the beautiful series of shields of the time of
Henry HE, in the choir-aisles of Westminster Abbey.
No. 7 is charged with the arms of Raymond, Count of
Provence, — or, 3 pallets, gules. The more prevalent usage
was to represent the shield as being suspended from a
single corbel, boss, or a cluster of foliage, or from some
architectural member of the composition. Occasionally,
and more particularly on seals, the shield appears as if
suspended by the sinister chief angle, and so hangs
diagonally from the helm and crest : Nos. 135, 301,
Plate I. These modes of arrangement, with the various
modifications of them that will readily suggest themselves,
are worthy of the most thoughtful attention of the
practical modern Herald.
22 THE SHIELD, AND ITS PARTS.
The Heraldic Shield is sometimes entitled an Escutcheon ;
and when one shield is charged upon another, the shield
thus placed is distinguished as an Inescutcheon, and is
said to be borne in pretence.
The different parts of an heraldic shield are distin-
guished and entitled as follows : — No. 8.
A. Dexter Side. B. Sinister Side.
C. Chief. "D. Base.
E. Dexter Chief. F. Sinister Chief.
G. Middle Chief. H. Dexter Base.
I. Sinister Base. K. Middle Base.
L. Honor Point. M. Fesse Point.
Heraldic shields are divided in the manner indicated by
examples, Nos. 9 to 14.
No. 9, is Per Pale, or Impaled. No. 10, is Per Fesse.
No. 11, is Per Cross, or Quarterly. No. 12, is Per Bend.
No. 13, is Per Saltire, and No. 14, is Per Chevron.
When a Shield is divided into more than four parts by
lines drawn in pale and in fesse, crossing each other at
right angles, it is said to be Quarterly of the number of
divisions, whatever that number may be : thus, No. 15 is
Quarterly of eight.
In the instance of a Quartered Shield having one or
more of its Quarters quartered, this compound division is
indicated by the term Quarterly -quartered ; and the four
primary Quarters are distinguished as Grand Quarters;
thus in No. 16, A, B, C, D are the Grand Quarters, of
which the first and the fourth, A and D, are Quarterly-
quartered.
The Heraldic Shield is always considered to bear its
charges upon its face, or external surface, and consequently
the Dexter and the Sinister sides of the shield itself are
THE SHIELD, AND ITS PARTS.
23
those, which would severally cover the right or the left side
of a warrior when holding the shield in front of his
person. The Dexter side of an heraldic composition or
object, therefore, is opposite to the left hand of an observer,
and the Sinister to his right hand. This use of the terms
Dexter and Sinister is invariable in Heraldry.
The heraldic shield is sometimes represented as bowed,
or as if having a slightly convex contour ; and shields of
the form of No. 6 often have a ridge dividing them in
pale.
The entire surface of a Shield is called the Field. The
same term Field is also applied to the entire surface of
any Charge or Object.
The same terms that denote the parts and points of a
Shield, are also applicable to a Flag, or to any figure
that may be charged with an heraldic composition. In
Flags, the depth from chief to base is entitled the
" Hoist," and the length from the point of suspension to
the fore extremity is distinguished as the " Fly."
No. 15.
No. 16.
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No. 10.
No. 11.
No. 12.
No. 13.
No. 14.
No. 18. No. 19.
Two Metals.
CHAPTER IV.
DIVIDING AND BORDER LINES.
Dividing and Border Lines, in addition to simple
right lines and curves, assume the forms indicated in
Example, No. 17.
A. Engrailed . ,
B. Invected . . ,
(J. Wavy, or Undee.
T>. Nebulee .
E. Indented .
F. Dancette .
G. Embattled
H. Bagulee .
I. Dovetail .
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No. 20.
No. 21.
No. 22.
Five Colours.
No. 23. No. 24.
CHAPTEE V.
TINCTURES.
The Tinctures of Heraldry comprise two Metals, five
Colours, and eight Furs.
They are severally distinguished, entitled, and indi-
cated as follows, in Examples, Nos. 18 to 32.
METALS.
Titles. Abbreviations.
1. Gold. Or. Or.
2. Silver. Argent. Arg.
COLOURS.
1. Blue. Azure. Az.
2. Ited. Gules. Gu.
3. Black. * Sable. Sa.
4. Green. Vert. Vert.
5. Purple. Pur pure. Purp.
furs. (See page 26.)
1. Ermine. Black spots on a white field.
2. Ermines. White spots on a black field.
3. Erminois. Black spots on a gold field.
4. Pean. Gold spots on a black field.
5. Vair. NTos. 28 and 29.
6. Counter Vair. No. 30.
7. Po«. „ 31.
8. Counter Potent. „ 32.
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26 TINCTURES.
The Metals may be expressed by gold and silver, or by
yellow and white.
The representation of the Tinctures by means of dots
and lines was not in use amongst Heralds before the
time of the accession of the Stuarts to the English
Crown.
The student will observe that the metals always take
precedence of the colours, unless a contrary arrangement be
specified. Also, that Vair, Counter fair, Potent and
Counter Potent, are always Argent and Azure, unless other
tinctures are named in the blazon.
Objects and Figures represented in heraldic composi-
tions in their natural colours, are said to be proper,
abbreviated ppr.
In early Heraldry, surfaces were commonly enriched
with designs and patterns simply of a decorative charac-
ter, which scrupulously avoided assuming the distinctive
attributes of charges. This very beautiful method of
ornamentation, which is termed Diapering, is fully des-
cribed in Chapter IX.
THE ETTES.
No. 29
No. 30.
No. 31.
No. 32.
ORDINARIES ROUNDI/ES.
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CHAPTEE VI.
ROUNDLES.
The earliest devices of Mediaeval Heraldry are simple
figures, entitled Ordinaries, which have been held by all
Heralds in high esteem and honour, and retain their old
rank in the Heraldry of the present day. They still
sometimes appear, as of old, alone, or almost alone ; while
in other instances the Ordinaries are associated with
other devices, or are themselves charged with various
figures. In their simplest condition, the Ordinaries are
formed by right lines ; but they also admit, instead of right
lines, the various border lines of Example, No. 17.
The Heraldic Ordinaries are nine in number, and are
severally entitled, the Chief, No. 33 ; the Fesse, No 34 ;
the Bar, No. 35 ; the Pale, No. 36; the Gross, No. 37 ;
the Bend, No. 38 ; the Saltire, No. 39 ; the Chevron,
No. 40 ; and the Pile, No. 41. See Plate II.
Several of these Ordinaries have Diminutives, which are
grouped with them in the following descriptions of the
Ordinaries themselves.
I. The Chief, No. 33, formed by an horizontal line,
contains in depth the uppermost third part of the field, or
28 THE ORDINARIES AND THEIR DIMINUTIVES.
area of the shield. It may be borne in the same composi-
tion with any other Ordinary, except the Fesse.
The Diminutive of the Chief is the Fillet, the contents
of which must not exceed one-fourth of the Chief, of
which it always occupies the lowest portion.
II. The Fesse, No. 34, which is identical in form and
in area with the Chief, differs from that Ordinary only
in its position in the field of the shield, of which it
always occupies the horizontal central third part.
The Fesse has no Diminutive, but it may be sur-
mounted by a Pale or a Bend.
III. The Bar, No. 35, differs from the Fesse in its
width, being one-fifth, instead of one-third of the field.
The Bar may be placed horizontally in any part of the
field, except absolutely in chief or in base. Two Bars
frequently appear in the same composition, in which
case it is the usual practice to divide the field horizontally
into five equal parts, and to assign to the Bars the two
spaces that are on either side of the central space, as in
No. 42. A Single Bar never appears in an heraldic com-
position without some other Ordinary.
The Bar has two Diminutives, the Closet, and the Barru-
let, which are respectively one-half, and one-fourth of the
width of the Bar itself.
When either of these Diminutives is placed on each side
of a Fesse or a Bar, the Ordinary is said to be cotised, as
No. 43.
When Barrulets are placed together in couples, as in No.
44, each couple is entitled a pair of Bars Gemelles.
TV. Like the Chief and the Fesse, the Pale, No. 36,
occupies one-third of the field ; but its position is vertical
instead of horizontal, and it accordingly appears in an
THE ORDINARIES AND THEIR DIMINUTIVES. 29
erect position always in the centre of the field. The Pale
is an Ordinary of comparatively rare occurrence. It has
two Diminutives, the Pallet, and the Endorse, which are
severally one-half and one-fourth of its width.
A Pale between two Endorses is said to be endorsed.
No. 45.
A Pallet may appear in any vertical position in the
shield. See No. 7, Plate I.
V. In its simplest form, the heraldic Cross, No. 37, is
produced by the meeting of two vertical with two horizon-
tal lines, about the Fesse point, No. 8, M, of the Shield ;
or it may be denned to be the combination of a Fesse with
a Pale. When charged, the Cross occupies about
one-third of the field ; but otherwise it occupies only one-
fifth of the field. So numerous are the modifications
of form, decoration, and arrangement which Heralds
have introduced into this Ordinary, that I propose
to devote a separate chapter to the " Heraldry of the
Cross."
VI. The Bend, No. 38, is formed by two parallel
lines drawn diagonally, at equal distances from the Fesse-
point, from the Dexter Chief to the Sinister Base. When
charged, the Ordinary contains one-third, but when plain
it contains one-fifth part of the field. Two uncharged
Bends may appear in the same Composition. The Bend
also is associated with other Ordinaries, or it may be
placed over other Charges. Charges set on a Bend are
placed Bend-wise: that is, they slope with the Bend.
No. 46.
The Diminutives of the Bend are the Bendlet, contain-
ing one-half of the Bend, and the Cotise containing one-
half of the Bendlet.
30 THE ORDINARIES AND THEIR DIMINUTIVES.
A Bend placed between two Cotises, is said to be cotised.
No. 47.
A Riband is a Cotise couped (cut off smooth) at its
extremities, so that it does not extend to the edges of the
Shield. No. 48.
A Bend, when issuing from the Sinister instead of the
Dexter Chief, is distinguished as a Bend Sinister.
VII. The Saltire, No. 39, or Diagonal Cross, is a
combination of a Bend with a Bend Sinister. It con-
tains one-fifth of the field, but one-third when it is charged.
The Saltire may appear in the same Composition with
the Chief. It has no Diminutive. Charges set on a Saltire
slope with each of its limbs. No. 49.
Villi The Chevron, No. 40, which comprises some-
what more than the lower half of a charged Saltire,
occupies one-fifth of the field.
Two Chevrons may appear in the same Composition.
The Diminutive of this Ordinary is the Chevronel, which
contains one-half of a Chevron. The De Clares bore,
Or, three chevronels, gules. No. 40 A, (p. 27.)
IX. The Pile, No. 41, a wedge in form, generally
issues from the Middle Chief, and extends towards the
Middle Base, of a shield. Occasionally, however, this
Ordinary is borne in the same direction as the Bend ; or
it may issue from various parts of the enclosing line of a
shield.
In early shields the Fesse, Pale, Cross, Bend, Saltire
and Chevron are generally very narrow, as Nos. 33 a, and
33 b.
Charges are often placed and arranged after the form
of the Ordinaries : thus, charges may be in Chief, No.
49 a ; in Fesse, No. 49 b ; in Pale, No. 49 c ; in Cross,
THE ROTJNDLES.
31
No. 49 d ; in Bend, No. 49 e ; in Saltire, No. 49 f ; in
Chevron, No. 49 g ; and in Pile, No. 49 h.
With the Ordinaries may be associated another group,
of the simplest character and in general use. These
figures are the Seven Boundles, each of which possesses
its own distinctive title. Plate II.
They are : —
1. The Bezant,— or. No. 50.
2. The Plate,— argent No. 51.
3. The Hurte, — azure. No. 52.
4. The Torteau, — gules. No. 53.
5. The Pellet— sable. No. 54.
6. The Pomme, — vert. No. 55.
7. The Fountain. No. 56,
which last is divided horizontally by wavy lines, and is
alternately argent and azure.
In representation, the Bezant, Plate and Fountain are
flat, but the other Eoundles are to appear spherical
and to be shaded accordingly.
A Eoundle of one of the Furs, or tinctured in any
other manner, or if charged, must have its distinctive
character specified in the blazon.
No. 33 A. No. 33.
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No. 63.
First Union Jack.
No. 64.
Second Union Jack.
CHAPTER VII.
THE HERALDRY OF THE CROSS.
The Cross, as an heraldic symbol, has already been
denned to be a combination of two others of the Or-
dinaries of Heraldry, the Fesse and the Pale. When it
is not repeated in the same Composition, and when the
contrary is not set forth in the blazon, the simple Cross
is placed erect in the centre of the Shield, and it extends
to the limits of the field. Many Crosses, however, may
be introduced into the same composition : or a single
Cross may be placed within a Bordure : or it may be
interposed between other Charges npon the Shield : or it
may itself be charged : or it may appear under a variety
of conditions affecting both its form and its position.
The Greek Cross, No. 57, has its four limbs all of
equal length. Plate III.
The Latin Cross, No. 58, has its uppermost limb and
its transverse limbs of the same length, the fourth limb
or shaft being considerably longer than the other three.
In some cases the uppermost limb of a Latin Cross is
either longer or shorter than the two transverse ones.
The Cross without any upper limb, No. 59, is en-
THE HERALDRY OF THE CROSS. 33
titled the Cross of St. Anthony, or the Tau Cross, from
its form being the same as the Greek Character Tau
(T).
A diagonal Cross is entitled a Saltire. The Crosses of
St. Andrew of Scotland, No. 60, and of St. Patrick
of Ireland, No. 61, are Crosses- Saltires, the former
being Argent, on a field Azure, and the latter Chiles, on
a field Argent.
The Cross of St. George of England, No. 62, is
Gules, upon a field Argent.
The Combination of the Crosses of St. George and
St. Andrew produced the First Union Jack, No. 63,
which was declared in 1606, by King James I., to consti-
tute the National Ensign of Great Britain. It happily
symbolises the Union of England and Scotland, in the
union of the Crosses of the two realms.
In 1801, in consequence of the legislative Union with
Ireland, a Second Union Ensign superceded its prede-
cessor. The new compound device was required to com-
prehend the three Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and
St. Patrick in combination. It appears, charged upon a
banner, in No. 64, and is well known to every Englishman
as the blazonry displayed upon that "Meteor Flag of
England," of which the poet wrote in words of fire. The
blazonry of. this, the Second Union Jack, is borne by
the Duke of Wellington, charged upon a Shield of
Pretence over his paternal arms. It is an " Augmenta-
tion of Honor," significant and expressive, granted to
the Duke. The Duke of Marlborough bears, in like
manner, the Cross of St. George upon a Canton. The
Union Device is displayed, as a national ensign, in Flags
only, — except in the copper coinage of the realm, which
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34 THE HERALDRY OF THE CROSS.
exhibits a seated Britannia, with a shield always incor-
rectly blazoned with this Union Device.
It will be observed that in both the Union Devices,
Nos. 63, and 64, the Cross of St. George appears with a
narrow white border, which is entitled a Fimbriation.
Also, that in the Second Union, the Cross- Saltire
of St. Patrick has its four limbs fimbriated on one side.
No. 65 is an example of a fimbriated Cross. It will be
observed that the Fimbriation lies in the same plane with
the Cross, to which it forms a border. Hence there is
no shading between the Fimbriation and the Cross, but
the Fimbriation itself is duly shaded. In case one Cross
should be placed upon another, the primary or lower Cross
would display a broader border than the Fimbriation ; and
it is also indicated, by shading both the Crosses, that one
Cross is surmounted by another. The student will com-
pare Nos. 65, and 66.
When the central area of a Cross is entirely re-
moved, so that of the Ordinary itself little more remains
than the outlines, such a Cross is said to be voided, as
No. 66 a.
No. 67 is a pointed Cross.
A Cross crossed at the head, as No. 68, is a Patriarchal
Cross ; and when placed upon steps, as No. 69, a Cross is
said to be on Degrees.
When the extremities of a Cross do not extend to the
Chief, Base, and Sides of a Shield, it is said to be
couped, or humettee, as No 70.
The Cross of eight Points, distinctively so called, and
known also as a Maltese Cross, is represented in No 71.
This Cross was borne by the Knights Templars, Chiles,
upon a Field Argent. By the Hospitallers, or Knights
HERAI/DRY OF THE CROSS.
HAPTER7H
Kate HI-
N os - 57 to 91
THE HERALDRY OF THE CROSS. 35
of St. John, the same Cross was borne Argent, upon a
Field Sable. The student of Mediaeval History will re-
member that between the years 1278 and 1289, when
engaged in military duties, the Knights Hospitallers
bore a white Cross, straight, upon a red field.
A Cross which expands into a square at the centre,
as in No. 72, is a Cross Quadrate. When a square aper-
ture is pierced through its centre, as in No. 73, a Cross
is quarter pierced. The term quarterly pierced, denotes
the entire removal of the central portion of the Cross, the
four limbs only being left in contact, as in No. 74. This
arrangement appears in the arms of the Earl of Win-
terton.
The beautiful varieties of the Heraldic Cross which
follow are generally borne in small groups ; occasionally,
however, a single figure of any one of these Crosses may
be seen alone.
The Cross Moline is represented in No. 75.
No. 76 is the Cross Becercelee.
The Cross Patonce, No. 77, perhaps the most beautiful
of the Heraldic Crosses, expands more widely than the
Moline, and has its extremities floriated. It appears in
the arms assigned to Edward the Confessor, No. 78,
as they yet remain to illustrate the Heraldry of Henry
III, in the south choir-aisle of Westminster Abbey. The
Cross Patonce was borne by William de Vesci, a.d.
1220.
The Cross Fleurie, No. 79, has its four limbs straight,
instead of expanding like the Patonce ; and the Cross
Fleurettee, No. 80, which may be regarded as a modifica-
tion of the Cross Fleurie, (though by some Heralds these
two Crosses are considered to be identical), is a plain
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36 THE HERALDRY OP THE CROSS.
Cross, couped, and having a Fleur-de-lys issuing from
each extremity.
Examples of Crosses having floriated terminations,
occur in Eolls of Arms of Henry III. and Edward I.
No. 81 is the Cross Pommee, and No. 82 is the Cross
Fourchee.
A Cross crossed towards the extremity of each limb, as
No. 83, is a Cross Crosslet, and is an equally favourite and
beautiful Charge. When the Field is covered with small
Crosses Crosslets, it is said to be Crusilly, or Crusilee.
When the Shaft of any Cross is pointed at the base, such
a Cross is said to be Fitchee, " fixable," that is, in the
ground.
The Cross Crosslet Fitchee is shown in No. 84.
The Crosses Patee or Formee, and Patee or Formee
Fitchee, are shown in Nos. 85, and 86. These Crosses may
be drawn either with right lines, or with their radiat-
ing lines slightly curved.
The Crosses Botonee, and Botonee Fitchee, Nos 87, and
88, are modifications of the Crosslet.
The Cross Potent, No. 89, resembles the Fur which bears
the same name, No. 31. Nos. 90 and 91, severally repre-
sent the Crosses Potent Fitchee, and Potent Quadrate.
A Cross may be formed of any of the Border Lines ;
thus, Nos. 92, 93 and 94 are respectively Crosses Engrailed,
Wavy or TJndee, and Ragulee.
When any Charges are placed upon a Shield in a cruci-
form order of arrangement, they are said to be in Cross ;
thus, No. 95 is Argent, 7 Fusils in Cross, gules.
SUB ORDINARIES _ VARIED FIEI/DS.
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No. 99 a.
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CHAPTEE VIII.
SUBOEDI NARIES.
The term Subordinary is applied to a group of devices,
less simple, and also less important than the Ordinaries,
but which still admit of a certain general classification.
They are fourteen in number. Plate TV.
1. The Canton, No. 96, is a square, situated in the
dexter chief of the shield, and it occupies about one-ninth
part of the entire field. This Subordinary in early
shields was of larger size, and it appears to have super-
ceded the Quarter, now not in use. See p. 39.
2. The Gtyron, No. 97, is half of the first quarter
of the shield, that quarter being divided diagonally by a
line drawn from the dexter chief.
3. The Inescutcheon, or Shield of Pretence, No. 98,
is a small shield pretended upon the face of the shield. An
Inescutcheon of silver, or sometimes of ermine, was borne
by the Mortimers. Nos. 99 and 99 a, and Nos. 269, 270.
See also Chap. XXVI.
4. The Orle, No. 100, may be described as the nar-
row border of a shield charged upon the field of a larger
shield. Sometimes a series of separate charges form an
Orle ; that is, when they are so arranged that they form a
kind of border to the shield. In this case, such charges
38 SUBORDINARIES.
are said to be In Orle, or they may be blazoned as an
Orle. Thus, the historic shield of the De Valences, Plate
V, No. 101, bore Barruly argent and azure, an Orle of
Martlets, gules. See page 43.
5. The Tressure, No. 102, is a double Orle enriched
with Fleurs-de-lys. The Tressure appears in the Eoyal
Shield, No. 103, Plate V, and in several of the baronial
shields of Scotland.
6. The Lozenge, No. 104, is a four-sided figure, set
diagonally upon the shield.
7. The Fusil, No. 105, is a narrow Lozenge.
8. The Frette, No. 106, is an interlacing figure, which
may be said to be compounded of a narrow Saltire, and a
Mascle. It was borne by the Despencers, No. 107, and
still appears in Arms of the Earl Spencer. When the in-
terlacing bars of a Frette are repeated, so as to cover the
field either of the Shield or of any Charge, such a field
is said to be Frettee. This Frette-Work is supposed to be
in relief upon the field, and therefore in any representa-
tion of it it is to be shaded. No. 106 a..
9. Flanches, No. 108, and Flasques or Voiders, No.
108 a, are formed by two curved lines, and are always
borne in pairs, one on either side of the field.
10. The Mascle, No. 109, is a Lozenge voided.
11. The Eustre, No. 110, is a Lozenge, pierced with a
circular opening in its centre.
12. The Billet, No. Ill, is a rectangular oblong. A
field semee of Billets is Billetee.
13. The Label, No. 112, is a Eiband crossing the shield
bar-wise, and having three or five shorter ribands
depending from it at regular intervals.
14. The Bordure, No. 113, constitutes a border to
SHIELfDS OF ARMS.
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the shield, and contains in breadth one-fifth part of
the field. In Mediaeval Heraldry, both the Label and
the Bordure were borne as Differences. The Bordnre now
is frequently borne as a Charge. It may be plain, as in
No. 113, or engrailed, or indented, as in Nos. 114, and 115 ;
or it may be charged with any device, as in No. 194, the
Arms of Richard Planta genet, Earl of Cornwall,
son of King John, who died a.d. 1296. His Shield
remains in the work of his elder brother, in "Westminster
Abbey. See Plate V. This Shield is blazoned — argent,
within a bordure, sable, bezantce, a lion rampant, gules,
crowned, or. Another curious early example of a Bor-
dure bezantee is preserved on the Shield of an unknown
Knight, whose effigy yet remains at Whitworth. This
Shield, No. 115 a, is carved in low relief.
A Canton, No. 96, always surmounts a Bordure, as in
No. 116, the Arms of John de Dreux, Count of Brit-
tany, nephew of Edward I., thus blazoned in the
Caerlaverock Eoll, — chequee, or and azure, a bordure, gules,
semee of Lions of England; a canton for quarter), ermine.
Plate Y.
No. 115 A. Shield of Effigy at Whitworth
No. 121. — DE GKREY.
CHAPTER IX.
VARIED FIELDS AND DIAPERS.
Both Shields and the Charges which they bear fre-
quently have their surfaces varied in their tinctures, the
devices or patterns thus adopted being derived from the
Ordinaries and Subordinaries.
It must be carefully observed, that in these Varied
Fields all the 'parts lie in the same plane or level, and that
they differ in this respect from fields which are charged,
or have devices set upon them. It follows that in Varied
Fields no shading whatever is introduced, and no relief is
indicated. See Plate IV.
1. A Field that is divided after the manner of a Gyron,
is said to be Gyronny. This division generally com-
prises eight pieces, as in No. 117 ; but sometimes, as in
No. 118, it has six only.
2. A Field Lozengy, No. 119, is divided into Lozenge-
shaped figures.
3. In a Field Fusilly, No. 120, the divisions are narrower
than in Lozengy.
4. Barry is formed by dividing a Field into an even
number of Bars. In blazoning the number is specified ;
VARIED FIELDS AND DIAPERS. 41
thus, No. 121 is Barry of Six, 'argent and azure, borne by
the Earl De Grey. When the bars are more than eight
in number, the term Barruly may be used as in No. 101.
5. Paly is formed by dividing the Field into an even
number of Pales, the number to be specified ; thus, No.
121 a is paly of 8. Compare No. 7, Plate I.
6. Bendy is formed by dividing the Field into an even
number of Bends, in blazoning the number being spe-
cified. No. 121 b.
7. Barry Bendy, No. 122, is produced by lines drawn
horizontally, bar-wise, crossed by others drawn diagonally,
or bend-wise.
8. Paly Bendy, No. 123, is produced by lines drawn pale-
wise, crossed by others drawn bend-wise.
9. When the Field of any charge is divided into a series
of small squares, if there is a single row only of such
squares, that arrangement, exemplified in No. 124, is styled
Compony ; accordingly No. 124, is blazoned, — A Bordure
compony, argent and azure, borne by the Duke of Beau-
fort.
10. When there are two rows of squares, having the
metal and colour alternating, it is Counter Compony, as in
No. 125.
11. Should the division exhibit more than two rows of
alternate squares, as in No. 126, it is Checquee. In all these
instances the Tinctures must be specified in the blazon.
12. A Field may also be divided simply after the man-
ner indicated by the form and position of an Ordinary, as
Per Pale, &c, as I have already shown in Chapter III.
13. The term Counter-changing is employed to denote a
reciprocal exchange of Metal for Colour, and Colour for
Metal, either in the same Composition, or the same
42 VARIED FIELDS AND DIAPERS.
Charge. This arrangement implies the presence of one
Metal, (or Fur), and one Colour, and that whatever is
charged upon the Metal should be tinctured of the Colour,
and that whatever is charged upon the Colour, should
be tinctured of the Metal. In one of the Kolls of Arms
of Henry III a curious early example of Counterchanging
occurs in the Shield of Eobert de Chandos, No. 127, Or,
a Pile, gules, charged with three Estoiles, and between six
others, all of them counterchanged. Plate VI.
14. Diaper is every system of decorative design that is
introduced by Heralds to increase the vividness of any
surface, whether the Field of a Shield or of any
Charge. Diaper, accordingly, is an ornamental accessory
only, and not a Charge. Great care, therefore, must
always be taken in the introduction of Diapering, to keep
the accessory in due subordination to the true heraldic design,
that there may not arise even a suspicion of the Diaper
taking a part in the blazon.
This Diaper may be executed in any Tincture that is in
keeping with heraldic rule, but it does not affect in any
degree the heraldic Tinctures of the composition. A very
effective Diaper is produced by executing the decorative
accessory in a different tint of the same tincture with the
Field, or in black. Gold and Silver Diapers may be placed
upon Fields of any of the Colours ; and all Diapers are
applicable to every variety of Charge.
In the early Heraldry of the Middle Age3 Diapering
was in constant use, and the Heralds of those days have
transmitted to us abundant evidence of their skill in its
application. It appears to be most desirable to revive the
general adoption of this beautiful system of ornamentation
in all surfaces of any extent.
SHIELDS OP ARMS.
i ;haf ters x k xxvi.
ROBERT T>E CHANDOS.
PERCY
Roll of Arms, about 1250 Beverley Minster, about 1350
ROBERT DE VERE.
I • ield BroadoakEssex, AD 1238.
DE WARMNNE. DE >VARHiiiSNK.
Castle AorePnory Norfolk, about 1390. Beverley Minster, about 1350
'late VI.
N oa 127&156.
DIAPER AND CADENCY.
CHAPTERS IX 8c XVI.
Plate YU.
A.DurlacTwr iith 18, Brewer S* W.
IT? 101
Shield of William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke,
AD. 1296._ Monument in "Westminster AEbey.
See pages 45 and 76&.
DIAPERS. 43
In Heraldry in stained glass it is always peculiarly
desirable to diaper the Field, and also all Ordinaries and
other Charges of large size and simple form ; such also is
the case in whatever Heraldry may be introduced into
Illuminations. In Sculptured Heraldry, Diapers may be
executed in slight relief.
From amongst almost innumerable fine examples of
early heraldic Diaper, I must be content to specify those
which may yet be traced upon the Monuments of Queen
Eleanor of Castile, a.d. 1290 ; of William de Va-
lence, Earl of Pembroke, a.d. 1206, No. 101 ; and of
Edmond Plantagenet, named Crouchback, Earl of
Lancaster, a.d. 1296 : and upon the Effigies of King
Henry III., a.d. 1272 ; of King Eichard II, and Anne,
of Bohemia, his Queen, a.d. 1394, all of them in West-
minster Abbey : as also the Shields upon the Percy
Shrine, about a.d. 1350, in Beverley Minster ; the Shield
of Eobert de Vere, a.d. 1298, at Hatfield Broadoak,
Essex ; Nos. 156 and 237. See Mullet. The field of the
Brass to Abbot Thomas De la Mere, about a.d. 1375,
in .St. Alban's Abbey ; and the entire Brass, a.d. 1347,
to Sir Hugh Hastings, at Elsyng, in Norfolk. In Plate
VI. two of the diapered Shields of the Percy Shrine are
represented : No. 127 a is Percy — Or, a lion rampant,
azure; and No. 248 is De Warrenne, Chequee, or and
azure. No. 127 b is another example of the Shield of
De Warrenne, from the remains of Castle Acre Priory,
Norfolk, about a.d. 1390 : the diaper of this Shield is
shewn enlarged in No. 127 c. The examples of admir-
able Diaper that appear in early Seals and Illuminations,
defy selection. See also Plate VII.
No. 128.— Admiralty Flag.
CHAPTEE X.
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
PART. I.— INANIMATE OBJECTS.
With the view to place in the simplest manner before
students of Heraldry the various objects and figures that
are charged upon heraldic shields, I have arranged in
classified groups these different Charges, only excluding such
as are too simple, and too well known in their non-
heraldic capacity, to require any specific notice when the
Herald summons them to appear and act at his bidding.
All descriptive terms I have placed in a separate group.
So also all heraldic titles and terms that are neither simply
descriptive, nor the names of Charges, form a group by
themselves. In each group the terms are placed and
treated after the manner of an Heraldic Glossary.
THE PRINCIPAL INANIMATE OBJECTS.
Anchor: — appears as a Charge in Heraldry. It is
borne with a cable, set Fesse-wise, all Or, on a Flag, Gules,
by the British Admiralty. No. 128.
Angenne : — a six-leaved flower, or six-foil. No. 244.
Annulet : — a ring, plain, and of any size. In Cadency,
the difference of the fifth son. No. 129, Plate VIII.
Arrow : — this missile, when borne as a Charge, is
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. 45
blazoned as armed and feathered, or flighted. A bundle of
arrows is entitled a Sheaf. No. 129 a.
Ball : — a spherical Roundle.
Banner : — borne by Sir R. Bannerman.
Bar : — one of the Ordinaries. No. 35.
Barrulet : — a diminutive of the Bar. See Chap. VI.
Baton : — a diminutive of the Bend Sinister, couped
at its extremities. See Chap. VI.
Battering Bam: — borne by the Earl of Abingdon. No.
129 c.
Beacon : — an iron-case containing some inflammable
substance in active combustion, set on the top of a pole,
against which a ladder is also placed. It was a Badge of
Henry V, and appears on his monument at Westminster.
No. 130. It is also a Badge of the Comptons.
Bend : — one of the Ordinaries. No. 38.
Bend Sinister: — see Chap. VI.
Bendlet : — a diminutive of the Bend. See Chap. VI.
Bezant : — a plain flat golden Disc, or Roundle, No. 50,
supposed to be derived from the gold coins found by the
Crusaders to have been current at Byzantium.
Billet: — an oblong square of any tincture. No. 111.
Bird-bolt : — an arrow with a blunt head.
Book : — borne both open and closed.
Bordure: — No. 113.
Botonee, and Botonee Fitchee: — a Cross, having its
arms terminating in trefoils, Nos. 87 and 88.
Breys : — barnacles for a horse's nose, used in breaking
the animal. This Charge appears on the shields of the
brothers De G-eneville, in the Roll of Henry III ; also
in the stained glass at Dorchester. Nos. 13 and 131 a.
Brizure : — a Difference or Mark of Cadency.
46 MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
Buckle : — the common instrument for fastening, which
is borne in Heraldry both separately, and attached to
straps, as in the arms of the Pelhams. Nos. 132 and 132 a.
Burgonet: — a variety of Helmet, worn principally in
the sixteenth century.
Caltrap : — a ball of iron, from which four long and
sharp spikes project in such a manner, that when the
Caltrap lies on the ground, one spike is always erect. It
was used in war to maim horses. No. 133.
Canton: — No. 96.
Cap of Maintenance, or Chapeau : — a Cap of crimson
velvet, lined and guarded with ermine. No. 133 a.
See Chap. XVII.
Carbuncle, or Escarbuncle : — in Heraldry, a figure
formed by a rose, from which issue eight rays of sceptre-
like form and character ; these rays are sometimes united
both at their extremities, and again midway between their
extremities and the central rose. It appears upon the
shield of Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, in his
Effigy in the Temple Church, the date of the effigy being
about a.d. 1160. This example, however, is earlier than
the period, in which any peculiar heraldic charges can be
considered -to have assumed definite and recognized
forms. The Escarbuncle constitutes the arms of Navarre,
(it superseded the silver cross upon blue about a.d. 1200),
and appears charged upon the Royal Shield of Henry IV,
by impalement, as the ensign of Queen Joanna of
Navarre. Nos. 134 and 134 a.
Castle: — a turretted and embattled military edifice,
generally triple-towered. It is the well known heraldic
device of Castile, borne by Eleanor, Queen of Ed-
ward I. Nos. 135 and 135 a.
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
INANIMATE OBJECTS.
HAPTER X
[ate VIII
N os 129 to 146
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. 47
Cham/ron : — armour for a horse's head.
Chaplet : — an entwined wreath. See Garland.
Chess-rook: — one of the pieces used in the game of
Chess. No. 136. Borne by the name Rokewoode.
Chevron : — one of the Ordinaries. No. 40.
Chevronel : — a diminutive of the Chevron. No. 40 a.
See Chap. VI.
Chief: — one of the Ordinaries. No. 33.
Cinque-foil, or Quintefoil: — a figure formed after the
fashion of a five-leaved grass. No. 136 a.
Civic Crown : — a wreath of oak-leaves and acorns.
Clarion : — this charge is also called a Best, and occa-
sionally a Sufflue, or a Claricord or Clavicord. It most
probably is the heraldic representation of the ancient
military musical instrument called a " Clarion," possibly
a species of " Pandean Pipe." It was borne in the arms
of Neath Abbey, and was apparently a Rebus-Badge of the
De Clares. It is now charged upon the shield of the
Earl Granville. Nos. 136 and 137.
Closet : — a diminutive of the Bar. See Chap. VI.
Comb : — borne for the name Ponsonby.
Cotise : — a diminutive of the Bend. See Chap. VI.
Couple-Close : — half a Chevronel. See Chap. VI.
Cross ;— one of the ordinaries. See Chap. VII.
Crozier : — see Pastoral Staff.
Cross-Crosslet : — No. 83.
Cup, or Covered Cup: — No. 137a, from the Slab of
John le Botiler, about a.d. 1300 ; and the Brass to
Judge Martyn, a.d. 1436, Graveney, Kent.
Cushion, or Pillow (Oreiller) usually of a square form,
with a tassel at each corner, borne by the Kirkfatricks.
No. 138. The Cushions represented beneath the heads of
mediaeval effigies are often richly diapered, and it is
48 MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
common for the upper of two cushions to be set lozenge-
wise upon the lower, as in No. 138 a, from the De Bohun
Brass, Westminster.
Dagger : — a short sword, commonly called in the Middle
Ages a " Misericorde." It appears in military monu-
mental effigies worn on the right side. This Charge is
cantoned with the Cross of St. George in the Arms of the
City of London, No. 139. It commemorates the gallant act
of the Lord Mayor, William Walworth, who struck
down the rebel, Wat Tyler, June 13, 1381. The original
weapon is still preserved.
Dancette or Danse : — sometimes used by early Heralds
to denote a Fesse Dancette. It occurs in this acceptation
in the Roll of Caerlaverock.
Degrees : — steps.
Endorse : — a diminutive of the Pale. See Chap. VI.
JEstoile : — a star, having six, or sometimes eight, or
more wavy points or rays. No. 140. See Mullet.
Fan :— a winnowing implement used in husbandry. It
appears charged upon the Shield, and also upon the Sur-
coat and Ailettes of Sir E. De Sevans, in his Brass at
Chartham, Kent, about a.d. 1305, No. 141.
Fer-de-Moline : — See Millrind.
Fesse : — one of the Ordinaries. No. 34.
Fetter -lock : — a shackle and padlock. It was the Badge
of Edmund Plantagenet, of Langley, fifth son of Ed-
ward III, and of his great-grandson, Edward IV. It
appears, charged on a shield, in the Brass of Sir Symon
de Felbrigge, K.G., Banner-bearer to Eichard II.,
a.d. 1416. No. 122.
File : — a Label, apparently from filum, a narrow riband.
Fillet : — a diminutive of a Chief. See Chap. VI.
Flanches and Flasques : — Nos. 108, and 108 a.
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. 49
Fountain: — No. 56.
Fourchee : — a modification of the cross moline, No. 82.
Frette:— No. 106.
Fusil : a narrow Lozenge. No. 105.
Fylfot : — a device represented in No. 143. It is sup-
posed to be a mystic symbol.
Gads or Gadlyngs : — small spikes projecting from the
knuckles of mediaeval gauntlets. In some instances,
small figures in metal were substituted for the spikes, as
in the instance of the gauntlets of the Black Prince,
still preserved at Canterbury, which have small gilt lions
for gadlyngs.
Galley : — see Lymphad.
Garland: — a wreath, whether of leaves only, or of
flowers and leaves intermixed. Garlands appear quar-
tered upon the banners that are sculptured as accessories
of the monument of Lord Botjrchier, banner-bearer of
Henry V., in Westminster Abbey. They are also bla-
zoned upon the banner itself, harry, argent and azure,
of Ralph de Fitz William, in the Caerl^Roll. No. 144.
Gauntlet : — an armed glove. No. 145.
Gemelles, or Bars Gemelles : — barrulets placed together
in couples. No. 44.
Globe, the Terrestrial, or Sphere : — borne in his arms by
Sir H. Dryden, and in the Crests of the Hopes and the
Drakes. Nos. 144 a, 144 b. See Chap. XVII.
Gorge, or Gurge: — No. 146, supposed to indicate a
whirlpool. It appears in the Roll of Henry III.
Greeces : — steps.
Guttee .—see Chap. XIII, and Nos. 250, 251.
Gyron:— No. 97.
Hackle : — see Hemp-brake.
50 MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
Hammer : — this charge is also blazoned as a martel.
Harp : — one of the Devices of Ireland.
Hatchet : — an early charge.
HawVs-lure : — a decoy used by falconers, and composed
of two wings with their tips downwards, joined with a
line and ring. No. 147.
Hawk's hells and jesses : — bells, with the leather straps
for fastening them to the hawk's legs, borne on a chevron
by Baron Llanover. No. 148.
Helm, Heaume, Helmet : — defensive armour for the
head. This charge is variously modified, in accordance with
the varieties of the early head pieces. Thus, the Earl of
Cardigan bears three morions, or steel caps, while the Mar-
quis of Cholmondeley bears, with a garbe, two helmets.
See Helm, Chap. XIV.
Hemp-bracke or Haclde : — a serrated instrument, for-
merly used for bruising hemp ; borne by Sir G-. F.
Hampson, Baronet. No. 149.
Horse-shoe : — a charge borne in the arms of the
Ferrers, Earls of Derby, who appear to have derived it
from the Marshals.
Hunting-horn : — a curved horn, the crest of De
Bryenne. No. 267. When it has a belt or baudrick, it
is said to be stringed. No. 150.
Hurte : — a blue roundle. No. 52.
Javelin : — a short barbed spear.
Jesses : — straps for hawk's bells.
Key : — borne in the arms of several of the bishops.
Knot .—see Chap. XVII.
Label : — a narrow ribband or bar, having three or five
pendants: it is always borne in chief, and should ex-
tend across the field. No. 112. The Label is the Difference
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. 51
which distinguishes an eldest son, except in Boyal
Cadency. See Chap. XVI.
Letters of the Alphabet are sometimes used as Charges.
Lozenge : — No. 104. The arms of an unmarried lady and
of a widow are placed upon a lozenge, and not on a shield.
Lure : — see HawJc's-lure.
Lymphad : — a galley of early times, having one mast,
but also propelled by oars. It is blazoned with its sail
furled, and with its colours flying. The Lymphad is
borne by the Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Aber-
corn. It was also the device of the Macdonalds, the
Lords of Lorn, and it appears repeatedly upon their
monumental memorials at Iona. No. 151.
Manche or Maunche : — a sleeve having long pendant
ends, worn in the time of Henry I. It has been borne
from the earliest time by the family of Hastings. The
prevalent modes of representing the Maunche in Heraldry
are shown in No. 152.
Mascle : — a voided Lozenge. No. 109.
Mill-rind or Fer-de-Moline : — the iron affixed to the
centre of a Mill-stone. No. 153.
Mitre : — this episcopal ensign is borne in the arms of
the Sees of Norwich, Chester, Llandaff, Meath, and others.
See Mitre in Chap. XIV.
Moline : — a cross terminating like a Millrind. No. 75.
Morion : — a steel cap.
Morse : — a clasp, usually enriched with varied orna-
mentation.
Mount : — the base of a shield, when made to represent
a hillock, and tinctured vert.
Mullet : a star of five points or rays, all formed by right
lines, as No. 154. This charge is also borne with six, or
e 2
52 MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
eight, or even more points, but the rays are always
straight, and thus the Mullet essentially differs from the
Estoile, the, rays of which are always wavy. When they
exceed five in number, the rays of the Mullet must be
specified, thus :— No. 155 is a Mullet of eight points. This
favourite charge, so well known in the first quarter of the
shield of the De Veres, Plate VI. (Quarterly, gules and
or, a Mullet, argent), may be regarded as representing tlie
rowel of a spur, and it is often pierced, No. 157, (to be
indicated in blazon), as if to exhibit the adjustment of
the rowel to its axis. In Cadency, the Mullet is the dif-
ference of the third son. See Chap. XVI.
Ogress : — a Pellet.
Ordinaries : — the nine primary simple charges of He-
raldry. See Chap. VI.
Oreiller : — a cushion or pillow.
Orle :— No. 100.
Pale : — one of the Ordinaries. No. 36.
Pall : — an archi-episcopal vestment, worn by the Roman
hierarchy, and indicative of the order and rank of Arch-
bishops. In Heraldry, the Pall, of which one half only
is displayed, in form closely resembles the letter Y, and it
is always charged with crosses patees fitchees. It is borne
in the arms of the archi-episcopal sees of Canterbury
Armagh, and Dublin, No. 255. As a vestment, the Pall
is a narrow circular band of white lamb's-wool, which is
adjusted about the shoulders, and has two similar bauds
hanging down from it, the one before, and the other
behind. It is clearly shewn in the Brasses of archbishops
at York, Westminster, and elsewhere ; and in the early
effigies of ecclesiastics not of episcopal rank it is frequent-
ly represented in embroidery upon the Chesuble, as in the
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. 53
sculptured effigy at Beverley, and in the incised Brasses
at St. Alban's, North Mimms, and Wensley. No. 158. See
Archbishop, Chap. XIV.
Pallet: — a diminutive of the Pale. See Chap. VI.
Palmer's Staff : — an early charge. This device appears
on a slab at Haltwhistle.
Pastoral Staff: — the official staff of a Bishop or Abbot,
having a croolced head, No. 159, and thus is dis-
tinguished from an Archbishop's Crozier, the head of
which is cruciform, No. 160. (See Crozier in Chap. XIV.)
A Vexillum, or scarf, hangs from almost all representa-
tions of the Pastoral Staff, encircling its shaft. The
earlier examples are generally very plain ; but the custom
of richly adorning this staff was prevalent also from an
early period. The enamelled s f aff of Bishop William op
Wykeham, preserved in New College, Oxford, is a splen-
did specimen of the second half of the fourteenth century.
The Pastoral Staff is borne in the arms of the See of
Llandafp, &c. See Bishop in Chap. XIV.
Pattee or Formee : — a variety of the Cross, No. 85.
Pattee or Formee Fitchee : — a similar Cross, pointed at
the foot. No. 86.
Patonce : — a Cross, of which the four arms expand in
curves from the centre, and the ends are foliated. No. 77.
Patriarchal : — a Cross which has its head crossed hori-
zontally. No. 68.
Pellet : — a black spherical roundle. No. 54
Penner and Irikhorn : — a pen-case and vessel containing
ink, as they were carried in the Middle Ages by Notaries,
appended to their girdles, No. 161. The Penner and Ink-
horn are represented in two Brasses of Notaries, a.d. 1475
and 1566, preserved in the Church of St. Mary Tower,
Ipswich. Other early examples have also been noticed.
C4s MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
Pheon : — the barbed head of a spear or arrow, No. 162.
Unless the contrary be specified, the point of the Pheon
is blazoned to the base, as in the arms of the Earl
Brownlow, and the Baron De L'Isle.
Pickaxe : — an early Charge.
Pile:— No. 41.
Pillow: — see Cushion.
Plate : — a silver or white flat roundle. No. 51.
Pomme : — a green spherical roundle. No. 55.
Pommee: — a form of Cross. No. 81.
Portcullis : — a defence for a gateway, formed of trans-
verse bars bolted together, the vertical bars terminating
in base in pheons. In Heraldry, a Portcullis is always
represented as having rings at its uppermost angles, from
which chains depend on either side. This charge is the
well known Badge of the Beaxjforts, and also of the
Tudor Princes, and it is borne in the arms of Westmin-
ster. No. 163. See also Herald.
Quadrate : — squared ; a form of the cross. No. 72.
Quarter: — The first quarter of the Shield, now super-
ceded in use by the Canton.
Quarter-Pierced, and Quarterly -Pierced : — Nos. 73, 74.
Quatrefoil : — a figure formed of four curved leaves. In
architecture, a Quatrefoil within a circle, or a square, or
lozenge panel, very commonly contains an heraldic shield,
as in No. 164.
Rainbow : — borne with their Crest by the Hopes. No.
144 a.
Rapier : — a narrow stabbing sword.
Rays : — when drawn round the disc of a figure of the
sun, heraldic rays are sixteen in number, and they are
alternately straight and wavy.
Recercelee .-—curled j a form of the Cross, No. 76.
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Best : — see Charion.
Biband : — a diminutive of the Bend. See Chap. VL
Boundle i — a circular charge, which, when of metal is
flat, but when of color, spherical. See Chap. VI.
Bustre:— No. 110.
Saltire : — one of the ordinaries. Nos. 39, 49.
Scaling -Ladder : — No. 164 a. The Crest of the Greys.
Scarpe : — a diminutive of the Bend Sinister.
Seax : — a Saxon weapon, or scimetar, having a curved
notch cut off the back of it near the point. It is borne in
the arms of the County of Middlesex. No. 165.
ShacMe-bolt : — see Fetter-Loch.
Shake-fork : — a Charge resembling a Pall, but humettee,
and pointed. It is borne by the Marquess of Conyngham.
No. 166.
Shield : — a shield is sometimes borne as a Charge ; thus
the Hays bear, Argent, three shields gxdes. No. 167. In ad-
dition to their habitual use as achitectural accessories
in every variety of early Gothic edifice, Shields-
of-arms, in the Middle Ages, were often employed as
decorative accessories of costume ; thus the surcoat of
William de Valence, at Westminster, the Brass of
Lady Camoys, at Trotton, Sussex, and the effigy of a Lady
at Worcester, are thus decorated. See Chap. III.
Ship: — besides the ancient Galley, ships of a more
modern character appear amongst the Charges of Heraldry
Thus, the arms of the Corporation of the Trinity House
are four Ships under sail, gules, cantoned by a Cross of St.
George. No. 168.
Spear : — borne on a bend by Shakespere. See
Chap. XXVI.
Spur : — this knightly appointment, which from its
associations claims the special regard of the Herald, was
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worn with a single goad-like point, and known as the
" Pryck-Spur," No. 169, before the reign of Edward II.
About a.d. 1320, the Spur having a Wheel began to
supersede the earlier form, No 170 : and, shortly after,
the true Bouelle Spur, having the wheel spiked, made its
appearance, No. 171. The examples that I have given in
Nos. 169, 170, 171, and 172, are from the* effigies of
John op Eltham ; of a Knight at Clehongre, Hereford-
shire ; of the Black Prince ; and of Eichard Delamere,
Esq., Hereford. In the beginning of the fifteenth
century, spurs appear to have been sometimes worn with
Chmrds to their Bouelles, No. 172. In the middle of that
century they became of extravagant length, but towards
its close they assumed a more sensible form.
Steel-cap : — a close-fitting defence for the head.
Stirrup : — an early Charge borne by the Baron Gtfford.
Sufflue : — see Clarion.
Sword : — the Knightly Weapon of all ages in Heraldry
is generally represented unsheathed, straight in the
Blade, and pointed. In blazon, the Hilt, Pommel, and
Accoutrements of Swords are always to be specified.
Swords are borne in the Arms of the Sees of London,
Winchester, Exeter, and Cork ; also the Earl Potjlett
bears, Sa, three Swords in Pile, the Points in Base, arg.,
Hilts and Pommels, or. No. 173.
Target : — a circular Shield.
Tau : — a Cross resembling the letter T. No. 59. It is
borne in the arms of Drury.
Torch : — generally borne inflamed, or lighted.
Torse : — a wreath.
Torteau, plural Torteaux : — A red spherical Eoundle.
Tower: — a small Castle. No. 173 a.
Treille, or Trellise : — latice-work. It differs from
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N os 147 to 177.
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Frette, and Fretty, in that the pieces do not interlace under
and over, but cross each other in such a manner that all
the pieces from the dexter are in the same plane, and lie
over those from the sinister, and they are all fastened by
nails at the crossings. No. 174.
Tressure : — one of the Subordinaries, No. 102. It is
commonly blazoned as a Tressure fleurie. The Royal
Tressure of Scotland is blazoned as a Double Tressure,
fleurie, counter fleurie. No. 103.
Trumpet : — in Heraldry, a long straight tube, exempli-
fied in the Brass of Sir Roger de Trumpington. No.
175.
Vair .—one of the Furs. Nos. 29, 30.
Vanibrace : — armour for the fore-arm.
Vervels : — small rings.
Water-Bouget : — a vessel used by mediaeval soldiers for
carrying water. It is borne by the Baron De Ros, and
by the Bottrchiers. Two modifications of the form of
this Charge are shown in No. 176.
No. 144.— De Fitz William. No. 167. — Hay.
No. 139.
No. 185. Percy Ceest. No. 186. Howakd Cbest.
CHAPTEE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES,
PART II.— ANIMATE BEINGS.
This Group of Charges comprises, with a varied series
of Creatures that exist in Nature, several others that are
indebted for their shadowy existence only to the poetic
imagination of the early Heralds. Those Parts of the
Bodies of Animals also, which constitute distinct Heraldic
Charges, I have associated with the Creatures themselves ;
and the whole have been subjected to a classified arrange-
ment.
1. Human Beings occasionally appear in heraldic com-
positions, in which case the blazon always expresses with
consistent distinctness the attitude, costume, action, &c,
of every figure. Human figures, however, generally
occur as Supporters, or Crests ; and Parts of the human
body are more frequently introduced than actual Figures.
Human figures appear in the arms of the Sees of
Salisbury, Chichester, Lincoln, Clogher, and Water-
ford. In the Arms of the See of Oxford are three
demi-figures. The Head and the Hands of a man, when
they appear as Charges, must be so blazoned as to define
and describe their position, &c. Thus, a Head would be
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in profile, or affrontee, or reguardant, or uncovered, or
helmed, &c. ; and the Hand would be either the Dexter, or
the Sinister, or erect, or grasping some object, &c. ; an
open hand is said to be appaumee. The same would be
the case with an Arm, which, when bent at the elbow, is
emhowed, &c. The very singular armorial ensign of the
Isle of Man, now quartered by the Duke of Athol, is
thus blazoned : Gules, three Legs, armed, proper, conjoined in
the Fesse point at the upper part of the thighs, flexed in a
triangle, garnished and spurred, or. No. 176 a. Archbishop
Juxon, who died a.d. 1663, bore — Or, a Cross, gules, between
four Blackamoors* Heads, couped at the shoulders, proper,
wreathed about the temples, of the field. The same
Charge is borne by the Earl Canning. The Badge of
Ulster, the distinctive Ensign of the Order and Bank of
Baronets, instituted in 1612, by James I, is the ancient
armorial Ensign of the Irish Kingdom of Ulster, and is
thus blazoned, upon a small shield — argent, a Sinister
Hand, couped at the wrist and erect, gules. No. 17 7.
Inseparably associated with their historic name, the
Douglases bear, as the armorial insignia of their house,
Argent, a human Heart, gules, imperially crowned, proper ; on
a Chief, azure, three Mullets, of the Field. The royal
Heart was that of Robert Bruce, which the " Good Sir
James Douglas" was carrying to the Holy Land, that he
might bury it at Jerusalem, when he himself fell in battle
with the Saracens of Andalusia, a.d. 1330. The
crown is a comparatively recent addition to the original
charge. No. 177 a.
II. The Heraldry of the Lion. The King of Beasts
is the animal which, as a Charge of Heraldry, has always
been held in the very highest estimation. He appears in
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heraldic Blazonry under the most varied conditions, and
in association with almost every other device. I have
considered it to be desirable, accordingly, to assign to the
" Heraldry of the Lion," a distinct section of its own.
The Lion is borne in heraldic Compositions em-
blazoned in thirteen varieties of attitude.
1. The Lion Passant, No. 178, is walking, and has
three of his paws placed on the ground, the fourth (one of
the fore paws) being raised up. He looks in the direction
that he is walking, which, unless the contrary be specified,
is towards the Dexter. This Lion was borne by the
Carews, and it is now charged upon a Fesse by the Earl
of Carysfort.
2. The Lion Passant Guardant, No. 179, differs from
the Lion Passant, in the circumstance that he is affronte
— looking out from the shield at the spectator. A Golden
Lion Passant Guardant, upon a Field gules, is a Lion of
England. No. 198. In early Heraldry, and particu-
larly in the blazon of the French Heralds, the term
Leopard was applied to the lion when passant or passant
guardant ; hence the Lions of England were often bla-
zoned as Leopards.
3. The Lion Passant Beguardant, is walking in
the same manner and towards the same direction, but he
looks back to the Sinister. No. 179 a.
4. The Lion Rampant, No. 180, stands erect on his two
hind legs, but has only one of his fore legs elevated.
The Scottish Lion is Rampant, his Tincture being
gules, on a field, or : thus, Sir Walter Scott, speaking of
the Royal Banner of Scotland, says that upon it
" The ruddy lion ramps in gold." No. 103.
HERAIfDRY OF THE If I ON.
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Plate X
N os 178 to 199.
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5. The Lion Rampant Ghiardant, No. 181, is the same
as the Lion Rampant, except that he is affronte instead of
looking before him. The Dexter Supporter of England
is snch a Lion, of gold. This is the habitual attitude of
Lions when they are Supporters.
6. The Lion Rampant Reguardant, No. 182, looks behind
him. Such lions are the Supporters of the Barons
Braybroke and Brownlow.
7. The Lion Salient, No. 183, is in the act of making
his spring, erect, with both his fore paws elevated.
8. Two Lions Combattant, No. 184, are Rampant and
face to face, as if in combat. They were thus charged
upon the shield of Richard I, before he assumed upon
it the three Lions Passant. Two Lions Combattant are
now borne by the Viscount Lorton.
9. A Lion Statant, has his four feet upon the
ground, and looks before him. A Lion Statant, having
his Tail extended in a right line, is the Crest of the Duke
of Northumberland, No. 185.
10. A Lion Statant Chiardant, stands looking affronte.
Such a Lion, having his Tail extended in a right line,
is the Crest of the Duke of Norfolk, No. 186.
11. When sitting down, his four legs being strectched
out on the ground, but his head erect, a Lion is Sejant,
No. 187.
12. A Lion Sejant, having his fore legs elevated, is
Sejant Rampant. No. 187 a.
13. When in the attitude of taking repose, the Lion is
Couchant, or Dormant. No. 187 b.
A Demi Lion Rampant, No. 188, is the upper half of
the body of the animal, and half its tail with the tuft in
which it terminates.
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A Lion's Face, No. 189, is a Charge : and his Head also
is a Charge that frequently occurs; it may be either
couped, No. 190, or erased, No. 191.
The entire leg, No. 192, is a Lion's Jambe, or Gambe,
when borne alone ; but if the limb be cut off, whether
erased or couped, at or below the middle joint, it is a
Paw.
Two Lions Kampant, placed back to back, are addorsed,
No. 193. If they are passant, the one to the dexter,
and the other to the sinister, they are Counter-passant
The Lion is frequently crowned, No. 194 ; or he grasps
some object in either his mouth or his paw, No. 195 \ or
he is collared, and perhaps a chain may be attached to his
collar, No. 196 ; or he may have his neck gorged, (encircled,
that is) with a coronet ; or his body may be charged with
various devices, or he may be Vigilant, or Vorant — watch-
ing for his prey, or devouring it ; or he may have Wings, as
in the instance of the Supporters of the Baroness Be aye ;
or he may be double tailed, No. 197, (queue four chee) , as
he was borne by the De Montforts.
A Lion is said to be armed of his claws and teeth,
and langued of his tongue.
When an Ordinary is set over a Lion, the animal is
debruised by such Ordinary.
When a Lion is represented as proceeding or rising
up out of a Chief, or Fesse, or any other Charge, he is
said to be issuant, or naissant- as in the Arms of the
Baron Dormer.
Several Lions, whether Passant, or Rampant, may
be charged upon a single shield ; thus, England bears
No. 198, p. 13 — gules, three Lions Passant Ouardant, in
Pale, or ; and the Earl of Pembroke bears — per Pale,
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azure and gules, three Lions Rampant, two and one, argent
No. 199.
When more than four Lions occur in the same com-
position, they are termed Lioncels. In this case, the
animals are almost invariably Eampant. When charged
upon an Ordinary, even two or three Lions would be
entitled Lioncels — as in the chevron of the Cobhams. The
Shield No. 200, of William Longspee, Earl of Salis-
bury, who died a.d. 1226, bears six Lioncels upon a Field
azure. Another fine early example is the Shield of the
De Bohuns, Earls of Hereford, which is thus bla-
zoned : Azure, a Bend, Argent, cotised and between six
Lioncels, or: No. 201. Amongst the other celebrated
names with which the Lion is associated as an heraldic
charge, are Percy, De Laci, Fitz Alan, Mowbray, De
Bruce, Segrave, &c, &c. See Chap. XXYI.
The Lion is borne of every variety of Tincture. He is
always armed and angued, gules; unless he himself or the
field be of that colour, in which case both his claws and
his tongue are azure.
I have considered the Drawing of this animal in
Chap. XXX.
III. Various other Animals take those parts which
Heralds have been pleased to assign to them; their
especial vocation, however, appears to be to act as Sup-
porters. As Charges, the Horse, the Elephant, the Camel,
the Dog, the Stag, the Antelope, the Tiger, the Leopard,
the Bull, the Calf, the Goat, the Lamb, the Boar (tang-
lier), the Fox, the Wolf, the Cat-a-mountain or Wild Cat,
the Squirrel, the Hedgehog, the Beaver, and many others
will attract the attention of the student. The Heads
of many Animals also appear in Blazonry., In every
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instance, the terms that give a precise and definite indi-
viduality to each may easily be acquired.
The terms that are applied to Lions are also applicable
to all beasts of prey. Any animal in a sitting posture is
Sejant, and Statant when standing ; and, in like manner,
other terms, which have no special reference to habits
of violence and ferocity, are alike applicable to every
animal.
Stags and their kindred animals have several terms
peculiarly their own. Their antlers are Tynes ; when they
stand, they are at gaze, No. 202 ; when in easy motion, they
are tripping, No. 203 ; when in rapid motion, they are at
speed, No. 203 A; and when at rest, they are lodged, No. 204.
All the fiercer animals are armed of their horns, but a
stag is attired of his antlers.
The head of a stag, when placed affrontee, is cabossed.
This is the well known charge of the families of Stanley
and Cavendish, the former bearing three Stags 1 Heads
cabossed, of silver, upon an azure bend ; the latter a similar
number of the same device, argent, upon sable. No. 205.
A stag, full-grown and of mature age, is generally
styled a Hart ; the female, without horns, is a Hind. A
Reindeer, in Heraldry, is represented as a stag with
double attires. The Bear and Ragged Staff, No. 206, are
famous as cognizances of the Earls of Warwick, and
the Talbot Dog, No. 207, of the Earls of Shrewsbury.
The Marquis Camden bears three Elephants' heads. The
Baron Blayney bears three Horses 1 heads. The sup-
porters of the Earl of Orkney are an Antelope and a
Stag ; those of the Baron Macdonald are two Leopards ;
and those of the Duke of Bedford are a Lion and an
Antelope, the Russell crest being a Goat. The Earl of
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ANIMATE BEINGS.
CHAP!
Plat,
N os 202 to 220
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Malmesbury bears three Hedgehogs; and two Foxes are
leaping, saltire-wise, on the ancient shield of Sir Watkin
Williams Wynne.
A singular Charge, that must be placed with this
group, was borne by the De Cantelupes, and it also
constitutes the Arms of the See of Hereford : this is a
Leopard's face, affrontee, resting upon a Fleur-de-lys, and
having the lower part of the flower issuing from the
animal's mouth. In the Hereford shield, the Leopards'
Faces are reversed. This is emblazoned as jessant-de-lys.
Nos. 207, 208.
IV. Birds, Fishes, Insects, and Reptiles, also, form
Charges of Heraldry. They appear in Blazon under their
habitual natural guise : but there are descriptive terms
used by Heralds, which these creatures may claim as
exclusively their own.
Birds in the act of flight are volant, when flying aloft
they are soaring, and their expanded wings are said to be
overt, No. 209. In the instance of Birds of Prey, the ex-
panded wings are also said to be displayed, while those of
all birds that are not Birds of Prey, are disclosed. If the
tips of the wings droop downwards, they are inverted, or in
Lure, No. 210 ; but if elevated without being expanded, the
wings are erect, No. 211 ; and if turned backwards, addorsed,
Nos. 212, 213. A Bird, about to take wing, is rising or rous-
sant ; but trussed or closed, No. 215, when at rest. A Bird
preying on another, No. 21 2, is trussing it, and not vorant,
as a Beast of Prey.
A Hawk is belled and jessed.
A Game-cock is armed of his Beak and Spurs, crested of
his Comb, and jowlopped of his Wattles.
A Peacock, having its tail displayed, is in its pride,
as it is borne by the Duke of Rutland for his crest.
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An Eagle, or Erne, with expanded wings, No. 212 a,
is displayed ; as borne by the Monthermers and Mon-
tagues. An Eagle appears on the seal of Richard,
Earl of Cornwall, supporting his Shield-of-Arms from
its beak, about a.d. 1260.
A young, or a, small eagle, is an Eaglet.
An Imperial Eagle has two heads, as No. 212 b.
A Pelican, represented as standing above its nest,
having its wings addorsed, and nourishing its young
with its blood, is blazoned as a Pelican in its Piety.
The example, No. 213, forms the finial of the fine Brass
to Dean Prestwych, at Warbleton, Sussex, a.d. 1436.
A Swan, when blazoned proper, is white, with red beak,
and has some black about the nostrils. A Black Swan,
ducally gorged and chained, was the Badge of the De Bo-
huns, No. 214. and No. 234 b.
Various sea-birds appear in blazon.
A Cornish Chough, No. 215, the crest of the Baron
Bridport, is black, with red legs and beak.
Small Birds are generally drawn in the form of Black-
birds, but their colour must be blazoned.
The Martlet or Merlotte, No. 216 and 216a may be regard-
ed as the heraldic swallow. In Cadency, the Martlet is the
Difference of the fourth son. It was borne by the De
Valences, No. 101, and in the Arms of Edward the Con-
fessor, No. 78. It now is charged upon the shield of
the Earl of Arundel. See p. 69.
Ravens, Parrots called by Heralds Popinjays, Herons,
Falcons, Doves or Colombs, and many others, and the
Wings of birds in various attitudes, appear in Heraldry.
Fish of every variety are borne as heraldic charges ;
but when no particular variety is specified and the crea-
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ture is of small size, the blazon simply states the charge
to be " a fish."
When swimming in f esse, across the field, a fish is naiant,
No. 217. When in pale, No. 218, as if rising to the sur-
face for breathing, it is hauriant ; but urinant when its
head is in base, No. 218 a ; and when its body is bent, as a
dolphin is represented, it is emhowed, No. 219.
The fish borne by the Duke of Northumberland are
styled Lucies, a kind of pike. Amongst the other fish com-
monly borne in Heraldry are Barbels, Herrings, Roach, &c.
Various Shells occur in Heraldry, and particularly the
Escallop, No. 220, borne by the Eussells. See Chap.
XXYI.
Bees and Butterflies are blazoned volant. A Tortoise
as passant. A Snake may be gliding, or if twined into
a knot it is nowed.
Imaginary Beings. Heralds have introduced amongst
the figures that act as both supporters and charges, ima-
ginary representations of the heavenly hierarchy. Thus
Angels form the supporters of the Barons Decies, North-
wick and Abinger, of Sir M. Barlow, Bart., and others.
Several animal forms have been added by heralds,
from their own creative imaginations, to those which
Nature had provided for them to introduce into their
symbolical blazonry. A few only of these occur in Eng-
lish heraldry.
The Allerion, — an eagle destitute of both beak and
feet. The same term is also applied to natural eagles.
The Cockatrice, No. 221, a winged monster, having the
head, body, and feet of a cock, and the tail of a dragon j
borne for supporters and crest by the Earl of Donough-
more. The head of a Cockatrice is borne as a Crest,
f 2
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and is represented in the Brasses to Sir N. Dagworth,
a.d. 1401, at Blickling, Norfolk, No. 222, and to Roger
Elmebrygge, a.d. 1435, at Bedington, Surrey, No. 222 a.
It was also the crest of the Earls of Arundel.
The Centaur or Sagittarius, which was the device, and
has been mistaken for the arms, of King Stephen.
The Dragon, No. 223, a winged animal, generally with
four legs and having a tail like that of a serpent. It appears
as a military ensign in the Bayeux Tapestry, No. 223 a,
and is common in more recent Heraldry.
The Griffin or Gryphon, No. 224, combining the
bodily attributes of the lion and the eagle, is of the
same family with a group of the sculptured figures of
Assyria. When in its customary attitude, erect and with
wings expanded, this monster is segreant. A gryphon is
the dexter supporter of the Duke of Cleveland, and the
sinister supporter of the Duke of Manchester; the
Baron Dynevor has, for his dexter supporter, a gryphon co-
ward — that is, having his tail hanging down. The gry-
phon borne by the Marquess of Ormonde is wingless.
This creature, distinguished in blazon as a Male Gryphon,
has two horns.
A Mermaid, No. 225, a Badge of the Berkeleys, was the
Dexter Supporter of Sir Walter Scott ; and both the sup-
porters of the Viscount Boyne are also Mermaids. Lord
Berkeley, in his Dine Brass at Wotton-under-Edge,
a.d. 1392, wears a Collar of Mermaids, No. 225 a, over
his camail. In St. Alban's Abbey there is an early tile
charged with a Mermaid. The shields of the Baron Lyt-
tleton and Sir G. G. Otway, Bart., are supported on
either side by a Triton, No. 226, or Merman.
The Wyvern, No. 227, may be described as a flying mon-
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AXIMATE EEIXGS & NATURAIf OBJECTS.
Plate XII
N os - 221 to 240
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ster of the Dragon order, having only two legs and feet ;
its Tail is said to be nowed. Two Wyverns support the
Shield of the Earl of Eglinton.
The Unicorn is the well known Dexter Supporter of
England, (See Chap. XIX) ; a pair of Unicorns also
support the shield of the Duke of Kutland. No. 227 a.
A Monster, a compound of a Lion and Fish, or a
Sea-Lion, is known in the fabulous menagerie of Heraldry.
Two of these Sea-Lions are supporters of the Viscount Fal-
mouth. So also are the Pegasus, No. 227 b, the winged
Horse of Classic antiquity, the Dexter Supporter of the
Baron Berwick ; the PJwenix, another relic of remote tra-
dition that sits amidst flames, doing duty for a crest above
the shield of Sir W. B. Johnston; the Salamander, another
inhabitant of flames, the crest of the Earl of Selkirk ;
the heraldic Ibex, or Antelope, the Sinister Supporter of
Baron Dunsany ; and certain heraldic Panthers and Tigers,
and other fierce animals, which breathe fire, and have
various strange modifications of what nature has assigned
to their prototypes. I must add to the imaginary groups
the little Martlet, No. 216 a, when that favourite heraldic
bird is blazoned without feet.
No. 225 A.— Collar of Mermaids.
Brass to Thomas, Lord Berkeley, a.d. 1392, Wotton-under-Edge,
Gloucestershire.
No. 239A— CIIESTEK. No. 234.— BLACK PEINCE.
No. 239— LEVESON.
CHAPTER XII.
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
PAET ILL— NATUKAL OBJECTS.
Natural objects of every kind have placed themselves
without reserve under the orders of the Herald, that they
may contribute to the Charges which he places upon
shields, and in any other capacity may realise his
wishes.
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, appear in He-
raldry. Trees, Plants and Flowers, in like manner, are
constantly to be found in the capacity of heraldic Charges
and Devices. A few descriptive terms are peculiarly
appropriate to objects of this class. Thus : trees, &c,
if grown to maturity, are accrued; if bearing fruit or
seeds, fructed ; if clothed with leaves, in foliage ; if droop-
ing, pendent ; if having their roots exposed, eradicated ;
slipped, when irregularly broken or torn off; when cut
off, couped ; when deprived of their leaves, blasted ; and
when of their natural aspect and hue, proper. The term
" barbed" denotes the small green leaves, the points
of which appear about an heraldic rose : and " seeded "
indicates any seed-vessel, or seeds.
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CELESTIAL OBJECTS.
The Sun in Heraldry is generally represented with a
human face upon its disc and environed with rays, these
rays being sometimes alternately straight and wavy.
The great celestial luminary is blazoned as " in his splen-
dour," or " in his glory." He appears thus in the shield
of the Marquess of Lothian ; and in a Eoll of arms of
about 1250, (British Museum, Harl. MSS. 6589) Jean de
la Hay, bears, — " Argent, the Sun in his splendour, gules,
No. 228. In some instances, always to be specified, the sun
appears as shining from behind a cloud ; or, as rising, or
setting; or, a ray of the sun is borne alone, as by Bauf
de la Hay, in the Eoll of Henry III, No. 229.
The Moon is in her Complement, or in Plenitude, when
at the full ; she is a Crescent, when her horns point to-
wards the chief, No. 230 ; in Cadency, this is the Dif-
ference of the second son. She is Decrescent, No. 231,
when her horns point to the sinister. She is Increscent,
or in Increment, when her horns point to the dexter, No. 232.
Star : — see Mullet and Estoile, in Chap. X.
TREES, PLANTS, FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
The Charges of this class which are generally in use,
are the following : —
Cinquefoil, or Quintefoil : — a leaf or flower, having five
cusps, No. 233. In the early Eolls the cinquefoil and the
six-foil are used without any distinction.
Ears of Barley, Wheat, &c : — represented in their
natural forms. At St. Alban's Abbey, the shield of Abbot
John de Wheathampstede, of the time of Henry VI.,
displays gules, a chevron, between three clusters of as many ears
of wheat, or: No. 201.
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MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
Feather : — the Ostrich feather is the one that is usually
borne as an heraldic device. It sometimes is charged
upon shields ; and it constantly appears as a favourite
Badge of the Plantagenets. The shields that are placed
about the monument of the Black Prince, are alternately
charged with his arms, and with three ostrich feathers upon
a sable field, No. 234, p. 70. Each of these feathers has its
quill piercing a small scroll, bearing the words — Ich dien,
No. 234 a. The ostrich feather was habitually used
by the Black Prince, as a Badge. It appears, with
the scroll, upon the seal of Henry IV., before he became
sovereign. His son, Henry V., bore a similar badge, the
feather being carried by a black swan (a badge of his
mother, Mary de Bohun) in its beak : No. 234 b. The
ostrich feather and scroll have a place also amongst the
heraldic insignia of Prince Arthur Tudor, a.d. 1502, at
Worcester : No. 235. The three ostrich feathers of the
Prince of Wales do not appear to have been grouped
together within a coronet, as they are now borne, before
the time of the Stuarts. No. 235 a, Plate XV.
Fleur-de-Lys : — this most beautiful and effective
Charge, generally supposed to be the flower of the Lily
is the ancient cognizance of France. In its origin, the
Fleur-de-Lys or Fleur-de-Luce, may be a Rebus, signify-
ing the " Flower of Louis." Mr. Planche, (who always
speaks with authority when he dons his tabard), after
stating this supposition, adds that " Clovis is the Fran-
kish form of the modern Louis, the G being dropped, as
in Clothaire, Loihaire, &c." If Clovis himself bore the
Fleur-de-Lys, that famous heraldic charge may have been
assumed by the Frankish Prince as his Rebus, from the
favourite Clove-pink, or gillyflower. The Fleur-de-Lys
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. 73
appears in early Heraldry under several modifications of
its typical form. It was in especial favour with the
designers of the inlaid pavement-tiles of the Middle Ages,
Nos. 236, 236 a, 236 b. It forms one of the figures of
the diaper of the shield of Eobert de Vere, No. 156,
Plate VI., and it decorates the Eoyal Tressure of Scot-
land, in the shield that Henry HE. placed in Westminster
Abbey, No. 103. This same figure was known to the Eo-
mans ; and it formed the ornamental heads of sceptres and
pommels of swords from the earliest period of the
French monarchy, No. 238. See also No. 237, 237 a,
Plate XV.
The Fleur-de-Lys was first borne on a royal seal by
Louis VII. of France, a.d. 1137—1180. Edward III.
quartered the French shield, semee-de-Lys, on his Great
Seal, a.d. 1340 ; and in or about 1405, Henry IV.
reduced the number of the Fleur-de-Lys to three, that
reduction having been effected in the French Seal by
Charles V., a.d. 1364—1380. The Fleurs-de-Lys were re-
moved from the English Shield in 1801.
This charge is blazoned in the Eoll of Henry III.
One of the shields of Henry III. in Westminster Abbey
is semee-de-Lys, No. 2. It is now borne, without any
other charge, in the shield of the Baron Digby.
Garbe : — a wheatsheaf, borne in the arms of the Earls
of Chester, and still apparent in the greater number of
the shields of the nobility and gentry of the County
Palatine of Cheshire, No. 239, Plate XII., and 239 a,
p. 70.
Gillyflower : — a species of pink, in great favour in the
middle ages.
Hill and Hillock : — a green mound. When only one
74 MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES.
appears, the former term is used ; but the latter denotes
several mounds, their exact number to be specified.
Hurst: — a group of trees. Thus, Elmhurst bears
seven elm trees on a mound.
heaves : — the leaf or leaves, or the branches of any
tree or plant must be specified and described in the
blazon. Hazel-leaves are borne by Hazlerigg; Oak-
branches by Okstead, No. 239 a, Plate XII., and Oakes ;
Strawberry-leaves (or Fraises) by Frazer ; Laurel-leaves,
by Leveson, No. 239, p. 70 ; Holly-leaves, by Blackwood.
Planta- Genista : — the Broom-plant, the famous Badge
of the Plantagenet family. The pods, with their seeds,
as well as the leaves and flowers, are represented upon
the bronze effigy of Richard II. in "Westminster Abbey,
No. 240, Plate XII.
Pods of Beans, &c. : — when used as Charges, the pods
are open, and shew their seed.
Hose : — in Heraldry, the Rose is represented after the
conventional manner exemplified in No. 241. In some few
early examples the small leaves are omitted, as in No.
242. When tinctured gules, the Rose is the Badge of the
Plantagenets of the House of Lancaster, the Yorkist
Rose being argent, No. 242 a. In Cadency, the Rose is the
Difference of the seventh son, No. 385. Occasionally, the
Queen of Flowers is in use in Heraldry in its natural
form and aspect, with stalk, leaves and buds. Such a Rose
is the Emblem of England. See Chap. XIX.
Bo8e-en-8oleil : — the white Rose of the Plantagenets
of the House of York, surrounded by rays, as of the
sun. It was assumed by Edward IV., after the Battle
of Mortimer's Cross, Feb. 2nd, 1461 : Nos. 243, 248 a.
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Worcester abounds in fine examples of the heraldic roses
of the House of York and Lancaster, and of the Tudors,
as in Nos. 242, 243, and 247, Chap. XVII.
Shamrock: — a trefoil, or three-leaved grass, the Em-
blem of Ireland. It is represented now as growing on
the same stalk as the Eose and the Thistle. See Chap XIX.
Six-foil: — a flower having six leaves or cusps. It is
an early Charge. By the French Heralds, at an early
period, six- foils were blazoned as Angennes. No. 244,
Plate XIII.
Stock:— the stump of a Tree: No. 245, Plate XIII.
Eebus of Woodstock.
Teazle : — the head or seed-vessel of a species of thistle
used in cloth manufactures.
Thistle: — the Emblem of Scotland. It is now repre-
sented as growing on the same stalk as the Rose and the
Shamrock. See Chap. XLX.
Trefoil: — a flower or leaf, having three cusps. It is
generally blazoned with a stalk — a trefoil slipped : No. 246.
Tudor- Rose : — a combination of the Lancastrian and
Yorkist Roses. Sometimes it quarters the two tinctures, and
sometimes has the rose, argent, charged upon the rose, gules ;
No. 247. Splendid examples of Heraldic Roses, occur in
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and in Henry YII's
Chapel, Westminster. At King's, the Rose, Fleur-de-Lys
and Portcullis, are sculptured with extraordinary bold-
ness, each figure being surmounted by a crown, as in
No. 248.
Various Fruits, Seeds and Berries are borne as
Charges, and they are tinctured as well as drawn proper,
unless the contrary be specified. For example, three pears,
ppr. appear in the arms of the Baron Colchester ; three
acorns, are borne by Sir W. W. Dalling ; three fir-cones
by Sir E. G-. Perrott, &c.
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CHAPTEE XIII.
DESCRIPTIVE TEEMS.
The Descriptive Heraldic Terms that are arranged in
alphabetical order in this Chapter, are of general applica-
tion.
Abatement: — any sign of degradation.
Accosted : — placed side by side.
Accrued : — grown to maturity.
Addorsed : — placed back to back ; or, pointing or inclin-
ing backwards.
Affrontee : — so placed as to shew the full face, or the
front of any figure or object.
Appaumee : — the hand opened and set upright, and
presenting the palm to view.
Armed: — denotes the natural weapons for defence
and offence, with which any beast or bird of prey is pro-
vided.
Armes Parlantes : — heraldic compositions or charges
that are canting or allusive.
Arrondie : — rounded, curved.
Attired : — having Antlers, or such Horns as are natural
to all animals of the Deer species.
Augmentations : — honourable additions to Arms.
Banded : — encircled with a band or riband.
DESCRIPTIVE TEEMS. 77
Barbed : — having small green leaves, as the heraldic
Rose.
Barded : — caparisoned, as a Charger. The Bardings of
the knightly war-horses were commonly charged with
heraldic insignia.
Barruly : — harry of ten or more pieces.
Barry : — divided Bar-wise into an even number of parts.
Barry-Bendy : — divided into an even number of parts,
both horizontally and diagonally.
Bar-wise: — disposed after the manner of a Bar.
Battled, or Embatled : — having Battlements, or bordered
after the manner of Battlements.
Battled- Embattled : — having double Battlements, or one
Battlement set upon another.
Beaked : — applied to Birds not of prey, to denote the
Tincture of their Beaks.
Belled : — having a Bell or Bells attached.
Bend -wise : — disposed after the manner of a Bend.
Bendy : — divided Bend-wise into an even number of
parts.
Bezantee : — studded with Bezants.
Billetee : — studded with Billets.
Blasted : — deprived of leaves, or withered.
Braced, or Brazed : — interlaced.
Brettepee: — counter-embattled, having Battlements facing
both ways.
Cabossed : — when the Head of an animal is borne af-
frontee, without any part of the neck being seen.
Cadency : — see Chap. XYI.
Cantoned : — placed between four objects or Charges : or
when a single Charge is placed in the first quarter of a
shield.
78 DESCRIPTIVE TERMS.
Cercelee, or Becercelee : — curling at the extremities.
Charged : — placed or borne upon the Field of a Shield,
Banner, or any other object.
Cheky, or Chequee : — a Field covered with small squares
alternating of two Tinctures, there being more than two
horizontal rows of such squares, No. 126, Plate IV. The
shield of the De Warren es, still quartered by the
Duke of Norfolk, is chequee, or, and azure, Plate VI.
Clenched : — the Hand closed.
Close: — when the Wings of a Bird lie close to its
Body.
Combatant : — as if in the act of fighting.
Compony or Componee : — a series of small squares of two
alternating Tinctures, arranged in a single row : No. 124.
Compounding Arms : — see Chap. XV.
Conjoined : — united and joined together.
Conjoined in Lure: — two wings joined together with
their Tips downwards, as borne by the Duke of Somer-
set.
Contournee : — sitting, standing, or moving, with the
Face to the Sinister.
Cotised : — placed between two Cotises.
Couchant : — lying down.
Counter-Changed : — see Chap. IX.
Counter- Compony : — a Double Compony.
Counter --Embowed : — bent with the Elbow to the Sinister.
Counter- Fleurie : — a pair or several pairs of Fleurs-de-
lys set opposite to each other.
Counter-Passant : — walking in opposite directions.
Counter-Salient : — leaping in opposite directions.
Counter-Vair : — a variety of Vair, in which the Bells
are arranged base to base, No. 30, p. 26.
DESCRIPTIVE TERMS. 79
Couped : — cut off smoothly as by a sharp instrument,
and bounded by a right line.
Courant : — running.
Coward : — when an animal has its tail between its legs.
Crenellee ; — embattled.
Crested: — having a Crest, as a Bird has a crest of
feathers.
Crined : — having hair or a mane.
Crusily or Crusilee : — semee of Crosses-Crosslets. If
any other form of Cross is introduced, its distinctive cha-
racter must be specified.
Dancettee : — deeply indented.
Debruised j — when an Ordinary rests upon an Animal,
or on another Ordinary.
Decked : — adorned.
Degreed, or Degraded : — placed upon Steps.
Demembred or Dismembered : — cut into several pieces,
but without having the severed Fragments disarranged.
Demi : — the Half. The upper or front Half is always
understood, unless the contrary be stated.
Developed : — fully displayed, as a Flag.
Diapered : — See p. 42, and Plates VI., VII.
Dimidiated : — cut in halves, and one half removed. (See
Chap. XV.)
Disclosed : — having the Wings expanded — applied to all
Birds that are not Birds of prey.
Displayed : — having the wings expanded — applied to all
Birds of prey.
Disposed : — arranged.
Dormant : — in the attitude and act of sleeping.
Double-tete : — having two Heads.
Double-queue, or Queue-fourchee : — having two Tails, as
in the case of some lions.
80 DESCRIFTIVE TERMS.
Dovetail : — a system of Counter-wedging.
Embattled : — battled.
Embowed : — bent, with the Elbow to the Dexter : arched.
Embrued : — stained with Blood.
Enfiled : — thrust through with a Sword.
Engoulee : — pierced through the Mouth.
Enhanced: — raised towards the Chief. Thus, the
Baron Byron bears three Bendlets enhanced : No. 249, p. 76.
Ensigned : — adorned.
Environnee and Enveloped : — surrounded.
Equipped : — fully caparisoned and provided.
Eradicated : — taken up by the Boots.
Erased : — torn off roughly, so that the severed Parts
have jagged edges. It is the converse to Couped.
Erect : — set upright in a vertical position.
Fesse-unse: — disposed after the manner of a Fesse.
Figured : — any object, as the Sun's Disc, when charged
with a human Face.
Fimbriated : — having a narrow Border.
Finned: — having fins, as Fish.
Fitchee : — pointed at the Base, and so " fixable" in the
ground.
Fleurettee, or Florettee : — terminating in Fleurs-de-lys ;
also seme'e of fleurs-de-lys.
Fleurie : — terminating in three Points.
Flexed : — bent or bowed.
Flighted- : — feathered, as an Arrow.
Fly : — the length of any Flag, from its point of sus-
pension outwards.
Flotant : — floating.
Foliated : — formed like a Leaf or Leaves.
DESCRIPTIVE TERMS. 81
FourcMe : — divided into two parts at the extremity.
Fresnee : — rearing up on the hind legs.
Frettee : — covered with Frette-work.
Fructed : — bearing fruit, ot seeds of whatsoever kinds.
Fumant : — emitting smoke.
Furnished : — equipped with.
Fusillee : — covered with Fusils.
Garnished : — adorned.
At Gaze : — applied to an Animal of the Chase, when
standing still, affrontee.
Gerattyng : — see Chap. XVI.
Girt -, or Girdled : — bound round with any object.
Gliding : — the movement of Snakes.
Gobony : — Compony.
Gorged : — encircled round the neck or throat.
Gouttee, or Guttee : — sprinkled over with Drops.
This term is used with various affixes, as follows : Gout-
tee de larmes, sprinkled with tears, or oVeau, with water
(tinctured argent) ; a" olive, with oil, (vert) ; d'or, with
gold ; de poix, with pitch, (sable) ; or du sang, with blood,
(gules). No. 250, page 76.
Gouttee reversed : — when the Drops have their natural
position inverted. No. 251, page 76.
Gradient : — the act of walking, as by a Tortoise.
Grafted : — inserted and fixed in.
Guardant : — looking with the full Face towards the spec-
tator. It is applied to Beasts of Prey. See Gaze and
Gyronny or Gyronnee : — divided after the manner of a
Gyron.
Habited : — clothed.
Haurient : — applied to a Fish, when placed in Pale.
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82 DESCRIPTIVE TERMS.
Hau8e : — placed higher than its customary position.
Heightened : — having a decorative accessory, or another
Charge, placed higher in the field than any Charge.
Hilted : — having a handle, as a Sword.
Hoist : — the depth of any Flag from its point of sus-
pension downwards.
Hooded: — having the Head covered with a Coif or
Hood.
Hoofed : — having Hoofs of any particular Tincture.
Horned : — having Horns of any particular Tincture.
Humettee : — cowped at the extremities.
Hurtee : — seme*e of Hurtes.
Imbrued, Imbued : — stained with Blood.
Impaled : — united by Impalement.
Imperially Crowned: — surmounted by the Crown of
England.
Incensed: — having Fire issuing from the Mouth and
Ears.
Increment, or Increscent: — a New Moon, having its
Horns towards the Dexter.
Indented : — having a serrated border line.
Inflamed : — burning in Flames.
In Bend : — set Bend- wise.
In Chevron :— set in the form of a Chevron.
In Chief: — set in the Chief of the Shield.
In Cross : — set in the form of a Cross.
In Fesse : — set Fesse-wise.
In Foliage :— a Plant or Tree bearing Leaves.
In Lure: — two Wings conjoined, with their tips in
Base.
In Pale : — set Pale-wise.
In Pile ;— set after the form of a Pile.
DESCRIPTIVE TERMS. OO
In Pride :■ — when a Peacock has its tail displayed.
In Saltire: — set after the form of a Saltire.
Interlaced : — linked together.
Invected : — having an arched border line.
Inverted : — reversed.
Irradiated : — decorated with Rays or Beams of Light.
Issuant .'—proceeding from or out of.
Jessant : — shooting forth, as Plants do from the Earth.
Jessant-de-lys : — when a Meur-de-lys issues from any
object.
Jessed : — having straps, as a Hawk in Falconry.
Jowlopped : — having Gills, as a Game Cock.
Langued : — applied to denote the Tincture of the Tongue
of any creature.
Legged, or Member ed : — to denote the Legs of Birds.
Lined : — having an inside Lining. Also to denote
having Cords or Chains attached.
Livery Colours : — colours adopted by certain eminent
families and personages, for various decorative uses :
as scarlet and white by the Plantagenets : white and
green by the Tudors : blue and crimson by the House of
York, &c.
Lodged : — when an animal of the Chase is at rest.
Lozengy or Lozengee : — divided into Lozenges.
Maned : — having a Mane, as a Lion, a Horse, &c.
Mantelee : — a shield divided as in No. 252.
Masoned : — made to represent Masonry or Brickwork.
Member ed: — to denote the Beak and Legs of any
Bird.
Monogram : — a single initial or other letter ; also a
combination of several initials or letters, so as to form
a single compound device.
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84 DESCRIPTIVE TERMS.
Mounted : — applied to a Horse when carrying a
Eider.
Naiant : — when a Fish swims in Fesse.
Naissant : — the same as Issuant, but applied only to
living Creatures.
Nebulee : — having a peculiar Wavy border line.
Nerved : — having Fibres, as Leaves have.
Nowed : — tied in a Knot.
Oppressed : — the same as Debruised.
Over all: — when one Charge is borne over all the
others.
Overt : — having the Wings expanded for flight.
Pale-wise, or In Pale : — placed or arranged after the
manner of a Pale; that is, set in a vertical posi-
tion, or arranged vertically one above another.
Paly : — divided Pale-wise into an even number of Parts.
Paly Bendy : — divided evenly both Pale-wise and Bend-
wise.
Party, or Parted : — divided after an heraldic manner.
Pascuant : — grazing.
Passant : — walking.
Passant Chmrdant: — walking, with the Face affrontee.
A Lion passant guardant was distinguished by the early
French Heralds, as a Leopard or a Lion Leoparde.
Passant Beguardant : — walking, and looking bach.
Passant Bepassant : — the same as Counter Passant ; that
is, when one animal is passant to the dexter, and another
to the sinister.
Pellettee : — studded with Pellets.
Pendent : — drooping.
Par : — by means of.
DESCRIPTIVE TERMS. 85
Pierced : — perforated, so as to show the Field through
the aperture.
Pily : — divided Pile-wise.
Pily Bendy : — divided both Pile-wise and Bend-wise.
Pomelled: — to denote the Tincture of the uppermost
part of a sword-hilt.
Powdered : — semee of small objects.
Preying : — when a Beast devours its Prey.
Purfled : — lined, guarded or bordered with Fur.
Quarterly : — divided into four Quarters ; also divided
into more than four sections, in which case the number is
to be specified in the Blazon, as Quarterly of six, of eight,
Ac.
Quilled : — to denote the tincture of the Quills of Fea-
thers.
Radiant, or Rayonnee : — encircled with Bays.
Baguly or Ragulee : — serrated, as in No. 17.
Rampant, and Rampant Sejant : — see Chap. XI.
Rebated : — broken off, cut short, or recessed.
Rebus : — see Chap. XIV.
Reflected, or Reflexed : — bent, curved, or in any way
carried backwards.
Reguardant : — looking backwards.
Removed : — out of its proper position.
Retorted : — intertwined, Frette-wise.
Rising, or Roussant ; — about to take wing.
Rompu : — broken, or interrupted.
Salient ; — leaping, or bounding.
Saltire-wise : — divided, or arranged per Saltire.
Sarcellee : — cut through the middle.
Scintillant: — sparkling, or emitting Sparks.
Seeded : — bearing Seeds, or Seed- Vessels.
86 DESCRIPTIVE TERMS.
Segreant ;-^when a Griffin is erect with expanded
wings.
Sejant : — sitting.
Sejant Addorsed : — sitting back to back.
Semee: — strewed, or scattered over with any Charge or
Object. See Powdered.
Shafted : — to denote the Shaft of a Spear, Arrow, &c.
Slipped: — when a Leaf, Twig, Branch, or Flower, is
torn from off the parent stem.
Soaring : — flying aloft.
Springing : — Salient, also Issuant.
Statant i — the ordinary attitude in which an animal
" stands at ease."
Stringed : — having Strings, as a Harp ; or being sus-
pended by a Cord, as a Bugle-Horn : or being in any way
attached to a String, or fastened by one.
Subverted : — reversed.
Surmounted : — when one Charge is placed over another.
Sur-tout : — surmounted, or over all.
Tasselled .- — adorned with Tassels, as the cushions below
the heads of monumental effigies.
Tiercee : — divided into three equal parts.
Torqued : — wreathed.
Tournee : — the same as Reguardant.
Towered :— crowned with Towers or Turrets.
Transfixed : — pierced through, or Transpierced.
Transfluent : — flowing through.
Transmuted : — counterchanged.
Transposed: — having the original or natural position
or arrangement reversed.
Traversed : — facing to the Sinister.
Tridfted: — sketched in outline with pen and ink.
DESCRIPTIVE TERMS. 87
Tricorporated : — having three bodies united to a single
head, from which, as a centre, the bodies radiate at equal
distances. A tricorporate lion appears on a seal of Edmond
Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, a.d. 1250.
Tripping, or Trippant: — applied to Animals of the
Chase, when in easy motion, No. 203, and corresponding
with Passant. When moving more rapidly, such animals
are at speed. Counter- Tripping implies that two or more
animals of the chase are tripping past each other in op-
posite directions.
Trononee : — cut to pieces, the pieces standing separately,
but retaining in their arrangement the original figure or
contour of the Charge : as in the instance of the Saltire
in No. 253, Plate XIH.
Trussed : — having the wings closed.
Trussing : — devouring, as a Bird of Prey does.
Tusked: — having tusks.
Umbrated, or Adumbrated : — shadowed, or under Shadow.
JJndee or TJndy : — wavy.
Unguled: — having Hoofs.
Urniant : — when a Fish swims pale-wise with its Head
to the Base, the reverse of Hauriant.
Verdee or Verdoy : — charged with any Plants.
Verted or Reverted : — the same as Flexed and Beflexed.
Vested : — habited, clothed.
Vigilant : — on the watch for prey.
Voided : — having the entire central area removed.
Volant : — flying.
Vorant : — devouring.
Vulned : — wounded, so that the blood is dropping.
Wattled : — having a Comb and Gills, as a Cock and a
Cockatrice.
88 DESCRIPTIVE TERMS.
Wavy : — having .an undulated border line.
Winged : — having Wings.
Wreathed : — adorned with a Wreath, or twisted in the
form of a "Wreath.
No. 200.— Shield of William Lonoesp6e, Earl of Salisbury. Died
a.d. 1226. From his Effigy in Salisbury Cathedral. See p. 63, and Chap-
ters xv., xvi., xxiii., and xxvi.
a.d. 1407.
a.d. 1554.
No. 309. Mitres.
a.d. 1631.
CHAPTER XIV.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES, NOT INCLUDED
UNDER THE TERM " CHARGES."
The important Group of Heraldic Terms that consti-
tute the contents of the present chapter, are arranged in
the same alphabetical order that obtains in Chapters X,
XI, XII, and XIII.
Abeyance : — denotes that condition in the descent of a
Peerage, in which it is vested in two or more Co-heirs,
both or all of them having precisely the same claim ; and
consequently, since the Peerage can descend only in such
a manner as to be held by one person, when there are
several equal Claimants, none of them can maintain any
Claim. This state of things continues, until all the
original Co-heirs but one fail, and then the representative
of that one becomes the Heir and inherits the Peerage.
Thus the Peerage that is in Abeyance is dormant only,
and not dead, since it revives at once when the Abeyance
ceases to affect it.
Achievement of Arms ; — a complete heraldic Composition,
90 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
in which the Shield exhibits all its Quarterings, and its
Impalement, together with its external accessories of Coro-
net, Supporters, Crest, Motto, &c. Any Complete heraldic
Composition may be entitled an Achievement of Arms.
Archbishop : — the highest Order in the English Church.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the first subject of the
realm, next to the Princes of the Blood Eoyal. He is the
" Most Eeverend Father in God," is Archbishop " by
Divine Providence," and is styled " Your Grace." The
Lord High Chancellor ranks next to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and then follows in the order of precedence
the Archbishop of York: he is "by Divine Permission,"
his style in all other respects being the same as his Grace
of Canterbury. Of the two Irish Archbishops of Armagh
and Dtiblin, the former is the Primate : their Graces rank
immediately after the Archbishop of York. The wives of
Archbishops and Bishops have no title, and take no rank
from their husbands. See Pall and Pastoral Staff, in
Chap. X. ; and Bishop and Mitre in Chap. XIV.
Argent : — the Metal Silver.
Armory : — a List of Names and Titles, to which their
several Arms are attached and blazoned. See Ordinary.
Attainder :— absolute deprivation of every civil right
and privilege, involving a transmission of the same fearful
penalty, and a consequent forfeiture even of pure blood and
descent, as well as of all hereditary claims. It was the
weapon with which Treason, or what passed for Treason,
used to be smitten down. Attainder required a Special
Act of the Legislature, and it held in force until revoked
by the same process and authority.
Augmentation : — an addition to an heraldic Composition,
which is distinct and complete in itself, and conveys em-
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 91
phatically a definite signification of its own : such as the
Union Device of the United Kingdom, added as an " Aug-
mentation of Honour" to the Arms of the Duke of
Wellington. See Chapter XXVI.
Azure : — the Colour Blue.
Badge: — an heraldic Device, having a distinctive sig-
nification of its own, and borne alone without being
charged upon a Shield. See Chap. XVII.
Banner: — a Square Flag, emblazoned in the middle
ages with a complete Coat-of-Arms, and the distinctive
Ensign of a Knight-Banneret, and also of the higher Orders
of Military Chiefs. The Roll of CaerlaverocJc gives the
Blazon of the Banners of the Princes, Nobles and Knights
who were present at the Siege of that Border Stronghold
in the year 1300, under the Eoyal Banner of Edward I.
This term ought to be retained and used by us for the
" Colours" of our Cavalry, and for the Flag that we style
"the Royal Standard," which really is the "Eoyal
Banner." See Chap. XVIII.
Banneret, or Knight Banneret: — a Knight, who, for
good service under the Eoyal Banner, was advanced by
the King to a higher Order of Knighthood on the Field of
Battle. From that time he would be entitled to bear,
and would be distinguished by, a Banner instead of a
Pennon.
Baron : — a Husband, the Wife in Heraldry being styled
Femme.
Baron : — a Title and Eank of Nobility derived from the
early days of English History, and in a peculiar manner
associated with the memories of the olden time. It cor-
responds with the Thane of the Anglo-Saxons.
A Baron now holds the lowest Eank in the British
92 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
Peerage. He is styled " My Lord," and is " Right Honour-
able ;" and all his children are " Honourable." The
Coronet of a Baron has six large Pearls set separately
upon a jewelled Circlet of gold, of which number four
only are apparent in representations. The Cap is of
Crimson Velvet, guarded with Ermine, and is surmounted
by a gold Tassel. This Coronet, (No. 254,) was first granted
No. 254.
by Charles II, before whose time the Barons wore plain
golden Circles, The Mantle, or Robe of State, is Scarlet,
and has two Doublings of Ermine. See Chaps. XXI. and
XXX.
Baroness: — the wife of a Baron. She is styled "My
Lady," and is " Right Honourable." Her Coronet is the
same as that of her Husband.
Baronet ; — an hereditary Rank, lower than the Peerage,
instituted by James I, a.d. 1612. Baronets, as originally
created, were either " of Ulster," or " of Nova Scotia :"
the armorial Ensign of the former is the Badge of Ulster,
argent, a sinister hand, couped at the wrist and appaumee,
gules, No. 177, borne generally upon a small Shield of
Pretence. The Baronets of Nova Scotia bear, as a Badge,
the Saltire of Scotland. All Baronets now are " of the
United Kingdom."
Bascinet : — a Close fitting Helm. See Helmet.
MIS CEIflfASE OUS CHARGE S .
INANIMATE OBJECTS AND ANIMATE BEINGS.
CHAPTERS X, XT, JOT, XHT icXiY
ff
Hate XV.
N os 159 to 318
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 93
Bath, Order of the : — see Chap. XIX.
Bath: — see Herald.
Bearing : — any heraldic Device or Figure, or a complete
Coat- of- Arms.
Bishop: — the Bishops in number are twenty-one for
England, four for Wales, ten for Ireland, one for Sodor
and Man, and forty for the Colonies. The Bishops of
England and Wales are all Peers Spiritual of Parliament,
except always the Bishop last consecrated. Also the Irish
Prelates are Spiritual Peers alternately, four in each
session of Parliament. The Bishop of London is always
a Privy-Councillor, and therefore is " Right Honourable."
He has precedence of all his Brethren. Next in Order
are the Bishops of Durham and Winchester. The others
rank according to seniority of Consecration. All the
Bishops are " Eight Reverend Fathers in God," and
Bishops "by Divine Permission." «They are styled: "My
Lord Bishop."
Archbishops and Bishops impale their own Arms with
the Arms of their See, the latter being placed to the
dexter. They have no Supporters, Crest, or Motto, but
they ensign their Shields with their Mitres. The Arms
of Canterbury, are : Az., a Crozier, or, the Gross-head, arg.,
surmounted by a pall, of the last, fimbriated and fringed,
gold, and charged with four crosses patee-fitchee, sa. In
No. 255 these Arms impale Kempe, gu., three garbs, within
a bordure engrailed, or, for John Kempe, Archbishop of
Canterbury, Cardinal and Lord High Chancellor, who
died a.d. 1454. The Arms of the See of York are, Gu.,
two keys, in Saltire, arg. : in chief, a Boyal Grown, or. The
Arms of London are, Gu., two swords, in Saltire, arg., pom-
mels, or : those of Durham are, Az., a cross cantoning four
94 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
lioncels rampt., or : and those of Winchester are, Chi., two
keys, addorsed, in bend, the uppermost argent, the other, or, a
sword interposed between them, in bend sinister, of the second,
hilt and pommel, gold. See Mitre, Pastoral- Staff, and
Chap. XXI.
Blazon and Blazonry: — the description and also the
representation of any heraldic device, figure, or composi-
tion, in accordance with the principles and the practice
of Heraldry.
Blue Mantle : — see Herald.
Cadency: — that heraldic distinction of the several
members of the same family, or of collateral branches
of the same house, which is indicated by some Device
specially adopted and borne for that purpose. See Chap.
XVI.
Canting Heraldry :— also called Armes Parlantes. See
Bebus.
Cardinal 1 s Hat : — is low in the crown, with a broad
brim, and of a scarlet colour, with two long pendent
cords, curiously knotted and intertwined and tasselled.
It appears above certain shields of arms of the mediaeval
hierarchy.
Clarenceux : — see Herald.
Coat-of-Arms : — a complete and distinctive heraldic
composition. The expression is evidently derived from
the mediaeval usage of embroidering the armorial insignia
of a noble or knight, upon the surcoat, jupon, or tabard
which he wore over his armour.
Collar : — an Ornament to be worn about the neck, and
indicative of certain rank, office, and position. See
Chap. XX.
College-of-Arms : — see Herald.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 95
Colours : — Naval and Military Flags. The term is now
used, not only in a general acceptation, but also specifically
to distinguish the Flags of the Infantry from those (styled
" standards") of the Cavalry. Shakespeare uses the word
" Colours" to denote Military Flags. See Chap. XVIII.
Coins : — the Heraldry that may be learned from both
British and Foreign Coins is of the utmost value, since it
is always historically correct, and moreover it invariably
exemplifies contemporary heraldic feeling and usage. See
Chap. XXIV.
Compounded Arms : — Arms formed by the Combination
of two or more distinct bearings, in such a manner as to
produce a single Composition. This process has been
adopted only in rare instances, (as in the Union Flag of
England, Nos. 63, 64, and Chap. XV.), since the intro-
duction of systematic Marshalling by Quartering. See
Chap. XV.
Coronet: — the Ensign of Princely and Noble Bank,
corresponding in its own degree with the Crown of a
Sovereign regnant. The Coronets of the Peers of England
are worn by them on the occasion of the Coronation of
their Sovereign. They all enclose a Cap of crimson
velvet, lined with ermine, and surmounted by a Tassel of
rich gold bullion. Coronets, as insignia of Nobility, were
evidently in general use by the Nobles of England in the
reign of Edward III, but they did not assume their
present (or, indeed, any) distinctive characteristics until
a period much nearer to our own times. See Prince ,
Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Baron, and Crest.
Contoise : — a scarf, worn loose and flowing, attached to
the Helm with the crest, but discontinued after the
middle of the 14th century. A singularly characteristic
96 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
example occurs in the monument of Aymer de Valence,
tit Westminster. No. 256, PI. XV.
Count or Convpte: — in Latin, "Comes," a Continental
title and rank of Nobility, corresponding with that of
" Earl." The Coronet is set round closely with small
pearls, slightly raised, and it has no Cap.
Countess : — the title and rank of the "Wife of an Earl,
and also of a Count. An English Countess is "Eight
Honourable ;" she is styled " My Lady ;" and her Coronet
is the same as that of her husband.
Courtesy, Titles of: — certain nominal degrees of Eank,
that are conceded by Eoyal Grace and sanctioned by
prevailing usage, to some of the children of the Peers.
The term is especially applicable to the " Second Titles "
of their Fathers, that are thus borne " by Courtesy " by
the eldest sons of Dukes, Marquesses, and Earls.
Crest Coronet: — see Chap. XVII.
Crown : — the Imperial of Great Britain. See Chap. XIX
Crowns Foreign : — see Chap. XXXI.
Crown : — when borne as a charge, a Crown generally is
drawn after the form of the crest-coronet. The arms of
St. Edmund, one of the most popular national Saints of
mediaeval England, in the Caerlaverock Eoll associated
with the ensigns of St. George and St. Edward, are, —
azure, three crowns, 2 and 1, or, No. 271. This Shield
appears on the monument of Prince Edmund Planta-
genet, of Langley, at King's Langley, in Hertfordshire.
Three similar crowns on a field gules, constitute the
arms of the See of Ely.
Certain varieties and modifications also of ancient
crowns are in use as heraldic accessories, and sometimes
they are borne as charges in modern Heraldry. The
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
97
Mural Crown, No. 272, a circle of gold embattled, is
No. 272.
associated with military success in sieges : it is borne, as
a crest of augmentation, with other devices, by Sir
Edward Kerrison ; and, as both crest and charge, by
the Baron Seaton. The Naval Crown, borne by Earl
Nelson, as a similar crest, and by Sir George Parker
as a charge, No. 273, is formed by the alternate sterns
No. 273.
and masts of ships set upon a golden circle, and sig-
nificantly declares its own peculiar meaning. The
Crown Vallary, No. 274, borne with his crest by Sir
No. 274.
Matthew Barrington, refers to the forcing an enemy's
entrenched camp, and is formed of small palissades placed
upon a golden circle. The Radiated or Eastern Crown,
called also the Antique Crown, No. 275, borne as both
No. 275.
98 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
crest and charge by the Earl of Seafield, Sir James
Otjtram, and Sir John Lawrence, has its rays pointed,
in which respect it differs from the heraldic Celestial
Crown, which has each of its rays charged with a star.
Crozier : — the Cross-headed Pastoral- Staff of an Arch-
bishop, which is borne as a Charge in the Arms of the
Sees of Canterbury, Armagh, and Dublin. Characteristic
examples occur in the Brasses to Archbishops de Waldeby,
1397, Westminster, No. 160, PI. XV., andCuANLEY, 1407,
New College, Oxford ; in the Brass to Dean Thomas Ne-
lond, Cowfold, 1443 ; and in the Monument of Arch-
bishop Warham, 1532, at Canterbury. The effigy
of Archbishop Walter Grey, 1255, in his noble
Monument at York, has a staff with a crook-head of
beautiful foliage. See Pastoral- Staff, Chap. X., and No.
159, in PI. XV.
Dalmatic: — a robe of state worn by both Sovereign
Princes and by the Mediaeval Hierarchy. It was also
the distinctive vestment of a Deacon. It has rather
wide sleeves, and it hangs loosely about the person, being
open at the sides at the lower part. It is exemplified in
all episcopal effigies, and is represented immediately
below the chesuble. It occurs in royal effigies, and is
shewn most clearly in the effigy of Henry IV. at
Canterbury.
Diaper: — a surface pattern, which simply imparts a
decorative character, without assuming the distinctive
attributes of a charge. See Chap. IX.
Difference : — a figure or device*ntroduced into heraldic
composition, for the purpose of distinguishing several per-
sons who bear the same arms. See Chap. XVI.
Dimidiation : — the original method of Impalement,
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 99
effected by mutually dividing the two shields per pale,
and by forming the compound shield from the union of
the Dexter-half of one of the divided shields with the
Sinister-half of the other. Chap. XV.
Dividing Lines : — see Chaps. III. IV.
Doubling : — the lining of a robe : also any enrichment
of a robe or mantle by means of ermine or other rich
material.
Duke: — next to the Princes and Princesses of the
Blood Eoyal and to the four Archbishops of England
and Ireland, the highest order and rank of the British
Peerage.
This title was introduced by Edward III, a.d. 1337,
when he created his son Prince Edward, the Black
Prince, Duke op Cornwall. The second of the English
Dukes was Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster,
Derby, and Leicester, and Count of Provence, who
was created Duke of Lancaster, a.d. 1351. A Duke's
coronet, as now worn, has eight strawberry -leaves set
upon a jewelled circle of gold, the cap being of crimson
velvet with a golden tassel and guarded with ermine : in
representations, five only of the leaves are shewn,
No. 276. The opinion is prevalent that this distinctive
No. 276.
ie
h 2
form of coronet appears for the first time, placed upon
100 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
the basinet of Prince John Plantaoenet, of Eltham,
Earl of Cornwall, in his effigy at Westminster, a.d.
1336. That there is no foundation for such an origin of
the Ducal Coronet is evident from the effigy itself. The
decorations of the head-piece and of the rest of the
armour are precisely the same, and they also are identical
with similar decorations that appear in other effigies of
about the same date. The basinet of Prince John, No.
277, PI. XVI., however, evidently was once encircled by a
plain narrow fillet, which is not the case in any other
instance, so far as I am aware. In the effigy at York, of
the nephew of John of Eltham, Prince William,
second son of Edward III, who was born a.d. 1336, and
died in childhood, the head has the long and flowing
hair encircled by a jewelled fillet, represented in No. 278.
The effigy of the Black Prince himself, a.d. 1376, at
Canterbury, exhibits on the basinet, No. 279, what may
possibly have been the prototype of the Dukes' straw-
berry-leaf coronet. From the jewelled circle that encom-
passes the basinet there rise sixteen leaves, with a
second series of the same number and much smaller
size alternating with the larger ones. These leaves
differ very slightly from those that are carved upon
the armour of John of Eltham, and they are in
exact accordance with a favourite form of decorative
foliage in general use when the effigy was executed.
Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, who died
a.d. 1368, in his Will bequeathed " Two Golden Circles"
with one of which he states that he himself had been
" created a Duke," while with the other his elder brother,
the Black Prince, had been "created a Prince." It
would seem that for a while the coronets of both Dukes
DTTOftli COROKETS, BXSIKETS
& CREST WRE&THSi
CHAPTERS XIV & XVII.
Plate XVI.
N os 257. 258, 269 to 280.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 101
and Earls were decorated rather after an arbitrary taste,
than in accordance with any established rale. Indeed,
more than a century after the death of the Black
Prince, the effigies of John de la Pole, KG-., Duke of
Suffolk, and his wife Elizabeth Plantagenet, sister
of Edward IV, have Coronets, No. 280, of Fleurs-de-lys,
alternating with clusters of three small balls. Possibly,
the Fleurs-de-lys here may denote the Lady to have been
a Princess.
The Latin equivalent of Duke is " Dux." A Duke is
styled " Your Grace," and he is " Most Honorable ;" all his
sons are "Lords," and all his daughters "Ladies;" but
his eldest son bears his father's " second title," and
accordingly he generally ranks as a Marquess. See
Chap. XXVIII.
The Mantle of a Duke is scarlet, and it has four
doublings of ermine. There nqjv are twenty English
Dukedoms, seven Scottish, and one Irish.
Ducal Coronet, or Crest Coronet: — see Crest.
Duchess: — the wife of a Duke. She is styled "Your
Grace," and is "Most Honorable." Her Coronet is the
same as that of her husband.
Earl: — a title and rank of Nobility, now the third in
the order of the British Peerage, but the direct descendant
of the highest dignity amongst the Anglo-Saxons. The
"Earl" of the Normans, identical with the "Compte"
or " Count " of France, in Latin, " Comes," succeeded to
the "Eorl" of the Saxons.
An Earl is "Eight Honorable," and is styled "My
Lord." His eldest son bears his father's " second title,"
and therefore is generally styled "Viscount;" his other
102 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
sons are " Honorable," but all his daughters are " Ladies."
See Chap. XXVIII.
The Coronet of an Earl has eight lofty rays of gold
rising from a jewelled circlet, each of which upon its
point supports a large pearl ; also between each pair of
rays, at their bases, there is a golden strawberry-leaf.
In representations, five of the elevated pearls and four
of the leaves are apparent, No. 281. The cap is the
No. 281.
same as in the other coronets. The scarlet mantle has
three doublings of ermine. *
In the monumental effigies of noble personages which
yet remain from the middle ages, there are many highly
interesting examples of the varieties of Coronets worn by
the Earls of those days and their Countesses, before this
Coronet had assumed its present definite and fixed
character. I must be content to refer to a few examples
only. The Crest of Eichard Beauchamp, Earl of
Warwick, No. 265, a.d. 1439, in his effigy at Warwick,
rises from a plain circlet that is surmounted by series of
pearls slightly raised, but without any strawberry-leaves.
The Earl and Countess of Arundel, at Arundel, early
in the fifteenth century, have remarkably rich Coronets,
No. 282 : the Earl's has a series of leaves and of clusters
of three small balls alternating, all of them being
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 103
equally raised to a considerable height j the Coronet of
the Countess differs in having the raised groups set
alternately with single balls that are less elevated.
Later in the century, a.d. 1487, another Earl and Coun-
tess of Arundel have Coronets, No. 283, p. 13, formed
entirely of the conventional architectural leaves of the
period. Similar leaves, no less than thirteen in number,
rise to a slight and uniform elevation along the front of
the ample Coronet, No. 284, of Isabel Plantagenet,
Countess of Essex, in her Brass at Little Easton in
Essex, a.d. 1483. And, once more, at Hever in Kent,
a.d. 1536, the Brass to Sir T. Boleyn, KG., Earl of
Wiltshire and Ormonde, represents the maternal
grandfather of Queen Elizabeth, in the Insignia of the
Garter and wearing a rich Coronet, the circle of which
is set with small pearls, not raised, and in contact, and
so numerous that upwards of tjventy are displayed :
No. 285.
Ermine : — \
Ermines:— ( Heraldic Furs. See Chap. V.
Erminois : — J
Escutcheon : — an Heraldic Shield. See Chap. III.
Escutcheon of Pretence : — a small Shield charged upon
the Field of another Shield.
Esquire: — a title of honorable distinction, in rank
below that of Knight. Esquires are personal companions
and attendants of the Knights of the Orders of Knight-
hood, — as Knights of the Garter and the Bath. These
Esquires have their stall-plates at Windsor and West-
minster. Amongst other Esquires, are all attendants
upon the Person of the Sovereign: all eldest sons of
Baronets and Knights : all eldest sons of the younger
104 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
sons of Peers: all persons holding commissions direct
from the Crown, but not being of rank lower than
Captain : all Royal Academicians, and Barristers-at-Law:
also all Bachelors of Law and Physic and Masters of
Arts. See Chap. XXVHI.
Femme: — the Wife, as distinguished from the Baron,
her Husband.
Fe8se-Point: — the central point of a Shield. See
Chap, in, No. 8, m.
Field : — the surface of a Shield or of its Parts, or of
any Charge or Object.
Furs : — see Chap. V.
Garter: — the most celebrated Order of European
Knighthood. See Chap. XX.
Garter : — see Herald.
Garter : — a strap or riband, fastened with a buckle in
such a manner as to form a circle, and having the end
depending. Such a Garter may be of any tincture, and
it may be assumed for the purpose of being charged with
any motto. It was known to Heralds, and in use as an
heraldic device, before the institution of the Order.
The Garter of the Order is azure, bordered with gold,
and having a golden buckle and appendages. In letters
of the same precious metal it is charged with the motto, —
Honi : soit : qui : mal : y : pense. Since the year 1350,
this Garter has habitually been placed about the Shield
op England, as in No. 286, which represents the arms
of Edward III. as they are blazoned upon his monument ;
the Garter and Motto, however, are added to the shield-
of-arms, for it is a very singular circumstance that none
of the insignia of the Order appear in the monuments of
cither Edward III. or the Black Prince. The Garter
SHIEUDS OF ARMS.
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DE GENEV1LLE
TRINITY HOUSE. EARL POULETT
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ISLE OF MAN.
CAVENDISH
DOUGLAS CANTERBURY KEMPE ST EDMUND.
CAMOYS K G, CAMOYS MORTIMER
HENRY V.
Plate Xl'i.
• K os 131 to 289.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 105
of the Order also encircles the shield- of-arms of every
Knight of the Order. A shield thus gartered appears
in the fine Brass to the Baron Camoys, K.G., a.d. 1424,
at Trotton in Sussex. This Brass also exemplifies the
heraldic usage, which restricts the knightly ensign of the
Garter to the shield of the Knight himself. Accordingly,
above the heads of both Lord and Lady Camoys, on
either side of the two compartments of their double
canopy, are two shields; of which one is charged with
Camoys only, or, on a chief, gu., three plates, and is gartered,
No. 287 ; and the other bears Camoys impaling Mortimer,
No. 288. The two shields represented in Nos. 287 and 288
shew the relative sizes of the originals. In the effigy of
Lord Camoys, the Garter is adjusted about the left leg,
as in No. 288 a. The canopy of the Brass at Constance
Cathedral to Eobert Hallam, Bishop of Salisbury,
a.d. 1417, is enriched with a gartered shield of the
Eoyal Arms, No. 289 ; the Fleurs-de-lys are three in
number, and the shield is environed with rays. Many
admirable examples of the adjustment of the insignia of
the Garter occur in monumental effigies : as in that
of Eichard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 1439 ; of
Sir E. Harcourt, at Stanton Harcourt, 1471 ; of John
de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, No. 290, at Wingfield,
1431 ; and of Sir Thomas Boleyn, at Hever, 1536. The
Mantle is represented in all these examples, except the
first. Sir Thomas Boleyn also wears the Collar of the
Order. Sir E. Harcourt wears the Yorkist Collar of
Lions and Eoses, having the white Lion of the Mor-
timers as a pendent, No. 291 : and, what is remarkable, in
her effigy, Lady Harcourt wears the Garter of the
Order buckled about her left arm, No. 292, precisely as it
is worn by Her Majesty the Queen. See Chap. XX.
106 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
Gonfannon: — a Flag suspended from a transverse bar
attached to a staff, and commonly swallow-tailed at the
" fly," as in No. 293.
Grand Quarters : — the primary sections of a quartered
Shield. See Chap. Ill, No. 16.
Chiles : — the Colour Bed.
Hatchment : — the Armorial Bearings of a deceased per-
son, usually enclosed within a black lozenge-shaped frame,
and placed upon a house-front. When a Hatchment is
erected on the death of a Husband, the Dexter half of the
Field of the Hatchment itself is Sable, the Sinister being
Argent. On the death of a Wife, this order of the Tinc-
tures is reversed. The Whole of its Field is Sable,
when a Hatchment bears the arms of a Widower a
Widow, or an Unmarried Person. In the blazoning of
Hatchments all the rules of Marshalling are to be care-
fully observed. The Tinctures, Argent and Sable, of the
Field of Hatchments will require to be thoughtfully
adjusted, when there are many quarterings and other
heraldic combinations. See Chaps. XV. and XXX. It
is customary to place on a Hatchment some brief legend
of a religious character, in place of the motto of the
deceased.
Helm, Heaume, or Helmet : — the defence for the Head.
In the Middle Ages, the Knights wore a second Helm of
ample dimensions and great strength when in actual
action, whether in the Field or the Lists. This great
Helm was commonly made to rest upon the shoulders,
and was secured to the Knight's person by a chain, as in
the Brass to Sir R. de Trumpington. In monumental
effigies the great Helm frequently forms a characteristic
pillow for the head of the deceased warrior, and it is
adorned with its Crest, Wreath and Mantling. Oc-
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casionally, after the year 1425, the smaller Helm is
similarly used, and the effigy has the Head uncovered.
Beneath the great Helm the head was protected by a
Coif of Mail, and sometimes also by a species of close
fitting steel cap. A small Helm, known as a Basinet,
was introduced early in the fourteenth century, from
which a Tippet-like defence of Mail, called the Camail,
hung down and covered the neck and shoulders. The
Basinet and Camail of the Black Prince are shewn in
No. 279. The Camail was superseded by a Gorget of
plate about the year 1408.
Modern Heralds place the Helm, as an accessory, above
a shield-of-arms, and they have both introduced fanciful
and singularly unbecoming forms of Helms, and have
adopted absurdly complicated rules for their disposition.
Such rules were altogether unknown in the palmy days of
early Heraldry, and might be advantageously dismissed
from the heraldic usages of our own times. Nos. 263
and 264 represent such Helms as might be uniformly
introduced into all modern achievements of Arms. The
rules at present generally observed are as follows: —
The Helm of the Sovereign to be of Gold, and to stand
affrontee being guarded with six Bars, No. 294. The
No. 294. No. 295.
108 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
Helm of Princes and Nobles to be of Silver, decorated
with Gold: to stand in profile, and to show five Bars
only, No. 295. The Helm of Baronets and Knights to
be of Steel, adorned with Silver, and to stand affrontee,
having the Vizor raised and without Bars, No. 296. The
Helm of Esquires and Gentlemen to have the Vizor closed,
and to stand in profile, No. 297.
No. 290 No. 297.
Heralds: — the Officers who preside over the Modern
Heraldry of England, and who derive both their Titles
and their official Duties from times long passed away, as
their Predecessors of the Middle Ages were themselves
officially the Descendants and Representatives of the
Eoyal Messengers and Ambassadors of Antiquity.
The exclusive privilege of deciding officially respecting
Rights of Arms and Claims for Descent was bestowed
upon the Heralds by Edward III, and about the year
1425 they were regularly constituted a Corporate Body.
Their official residence, situated between St. Paul's
Cathedral and the Thames, stands upon the site of
Derby House, which was given to them by Mary and
Philip, and was afterwards destroyed in the Great Fire.
The College of Arms or Heralds' College, as at
present constituted, consists of Three Kin gs-of- Arms en-
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titled, Garter, Clarencmx, and Norroy. Of these G-arter
is the Chief, and Clarenceux and Norroy have jurisdiction
severally to the South and North of the Trent : of
Six Heralds, entitled Windsor, Chester, Lancaster,
Somerset, York, and Richmond, and of Four Pursuivants,
Rouge Croix, Rouge Dragon, Bluemantle, and Portcullis.
There is another King-of-Arms, styled Bath, or Gloucester,
who has not a place in the Heraldic Chapter, whose juris-
diction extends to the Principality of Wales. There are
also two other Heraldic Kings — Lord Lion, for Scotland,
and Ulster, for Ireland.
The Kings-of-Arms have a Crown composed of sixteen
oak leaves, No. 298, set erect upon a golden circle, nine of
which leaves appear in representations. The Crown
encloses a Cap of Crimson Velvet, lined with Ermine, but
without any Tassel; and on the Circle itself is the
Legend, Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam
tuam. The Herald Kings also have their own official
Arms, which they impale on the dexter side with their
paternal Arms. See Chap. XXI.
The Official Habit of all the Heralds is a Tabard, or
sleeved Surcoat, upon which the Royal Arms are em-
blazoned, the Blazonry being repeated on the Front,
Back and Sleeves. All the Heralds also wear, as part of
their Official Insignia, the Lancastrian Collar of 8.S.
See Chap. XX.
At the Head of the whole Heraldic Brotherhood,
having his high Commission direct from the Sovereign, is
the Earl Marshal of England. This Office is held by
the Duke of Norfolk, and it is hereditary in his Family.
The Arms of his Grace quarter the hereditary Insignia
of Howard, Brotherton, Warren, and Mowbray, and
110 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
behind the Shield, crossed in saltire, are two Marshal's
Staves, or, enamelled at the ends, sable, "No. 299. See also
Chap. XXVI.
The present duties of Heralds comprise Grants of
Arms ; the Tracing and Drawing up of Genealogies ; the
Recording Arms and Genealogies in the Registers of the
Heralds' College ; recording the Creation and Succession
of Peers and others, with all similar matters, including
the Direction of all Royal Pageants and Ceremonials, and
Enrolling the Colors and Standards in use in the Army.
Honor Point : — see Chap. Ill, and No. 8, l.
Hospitallers: — see Chap. XX.
Illumination : — for a full and most satisfactory notice of
this beautiful Early Art, now so happily revived, I must
refer to the " Manual of Illumination," by Mr. J. J. Laing,
published by Messrs. Winsor and Newton.
Impalement : — the vertical division of a Shield into two
or more equal parts, and the placing two or more distinct
Coats of Arms severally in those parts. This is the pre-
vailing arrangement for uniting the arms of a Husband and
a Wife. In the Impalement of a Bordure, that Subordi-
nary now is always dimidiated — that is, the Bordure does
not extend to the impaled side of the Shield. See Dimi-
diation, and Chaps. VIII and XV.
Jousts : — tournaments. *
Jupon: — a Short Surcoat fitting the person, without
sleeves, worn over their armour by the Nobles and Knights
of the Middle Ages, from about a.d. 1355, to about a.d.
1405. The Jupon was generally of rich materials, and
emblazoned with the heraldic insignia of the wearer ; it
was also almost invariably invected or jagged at the
bottom. Fine examples exist in the Effigies of the Black
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. . Ill
Prince, at Canterbury, and of the Earl of Warwick, (a
Brass, a.d. 1401), at St. Mary's, Warwick.
King -at- Arms : — see Herald.
Knight : — in Latin, " Eques," a mounted Warrior, who
in the Middle Ages was a man of military rank, entitled
to bear a Pennon and a Shield-of-Arms, and further dis-
tinguished by his Golden Spurs. When used alone, the
term now denotes a rank somewhat resembling that of a
Baronet, except in the important particular that it is not
hereditary. The Orders of Knighthood of our own day,
like those of the days of Mediaeval Chivalry, are Fraterni-
ties of Honor. See Chap. XX.
Knight- Banneret : — see Banneret.
Lambrequin : — see Mantling.
Lists : — enclosed spaces for holding Tournaments.
Maintenance , Cap of: — also called a Chapeau of Estate t
was an early symbol of high Dignity and E-ank. It
appears supporting the (Trest of the Black Prince at
Canterbury, No. 263. This Cap is still retained in use,
and is occasionally placed beneath modern Crests in place
of the customary Wreath. In form, the Cap of Main-
tenance somewhat resembles the modern Scottish " Glen-
gary," but it is made of Crimson Velvet, and guarded
with Ermine, No. 133 a, PI. VIII.
Mantle : — a long and flowing Eobe, worn in the Middle
Ages over the armour. The Mantle also constitutes an
important part of the official Insignia of the Knightly
Orders, See Chap. XX. In the Middle Ages, Ladies of
Rank wore similar Mantles, and in many instances they
were decorated with heraldic charges, in which case the
Mantle bore either the Impaled Arms of the Lady and her
Husband, or her Husband's Arms only. Numerous ex-
112 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
amples exist in Monumental Effigies, as in the Brass at
Enfield, a.d. 1446, to Lady Tiptoft : No. 300, PI. XVII.
Mantling or Lambrequin : — a small Mantle, attached to
the Basinet or Helm, and hanging down over the
shoulders of the wearer. In Heraldry, the Mantling is
often so adjusted that it forms a back ground for the
Shield and its accessories, and thus with them it con-
stitutes an Achievement of Arms : or, it simply hangs in
such a manner as to cover the back of the Helm, as in No.
301, PI. I, the Achievement of Sir John Harsyck, a.d.
1384, at Southacre, Norfolk: the Arms are, or, a chief
dancettee, az.; and the Crest is, a panache of turkey's
feathers, sa., rising out of a hoop, or. The Knightly
Mantling being necessarily much exposed, was constantly
cut and torn in the melee ; this is indicated by the jagged
edges and irregular form given to their Mantlings by
Heralds.
Marquess: — (sometimes also Marquis), the Second
Order of English Nobility, in rank next to that of Duke.
The first Marquess in England was Robert de Vere,
Earl of Oxford, who by Richard II, a.d. 1387, was
created Marquess of Dublin. This Rank and Title then,
with one other exception only, lay dormant until the
time of Henry VI. A Marquess is " Most Honorable,"
and is styled "My Lord Marquess;" his sons are all
"Lords," and his daughters "Ladies," his eldest son
bearing the Second Title of his father. The Coronet is
a circlet of gold, from which there arise four strawberry-
leaves and as many pearls alternately, all of them being
but slightly raised, and of equal height; in repre-
sentations two of the pearls, and three of the leaves are
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CHAPTER XIV
Plate XVII.
Effigy of Lady 2pto:
from the Srass. A]
TT° 300.
.with, the Shields of Tiptoft ScPowys,
144 5, at Enfield, Middles ex.
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seen, No. 302. The Cap is the same as in the other
No. 302.
Coronets. The Mantle is Scarlet, and it has three and a
half doublings of Ermine. The wife of a Marquess is
styled a Marchioness.
Marshalling: — the arrangement and aggroupment of
Heraldic Compositions. See Chap. XV.
Medals .-—honorable insignia, bestowed for meritorious
service in the Navy and Army, and also for eminent worth
or noble conduct of ^whatever kind. In very rare
instances the Medal itself has an intrinsic value, but the
prevailing usage is that the worth of this decoration of
Honor should consist exclusively in its associations. See
Chap. XX.
Metals : — in Heraldry, Gold, Or, and Silver, Argent.
Merchants' Marks: — devices that were adopted as a
species of Mercantile Heraldry by the wealthy Merchants
of the Middle Ages, to whom the use of true heraldic
insignia originally was not conceded. They repeatedly
occur in monumental memorials, and consist of a mono-
gram of the initials of the Merchant, with a compound
figure, which is in part a cross, and in a part is derived
from a mast of a ship. These Marks were often borne on
shields, and they may be considered to be the prototypes
of the Trade Brands and Marks of our own times. The
114 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
Example, No. 303, is from the Brass to Thomas Pownder,
a.d. 1525, in the Church of St. Mary Quay, Ipswich.
In the Brass to Willtam Grevel, a.d. 1401, at Chip-
ping Campden, there are both a Merchant's Mark and a
Shield of Arms ; and the Brass to John Terri, a.d. 1524,
at St. John's, Maddermarket, Norwich, has a shield which
quarters the arms of a commercial guild with a merchant's
mark.
Merchants of the Staple, — of London and Calais,
incorporated by Edward III. They bore, Barry nebulee
of six, argent and azure, on a Chief, gules, a Lion of
England, No. 304. See Chap. XXI.
Merchants- Adventurers, — of Hamburgh and London,
incorporated by Edward I. They bore Barry nebulee of
six, argent and azure, on a Chief, quarterly, gules and or,
a Lion of England, alternating with two Roses, of the third,
barbed, vert, No. 305. See Chap. XXI.
Mitre : — the Cap of Official Rank and Dignity, placed
above their Arms, and used as a Badge of their office by
the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England
and Ireland, but worn only by prelates of the Roman
Church. Mitres are always represented as golden, and
they are all cleft from the summit downwards, so that they
terminate in two points. Two Irfuloe, or ribbons fringed
at the ends, depend from every Mitre. The Mitres of
Bishops rise from a plain golden circlet, as No. 306, but
those of Archbishops rise from Ducal Coronets, as No. 307.
The Bishop of Durham also, as nominally Count Palatine
of the County of Durham as well as Bishop of the See,
has his Mitre rising from a similar Coronet, as in No. 308.
In the Middle Ages, Mitres underwent several important
changes in their contour and general aspect. At first
very low, simple, and concavj in outline, during the four-
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 115
No. 306.
No. 307.
No. 308.
teenth century they became more elevated, rich, and
splendid. Still later, Mitres changed their contour from
concave to convex, and were considerably elevated, and
thus they assumed their present form and character. In
Mediaeval Effigies and Seals, Mitres are constantly repre-
sented with characteristic accuracy. In No. 309, at the
head of this chapter, I have given outlines from some of
these examples for the sake of comparison ; they are from
the Brasses to Archbishop Cranley, a.d. 1417, at Ox-
i 2
116 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
ford ; Bishop Goodryke, a.d. 1554, at Ely ; and Arch-
bishop Harsnett, a.d. 1631, at Chigwell, Essex.
Motto: — a word or a brief epigrammatic sentence, sup-
posed to be in some manner characteristic of the Bearer,
and usually placed on a scroll either beneath a shield, or
about a crest. The latter position would be adopted
when the Motto has evident reference to the crest itself.
A Motto may also be charged upon a garter. In Heraldry,
as a law, a Motto is not held to be hereditary, but is
supposed to be of a strictly personal character ; in almost
every instance, however, in actual usage, the Motto is
transmitted and borne with the Shield and Crest. Mottos
are not borne by Bishops. See Rebus.
Mound : — see Chap. XIX.
Norroy : — see Herald.
Or:— the Metal Gold.
Orders of Knighthood : — see Chap. XX.
Ordinary of Anns : — a series of Heraldic Bearings, or
Coats of arms, classified and arranged in accordance with
the principal charges, and having the names of the
Bearers attached. It is the reverse of an Armoury.
Panache: — a Plume of Feathers, generally those of
the peacock, set upright, so as to form a crest. Such a
decoration for the Helm appears to have been occasionally
in use from an early period until the concluding quarter
of the fifteenth century, when waving plumes were first
introduced. The Panache was almost always regarded as
a Crest. It appears in the Brass to Lord Ferrers, of
Chartley, about a.d. 1410, at Merevale, in Warwickshire ;
also, but not of peacock's feathers, in the sculptured
effigy of Sir T. Arderne, a.d. 1400, at Elford, in Staf-
fordshire ; and in the Brass to Sir J. Harsyck, a.d.
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117
1384, at Southacre, Norfolk : No. 301, PI. I : see Chap.
XVII.
Paschal Lamb : — a White Lamb, passant, represented
as carrying the Red Cross Banner or Pennon of St-
George. It was a device of the Knights Templars.
Pean : — an heraldic Fur. See Chap. V.
Peer: — the general title of the Nobility of Great
Britain, indicating their equality of rank as a class, as the
" Nobles," distinguished from the " Commons," of the
realm. For the History, Succession, Honors, Arms,
Privileges, &c, of the Peers, I must refer to the
" Peerage" by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King at Arms,
published every year, and to the other Peerages.
Pennon: — a small pointed or swallow- tailed Flag,
carried by every mediaeval Knight upon his own Lance,
and which bore his own personal Device. The Pennon
appears to have been adopted in its distinctive character
during the reign of Henry III. My example, No. 310,
from the Brass to Sir John D'Aubernoun, at Stoke Dau-
bernon, Surrey, is of the period of Edward I ; it is azure,
cliarged with a chevron and fringed, or. See Chap. XVIII.
Pennoncelle : — a long streamer-like Pennon.
Planta Genista: — the Broom-plant, the celebrated
badge of the Plantagenet Princes, which was assumed
and borne by Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou,
the Founder of the Plantagenet Family. In Heraldry, a
sprig of the Broom appears with its spike-like leaves, its
golden blossoms, and its pods, the latter sometimes open
and disclosing their seeds. The effigy of Eichard II, at
Westminster, has the Dalmatic and Mantle diapered with
the Plantagenista, No. 240, PL XII. and the other badges
of that unfortunate Prince. The pod of the pea-plant is
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used somewhat after a similar manner in the Brass to
Walter Pescod, Merchant, 1398, at Boston, in Lincolnshire.
Plume : — see Panache.
Portcullis : — see Herald ; also see Portcullis in Chap. X.
Potent : — an Heraldic Fur. See Chap. V.
Powdering : — scattering irregularly over any field :
specially applied to small objects.
Prince and Princess : — see Chap. XIX.
Purpure : — the colour Purple.
Pursuivant i — a Herald of the lowest rank.
Quartering: — the arranging different armorial compo-
sitions in those divisions of a shield, which are either four
or more than four in number. See Chap. XV.
Quarterings : — quarterly divisions of a shield ; also the
arms emblazoned upon such divisions.
Rebus: — a charge or charges, or any heraldic compo-
sition which has an allusion to the name of the bearer, or
to his profession, or his personal characteristics, and
thus may be said to speak to the beholder, " non verbis,
sed rebus." For example, three salmons for the name
Salmon ; a spear on a bend for Shakspeare, &c, &c. In
the Middle Ages, the Rebus was a favourite form of
heraldic expression, and many quaint and curious ex-
amples remain of such devices : for instance, the monu-
ment of Abbot Ramrydge, at St. Alban's, abounds in
figures of Rams, each of which has, on a collar about its
neck, the letters ridge. An Ash-tree growing out of a
Cask or Tun, for the name Ashton, at St. John's, Cam-
bridge, is another example of a numerous series. The
tun to represent the terminal syllable " ton " was in great
favour. Thus at Winchester, in the Chantry of Bishop
Langton, a.d. 1500, a musical note called a long is inserted
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into a tun, for Langton ; a vine and a tun, for his See,
Winton ; and a &m sitting on a to, for his Prior, Hunton.
In Westminster Abbey, Abbot Islip's Chapel gives two
forms of his Rebus ; one, a human Eye, and a small
branch or " Slip " of a tree ; the other, a man in the act
of falling from a tree, and exclaiming, " I slip !" Such
heraldic puns are distinguished as Canting Heraldry. This
system extends to mottoes, as in the well-known instance
of the Vernons, whose motto is " Ver non semper viret."
Regalia : — the insignia of Royalty. See Chap. XIX.
Boll of Arms: — an heraldic record with a blazon
of Arms, usually written and illuminated upon a long
strip of vellum, and rolled up instead of being folded into
leaves. The earliest English Roll is of the reign of
Henry III, and it contains almost a complete Baronial
Armoury of that period, the shields of arms bein g two
hundred and sixteen in number.
Rose : — the badge of England. See Rose in Chap X.
Rouge Croix : — see Herald.
Rouge Dragon : — see Herald.
Sable : — the colour Black.
St. Alban : — the English Protomartyr. The arms of
the famous Abbey that bore his name were, azure, a saltire
or. A figure supposed to represent St. Alban, appears
in the canopy of the Brass to Abbot Delamere, about
a.d. 1350, still preserved in the Abbey Church of St. Alban.
St. Andrew : — the Patron Saint of Scotland. His arms
are, azure, a saltire, argent. No. 60.
St. Edmund : — one of the favourite popular Saints of
mediaeval England ; his arms are, azure, three crowns, two
and one, or, No. 271.
St. Edward, or Edward the Confessor : — another popular
Saint of the olden time ; his arms are, azure, a cross
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fleurie, between five martlets, or. Sometimes the cross is
blazoned patonce. There is a fine example of this shield,
executed in relief, and diapered, in Henry Ill's South
Choir Aisle of Westminster Abbey, No. 78 : also, another
fine example at the entrance to Westminster Hall. This
coat of arms was impaled by Richard II, and also by
some of his near kinsmen. It was one of the charges
against the Duke of Norfolk, in 1546, that he had
assumed this coat of arms*
St. George : — the Patron Saint of England. The inci-
dent (if any) which led to the association of St. George
with England is unknown. The arms of this illustrious
saint are, argent, a cross, gules, No. 62. I am not able to
refer to any earlier example of the arms of St. George,
as borne by the saintly warrior himself, than that which
occurs in the Brass to Sir Hugh Hastings, at Elsyng,
Norfolk, a.d. 1347. In the canopy of this fine Brass, St.
George appears mounted and transfixing the Dragon, and
he has his Cross charged upon his Shield, his Surcoat,
and the Bar dings of his charger: No. 311 shows this
shield. Another small figure of St. George on foot, with
his shield duly charged, is introduced into the canopy of
the Brass to Sir Nicholas Hawberk, a.d. 1407, at
Cobham, in Kent. St. George appears upon the Great
Seal of Edward HI, a.d. 1360: and in the Roll of
Caelarverock, a.d. 1300, the Banner of St. George is
mentioned, with the Banners of St. Edmund and St.
Edward, but these saintly ensigns are not blazoned.
The arms of St. George are also mentioned in the
inventory of the Earl of Hereford, a.d. 1322. Each
of the large shields upon the Monument of Edward
III is charged with a Red Cross, but the field now is or
and not argent. In illuminations of the fourteenth cen-
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tury, a portraiture of St. G-eorge and the Dragon appears
upon some of the standards of England.
St. Michael : — see Chap. XX.
St. Patrick : — the Patron Saint of Ireland ; his Arms
are, argent, a saltire, gules, No. 61.
Second Title : — this expression denotes the second in a
series of dignities, accumulated in the persons of Peers of
the higher ranks. Thus, each Peer, in addition to the
highest rank that he holds and by which he is himself
known, also generally enjoys the several lower ranks
besides : for example, — an Earl may be also a Viscount and
a Baron ; a Marquis may also be an Earl, a "Viscount, and
a Baron ; and a Duke may hold, with his Dukedom, all
the lower grades of the peerage. In any such case, the
second in the order of these lesser ranks and titles is
conceded " by courtesy " to the eldest son of either a
Duke, a Marquis, or an Earl.
Shamrock : — the badge of Ireland.
Shield: — see Chap. III., also Shield in Chap. X.
Sinister : — the left side, see No. 8 in Chap. III.
S. S., Collar of: — the Badge of the Lancastrian Princes
and their Friends, Partisans, and Dependents.
Standard : — a Mediaeval Flag, apparently introduced
during the reign of Edward III, which always was of
considerable length in proportion to its depth, and was
made tapering (sometimes swallow-tailed,) towards its
fly. The devices charged upon early Standards were not
determined by any heraldic rule. Edward III had one
Standard with figures of St. G-eorge and the Dragon ; and
another semee of Fleurs-de-lys and Lions, with France and
England quarterly at its head, No. 312. The Standard
of the Earl of Warwick had the Cross of St. George at
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the head, and was semee with his Badge of the Bear
and the Eagged Staff. Except when they bore Boyal
Devices, the English Standards of the Tudor era univer-
sally had the Cross of St. George at their head ; then
came the Device, Badge, or Crest of the Owner, with his
Motto. Standards never bore a regular Coat of Anns.
They were distributed amongst the Corps of any Baron,
Knight, or other Commander, and were displayed without
a distinctive or special signification (as was so emphati-
cally the case with both the Pennon and the Banner), as
decorative accessories which might enhance " the pomp
and circumstance of War." Examples Nos. 315, and 316
are two Standards of Henry VIII, drawn from the
curious picture at Hampton Court, representing his em-
barkation at Dover for France, on the occasion of the
" Field of the Cloth of Gold." Both display the Tudor
Livery Colors, argent and vert ; one has a Fleur-de-lys
charged upon these Colors, and the other has the Cross
of St. George at the Head. See Chap. XVIII.
Stall Plate : — a square plate of gilt Copper, upon which
the Arms of Knights of the 'Garter and the Bath are
emblazoned, and fixed in their stalls in the Chapels of St.
George at Windsor, and of Henry VII at Westminster.
The arms of the Esquires of the Knights are similarly
displayed and recorded in the lower range of Stalls. The
Stall Plates of the Garter are amongst the most interest-
ing and valuable of the Historical records that the
Heraldry of England possesses.
Star : — an Ensign of Knightly Bank, common to the
Heraldry of every civilized people. See Chap. XX.
Star of India : — see Chap. XX.
Sims and Roses : — see Yorkist Collar.
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Super Charge : — one Device or Figure charged upon
another.
Supporter: — a Figure, whether of a human or of an
imaginary being, or of any living creature of whatever
kind, which stands on one side of a Shield, as if in the act
of holding it up, (supporting it), or guarding it. Suppor-
ters always appear in pairs, one on the Dexter and the
other on the Sinister of the Shield ; sometimes they are
both alike, but more generally they are altogether distinct
from one another, as in the instance of the Royal Sup-
porters of England, the Lion and the Unicorn.
These honourable Accessories of the Heraldic Shield
are said to have been introduced, (like Quartering) by
Edward III, but they are of uncertain authority until
the reign of Henry VI. Supporters are now borne, by
right, by all Peers of the Realm, by Knights of the Gar-
ter, and Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath, also by the
Novia Scotia Baronets, and the Chiefs of the Scottish
Clans ; and they are conceded to those Sons of Peers who
bear honorary titles of Nobility. Supporters are not
granted in England without the express command of the
Sovereign ; but in Scotland " Lord Lion " enjoys this
privilege. Supporters are not borne by any Spiritual
Peers. They appear associated with the Arms of many
persons of various ranks, who have derived them from
some distinguished ancestors. The actual origin of Sup-
porters has been a subject of much speculation with
writers on Heraldry. I am disposed to consider that
they may be derived in part from a desire to combine
personal Badges with hereditary heraldic compositions,
while in part, Supporters may have resulted from certain
early forms of either Marshalling, or Differencing. It is
124 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
probable, also, that the introduction of these accessories
of Shields of Arms may have been greatly influenced by
the grotesque figures in such favour with Illuminators,
and which, with various animals, the early seal engravers
commonly introduced as ornaments ; " not, however," as
Mr. Planche judiciously remarks, " without some heraldic
intention." See Chap. XXIY.
Surcoat : — a long, loose, and flowing garment of rich
materials, worn by the early Knights over their armour.
It was sometimes charged with the armorial Insignia of
the "Wearer, as in the Brass at Chartham, in Kent, to Sir
Robert de Setvans, about a.d. 1305. About the year
1325 the Surcoat began to be superseded by a singular
Garment entitled a Cyclas which, while long and flowing
behind, was cut off short in the front. The Brass to Sir
John D'Atjbernoun the younger, a.d. 1327, and the
sculptured Effigy of Prince John Plantagenet, of El-
tham, a.d. 1337, afford admirable examples. About a.d.
1345 the Cyclas was shortened behind, and about 1355 it
was superseded by the Jupon.
Tabard : — the Garment that was worn by the Knights
of the Tudor Era. When the Jupon ceased to be worn,
about a.d. 1405, the splendid Panoply of Plate Armour
was not covered by any Garment, until after 1450, when
the Tabard was introduced. It was short, and had wide
sleeves reaching to the elbows; and the arms of the
wearer were displayed on both the front and back of the
Tabard itself, and of its sleeves. The Brass to Sir John Say,
a.d. 1473, at Broxbourne, Herts, is a good example. The
Tabard remains in use as the Official Habit of Heralds.
Templar 8: — see Chap. XX.
Thistle : — the Badge of Scotland.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 125
Timbre: — the Helm, when placed above the Shield in
an Achievement of Arms. No. 301.
Tinctures : — the Metals, Colors, and Furs of Heraldry.
See Chap. V.
Truncheon : — the official Badge of the Earl Marshal
of England, consisting of a golden Rod, tipped at each
end with black enamel, and having the Royal Arms
blazoned on the upper, and the Earl's own arms on the
lower end. It was granted, with the Patent of the Earl
Marshal's Office, in the ninth of Richard II, to Thomas
Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham. See No. 299.
Ulster Badge of: — see Baronet: also, No. 177, PI. IX.
Vert : — the Colour Green.
Victoria Cross: — see Chap. XX.
View : — the trail, or trace of any Animal of the Chase.
Visitations, Heralds' : — periodical Circuits performed at
intervals of about thirty years by the Heralds, under the
authority of Royal Commissions, for the purpose of in-
quiring into all matters connected with the bearing of
Arms, Genealogies, and similar subjects, for collecting
information, and for drawing up authoritative Records.
The earliest of these Visitations took place in the year
1413, but they did not become general until after the
commencement of the sixteenth century. The latest
Commission of Visitation bears date, May 13, 1686. On
these occasions the Heralds were attended by Registrars,
Draftsmen, and other appropriate officers. The Records
of these Visitations are preserved in the College of Arms,
and a large proportion of the hereditary Arms of the
Realm is borne on their authority.
Viscount: — the fourth Degree and Title in the Order
of Rank in the British Peerage, intervening between the
126 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES.
Earl and the Baron. In Latin, Vice-Comes. This Dig-
nity was first granted by Henky VI, a.d. 1440, to John
Baron Beaumont, KG. A Viscount is Bight Honorable,
and is styled " My Lord." His Sons and Daughters are
]S T o. 317.
Honorable. The Coronet, first granted by James I, en-
closing a Cap like those of the other Orders of Nobility,
has a row of fourteen Pearls (smaller than those of the
Baron's Coronet) set upon a jewelled Circle of Gold, the
Pearls being in Contact. In representations nine of these
Pearls are shown: No. 317. The Mantle of a Viscount
is scarlet, and it has two and a half Doublings of Er-
mine. The wife of a Viscount is styled a Viscountess.
Wreath : — a Circlet entwined about a Helm to support
the Crest, and which is still represented as discharging
that office beneath the greater number of the Crests of
Modern Heraldry. This Wreath was formed of two
Rounds or Rolls of Silk or other rich material, one of
them of the principal Metal, and the other of the principal
Color in the Arms, which were twisted in such a manner
as to show the Metal and the Color in alternation, the
Metal having the precedence in representations, Nos. 318,
and 318 a, PI. XV. Many of the Mediaeval Helm- Wreaths
were splendidly enriched. See Crest in Chap. XVII.
Yorkist Badge and Collar : — formed of Suns and Roses.
See Chap. XX.
No. 335 a. Quartered Shield of Arms borne upon one of her seals by
Isabella, Queen of Edward II.
CHAPTEE XV.
MARSHALLING.
The Association of certain Heraldic Insignia, or
" Arms," with the Possessors of certain Dignities or Pro-
perties, and the Transmission of the Heraldry with the
Rank and Estates by Hereditary Descent, would often
render it necessary for the same individual to bear more
than one Armorial Ensign, since instances might occur in
which several Dignities with their appanages might
become concentrated in a single person. So also with
Families and Estates, it might happen that a single
individual would in some instances become the sole
Representative of several Houses, and the Possessor of
Accumulated Properties. Again : Alliances might be
formed between persons either entitled to bear the same
Arms, or distinguished by different Heraldic Insignia,
which Alliances Heraldry might both significantly
declare and faithfully record. Hence arose the System
which Heralds call Marshalling.
Marshalling, accordingly, is the practical application
128 MARSHALLING.
of the Principles which guide Heralds in their own
treatment of Heraldry, when they would employ it to
chronicle History, and to record Biography.
This Marshalling, as distinguished from Blazoning,
may be denned to signify — I. The Arrangement and
Disposition of more than one distinct Heraldic Composi-
tion, or Coat of Arms, upon a single Shield : — or,
II. The Disposition and Aggroupment of two or more
distinct Shields of Arms, so that they shall form and con-
stitute a single Heraldic Composition : — and
III. The Association of certain Accessorial Devices and
Insignia with the Shield of Arms, with the view to render
any Heraldic Composition absolutely complete in every
consistent and appropriate Detail. It will be desirable to
consider Marshalling under each of these three applica-
tions of its Principles and System of Action.
I. The Arrangement and Disposition of two or
MORE DISTINCT COATS OP ARMS UPON A SlNGLE SHIELD,
would naturally admit of two primary distinctions, the one
having reference to such Combinations as would constitute
a permanent Heraldic Chronicle, to be transmitted upon
precisely the same principle as an Heir would inherit the
Arms with the Estate of his Father ; and the other
having regard only to a temporary Alliance, which would
extend to and be terminated with the life of the Person
who would bear the United Arms. Heraldry is very care-
ful in thus discriminating between a Combination which
is, and another which is not, to become hereditary.
The non-hereditary Combination which is habitually
marshalled by Heralds, is that produced by the Union of
the Arms of a Husband with those of his Wife, in all
cases in which the wife does not possess in her own
MARSHALLING. 129
person hereditary rank, or is not the Heiress, or Repre-
sentative, (or Co-Heiress, or Co-Representative) of any
Family. It is obvious that if in every instance the Arms
of a Mother were borne by her sons, with their Father's
Arms, and the two thus united were to be continually
transmitted, there would speedily arise so great a compli-
cation of Armorial Insignia as would inevitably render
Heraldry itself either an impossibility, or a mere arbit-
rary and unmeaning method of Ornamentation. Under
all ordinary circumstances, therefore, in such marriages
as those that have been specified, the Arms of the Hus-
band and the Wife are borne together, (in the manner
immediately to be described) by the Husband and the
Wife, and by the Survivor of them ; but, the Arms of the
Wife are not hereditary, and are not borne by any, either
of her own Children, or of their Descendants. The only
admissible Deviation from this Law would apply to the
contingency of some very unusual alliance, (as between a
private gentleman and a Princess, the Princess being
absolutely dowerless) when the Lady's remarkable personal
Rank or Position might justify a departure from heraldic
Rule — a departure that would exactly fulfil the conditions
of such an exception as would corroborate the Rule
itself.
The Arms of a Husband and Wife are marshalled in
a single Shield by an heraldic process, entitled Impalement.
It is effected by dividing the Shield by a vertical line
through its Fesse-point, into two equal parts, (as in No. 9, p.
23), and then placing one complete Coat of Arms in each
half of the Shield. The Arms of a Husband and Wife
are thus impaled, the Arms of the Husband always
occupying the Dexter, and those of the Wife the Sinister
K
130 MARSHALLING.
half of the Shield. In thus impaling two coats of arms,
the arrangement of the Charges and their proportions
are in every instance to be adapted to the altered space
afforded by the impaled Shield. In descriptive blazoning,
each Coat of Arms so far retains its own distinctive in-
dividuality, that the second description is treated as
altogether distinct from the first, though the two descrip-
tions are grouped together. I assume, for the sake of
illustration, that a Stafford marries a Butler, then
their impaled Shield, No. 319, is blazoned, or, a Chevron,
gules, for Stafford, (No. 319 a) ; impaling, arg., a Chief
indented, azure, for Butler (No. 319 b.) See Plate XXTY.
When first introduced, Impalement was effected in a
manner which, however natural in the first instance,
would necessarily be speedily abandoned, since it would
be found in many instances to affect and even to destroy
the distinctive character of the Charges, and therefore to
overthrow heraldic accuracy and truthfulness. The
primitive method of Impalement consisted in actually
cutting into halves, by a vertical section, each Coat of
Arms, and taking the Dexter half of the Husband's Arms,
and the Sinister half of the Wife's Arms, and placing these
two halves side by side in contact, to form a single com-
bined armorial composition. This was styled Impaling
by Dimidiation, or Dimidiating ; and it appears to have
been introduced into English Heraldry during the Eeign
of Edward I, a.d. 1272-1307. I illustrate this process
by another historical example. No. 194, Plate X, is the
Shield of Edmond Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall, (son
of Eichard Plantagenet, himself the Second Son of
King John) ; and No. 40 a, p. 27, is that of his wife,
Margaret, daughter of Earl Richard de Clare.
MAR SHAlrlrlN G
CHAPTER XV:
Plate XV7U
¥ os 320 to 328.
MARSHALLING. 131
This Edmond died a.d. 1300, and his Seal is charged
with the dimidiated Arms of Cornwall and Clare, No.
320, Plate XVIII, of which the blazon is,— arg., a Lion
ramjpt, gu., crowned, or, within a Bordure, sable, bezantee,
for Cornwall, (the lion for Poictou, and the bordure
for Cornwall) ; impaling by Dimidiation — or, three Chev-
ronels, gu., for Be Clare. It will be observed in No.
320, that each of the Shields, Nos. 194 and 40 a,
is cut in halves per pale, and that the Dexter half
of No. 194, and the Sinister half of No. 40 a constitute
No. 320. The evil effects of Dimidiation are exem-
plified in a striking manner in this dimidiated Shield, in
which the three half Chevronels become as many Bendlets,
and consequently the association with the historical Shield
of the De Clares is altogether lost. Had Nos. 319 a,
and 319 b. PL XXIY, been dimidiated, the Stafford chevron
could no longer have been recognized. In No. 321, I have
shown the Coats of Arms of Cornwall and De Clare united
by simple impalement. Here the arms of De Clare appear
complete, though there is necessarily some modification of
the proportion of the chevrons ; and, except so far as con-
cerns the bordure, the arms of Cornwall retain the aspect
of the dimidiated shield.
Upon her seal, Margaret of France, the second Queen
of Edward I, bears England dimidiating France ancient,
No. 322, PL XVIII. The dimidiation in this instance does
not very materially affect the arms of England, but the
fleurs-de-lys are bisected. Two lions rampant are intro-
duced upon this seal, on either side of the shield, respect-
ing it. Isabelle, the Queen of Edward II, upon one of
her seals also dimidiates England and France ancient ; and
another of her seals is charged with her effigy standing
k 2
132 MARSHALLING.
between two shields, one of them bearing England, and
the other France ancient dimidiating Navarre, No. 323, PI.
XVIII ; these shields are severally those of her husband
and of her father and mother. Another characteristic
example of the effect of dimidiation upon the fleur-de-lys
appears in the shield, No. 324, PL XVIII, that is carved
upon the curious chess-knight (about a.d. 1285), in the
possession of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. One
of the shields upon the monument to Earl William de
Valence in Westminster Abbey, a.d. 1296, bears De
Valence dimidiating Claremonte (a French coat), gu., semee
of trefoils, two dolphins haurient, embowed, addorsed, or ; No.
325. Other examples of dimidiation may yet be dis-
tinguished in the Heraldry of the noble monument to
Earl Aymer de Valence, a.d. 1323, also at Westminster.
From the early dimidiation of two distinct coats of
arms the compound devices that occasionally appear in
more recent armorial bearings may be considered to have
derived their origin. Thus, the arms of the Borough of
G-reat Yarmouth may be supposed to have resulted
from the shield of England having dimidiated another
shield, azure, charged with three herrings naiant in pale,
arg., finned, or : a shield, No. 326, PI. XVIII, charged
with these dimidiated arms, and to be referred to about
the year 1390, occurs upon one of the bosses of the roof,
of the south aisle of the church of Great Yarmouth. In
like manner, the arms of Ipswich in Suffolk, are com-
pounded of Englcmd dimidiating an azure shield, charged
with the hulls of three ships in pale. In the church of
St. Mary Quay, Ipswich, are two brasses to burgesses of
that town, severally a.d. 1525 and 1551 ; upon the for-
mer, to Thomas Pownder, the shield of the borough is
MARSHALLING. 133
blazoned with a single half-lion and a single half-ship,
the lion facing to the sinister ; but Henry Toolye, on his
brass, marshals a single lion rampant and three half-
ships.
Mr. Planche is of opinion that " to this practice of
dimidiation we owe the double-headed eagle of the
German Empire." This must imply that one of the
dimidiated eagles should originally have faced to the
sinister. Mr. Planche adds " that several instances of
dimidiation occur in the arms of German Cities and
Counts of Flanders, which will illustrate his theory for
the origin of the German double-headed eagle, by show-
ing the effect of the eagle dimidiated by other animals or
heraldic figures :" and he gives a curious example of the
incorporation of a semi-eagle and a semi-lion, the evident
result of dimidiation, the lion facing to the sinister, from
the seal of Alice D'Avesnes, No. 327, PI. XVIII. I may
place side by side with Mr. Planchu's example, the seal
of Peter Tederade " canonici cretensis" (a personage of
whom I am unable to give any particulars, but whose seal
is in existence), in which the eagle faces to the sinister, and
the effect of the dimidiation is peculiarly striking ; No.
328. The Griffin of English Heraldry might reasonably be
regarded as a further development of a similar dimidiation,
unless it is held to be a veritable member of that family
of mediaeval Griffins whose ancestry flourished in the re-
mote ages of Assyrian greatness.
The beautiful and elaborate seals that were held in
such esteem in the Middle Ages, were frequently charged
with heraldic insignia in association with rich architec-
tural details. In many examples the early seals of per-
sonages of eminence display several shields of arms
134 MARSHALLING.
placed in the different compartments of a composition of
an architectural character. Thus, the seal of Joan,
wife of John de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey, though not
more than one and a half inches in diameter, is charged
with nine distinct heraldic bearings, each of which is
so placed that it takes a becoming part in the architec-
tural composition. In No. 329, 1 give a diagram of the
arrangement of this seal, in the principal parts of which
the arms are charged upon lozenges. In the centre is
1. Warrenne; 2, 2. are England; 3, 3. are De Barr, No.
329 A, PL XIX, (az. crusillee, two barbels haurient addorsed,
or, within a bordure engrailed, gu. ; 4, 4. Leon ; and 5, 5.
Castile. The lady was the daughter of Henry, Count De
Barr (in France), and Alianore, eldest daughter of Ed-
ward I and of Alianore of Castile and Leon. This sys-
tem of grouping together several shields of arms in an ar-
chitectural composition would naturally lead to the group-
ing together several coats of arms in an heraldic composi-
tion. The shields were all borne by the same person, and
so their several bearings might obviously be concentrated
upon a single shield. In other words, a single shield
charged with any required series of coats of arms duly
arranged would naturally be substituted, as a more com-
pact and expressive arrangement, for a group of separate
though associated shields. The quartered blazonry also
might be actually displayed about his person, or on his
shield, by any noble or knight.
The seal of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Here-
ford and 3rd Earl of Essex, a.d. 1327, affords an excellent
illustration of that aggroupment of shields, of which the
full development was quartering. This seal, No. 201, PI.
XX, bears a large central shield for the Hereford Earldom
MARSHALLING. 135
between two smaller ones, No. 330, both of them {quarter-
ly, or, and gules) for the Earldom of Essex. Many other
early examples might be adduced of this practice of form-
ing groups of shields of arms before true quartering was
regularly recognized : nor was this usage altogether super-
ceded by quartering until after the close of the 14th
century. Accordingly, the secretum of Thomas Plan-
tagenet, youngest son of Edward III, in its three prin-
cipal compartments has his own arms, those of his
Duchess, Alianore de Bohttn, and his helm and
crest : this arrangement is shown in the diagram,
No. 331. In like manner, the seal of Thomas Mowbray,
Duke of Norfolk, who died in banishment at Venice, a.d.
1400, bears three shields, of which the central shield is
charged with the arms of the Confessor (a special grant
from Eichard II), impaling Brotherton (England, with
a silver label) : the dexter shield bears Mowbray (purpure,
a lion rampant, arg.), and the sinister shield displays
Segrave, (sa., a lion rampt., arg., crowned, or,) the
arms of the Duke's mother. On this seal also, John
Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, son of the last-named Thomas
Mowbray, placed a shield of Brotherton between two
shields of Mowbray and as many ostrich feathers. Again,
Margaret, eldest daughter of Thomas Plantagenet de
Brotherton, charged her seal with three shields, those
of her father and her two husbands, John Lord Segrave,
and Sir "Walter Manny (or, three chevronels, sa.) I
may add that a Castle of Castile appears on either side
of the reverse of the great seal of Edward II, and that
Edward III, when on his accession he used his father's
seal, added a small fleur-de-lys above each of the castles ;
but on his own first great seal, published in October,.
136 MARSHALLING.
1327, there appear two large neurs-de-lys without the
castles.
But, before the usage obtained for marshalling a series
of distinct and complete coats of arms by quartering so
as to produce a single compound heraldic composition, the
desired combination of two or even three coats of arms
upon a single shield was frequently effected by forming a
new composition from all the charges of the several shields,
or from the most important and characteristic of them.
Many of the early historical shields of English Heraldry
were unquestionably produced by this simple process of
compounding arms. For example, John de Dreux,
Duke of Brittany and Earl of Eichmond (died a.d. 1330)
whose mother was a daughter of Henry III, when he
accompanied his uncle, Edward I, to the siege of Caer-
laverock, displayed a banner charged with chequee, or and
az. (Be Deux), with a bordure of England (gu., with eight
lions of England), and a canton, ermine to represent the
ermine shield of Brittany, No. 116, PI. Y. The fine
shield of Prince John Plantagenet, of Eltham, second
son of Edward II and Isabella of France, is charged
with England within a bordure of France, No. 332, PI. XIX :
this is both a true example of compounded arms, and
also a shield differenced with a bordure. The well-
known shield of the De Bohuns, of which so many fine
original examples are still in existence, has been adduced
by Mr. Planche as a remarkable example of the early
heraldic usage now under consideration. The blazon of
this shield, No. 201, PI. XX, is azure, a bend, argent, cotised
and between six lioncels rampt., or. The founder of the
De Bohuns as an English family was a Humphrey de
Bohun, one of the fortunate adventurers at Hastings.
MARS HAM/IN & AND CADENCY.
SRTEI/DS OF ARMS OF THE DE BOHUTSTS.
CHAPTERS Tf, XYI & XXYl
DE BOHUN of HEREFORD. DE BOHUN of NORTHAMPTON.
Plate XX
IT 09 - 201 to 397.
MARSHALLING. 137
His son of the same name acquired important territorial
possessions near Salisbury, by his marriage with Matilda,
daughter of the feudal Baron, Edward de Sarum. Their
sou, another Humphrey de Bohun, married Margeria,
one of the co-heiresses of Milo, Constable and Lord of
G-loucester and Hereford, and their grandson, Henry de
Bohun, a.d. 1199, was created Earl of Hereford. Now,
the arms attributed to the Earls of Salisbury, and borne
by the renowned son of Fair Rosamond, "Wiiliam de
Longespee, are, azure, six lionceU rampt., or, No. 200,
p. 88 : and these arms the De Bohuns may be con-
sidered to have adopted in commemoration of their own
advantageous alliance with an heiress of Salisbury. The
arms attributed to Milo, on the other hand, (and still em-
"blazoned in the Brass to his descendant, Alianore,
Duchess of Gloucester), are gules, two Bends, the one or,
and the other argent, No. 333, PI. XX. As Lords of
Hereford in their own persons, the De Bohuns evidently
placed upon their shield the silver Bend of Hereford, in-
terposing it between the two groups into which their
Salisbury lioncels would thus be divided : and at the same
time, further to show their descent from Milo, they
appear to have bisected his golden bend bend-wise, and
then to have cotised their own silver bend with the two
bendlets thus obtained. Possibly these bends of the
shield of Milo may be heraldic representations of the
official batons of that bold warrior, as Constable of the
Castles of G-loucester and Hereford, and in the shield of
the De Bohuns their bend in the first instance may
have been regarded as associated with the office and rank
of Constable of England, so long held in the De
Bohun family with their Hereford Earldom.
138 MARSHALLING.
In Scotland the Stuarts produced a compounded shield
by encircling their own fesse chequee (arg. and or) with
the Koyal tressure. In 1374, the seal of David, son of
King Bobert Stuart and Euphemia, Countess of
Strathern, is charged with the Stuart fesse interposed
between the two chevrons of Strathern, the whole being
within the tressure : and, a.d. 1377, upon the seal of
Alan Stuart of Ochiltree the chequee fesse is surmounted
with a bend charged with three buckles, such being the
arms of Ochiltree.
The Union Jack Flags of James I and George III are
more recent but eminently characteristic examples of
compounding arms. See Chapters YII and XVHI.
An easy step in advance from such a composition as
the seal of the fourth Earl of Hereford, No. 201, and from
others of the same class, leads us on to true Quartering of
Arms. This mode of arrangement, indeed, was suggested
to the Heralds of the Edwards by such shields as were
simply quartered for diversity of tincturing, as in the
two small shields, No. 330, in No. 33 b, p. 31, and in
No. 156, PI. VI.
The process of Quartering divides the field of a single
shield into four divisions of equal area, by one vertical line
cutting one horizontal line, as in No. 11. Into each of
these divisions one of the coats of arms to be " quartered "
is placed. If there are four coats, one of them is placed
in each of the four quarters, their precedence being deter-
mined by their relative importance, — that is, in almost all
cases determined by the seniority of the several coats in
their present alliance. Should there be two coats of arms
only to be quartered, the first and fourth quarters both
bear the most important coat, and the second and third
MARSHALLING. 139
quarters bear the other coat as in No. 355, PI. XXIV. In
the case of three coats of arms for quartering, the fourth
quarter repeats the coat that is charged upon the first quar-
ter. The Eoyal Arms of England, No. 334, Ch. XIX, as
now borne by Her Majesty the Queen, exemplify a shield
thus quartered with three quarterings. It is charged
with, 1 and 4, England; 2, Scotland; and, 3, Ireland.
Again, should more than four coats of arms require to be
quartered upon one shield, the field of that shield is to be
divided, upon the same principle as before, into the requi-
site number of compartments, and such repetitions are to
be introduced as the special circumstances of each case may
render necessary. Thus in No. 15, p. 23, the shield is quar-
terly of eight. If one of the shields to be quartered is itself
quartered, it is to be treated precisely as if there were one
single coat of arms, and such a coat is said to be quarterly
quartered. Quarterly quarters are shown in No. 16. The
early Heralds also occasionally quartered impaled coats of
arms : but in more recent Marshalling, impaled coats are
held to be ineligible for quartering; and, indeed, the
act of quarterly quartering at once indicates and supercedes
an impalement.
The earliest example known in England of a shield
upon which two distinct armorial ensigns are marshalled
by quartering, is the shield, No. 135, PI. I, upon the
monument of Alianore, Queen of Edward I, at West-
minster. It bears quarterly, 1 and 4, Castile ; and 2 and 3,
Leon. Its date is 1291. These quartered arms were
first adopted by the father of Queen Alianore, Fer-
dinand III, on the union of the provinces of Castile and
Leon under his rule. In this noble monument, the beau-
tiful effigy of the truly royal Lady rests upon a plate of
140 MARSHALLING.
gilt latten, that is covered with a diaper of castles and
lions alternating in lozenges : see PI. VII.
Contemporary with the Westminster Abbey shield
is the mail-clad and cross-legged effigy in Winchester
Cathedral, that Mr. Walford has such good reason for
assigning to Sir Arnold de Gaveston, the father of
Piers de Gaveston, the favourite of Edward II. This
armed effigy has a shield charged with a cross, which
quarters, 1 and 4, or, two cows passant, gules, collared and
belted, az., being the arms of Gaston, Viscount de Beam ;
and, 2 and 3, three garbs, No. 335, PI. XIX. The presence
of the cross in this curious example is precisely such a
modification of quartering as might, in the first instance,
have been expected. This cross may have represented a
third shield, or it may have been simply either a structural
or a decorative accessory of the shield itself. For all
particulars relative to Sir Arnold de Gaveston I must
refer to Mr. Walford' s equally able and interesting
paper, in the 15th vol. of the Archmological Journal.
Somewhat later, Isabella, daughter of Philip IV of
France, the Queen of Edward II, upon the reverse of one of
her seals marshals four coats quarterly : that is, 1, England
(her husband) ; 2, France (her father) ; 3, Navarre (her
mother) ; and 4, az. a bend, arg., cotised potent, or, for
Champagne, then a most important appanage of the crown
of France, No. 335 a, p. 127.
The inventory of his property, made in 1322, one
year after the death of Humphrey de Bohtjn, at the
battle of Boroughbridge, incidentally shows that quarter-
ing arms was practised by English Heralds in the first
quarter of the 14th century. Among the objects par-
ticularly specified is a courte-pointe, quinte-point, or quilt,
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quartered — ecartele or quartele — of the arms of England and
Hereford, evidently in anticipation of impalement.
Early in the year 1340 Edward III adopted his fourth
great seal (seal D. of Willts), upon which the Royal
Arms appeared quartering France Ancient and England,
as in No. 336. PI. XXIV. This quartered shield stands
foremost in the blazonry of the Royal Heraldry of England.
It appears differenced with the utmost heraldic skill, and
impaled and quartered with a long array of noble and
famous arms : and, as the Royal Shield, with no other
change than the number of the fleurs-de-lys, it continued
in use until the accession of the Stuarts to the English
Crown in the person of James I, in the year 1603. The
change in the 1st and 4th quarters from an azure field
semee de lys, to a field charged with three golden fleurs-
de-lys, took place during the reign of Henry IV, perhaps
in the year 1403. This same change had been made
by the French Kings as early as the year 1364. I must
add that Richard II appears to have quartered England
and France, as well as France and England: that is, he
sometimes placed England and sometimes France in the
first quarter.
Philippa, the Queen of Edward III, on her secretum
quarters her paternal arms of Hainault with those of her
husband : thus, this seal is charged with, 1 and 4, Eng-
land ; and 2 and 3, or, four lions rampant in quadrangle,
alternately sable and gules; No. 337, PI. XIX. On her
other seals Queen Philippa impales England and Hai-
nault, and France and England and Hainault.
The first English subject who quartered arms is said
to have been John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, who
had married Margaret Plantagenet, the youngest
142 MARSHALLING.
daughter of Edward III. In the fine Brass to Sir Hugh
Hastings, at Elsyng in Norfolk, the date of which is
1347, there is an effigy of Earl John, (who died in 1375)
having his jupon charged with Hastings and Be Valence
quarterly, No. 338, PI. XXI. This same Brass also con-
tains an effigy of Edward III himself in armour, and his
jupon of arms bears France and England quarterly. The
shield of the Earl of Pembroke, No. 338 a, still remains
beautifully sculptured in alabaster, upon the monument
of his royal mother-in-law, Queen Philippa.
In the course of the second half of the 14th century
both quartering and impaling arms gradually became es-
tablished as heraldic usages, and impaled and quartered
shields soon began to abound ; nor was it long before
quarterings in many instances were very considerably
increased in their numbers.
I now give a few additional early examples of both
impalement and quartering.
In the well-known Eoll of Arms of Henry III the
field of the shield of Hugh de Fitz Mayhewe is per
pale az and gu. : and in the same Eoll and in the Eoll of
Caerlaverock, the arms of De Laci, De Vere, De
Mandeville, De Say, Le Despencer, De Eocheford
and De Beauchamp have the field quarterly ; and Win.
de Beauchamp charges his quarterly shield with a bend,
but the Caerlaverock De Laci bears a lion rampt., purpure,
on a gold field. These early shields may be regarded as
the prototypes of true impalement and quartering.
On the monument of Edward III, at Westminster, are
two noble shields of his own royal arms of France and
England quarterly , emblazoned in enamel ; also, five others
in smaller size, but of equal excellence.
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from tke Erass at Elsyng, Norfolk, AD. 1347.
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Another very fine example of the quartered royal shield
is sculptured in the southern spandrel of the entrance
archway to Westminster Hall : and other examples, most
of them with labels, surround the monuments of Bishop
Burghersh (about a.d. 1370) at Lincoln, PI. XXXIV;
of the Black Prince at Canterbury ; and of Prince Ed-
mond of Langley, at King's Langley. King's College
Chapel at Cambridge, also contains a splendid series of
sculptured examples of the Royal quartered shield.
Upon the Brass of Alianore de Bohun, also at West-
minster, a.d. 1300, are the following shields : 1. The shield
of the Duchess Alianore and her husband, Thomas
Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester — France and England
quarterly, within a bordure, argent, impaling DeBohun and
Milo of Hereford, No. 340, PI. XX, quarterly : 2. The
shield of the father and mother of the Duchess Alianore
De Bohun impaling FitzAllan and Warrenne quarterly,
No. 341, PI. XX ; FitzAllan is gu., a lion rampt, or.
In the former of these two shields the bordure of
Woodstock is not dimidiated by the impalement. This
is also the case in many other early examples of impaled
shields which are charged with bordures. Thus, Thomas
Holland, Earl of Kent, bore, as a special grant from
Richard II, the Arms of the Confessor, No. 78, PI. I,
within a bordure, ermine, impaling Holland modern, that is,
impaling England within a bordure argent. Upon the
seal of this Thomas Holland his shield is charged with
the impaled arms, having both the bordures complete, as
in No. 342, PI. XXII. The same composition is repeated
upon the sleeved jupon of the Earl himself and upon the
barding of his charger. Considerably later, a.d. 1446, the
Brass of Lady Tiptoft, at Enfield, displays a shield
144 MARSHALLING.
charged with a double impalement, that is, Tiptoft, 300 a,
(arg., a saltire engrailed, gu.) impaling Holland, and this im-
paled coat impaling Powys, 300 b, (or, a lion rampt, gu.).
Here, as before, the bordure of Holland is blazoned with-
out any dimidiation ; No. 343, PI. XXII. In like manner,
upon the seal of Mary, Queen of James II, of Scotland,
a.d. 1459, No. 344, PI. XXII, the complete tressure appears
upon the impaled shield: but, upon the monument of
Margaret, Countess of Lennox, the mother of Lord
Darnley, in Westminster Abbey, one of the shields (all of
them elaborately quartered) impales Scotland, having the
tressure dimidiated by impalement, No. 345 , PI. XXII.
One of the quartered and impaled shields upon the
monument of Margaret of Richmond, mother of Henry
VII, bears France modern and England quarterly, within a
bordure compony, which bordure is dimidiated, No. 346,
PI. XXII : the dexter half of this shield, which is placed
at the east end of the monument, bears the arms of
Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby. The shield at the
west end of this fine monument bears Tudor, No. 482
PI. XXXII, impaling Beaufort, both the bordures being
dimidiated, No. 346 a, PI. XXII.
Upon one of his seals John Plantagenet of Ghent
impales Castile and Leon with France and England differ-
enced with a label ermine ; and in this instance, in honor
of his royal consort, Constance of Castile and Leon, he
places his own arms on the sinister side of the shield : in
his other impaled shields the arms of this prince occupy
the customary dexter half of the escutcheon : he also used
seals bearing his own arms without any impalement.
Henry Bolingbroke, afterwards Henry IV, during
his father's lifetime bore England differenced with a label
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145
of Lancaster; but, on the death of John of Ghent, he
assumed the arms his father had borne, and those arms
he sometimes impaled with the coat of the Confessor.
On one of his seals, certainly engraved and used between
Feb. 3, and September 30, 1399, (the dates of his father's
death and his own accession) Henry bears the Confessor
differenced with a label of three points, impaling France
and England quarterly with a label of five points of Brittany
and of Lancaster } and this impaled coat impaling Be Bohun,
for Mary de Bohun, his first wife. The annexed diagram,
No. 347, PI. XIX, shows this remarkable aggroupment.
In the original seal, the shield hangs diagonally from a
large helm surmounted by the lion crest and on either
side is an ostrich feather, curiously entwined with a ribbon
charged with the word so ve rey ne. Joane of Navarre,
the second wife of Henry IV, impaled with her husband's
arms those of her father, Charles II, King of Navarre
and Count of Eureux ; and she bore Navarre and Eureux
per fesse, the former in chief, and the latter (France
ancient charged with a bend compony, arg. and gu.) in
base, No. 348, PI. XIX.
Richard II impaled the Confessor with France and Eng-
land quarterly, and again to the sinister impaled Bohemia,
for Anne, his first Queen, No. 349, PI. XXIII ; afterwards,
for Isabella, his second Queen, Richard substituted
France ancient in the sinister impalement, No. 350,
PI. XXIII. Upon his monument in his own chapel
at Westminster, Henry VII displays a shield charged
with his royal arms of France modern and England
quarterly, impaling the arms of Elizabeth of York, that
is, quarterly, in the first grand quarter, France modern and
England quarterly, for her father, Edward IV j 2 and
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3 Ulster, (or, a cross gu.) ; and 4, Mortimer, — to declare
her descent from the Houses of both York and Clarence :
No. 351, PI. XXIII.
Again, the arms of Eichard III, impaling those of his
Queen, Anne Neville, are blazoned in the Warwick
Eoll, now preserved in the College of Arms, as follows —
France modem and England quarterly, in the dexter half of
the escutcheon, impaling, quarterly, 1, Newburgh, (chequee
arg. and az., a chev., erm.,) impaling Beauchamp, (gu., a
fesse hetween six crosses crosslets, or) : 2. Montagu, (arg., three
fusils conjoined in fesse, gu.,) impaling Monthermer, (or, an
eagle displayed, vert,) : 3. Neville, (gu., a saltire, arg.,) dif-
ferenced with a label compony of silver and azure : and
4. De Clare, impaling Le Despencer.
In our own times we have seen, instead of Impalement,
Quartering adopted, precisely as in the instance of Edward
III and his Queen Philippa, for marshalling the united
arms of Her Majesty the Qijeen, and the late lamented
Prince Consort, No. 353. H.E.H. Prince Albert
differenced the Eoyal Arms of England, which he thus
quartered in the first quarter, with a label argent charged
on the central point with the Cross of St. George, an
anomaly in Heraldry, and indeed an heraldic contradiction
for which I am altogether unable to offer any explanation.
Had the Prince borne the Eoyal Shield of England, (Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland, quarterly) alone, in that case
a label for difference would have been both a necessary
and an expressive accessory to his shield ; but to have
differenced the Eoyal Arms when quarterly quartered, as
in No. 353, in heraldic language was to declare that the
Eoyal Consort of the Prince was some near relative to
the Sovereign of England, but not the illustrious Lady
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herself who wears the crown of these realms. See Chap.
XVI. The paternal coat of His late Royal Highness,
marshalled in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of No. 353, is
harry of ten, or and sable, a bend treflee, vert, for Saxony.
I conclude this brief series of examples with the his-
torical shield of four quarters, which, next to the Royal
armoury, stands at the head of the modern Heraldry of
England — the Shield of the Earl Marshall, the Duke
op Norfolk. This Shield No. 299, (as I have already
shewn) thus marshals four coats of arms of high renown
in English history: — 1. Howard; 2. Be Brotherton; 3. Be
Warrenne ; and 4. Be Mowbray. The blazon of these
arms has been given.
In Quartering Arms in our own times, we have to keep
in remembrance that the first quarter is always to be
charged with the arms that are the most important in the
group ; and also that the other coats take precedence in
the quartered composition in their order of chronological
association, that is, as they severally were added to the
group, and incorporated with it — as modern Heralds say,
as they are "brought in." With a view to illustrate
Marshalling as it is now practised, I proceed to exemplify
the varied treatment of two Coats of Arms under different*
conditions of this process. I shall employ throughout the
Shields of Stafford and Butler, Nos. 319 a, and 319 b,
which I have already shown combined by simple im-
palement in No. 319. That impaled Shield sets forth
that the Stafford who married a Butler had impaled his
wife's arms, (which she bore as her Father's Daughter,
and not as his Heiress, or Co-Heiress), with his own arms
of Stafford. But, should the Lady be an Heiress or Co-
heiress of the House of Butler, instead of Impalement,
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148 MARSHALLING.
another process would be adopted. The Arms of the
heiress are placed upon a small shield in Pretence upon
the Shield of Stafford. And this would be done by each
Co-heiress on her marriage, should there be Co-heiresses.
This marshalling is shown in No. 354, PI. XXIV. The
Impaled Shield, No. 319, is not hereditary, and the
Butler Arms would not be transmitted to the issue of the
marriage. But the Arms of the Heiress are hereditary,
and would be transmitted. They are to be permanently
associated with the Arms of Stafford, and the two together
are to become the Quartered Arms of the succeeding Re-
presentatives and Heirs of the united Houses of Stafford
and Butler. Thus, if the Butler Lady were not an Heiress,
her Children and Representatives would bear simply their
father's arms of Stafford, as No. 319 a ; but the Children
and Representatives of the Butler Lady who was an Heir-
ess, would quarter Butler with Stafford, as in No. 355,
which has in the 1st and 4th Quarters Stafford, and
Butler in the 2nd and 3rd Quarters. The Blazon would
be, Quarterly, 1st and 4>th f Stafford; 2nd and 3rd,
Butler.
Now, assuming that another Stafford, a son, or lineal
descendant of this Butler Heiress, and himself therefore
bearing " Stafford and Butler quarterly," No. 355,
should marry a Campbell, then, as before, if the lady be
not an Heiress, he simply impales Campbell, No. 356,
gyronny, or and sable, with his own quartered Arms, as in
No. 357 ; or, if the Lady be an Heiress, upon his own
quartered shield he places Campbell in pretence, as in
No. 358. From thenceforward the hereditary shield in-
cludes Campbell in its Quarterings, and it assumes the
aspect of No. 359. And so, in precisely the same man-
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ner, other Quarterings might be introduced during the
lapse of time; or the shield, No 359, with its three
Quarterings, might long remain unchanged.
There yet remains one contingency that requires atten-
tion. In the case of a Daughter of the Campbell Heiress,
any such Lady would bear the arms of Stafford, Butler and
Campbell quarterly, No. 359. Were she to marry, if she
herself were not to be an Heiress, her Husband would sim-
ply impale with his own Arms her quartered Arms, and
their children would bear their Father's Arms only. But
if she, like her mother, were to be an Heiress, then, as
before, her Husband would charge her quartered Arms
upon a separate shield in pretence upon his own ; and their
Children and Descendants would quarter the quartered
Shield of the Heiress. This must be exemplified.
Suppose the Daughter of the Campbell Heiress, (who
would bear No. 359 on a Lozenge, and not on a shield)
to marry a Bentinck:, who bears, Az., a Cross moline, arg.,
No. 360 : if she is not an Heiress, her quartered shield is
impaled by her Husband, as in No. 362 ; but if an
Heiress, her quartered shield is set in Pretence upon the
Bentinck Arms, as in No. 363. In order to transmit
these Arms by means of Quartering, a new modification
of that process will be necessary, since now a quartered
shield has to be quartered. The Marshalling now proceeds
by Quarterly Quartering. Here, as in No. 16, the
primary Quarters are Grand Quarters, any or all of which
may be quartered. We require a Shield quarterly quar-
tered in the 2nd and 3rd Quarters, as No. 364. In this
shield, Grand Quarters 1 and 4 bear Bentinck ; and Grand
Quarters 2 and 3 are each charged with Stafford, Butler
and Campbell. This shield becomes hereditary, and
150 MARSHALLING.
admits of further quarterings, should occasions arise, upon
the same system. If a son of the Campbell Heiress were
to marry a Bentinck, he would simply impale her arms,
or if she were an heiress, would charge them in pretence
upon his quartered shield, No. 359 ; and in this last case,
his children would quarter Bentinck in the fourth quarter,
as in No. 361.
Should a man bearing a quartered shield marry an
heiress, he would place her arms in pretence upon his
own quartered shield. Should her arms be quartered,
then the hereditary shield would be quarterly quartered,
and each of the grand quarters would be quartered. If
any student will work out any such system of marshalling,
he will speedily become familiar with the entire range of
quartering, while at the same time he will be impressed
with the versatility and the precision of heraldic chro-
nicles. The peerage, with such old authorities as may be
available, will furnish an ample variety of examples for
study and practice.
Augmentations of Honor, which in the first instance are
charged upon small shields of pretence, are never quar-
tered, but always retain their original position as integral
components of their own shields, whether those shields
themselves be or be not quartered.
When any coat of arms that bears a Bordure or a
Tressure, is marshalled quarterly with other coats, then
no part of the bordure or tressure is to be omitted in the
quartered coat : that is, Quartering does not affect a Bor-
dure or Tressure. Thus, in the Eoyal Arms. No. 334,
the Tressure of Scotland is blazoned complete in the
second quarter; and in No. 364a, from the Brass to
Lady Tiptoft, at Enfield, a.d. 1446, Poivys quarters
MARSHALLING. 151
Holland, Holland retaining in both quarters the silver
bordure complete.
Marks of Cadency remain unaffected by quartering, and
if they have been assumed, and are retained, they may
be transmitted and may become hereditary.
Archbishops and Bishops impale their paternal Arms with
the Arms of their Sees, placing the latter on the Dexter
side of their shields.
The Arms of the Herald Kings are marshalled after
the same manner ; that is, they place their Official Arms
on the Dexter side of their shields, impaling their
hereditary insignia.
The Daughter of a Peer bears her Father's Arms, but
without any Coronet or Supporters, and her Husband
impales her Arms which do not become hereditary.
Should a Widower marry again, he sometimes impales
the Arms of both his wives, the two being placed in the
sinister half of the shield, those of the first wife in Chief,
and of the second in Base, or both coats marshalled per
pale. But if the former wife should have been an
Heiress, her Arms would appear in pretence upon those of
her husband on the dexter side, and the Arms of the
second wife would be impaled in the ordinary manner ;
and, contrariwise, if the second wife be an Heiress, her
Arms would be charged in pretence upon the shield still
impaled as at first. In case both the ladies should be
Heiresses, the husband might quarter the Arms of his first
wife with his own, then impale the quartered composition
with his own Arms, and charge the Arms of the second
wife on a shield of pretence over all. The hereditary
quarterings in such instances would have to be determined
in accordance with the special circumstances of each par-
152 MARSHALLING.
ticular case, but always in strict adherence to heraldic
principle and heraldic rule.
An unmarried Lady bears* her paternal coat of arms,
whether single or quartered, upon a Lozenge, without any
Crest. See No. 104. This most inconvenient lozenge was
in use at an early period.
A Widow, not an heiress, retains the impaled Arms as
borne by her late husband and herself ; or, if an Heiress,
a Widow retains her husband's Arms charged with her
own in pretence ; but, in either case, the Arms of a Widow
are borne upon a Lozenge, and without a Crest. Should
a Widow marry a second time, unless her former husband
was a Peer, she ceases to bear his Arms. The Marshall-
ing of the Arms of the Widow of a Peer who may marry
again is given in the next section of this Chapter.
The Arms of Corporate Bodies, and also of Institutions
and Associations, of whatsoever kind, may be marshalled
by means of regular quartering, the several coats of arms
being arranged and assigned to their proper quarters in
the Compound Composition in the order of their relative
precedence.
Marshalling by Incorporation, that is, instead of quarter-
ing, actually constructing a single coat of arms from the
component elements of two or more distinct heraldic com-
positions, is generally repudiated by modern Heralds, as
inconsistent with that distinct and expressive definition
which Heraldry impresses on its productions. Still, a
foremost place in the very front rank of English Heraldry
must be assigned to the Union Jack, which, as I have
shown, is an example of such Marshalling by Incorpo-
ration. (See Chap. VII, Nos. 63 and 64; also Chap.
XVIII.)
MARSHALLING. 153
II. The Disposition and Aggrottpment of two or
more Shields op Arms, so that they shall form and
constitute a single heraldic composition.
In many cases, Marshalling requires that Shields of
arms should retain their individual characteristics, while
they also have to form associations with other heraldic
compositions. This is effected by grouping together the
allied shields.
Knights of the Garter, the Bath, and other Orders, if
married, bear two shields. On the first, placed to the
dexter, are the paternal Arms of the Knight himself,
being surrounded with the Insignia of his Order of
Knighthood. On the second shield he bears his own Arms
repeated, without any Knightly Insignia, impaling those
of his wife, or charged with them in pretence.
Though not customary in actual practice, a similar ar-
rangement might be adopted, in exact conformity with
heraldic rule, in the instances of Archbishops and Bishops
who are married.
A Peeress in her own Right bears her hereditary arms
(without Helm or Crest) on a Lozenge, with her Coronet
and supporters. If she be married to a Peer, both her
Arms and those of her husband are fully blazoned, and
the Shield and the Lozenge are grouped together to form
a single Compound Composition, precedence being given to
the achievement of the higher rank. If she be married
to a Commoner, her husband charges her paternal Arms
ensigned with her Coronet, in Pretence upon his own ;
and she also bears her own Achievement of arms, distinct
and complete, as she bore it before her marriage : and, in
this instance also, the Lozenge and the Shield are grouped
together, the Lozenge yielding precedence.
154 MARSHALLING.
If the Widow of a Peer should marry a Commoner, she
continues to bear the Arms of her former husband, as
before, on a separate Lozenge ; and, on another Shield her
second husband impales or charges in pretence her
paternal Arms, the two forming a single group, the shield
having precedence. Should she marry a second peer, she
would not retain the Arms of her former husband, unless
his rank had been higher than that of her second husband.
Royal Personages, when married, bear their own Arms
on a separate shield, which is placed to the dexter ; and a
second shield bears the impaled arms of the husband and
the wife, the arms of the personage of the higher rank
being to the dexter. In some instances, quartering is
used in the second shield instead of impalement, — a prac-
tice that ought to be altogether discontinued.
Two or more shields may be grouped together by
placing them upon a mantle of crimson velvet lined with
ermine ; or by the instrumentality of any such simple
accessories as the artist may devise. Or it may be suffi-
cient either to place the shields, or the shield and lozenge,
side by side, or to arrange them in such a manner that
the shield to the dexter should rest upon the dexter chief
of the other shield or of the lozenge.
III. Marshalling: the Accessories op any Shield,
Lozenge or Group, is necessarily determined by the
circumstances of every individual case.
The Accessories are the Helm, Wreath, Cap, Crest-Coro-
net, Crest, Coronet, Crown, Mantling, Supporters, Scroll and
Motto, Badges, and Knightly or Official Insignia. The se-
veral characteristics and uses of these accessories having
been described in Chapter XIV, their treatment in Mar-
shalling requires but brief notice.
MARSHALLING. 155
The Helm always rests upon the chief of the Shield.
Commoners and Baronets have their Crests placed upon
their Helms, the Crest in every case being supported by its
"Wreath, Cap or Crest-Coronet. Peers and Princes place
the Coronet of their rank upon their Helm, and their Crest
duly supported is introduced above the Coronet. The
Sovereign places the Eoyal Crest above the Imperial
Crown. The Mantling always falls, or is displayed, from
the back of the Helm. The Scroll and Motto, and also
all Badges are placed below the shield: but should any
Motto have a special reference to the Crest, in that case
such Motto should stand either in chief of the entire
achievement, or, if only the crest and the shield are bla-
zoned, it may intervene between them. The Supporters
are to be adjusted to the Shield or Lozenge in such a
manner, that they may appear to be in the act of sup-
porting and protecting it. Supporters and Crests also
admit Marks of Cadency.
Official Insignia may be associated with any achieve-
ment, in such a manner as may be best calculated to dis-
play them with becoming effect. Thus, the official staves
of the Earl Marshall are blazoned and crossed behind his
shield. An Official Badge or Jewel may be suspended
from the shield itself. Other objects and devices must
determine their own most appropriate display, care being
taken that the true Heraldic Achievement should maintain
its own distinct individuality.
Knightly Insignia are always associated with Achieve-
ments of arms. The Garter and Motto of the Order en-
circle the shields of all Knights of the Garter ; and the
Collar, with the George, may also be blazoned about the
Garter itself. Knights of the Bath encircle their Shield
156 MARSHALLING.
with a Red Riband charged with the Motto of the Order,
and having the Jewel depending. In like manner, the
Knights of the Thistle and of St. "Patrick, of St. Michael
and of St. George, and of the Star of India, place the
Ribands of their Orders with their Mottos, each about his
own shield. These Ribands are severally Green, Sky
Blue, Deep Blue with a Scarlet Stripe, and Light Blue
having edges of White. The Badge or Jewel of each
Order depends from the Riband. The Collars also of all
these Orders may be blazoned about the shield of any
Knight : and a Knight of more than one Order may dis-
play the Insignia of each Order. In like manner, all
honorable Insignia of every kind may be displayed in
association with a Shield or Achievement of arms. And,
in accordance with the same rule, Foreign Orders and
Insignia may be displayed, provided that they have been
duly recognized and admitted in this country.
No. 408. Achievement of Arms of John Daubygne, a.d. 1346,
from bis Monumental Slab at Norton-Brize, Oxfordshire.
No. 470. No. 471.
Edward I, as Prince Royal. Henry Plantagenet of Lancaster.
CHAPTEE XVI.
CADENCY.
By Cadency Heralds distinguish the different indi-
viduals or the several branches of the same family, all of
whom, in right of their common descent, inherit and bear
the same arms.
A shield of arms may thus be " differenced," either by
modifying or adding to the original blazon, while retain-
ing its distinctive character ; or by introducing upon the
shield some fresh charge, which is to take no part in the
actual composition of the arms, but is to have a special
and a separate existence of its own as a " Difference."
The modified shield, when once adopted, would become
in fact an independent heraldic composition, and would
be permanently retained, while yet at the same time it
would indicate clearly and emphatically both its origin
and its alliances.
The shield, on the other hand, that in its own blazon
remains unchanged and without even the very slightest
modification, but is differenced by a " Mark," or " Marks
158 CADENCY.
of Cadency," would be borne only as a temporary dis-
tinction, contingent upon the duration or the change of
certain conditions ; and, consequently such a shield would
alter its Differences or remove them altogether, in accord-
ance with the new requirements of advancing time. In
these changes in the " Marks of Cadency " which may be
borne at different times by the same individuals, and in
the origin of the " Marks " themselves, the student of
Historical Heraldry will find lying open before him a wide
field for singularly interesting and attractive inquiry.
Occasionally, more than one Mark of Cadency appears
in the same shield ; and it also was a practice habitually
prevalent with the early Heralds to difference their JDif-
erences, that is, to charge one Mark of Cadency upon
another.
I. The former of the two processes for Differencing
Arms may be effected, first, by changing the tincture either
of the field, or of the ordinary, or of any other charge, in
any Heraldic Composition.
Thus, in the time of Henry III, the two Furnivals
appear bearing, the one upon a field of gold, and the
other uppn a field of silver, the same red bend and the
same six martlets also red. This shield, No. 365, is
repeated in the curious monument to a lady of the same
family in Selby Church, Yorkshire. At the same period
the brothers De la Zouche severally bear, gules, bezantee,
and azure, bemntee, No. 366. The De la Zouches sub-
sequently further differenced their shield by introducing
a canton ermine, as appears in the Brass to Lady Wil-
loughby de Eresby, a.d. 1391, at Spilsby in Lincoln-
shire. Again, the De Genevilles, in the Roll of Henry
III, bear, the elder, sa. three barnacles in pale, or, and on a
CADENCY.
159
chief, arg., a demi-lion rampt. issuant, gu.; and the
younger, the same arms, No. 131a, PI. XIV, with the
field of the shield azure, and that of the chief ermine.
These arms of the De Genevilles may be considered to
exemplify the compounding two distinct coats, as
a Furnival without doubt first bore the bend alone, and
afterwards the martlets were added " for Difference."
The Mortimers, again, difference by changing the tincture
of their inescutcheon from silver to ermine, Nos. 99 and
99 a, p. 37, and also by substituting gules for the azure
of the original shield. The change from argent to ermine
for the tincture of the field was frequently adopted, as by
the Montacutes ; or, for the tincture of an ordinary,
as by the Berkleys. The Caelaverock Roll gives an
example of a double change of tincture in the banner
of John Paignel, a friend and comrade of the brothers
De Hastings, who bore a golden maunche upon a field vert,
the Earl himself displaying a banner of gold charged with
a maunche gules, which banner Edward de Hastings
differenced with a label azure.
Secondly, retaining the identity of the tinctures the
Cadency may be effected by introducing some fresh charge
of at least a comparatively subordinate character, and in-
corporating it with the original composition of any shield ;
or, by slightly varying the charges that are borne on any
shield ; or, by substituting one charge for another under
like conditions ; or, by associating with one heraldic com-
position the distinctive insignia of another in such a man-
ner that, while the original design may predominate, the
presence of the allied arms may readily be recognized.
It is highly probable that the minor charges of shields
were originally introduced in almost all cases with a view
160 CADENCY.
to Cadency ; and, accordingly, Heraldry may be considered
to have derived a very large proportion of the most
popular associates of its Ordinaries from its own early
efforts, more suo, to distinguish and also oftentimes to
connect the different bearers of those simple insignia. In
general the fresh charges introduced by the early Heralds
for marking Cadency do not appear to have been selected
upon any definite principle ; small crosses, however, were
evidently held in especial esteem ; and, in some instances,
devices used as badges may have been adopted as marks
of Cadency. These fresh charges, which are drawn to so
small a scale that their presence cannot seriously affect
the primary idea of the original composition, are placed
either upon the field of the shield, or upon the Ordinary,
and in the earliest examples they almost invariably are re-
peated. When set upon the field of any shield, the small
charges in the first instance appear either semee over the
entire area, or arranged to form an orle — the orle being a
modification of the bordure ; but, subsequently, their
numbers are generally reduced so as not to exceed six,
and they are disposed in some regular order. Later
still — that is to say, about the middle of the 14th century,
single small charges begin to be used " for Difference."
The idea of differencing shields of arms by means of
small charges again and again repeated, may possibly
have been derived from the early practice of diapering ;
but, whatever its origin, this system of marking Cadency
from the first is altogether distinct from any merely de-
corative accessories. It will be understood, that the term
" Cadency" applies only to the differencing of the shields
of several members either of the same family or of dif-
ferent branches of the same family: at the same time, it
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is obvious that by a change of tinctures, by fresh combi-
nations and dispositions, and by the introduction of
various minor charges, a series of shields all bearing the
same Ordinary may be effectually differenced for different
families, between which there exists no alliance whatever.
In the first Eoll of Henry III four shields of Beau champ
are blazoned, not including the shield of the Earl of
Warwick, (which is, chequee, arg. and az, a chevron,
ermine, No. 367) : — of these one is simply vairee, — a second
is quarterly, arg. and sa., — a third charges a bend gu. upon
afield, quarterly, arg. and of the first, — and the fourth is
sa., an eagle displayed; arg., armed, or. The well known
shield of the Beauchamps, Earls of Warwick, ac-
cordingly, does not appear in this group. In the Caer-
laverock Eoll, the shield vairee is repeated, and the arms
of Gtuy, (Beauchamp,) Earl of Warwick are blazoned,
gu., semee of crosslets, a fesse, or, No. 368 : there is also a
third red banner of Beauchamp, which bears the golden
fesse between six martlets, No. 369. The crosslets were
probably reduced to the same number, six, early in the
14th century. In the Elsyng brass, a.d. 1347, in the
Beauchamp monuments at Warwick, in the Calais Roll
of Edward III. and in the Windsor Stall-plates, the
Beauchamps, Earls of Warwick, bear the six golden
crosslets, — No. 370 ; and in the same Calais Eoll, Sir
John de Beauchamp, the brother of the Earl, adds a
sable crescent upon his fesse, No. 371. The shield with
six martlets is repeated, for Sir Giles de Beauchamp, in
the Eoll of Edward III ; and, again, upon a monument,
about a.d. 1400, in Worcester Cathedral, and in the brass
of the same period, to Sir Nicholas Dagworth, at
Aylsham in Norfolk ; and, in the Eoll, it is further dif-
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162 CADENCY.
ferenced, for an eldest son, with an azure label. In other
shields of Beauchamps of different branches of the
family, six crescents or the same number of billets, all of
gold, are blazoned with the fesse on a red field.
The Cliffords, who bear, chequee, or and az., a bend.,
gu, in the Boll of Henry III, No. 372, at Caerlaverock
display a fesse in place of the bend, No. 373 ; and, sub-
sequently, they charge on their bend three lions of England.
The arms of De Eos appear varied in their tinctures in
the following manner : — gu. three water bougets, arg. ;
then, ermine takes the place of argent; and then, the
same charges, sable, are blazoned on a shield, or, No. 374 ;
this shield of De Eos appears in the Windsor Stall-
plates, in the well known effigy in the Temple Church
and in the Spilsby brass. In his brass, a.d. 1275, Sir
Eoger de Trumpingdon bears on his shield, az., crusillee,
two trumpets in pile, or, No. 375, and upon his ailettes he
adds a label of three points, thus corroborating the evidence
borne by his shield to show that the engraving of this
brass was never completed. Somewhat earlier two De
Bruces bear, severally, arg. a lion rampt., az., and, az. semee
of crosses pattees, a lion rampt. or ; and De Balliol dif-
ferences, gu. an orle, arg., first, by placing in the dexter
chief a small blue inescutcheon charged with a lion passant
of gold, and secondly, by modifying the original blazon to,
az. semee of crosses pattees, an orle, or — No. 376. The
De Cobhams bear gu. a chevron, or ; and for difference,
they charge their chevron with either three crosslets, or
three lioncels, or three eaglets, or three estoiles, or three
crescents, or three martlets, all sable. No. 377, with the
lioncels, is from the brasses at Cobham and Chrishall ;
No. 378, with the crosslets, (Eauf De Cobham, a.d. 1402,
CADEXCY.
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adds an estoile, as in the example, for a secondary
difference,) is from another brass at Cobham ; and No. 379,
with the estoiles, is from the Stall-plate of Sir Reginald
de Cobham, KG-., a.d. 1352. In the Calais Eoll of Edw.
Ill, Sir John de Cobham bears the chevron uncharged,
(the original shield, in all probability,) but with the addition
of a silver label. The Staffords, again, difference their red
chevron on its field of gold, first, by adding a canton,
ermine; secondly, by placing the chevron between three
martlets, sable; and then by surrounding the original
shield with a bordure engrailed, either sable, or gules. The
arms of De Lucy are, gu, three fishes haurient in fesse, arg.
This shield is differenced by substituting or for argent,
and powdering the field with crosslets, first of silver and
then of gold. Six shields are blazoned, each with a single
cinquefoil, in the Roll of Henry III. Of these one bears
the charge of silver and another of gold, on a red field.
Fitz Nichol retains the gold and red tinctures, but
powders his field with silver escallops, No. 388. On a field
sable, De Fancombe bears both the cinquefoil and an orle
of martlets, arg. De Umphraville adheres to the
original tinctures, but adds a bordure, az., semee of
horse-shoes, or, No. 388 A. Thomas Bardolph has an
azure shield, crusilee, and with the cinquefoil, or — his
elder brother, William Bardolph, bearing, az., three
cinquefoils, or — No. 388 b. (See also Chap. XXIV.) In
addition to the shields of his own house, Thos. de Saint
Quintin, a.d. 1445, at Harpham in his brass, has a shield
charged with the arms of Thos. Bardolph, No 388 c ; in
this example the crosslets are drawn fleurie, No. 388 d.
At Trumpington, Elsyng, Warwick, Cobham, and in the
earlier Stall-plates at Windsor, the crosslets are botonee —
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164 CADENCY.
No. 388 e : this appears to be the favourite manner of
rendering this popular charge, though in many instances
its points are cut off square, as in No. 83, PI. III. The
shield of Sir Amorye D'Arcy, in the Calais Roll, bears,
arg. within an orle of cinquefoils, an inescutcheon, gu. :
and, in the same Eoll, Sir Wm. D'Arcy differences this
shield to, az. crusillee, three cinquefoils, arg. Other Darcies
bear, arg. three sixfoils, gu ; and, az. crusillee, three sixfoils,
arg. ; and, for further difference, arg. within an orle of
sixfoils, gu. an inescutcheon, sa. : Nos. 388 p, g, h and i.
A monument of the Caerlaverock period at Howden in
Yorkshire, to a De Saltmarsh, displays a shield, crusillee,
charged with three sixfoils, No. 389. A shield semee of
quatrefoils, with a wild boar — Sanglier — in chief, appears
in the brass to Sir Thos. Massyngberde, a.d. 1405, at
Gunby in Lincolnshire. Under Edward III, Sir John de
Brewys bears, az. crusilee, a lion ranvpt. crowned, or ; and,
seventy -five years later, the same shield, No. 390, is six
times repeated in the brass to another John de Brewys,
at Wiston in Sussex. And, once more, in their noble brass
at Little Horkesley in Essex, a.d. 1412, the shields of the
Swynbornes, No. 391, PI. XXXVII, are, gu., semee of
crosslets, arg., and charged with three boar's heads couped,
of the second ; the same shield is blazoned in the Eoll
of Henry III.
The red shields of the Berkeleys appear in the early
Rolls powdered with either silver crosses pattees or silver
roses, Nos. 392 and 393. As I have already shewn, they
also bear their chevron both arg. and erm : and they further
add either a blue label or a silver bordure. The six
crosslets fitchees of the Howards, No. 394, were doubtless
added in the first instance to their silver bend, for dif-
C XX) E U C "Y.
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ference. For a similar purpose, they afterwards placed
on the bend itself a single ermine spot. Another shield
differenced with a single ermine spot placed in the dexter
chief angle, is engraved on a brass plate in Eishangles
Church, Suffolk, a.d. 1599 : the blazon of this shield,
which was borne by Sir. Edw. Grimston, and now is
marshalled by the Earl of Vertjlam in the 1st and 4th
quarters, is as follows, arg. on a j 'esse, sa., three mullets of six
points pierced, or, in the dexter chief point an ermine-spot,
for difference— Eo. 395, PI. XXXV3Z At Checkenden in
Buckinghamshire, about a.d. 1275, a spirited effigy of
a De Montfort exhibits the remarkable shield of that
family differenced with crosslets : it may thus be blazoned,
gu. crusillee, a lion ramp, queue fourchee, arg., preying on
an infant, ppr. : in this example, No. 399, the sculptor has
represented the lion facing to the sinister. The shield
quarterly of the De Veres, No. 156, PI. YI, without doubt,
originally acquired its silver mullet as a mark of Cadency.
A mullet in the first quarter again appears in the fine
brass at Chipping Campden, a.d., 1401, to Wm. Grevel,
differencing the shield that is still borne by the
Grevilles, — sa., on across engr. or, five pellets, all within a
a bordure also engr., of the second, No. 396. The Les
Despencers charge their bend (No. 107) with three mullets,
for Difference, and they also engrail the bend itself. In
like manner, in the year 1337, William De Bohun, Earl
of Northampton, (afterwards a Knight Founder of the
Garter,) differences his paternal shield by charging upon
the silver bend three mullets of six points. In the roll of
Edward III, these mullets are blazoned gules, but they are
also elsewhere tinctured sable. The shields of this re-
owned Baron and of his son, both drawn from their seals,
166 CADENCY.
are placed side by side in Plate XX, Nos. 397, 398.
It will be seen that in No. 398 the cotises are better
developed than in the shield of the earlier Humphrey de
Bohun, No. 201, the father of the Earl of Northampton.
The shield of the De Bohuns, both with and without a
label, is blazoned in the Bolls of Henry III, Edward I,
and Caerlaverock ; it occupies a foremost place amidst the
Stall-plates of the Knights of the Garter ; it yet lingers
over what remains of the once honoured burial-place of
their powerful family, the Llanthony Abbey, founded by
themselves near Gloucester ; and it occurs repeatedly in
the Heraldry of both seals and monuments — as in the seals
of Henry IV and Thomas Plantagenet of Woodstock,
in the brasses at Westminster, Spilsby and Exeter, and
the Beauchamp Chapel Monument at Warwick.
The red pile of Chandos, in one of the Rolls of
Henry III, appears differenced with mullets. The bla-
zon of this shield, No. 127, is, or, a pile gu. charged with
three mullets of six points, of the first, between six others,
of the second. In the Calais Roll, William Clynton,
Earl of Huntingdon, bears, arg., six crosslets fitchees, sa.,
on a chief, ar., two mullets, or, No. 400 ; and Sir Thomas
Ughtred bears, gu. on a cross fleurie, or, five mullets, sa. f
No. 401. At Caerlaverock the brothers Basset/, who j ■
both bear, erm., a chief indented, gu., difference their
shields by severally charging their chiefs with three
mulleis and three escallops, or, Nos. 402, 403. I shall have
occasion hereafter to notice a perfectly different Coat of
Arms borne by the De Basset^s, Nos. 445, 456. In the
Arms of Douglas three mullets are charged upon a
chief: thus, the Garter Plate of James, Earl Douglas,
in the first quarter bears, arg., a maris heart, gu., im-
CADENCY. 167
perially crowned, or, and on a chief, ar., three mullets, of
the field, No. 177 a. The St. Johns, in like manner, bear
mullets on a chief: in the Caerlaverock roll John de
St. John bears, arg., on a chief, gu., two mullets, or, and
his son, John de St. John the younger, bears, arg.,
on a chief, gu., two mullets, or, over all a label of five points,
az., No. 404. The shield of Wm. de Odingseles
is blazoned in the Eoll of Henry III. as, arg., a fesse,
and in chief two mullets, gu. ; R. de Moelles, using the
same tinctures, substitutes two bars for the fesse, and
increases the mullets to three ; and on a silver bend
Rob. de Shastone charges three azure mullets, the field
of his shield being red.
Nearly half a century after the siege of Caerlaverock,
in the year 1345, a monumental slab was sculptured
and placed at Norton Brise, in Oxfordshire, to com-
memorate Sir John Daubygne. It is a very remarkable
composition, and singularly interesting in its Heraldry.
Three of its five shields are charged with the arms of
Daubygne : of these one bears simply, gu., four fusils
conjoined in fesse, arg. ; another bears the fusils erm., and
adds three mullets, in chief; and the third, which is the
principal shield of the group, charges each fusil with a
pierced mullet, Nos. 405, 406, 407. A pierced mullet, which
appears to demonstrate conclusively the derivation of that
charge, from a pointed spur-rouelle, within a wreath of
olive leaves, forms the Crest, and the Mantling of the
Helm is also powdered with pierced mullets. At the end of
this chapter I give a representation of this achievement
of arms, drawn from the original monument. Es-
callop-shells have already been blazoned as differencing
charges: I add, for further illustration, from the Rolls
168 CADENCY.
so often quoted, the shield of Bigot, or, on a cross, gu. t
five escallops, arg. ; and that of De Graham, gu., a saltire
and chief, arg., the latter charged with three escallops, of the
field, No. 409. The Deincotjrts bear, az., billettee, a f esse
dancette, or, (Eolls of Henry III, Edward III, and Caer-
laveroek), No. 410. De Gueslyn bears simply, or, billettee,
a label of five points, az. The shields of De Lorraine and St.
Omer are severally, gu. and az., billettee, a fesse, or ; and
another shield differenced with billets appears in the
brass to John Haydon, at Theddlethorpe in Lincolnshire,
a.d. 1424, the principal charge being a lion passant,
No. 411.
Martlets were evidently held in esteem, as Dif-
ferencing Charges, in a degree inferior only to that
accorded to crosslets. To the examples already adduced
I add, from the Eoll of Henry III, the shields of De
Merley and De Botjn, which are, barry of six, arg. and
az., a bordure, of the second, semee of martlets, or ; and, gu.
within an orle of martlets, a crescent, arg, Nos. 412 and 413.
Again, we may assume that the Martlets charged upon
the shield attributed to the Confessor, No. 78, PI. I,
were originally designed to indicate an heraldic Dif-
ference. The orle of martlets that is so happily effective
in the shields of William and Aymer de Valence,
No. 101, PI. V, is another familiar example of the use
of this favourite charge in early Cadency. The paternal
shield of these distinguished barons was simply, barry
(the bars sans nombre) arg. and az., No. 414. This shield
was once blazoned upon the Westminster Monument, and
it is still preserved in connection with the curious semi-
effigy of Ethelmar or Aymer De Valence, brother of
Earl William, Bishop of Winchester, in Winchester
CADESCY.
CHAPTER XVI.
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Cathedral. I have engraved this relic in my " Christian
Monuments." Upon this shield a label gules is charged,
for an eldest son, No. 415. Then, upon the barry field
there is introduced — possibly to compound two Coats of
Arms — a lion rampt. gu., crowned, or, — No. 416. The orle
of red martlets succeeds, No. 101 ; and, at the same time,
three lioncels of the same tincture modify the Difference
effected by the single lion — No. 417: this last shield,
No. 417, remains in the Westminster Monument, the
original enamel being still fresh and brilliant. And, once
more, Guy, the younger brother of William De Valence,
so far alters the shield of his house, that he bears, arg.,
three bars, az. over all a bendlet, gu. : I add this shield,
No. 418, to complete the De Valence group, in which the
student will observe that the tincture, gules, is retained in
all these shields for their varied Differences. Another
group of shields, three in number, may be associated with
the shields of the De Valences, in order to exemplify more
fully their system of marking Cadency ; these are the
shields of the De Chaworths, which severally are
blazoned, — harry, ar. and gu., an orle of martlets, sa. ;
then, three martlets, two and one, sa., take the place of the
orle ; and, finally, a bendlet supercedes the martlets al-
together: Nos. 419, 420, and 421.
The always beautiful Fleur-de-lys appears as a
Differencing charge in the blazon of early shields. It
would seem, indeed, that the fleurs-de-lys which are scat-
tered over the field in the old arms of France, were
designed to mark a difference from a kindred shield,
charged with a single de-lys, as, subsequently, the shield
semee de lys, was differenced by Bordures, Bendlets and
Cantons : or, if not thus in itself an actual example of
1 70 CADENCY.
heraldic Cadency, the shield that is so well known as
France Ancient, No. 2, p. 18, could not fail to be
regarded as eminently suggestive, when the Heralds of
England for the first time were engaged in working out
some system of differencing arms. The brass to a Fitz
Ealph, at Pebmarsh, in Essex, near Clare, about a.d.
1320, has a differenced shield of the De Clares, which
charges each chevronel with three fleurs-de-lys, and sur-
rounds the whole with a bordure ; and, the same blazon
is repeated in some remains of early glass in the win-
dows, from which it is apparent that the field is azure,
the bordure and the de lys, gules, and the chevronels or,
No. 422. In the Roll of Henry III, William de
Peyner bears, arg. on a chevron, gu. three fleurs-de-lys,
or, No. 423 ; and John de Deyvill modifies this com-
position to, or, on a fesse, gu., three fleurs-de-lys, the cen-
tral one reversed, of the field, No. 424 ; and again, one
of the shields in the Selby monument bears the three
fleurs-de-lys, all of them erect, upon a fesse, No. 425.
Fleurs-de-lys in small numbers, as primary charges, are
of rare occurrence. In the Roll of Henry III, Robert
Agtjlon bears, gu., a single fleur-de-lys, arg. ; and the
shield of De Tatelow, is, gu. three fleurs-de-lys, or. A
very singular incised monumental slab at Abergavenny
has a shield charged also with three large fleurs-de-lys,
No. 425 a ; and the brass to Sir John Giffard, a.d.
1348, which has lately been restored to Bowers Gifford
Church in Essex, upon a field beautifully diapered bears
six fleurs-de-lys, three, two and one, No. 425 b. Vincent
(MS. SS, in Coll. Arm), gives the seal of Melicent de
Monte Alto, a.d. 1235, with her effigy between two
shields, the dexter shield bearing a lion rampant, and the
CADENCY
= • XVI.
ST JOHN.
ST JOHN.
GRAHAM.
-k *
D'AUBYGNE. D'AUBYGXE. D'AUBYGNE.
DE DEYVLLLE. DEPEYNER
AT SELBY.
DE TtACHECOURTE. DE BEAHTVRyNTE . DE POTENHALL
'late XXYIE.
N os 404to409 & 423 to 428
CADENCY AID BADGES.
CHAPTER XVI.
FITZ RALPH
BTWXMF.LETE
AT ABER GAVENNY.
BE CANTELfUPE
'late XXXJX
K os 422, 425, 426, 513,581.
CADENCY. 171
sinister shield three fleurs-de-lys ; at Stradsett in Norfolk
there is a noble monumental slab despoiled of its shields,
cross and inscriptions, to the same Melicent de Monte Alto.
The shield of Sir Theobald De Eachecotjrte, blazoned
in the Calais Eoll, displays the singular arrangement of
five golden fleurs-de-lys set in saltire upon a sable field, No.
426. In the arms of Sir Thomas Bromflete, in his brass
at Wimington in Bedfordshire, a.d. 1430, the fleur-de-lys
assumes a very peculiar position : his shield, No. 426 b,
bears, sa. a bend, fleurie counter fleurie, or. This shield
the Bromfletes further differenced by charging their bend
with three hurtes. The bend of the Bromfletes naturally
directs the attention of students to the Royal Tressure of
Scotland, which is also fleurie, counter fleurie, No. 345.
The shield of the De Cantelupes, No. 426 c, furnishes
another curious instance of the use of the fleurs-de-lys,
which have evidently been placed in such strange associa-
tion with lions' faces with a view to compounding two
coats of arms ; the blazon of this shield is, for William
de Cantelupe, at Caerlaverock, gu., between three lions*
faces, jessant-de-lys, or, a fesse, vair ; No. 426 c. An exam-
ple of the use of the fleur-de-lys for marking Cadency
occurs in one of the shields of the Spilsby Brass, which
bears, for De Beatjmonte, az., semee de lys, a lion rampt.,
or, No. 427. Other branches of the same family change
the tinctures to gules and argent, they substitute an orle
of silver crescents for the field florettee, and they place
over all either an azure label or a bendlet componee, arg.
and gu. In the Calais Eoll, Sir Thomas Beatjmonte
bears the crescents; and Sir John Beatjmonte, the
younger, adds a label to a similar shield. In his effigy
at Eyther in Yorkshire, William De Eyther, about
172 CADENCY.
a.d. 1275, bears a shield charged with three crescents, No.
427 a. Franc le Boun, in one of the earliest Rolls,
bears the same shield, the tinctures being sa., three cres-
cents, or. The brass to Robert Parts, a.d. 1408, at
Hildersham in Cambridgeshire, is charged with a cross
fleurie, and has two crescents in chief, No. 427 b. I have
already given, from the other Roll of Henry III, for
Franc De Boun, a shield charged with a single crescent,
within an orle of martlets, No. 413. Again, in the Ca-
lais Roll, John de Potenhall bears, or, on a f esse, ar.
three increscents, of the field, No. 428. Roses, as I have
shewn, were used for Difference by the Berkeleys, No.
393. In the Caerlaverock Roll, the banners of the Earl
of Lennox and his son are, gu. a lion rampt, within a bor-
dure, arg., semee of roses, of the field, the son adding
an azure label, No. 429. Again, Simon de Tressel
bears, sa. six roses, arg., No. 431 ; and (Roll of H. III.)
Philip D'Arcy bears, arg. three roses, gu. Grarlands or
wreaths of roses, with or without leaves, were borne as
charges, and possibly they may have done duty as Marks
of Cadency. At Caerlaverock, Ralfh de Fitzwilliam
bore a banner, harry, arg. and az., charged with three chap-
lets of roses* No. 432.
Another example of a shield bearing three wreaths of
roses, occurs in the Brass to Roger Elmebrigge, a.d.
1430, at Beddington in Surrey, No. 432 a : this shield is
also charged with either a chevron cotised, or with two
chevronels, and it has a label of three points. In the brass
this shield appears both alone and impaled by Elme-
* At p. 57, a Shield of De Fitz William has been engraved, hi
which the Imrry field has been accidentally omitted.
C A ID IE IT C Y.
CHAPTER XVI.
ST. AMAND.
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luE BLOND DE FORTIBUS.
WAKE.
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COURTENAY. IDE BASCREVILLE DE Y1PONT
X)E VAUX.
'lateL.
}T 0S 434ft)446.
CADENCY. 178
brigge — chequee, arg. and sa., and consequently, it is an
example of differencing by a label in the arms borne by a
lady. Eoundels of different tinctures appear as charges
borne for differencing arms, but not so frequently as
might have been expected. The arms of the Earl of
Cornwall, No. 194, PI. V. afford an excellent example of
a bordure bezantee. The same shield so far modified as
to have its field ermine, and its bordure engrailed, appears
amidst the Windsor Stall-plates, for Sir John Corn-
wall, K.G., who died in 1443, No. 433. In the early
Roll, the shields of Robert Estofford and Robert de
Welle, Nos. 434 and 435, are blazoned, the one, arg. a
cJievron, gu. bezantee, and the other, arg. tivo bendlets, gu.
bezantee. A century later, Sir Warren Trussell bears,
arg. frettee, gu., the frette bezantee, No. 435 a ; and Sir Wil-
liam Trussell bears the same shield with an azure label.
The banner of Aumery St. Amand is or, frettee, and on
a chief, sa., three bezants, No. 436. The Shield of Rauf
de Camoys (Roll H. Ill) bears, or, on a chief, gu. three
plates, No. 287, PI. XIY, and Sir Thomas Latham (Calais
Roll) bears, or, on a chief, indented, az. three plates. The
shields of Cotjrtenay, Wake and Devereux (Roll of
H. Ill), all bear torteaux, and are thus blazoned : Cour-
teney, or, three torteaux ; Wake, or, two bars, gu., in
chief three torteaux, No. 437 ; and Devereux, arg., a
fesse, gu. in chief three torteaux. At Caerlaverock, Hugh
de Courtenay bore an azure label, charged over his
three torteaux, and the shield thus differenced has become
recognised as the arms of Courtenay, No. 438 ; it appears
in brasses at Cobham and Exeter. And, (Roll H. III.)
William de Bascrevil bears, arg. between three hurtes,
a chevron, gu., No. 439. Annulets, again, appear in early
174
CADENCY.
blazonry. In the Roll of Henry III, John de Vipont
and John de Plessis both bear seven annulets, but they
counterchange the tinctures of the field and the charges ;
thus, the blazon of the former shield is, gu. six annulets,
or, and that of the latter is, arg, six annulets, gu., No. 440.
In the original, these annulets are blazoned as "faux
rondlets," or false roundlets — that is, as roundlets voided of
the field. Mascles, in like manner, which appear in seve-
ral early shields in groups, are blazoned as " voydes du
champ," when they are to be understood to be what we
now distinguish as Mascles : otherwise the early mascle,
when not thus voided, becomes the modern lozenge.
Shields masculee, like those semee of annulets or roundles,
or shields charged with mascles in connection with other
charges, may have been intended by early Heralds to in-
dicate Difference.
Mr. Planche has directed attention to the seal of Wil-
liam de Romare III, Earl of Lincoln, who died as early
as 1198, which is both masculee and crusillee. My represen-
tation of this seal in Chapter XXIV, is drawn from Mr.
Planche's engraving. Roger de Quincey, Earl of Win-
chester, bears, gu. masculee, or : and this shield which
is blazoned in the Roll of Henry III, appears amongst the
few original examples of the Heraldry of that sovereign,
in the south aisle of Westminster Abbey ; the mascles,
seven in number, are pierced with very small openings,
and disposed over the entire field of the shield, being
in contact with one another, as in No. 441. The
same Roll blazons the shields of Richard de Rokele,
Thomas le Fitz William and William le Blond, all
of them being masculee, and the last bearing, gu. mas-
culee, or, a canton, erm., No. 442. The shield of Hubert
C A. D E JST C "Y .
CHAPTER XVI.
J1E EITZWILLIAM.
EUV1EBRIGGE.
_4Si^
"Westmmster
time of Henry HL.
Plate XL IX
N os 399, 432 441, 459, 460 to. 467
CADENCY.
175
de Burgh, Earl of Kent, bears, masculee, vair and gu.
— "masculee de verre et de goules ;" but this is really
lozengy, vair and gu., as appears from the shield that is
displayed upon the seal of the Earl, and represented in
No. 443. The Koll of Henry III gives one shield
charged with an ordinary that is lozengy — the shield of
De Vaux — which is blazoned, arg. a bend lozengy, gu.
and of the field, No. 444. A field or an ordinary frettee,
is apparently a modified form of representing a surface as
lozengy. The brass to John de Creke, about a.d.
1320, at Westley Waterless in Cambridgeshire, affords
an early example of separate lozenges : the shield in
question bears, or, on a fesse, gu. thtee lozenges, vair, No.
445. Vair occurs repeatedly in early shields, and it
certainly bore its part in effecting difference, by means of
varying the tincture of any shield or of its charges.
Thus, William de Fortibtjs, Earl De Aumale or Al-
bemarle (Roll H. III.) bears, gu, a cross patonce,
vairee. Traces of these arms, emblazoned on the dress
of Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, the Earl's daugh-
ter, are yet visible in her effigy, a.d. 1274, at Westmin-
ster, No. 446. In the same Roll Fitz Geoffrey bears
a bordure vair; and Fitz Ralph has a fesse vair ; and
upon his golden shield De Monchesney charges three
smaller shields, the blazon of each of which is, vair, two
bars, gu. No. 447 — a truly original mode of diffe-
rencing, but one which is at once very clear and very
decided. The brass to Sir Peter Arderne, Chief Baron,
at Latton, a,d. 1467, gives another example of lozenges :
one of the shields displayed in this memorial bears, paly
of six, or and gu, on a chief, arg. three lozenges, of the
second, the central lozenge charged with a golden chess-roolc,
176
CADENCY.
No. 448 ; another shield in this same brass bears three
chess-rooks. From a Roll of Edward II, I add one
other example — the shield of Sir Robert de Verdon,
which is thus blazoned, " de argent, a une crois de azure,
frette de or," No. 449.
The usage of differencing the Accessories of shields of
arms as well as the Shields themselves, has already been
exemplified in the achievement of Sir John Daubygne,
No. 408. Another characteristic example occurs in
the brass to Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex, a.d.
1483, at Little Easton in Essex, which displays the red
mantling of the helm billettee, or, its lining, instead of
the customary ermine, being semee of small water -bougets\
A part of this mantling is shewn in No. 450. The Stall
Plate of John Bourchier, K.G., Lord Berners, exhibits
his mantling, billettee, the lining being semee alternately
of water-bougets and B our chier -knots : (Chap. XVII.) Sir
R. Harcourt, K.G., has his ermine-lined mantling
semee of quatrefoils: George Plantagenet, E.G., Duke
of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV has his crim-
son mantling semee of white roses, No. 451 : and Henry
V, who, as Prince of Wales, above his Garter Plate dis-
plays Helms and Crowns of both France and England,
from his Helm of France has the mantling semee de lys.
Crests, Supporters and Badges have all been charged with
Differences, precisely in the same manner as Mantlings :
when animals are introduced, the marks of Cadency arc
sometimes formed into Collars; thus the lion crest of
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Dorset, is gorged about
the throat with a collar, compony ermine and azure, as the
bordure of his shield ; and the lion crest of his father,
John Beaufort, K.G., Duke of Somerset, has a collar,
CADENCY.
177
compony of arg. and at., No. 451 A ; in like manner, the
shield of Sir Thomas Lancaster, in the Calais Eoll,
bears, gu. a lion rampt., guard., or., gorged ivith a collar
of France — a blue collar, that is, charged with three
golden fleurs-de-lys. The animals themselves are also
sometimes semee of the differencing charges.
In the " Book of St Alban's," (printed in 1486,
being a species of paraphrase of a part of an earlier trea-
tise on Heraldry by Nicholas Upton, a.d. 1440), the
ancient practice of powdering shields for Difference is
described under the title of " Gerattyng" This Gerat-
tyng is denned to include nine figures or charges, each of
which is said to have been used with a definite and dis-
tinct signification. The nine figures are crosslets (any small
crosses, that is), fleurs-de-lys, roses, primroses, (probably
quatrefoils), cinque-foils, escallops, chaplets, mullets, and
crescents. This series, accordingly, does not include
martlets, billets, annulets, or roundles of any tincture.
Whatever may have been the original intention, in actual
practice all traces were soon lost of any systematic Ge-
rattyng, which professed to difference in obedience to any
established law; and the crosslets and other charges,
having become integral components of heraldic composi-
tions, ceased to be regarded as Marks of Cadency ; except,
indeed, when a single crescent, mullet, or other figure
was retained to represent the early orle or powdered field,
and to act alone as a " Difference."
With the exception of Eoyal Cadency, which now is
marked exclusively with the Label, the " Differences" of
Modern Heraldry are the same as they are presumed to
have been since the 14th century. They are, for
N
178 CADENCY.
1. The eldest son, (during his father's life-time) a
Label: No. 379 a.
2. The second son — a Crescent: No. 380.
3. The third son— a Mullet : No. 381.
4. The fourth son— a Martlet i No. 382.
5. The fifth son — an Annulet : No. 383.
6. The sixth son — a Fleur-de-lys : No. 384.
7. The seventh son — a Rose : No. 385.
8. The eighth son — a Cross Moline : No. 386.
9. The ninth son — a Double Quatrefoil : No. 387.
The first son of the first son may charge his label with
a label, his second son may charge his label with a cres-
cent, and so on : and, the first son of the second son may
charge his crescent with a label, &c, &c. — though happily
this complicated and involved Differencing is very rarely
adopted. All Marks of Cadency are now generally borne
in the chief of the shield.
Daughters, the Princesses excepted, being all equally
co-heiresses, do not difference their paternal arms ; but,
when a differenced coat of arms retains its difference as a
charge, as in the instance of the arms of the Cotjrtenays,
such a coat of arms is borne by daughters as well as sons.
In early Heraldry, however, ladies commonly bore their
paternal differences.
One of the earliest known examples of differencing by
a single small charge has been already noticed — it is the
shield of Sir John de Beauchamp, brother of the Earl
of Warwick, No. 371, which is blazoned in the Calais
Roll of Edward III, the difference being a crescent, sable.
The same Roll gives the shields of Sir Thomas and Sir
Otes Holland, who severally difference with an annulet
and a crescent, gu. ; also the shield of Sir Adam Ashe-
CADENCY. 179
hurste, gu. a cross engrailed, and in the dexter chief, a
fleur-de-lys, arg. ; and that of Sir Thomas Bradston, arg.
on a canton, gu. a rose, or. This shield of Bradston is
quartered in the first quarter of an escutcheon of pre-
tence in the Garter-Plate of Sir John Neville, K.G.,
Lord Montagu, at Windsor: the same shield in the
fourth quarter bears De la Pole, az. on a fesse, between
three leopards' faces, or, an annulet, gu. No. 452 A; and in
the second quarter of Sir John's own shield is Neville of
Salisbury, gu. a saltire, arg. charged with, a label of
three points, componee, arg. and az. No. 452 b. This last
shield is several times repeated upon the Beauchamp monu-
ment at Warwick. Another Neville, Lord Latymer,
charges a pellet upon his silver saltire, for Difference, No.
452 c ; and yet another peer of the same family, Neville,
Lord Bergavenny, differences his saltire with a rose, gu.
The Beauforts difference with either a single mullet or a
single crescent, and, as the 15th century advances, exam-
ples of this mode of marking Cadency increase in number.
Thus, at Childrey in Berkshire, in his brass, a.d., 1444,
the arms of William Fynderne, repeated both upon
shields and upon his tabard, are, — arg. between three crosslets
fitchees, a chevron, sa., charged for difference with an
annulet, of the field, No. 452 : and, again, in 1474, Sir
John Stanley, at Elford in Staffordshire, upon his
monument, differences his quarterly shield of Stanley
and Lathom — or, on a chief indented, az., three plates
— with a crescent, gules. In the Arderne Brass at Lat-
ton, one of the shields bears Be Bohun differenced
with a single mullet on the bend ; and, once more, still
later in a monument of the Verneys at King's Langley,
the Yerney shield is differenced with a crescent, — az., on
h 2
180 CADENCY.
across, arg., five mullets pierced, gu., for difference a crescent
cantoned, or. At an earlier period the same Verneys
difference, after the manner then prevalent, by changing
the tinctures of their shield and its charges, and by
modifying the general character and arrangement of their
arms.
The Bordure, the Bend, the Canton, and the Chevron
would always afford ready facilities for compounding two
coats of arms, and, with the Label, they might also
with ease be added to any shield " for difference." And,
Cadency thus effected might as easily receive a secondary
series of differences — small figures and devices, that is,
might be charged either upon a label or any of its com-
rades, thus differencing them from themselves when they
were added uncharged to any shield of arms. Upon the
same principle, a Chief may sometimes have first been
added to shield, and then charged for difference; and
again, always with a view to differencing, Ordinaries may
have been cotised ; a Chevron or a Fesse may have been
resolved into a group of either chevronels or bars gemelles ;
and a Bend may have been superceded by a single bendlet
or group of bendlets.
Before I enter more fully upon a consideration of
Cadency effected by the Label and the Bordure, it may be
desirable to adduce a few additional early examples of
shields, which illustrate those other modes of differencing
to which I have just referred.
Examples of Cantons. Wm. de Lancaster — arg., two
bars, and on a canton, gu. a Lion of England, *No. 453 :
Rob. de Tateshall, chequee, or and gu., a canton, erm: E. de
Boys, arg., two bars and a canton, erm : John de Nevil,
or, seven mascles, gu., a canton, erm, (Roll of Henry III). In
CADEH CY
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li os 448 to 458.
CADENCY.
181
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the Eoll of Caerlaverock the banner of John de Lancas-
ter is blazoned as No. 453. At Kilfane in Kilkenny,
the crossed-legged effigy of a De Catjteville has the
shield with four annulets and a canton, the canton being
ermine ; it is probable that this shield, if entirely shewn,
would have borne six annulets, 3, 2, and 1 : No. 454 repre-
sents what is shewn of this shield in the original. In
the Calais Roll, Sir Wm. Warren bears, cheguee or and
az., on a canton, gu., a lioncel rampt., arg., (compare with
Nos. 127 b and c). E. de Basset (Eoll of Henry III)
bears, or, three pallets, gu., a canton, erm. ; No. 455, (compare
with Nos. 402, 403 p. 166 ;) but Sir Symon de Bassett
(Calais Eoll) bears, or, three piles in point, gu., a canton erm.,
which shield is repeated in the Windsor Stall-plate of
Ealph, Lord Basset^ of Drayton, who died in 1390, No.
456. By comparing these two shields, it will be seen that
the Bassett^, while retaining the same ermine canton, dif-
ferenced three pallets with as mamy piles, both the tincture
and the number and also the general character of the
charges being the same in the two shields ; and a further
comparison with Nos. 402, 403 will shew the ermine field
which is represented in the canton, and the tinctures or
and gules.
Examples of Bends and Bendlets. William de Gaunt,
harry of six, arg. and az., a bend gu. : Thomas Greilly,
gu., three bendlets enhanced, or, (compare No. 249, p. 76) : E.
de Kendal, arg., a bend, az., cotised indented, vert ; No.
457, (Eoll of Henry III.) In a brass at Long Melford
the same blazonry appears, but differently tinctured,
for a Clopton, sa., a bend, erm., cotised, indented, or.
Henry Plantagenet, the younger brother of Thomas,
Earl of Lancaster, in the Caerlaverock Eoll charges
182 CADENCY.
his banner of England with an azure bendlet, and upon
the monument of his father at Westminster the shield of
this Prince appears bearing the same charges, No. 471,
p. 157. John de Grey, (Caer. Roll) harry of six, arg.,
and az., a bendlet engrailed, gu., (compare No. 121, p. 40.)
At Caerlaveroek, John FitzMarmadtjke bears, gu., a f esse
between three popinjays, arg. ; but in the Roll of Henry III,
Robert FitzMarmadtjke adds to the same arms an azure
bendlet, as in No. 458 ; -which example having the bendlet
added is drawn from the shield of an effigy of the time
of Edward I, probably the effigy of the Caelaverock
FitzMarmaduke himself, at Chester-le-Street, Durham.
The arms of the Grandisons provide a characteristic
series of examples of differencing by means of a bend or
a bendlet. Their shield in its original simplicity bears,
paly of six, arg. and az. Upon this a bend gules is charged.
Next upon the bend itself there appear three golden eagles
displayed : (Caer. Roll.) These eagles are then differenced
by the substitution, first, of three escallops, and subsequently
of three buckles, all or ; and, finally, John Grandison,
Bishop of Exeter, a.d. 1327-1369, completes the group
with his shield, having the red bend charged with a silver
mitre between two golden buckles, Nos. 459 and 460.
Examples of Bars Gemelles, Chevrons and Chiefs. De
Richmond, gu., two bars gemelles, and a chief, or : De
Met? nell, az., three bars gemelles, and a chief, or : (Roll
of Henry III.) Bartholomew De Badlesmere, arg., a
Jesse between two bars gemelles, gu., over all a label of
three points, azure. (Roll of Caer.). De Monemne,
or, three chevronels, and over all a fesse, gu., (Roll of
Henry HI). The Saint Quintins, on a field of gold,
bear either a single chevron, gu., or two chevrons, or fhrrr
CADENCY. 183
chevronels, of the same tincture, always retaining the same
chief vairee, Nos. 461 and 462 : these shields are drawn
from the brasses to the Saint Quintins at Brandsburton
and Harpham in Yorkshire.
The Bordure would enable the early Herald to mark
Cadency with the utmost distinctness, and yet without
infringing in the slightest degree upon the original com-
position of the shield to be differenced ; and also, at the
same time, in anticipation of marshalling arms, it affords
ready facilities for incorporating the distinctive insignia
of two different shields into a single composition. The
Bordure of France of John Plantagenet of Eltham, No.
332, PI. XIX, is a fine example of both cadency and
marshalling. The Bordure bezantee of the Earl of Corn-
wall, the first of the eight bordered shields that are
blazoned in the Eoll of Henry III, (No. 194, PI. V), and
the Bordure of England that surrounds the banner of
John de Dretjx of Brittany, in the Caerlaverock Roll,
(No. 116, PI. V), are equally characteristic examples of
marshalling and cadency effected by the same process.
Examples of Bordures. Fitz Geoffrey, quarterly, or
and gu., a bordure, vairee. W. de Montgomery, erm., a
bordure, gu., semee of horse-shoes, or, (Eoll of Henry III).
De Ferrers, vair, a bo rdure, az., semee of horse-shoes, or,
No. 463. B. de Montbotjrchjer, arg., three pitchers, gu.,
within a bordure, sa., bezantee, No. 464. Hugh de Vere,
son of the Earl of Oxford — De Vere, (No. 156) within a
bordure indented, sa., No. 477, PI. XXXII, (Eoll of
Caer.) Richard, Lord Talbot, gu., a lion rampt. within
a bordure engrailed, or. Sir Eoger Nevill, gu., a fesse
dancette, arg., within a bordure, or, (Calais Eoll).
Edmond Plantagenet, of Woodstock, youngest son
184 CADENCY.
of Edward I, England, within a bordure, arg., No. 475,
PI. XXXII, (Seals). Thomas Plantagenet, of Wood-
stock, youngest son of Edward III, France ancient and
England quarterly, within a bordure, arg. ; Nos. 340 and
509, (Seals and Brass at Westminster). Humphrey
Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, France modern and
England quarterly, within a bordure, arg. ; No. 476, PI.
XXXTT, (Monument at St. Alban's). Eichard Plan-
tagenet, of Coningsburgh, grandson of Edward III,
France ancient and England quarterly, within a bordure,
arg., charged with ten lioncels rampt., purpure, (for Leon) :
but after his father's death in 1402, he added a label of
York, and quartered France modern in the 1st and 4th
quarters, No. 478, PI. XXXII.
Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent, England, within
a bordure, arg., impaled by the Confessor within a bordure,
erm. No. 342, PI. XXII. (Seal). Thomas de Holland,
K.Gr., and Edmund de Holland, K.G\, Earls of Kent,
England within a bordure, arg., No. 475 ; (Monument at
King's Langley). John de Holland, K.G-., and his son
and grandson of the same name, all Dukes of Exeter,
England within a bordure of France; No. 477 a ; (Monu-
ment at King's Langley). The first John de Hol-
land impales the Confessor, differenced with a label of three
points, arg.
After the year 1397 the Beauforts bear France and
England quarterly within a bordure, differencing their bor-
dures for the several members of their family as follows :
John Beaufort, K.G., Marquess of Somerset, and his
son, John Beaufort, K.G-., Duke of Somerset, the
bordure componee, arg. and az. ; Nos. 346, and 346 a, PI.
XXH, and No. 479, PI. XXXII ; (Stall-platcs, and West-
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minster Monument). Henry, Cardinal Beaufort, the
hordure componee, az. and arg., with a crescent for dif-
ference ; No. 480, PL XXXTT : (Monument at Winchester).
Thomas Beaufort, K.G., the hordure componee, az. and
erm., before 1417 ; but after 1417, the hordure componee,
arg., and of France ; Nos. 481 and 484, Pis. XXXII,
XXXm, (Stall-plate, Seals, &c.)
Edmond Tudor, Earl of Richmond, France modem
and England quarterly, within a hordure, az., charged with
fleurs-de-lys and muMete, or ; No. 482, (Monument at West-
minster). Jaspar Tudor, K.Gr., Duke of Bedford — the
same, but with the hordure charged with martlets only ;
No. 483, (Stall-plate, &c.)
Gilbert, Lord Talbot, K.G., brother of the Earl of
Shrewsbury, gu., a lion rampt., within a hordure engrailed,
or. John Grey, K.G., Earl of Tankerville, gu., a lion
rampt, within a hordure engrailed, arg. : John de Corn-
wall, K.G., Lord Fanhope, erm., within a hordure, sa.,
hezantee, a lion rampt., gu., crowned, or, and charged for
difference with a mullet, arg, No. 433 ; (Stall-plate.)
The Bordure was frequently used by Prelates for
differencing their arms. Thus, Glover gives the fol-
lowing, amongst other examples : John Stafford, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, a.d. 1443-1452, or, on a chevron,
gu., a mitre, arg., the whole within a hordure, sa. Walter
de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter, a.d. 1306-1329, arg.,
two hendlets nehulee, sa., within a hordure, of the second,
charged with eight keys, or. Edmund de Stafford,
Bishop of Exeter, a.d. 1394-1419, or, a chevron, gu.,
within a hordure of the second, charged with eight mitres,
arg. Henry le Despencer, Bishop of Norwich, a.d.
1370-1406, Le Despencer (No. 107,) within a hordure az.,
186 CADENCY.
charged with fifteen mitres, or ; No. 465 : this shield is
blazoned on a boss in the roof of the south aisle of the
Church of Great Yarmouth. The seal of Bishop Henry
Le Despencer is a most interesting example of he-
raldic composition. From a helm and mantling sur-
mounted by a mitre and the Le Despencer crest — a
griffin's head, the shield of the prelate hangs by its sinis-
ter angle : it is charged with the Le Despencer arms
within a bordure, upon which are eight mitres. On
either side of the helm is a shield : the one to the dexter
bears the arms of the See of Norwich — az. three mitres, or ;
while the sinister shield is charged with seven mascles.
At St. Alban's, in the North Aisle, there remains in
the stained glass a shield of Abbot John de Wheat-
hamfstede, a.d. 1421-1460, which may be said to bear
the arms of the Abbey within a bordure of the Abbot,
az., a saltire, or, within a bordure, gu., charged with
eight garbs, of the second ; No. 466 : see also No. 201 a.
PI. XV.
Cadency marked by the Label. The earliest known
Label appears upon the counter-seal of the Saer de
Quincey, first Earl of Winchester, who died in 1219 ; but,
whether this Label, which has seven or eight points,
was borne as a Mark of Cadency has not been deter-
mined. In 1235, John de Laci, Earl of Lincoln, dis-
plays upon his counter-seal a label of five points, over a
bendlet, No. 33 b. p. 31. In Westminster Abbey, one
of the shields emblazoned by the Heralds of Henry III,
bears the same arms of the Earl of Lincoln : the
shield is, quarterly, or and gu. ; but the black bendlet,
which is very narrow, is a bendlet sinister, and the label
is set very high in the shield, and there is also a narrow
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CADENCY. 187
border raised and tinctured black, No. 467. During the
life-time of his father, Edward I charged his shield
upon his seal with a Label, as the recognised heraldic
difference which should distinguish his own shield as
that of the Prince Eoyal of England, from the shield of
the King his father. Prince Edward's Label is so
placed as to form the actual chief of the escutcheon, and
two of its five points lie alternately over and under the tail
of the uppermost lion, No. 470, p. 157. Edward II, while
Prince op Wales, bore the label set lower on the shield
and with longer points, No. 430 ; this label of Prince Ed-
ward is blazoned azure in the Roll of Caerlaverock, and
in the Eoll of Henry III his father's Label has the same
tincture.
The early Labels always extend across the entire field
of the shield from dexter to sinister, and they have the
ribbon itself very narrow and set in close proximity to
the uppermost margin of the shield, as in the examples
upon the monuments of Edward III and Edmond of
Langley ; see Nos. 486, 489. The points, which are
broader than the horizontal ribbon, are either five or three
in number. It does not appear that any peculiar signi-
ficancy is attached to the number of these points ; at any
rate, labels of five and of three points were certainly borne
by the same individual at the same time, and they are
even charged upon the obverse and reverse of the same
seal. Thus the seal and the counter-seal of Edward II,
as Prince op Wales, have severally labels of three and
five points : Edmond Plantagenet, first Earl of Lancas-
ter, and his eldest son, both bear labels of either three or
five points; and Henry Planta genet of Bolingbroke
displays, on his impaled shield, a label of five points and
188 CADENCY.
a label of three points side by side, No. 347, PL XIX.
The charges with which labels are constantly differenced
are always intended to convey some significant meaning
of their own, and thus they take an important part in
giving an historical character to heraldic compositions.
These charges, necessarily drawn to a very small scale,
are placed upon the points of any label ; sometimes a
single charge appears upon one point only, at other times
it appears upon each point, but more frequently the
charge is repeated so that the same device is generally
represented three times upon each point. This arrange-
ment, however, is left entirely to the discretion of the
artist, there being no heraldic signification implied in
the repetition of the charges ; when they are repeated,
the object is to establish more decidedly the character of
these small differencing charges, and to render their
presence more conspicuous. The small figures are almost
invariably all drawn to the same scale, and placed one
above another ; but, at St. Alban's there is a shield in
stained glass of France ancient and England quarterly,
differenced with a label of three points having on each
point three ermine spots, which are arranged two and one,
each of the single spots, being much larger than the pair
of spots above them : No. 468. In this example, and in
several others also, I have not considered it to be neces-
sary to engrave more than the Label with its charges, the
shields always being repetitions of either England, France
ancient and England, or France modern and England.
Labels charged with three ermine spots, three fleurs-de-
lys, &c, placed in pale on each of the points, are of
common occurrence ; and this is always implied, unless
some other arrangement should be expressly specified.
CADENCY. 189
Two of the Plantagenet Shields at Great Yarmouth have
two ermine spots only on each point of their Labels ; and a
third shield has two torteaux only on each point ; Nos.
469 and 472 : and, in like manner, one of the shields on
the Burghersh monument has its Label charged on each
point with two fieurs-de-lys, and another with two ermine
spots, while a third has a single red cross upon each
point : PI. XXXIV. Upon the Stall-plate of George
Plantagenet, K.G-. brother of Edward IV, his label is
blazoned with a single canton upon each of its three points ;
and this same label is repeated in the stained glass at St.
Alban's, No. 473 : and again, Richard Plantagenet,
second son of Edward IY, upon his Stall-plate charges a
single red canton upon the first point only of his silver
label, No. 474. I may add here, that during his father's
lifetime, Richard II differenced his shield with a silver
label of either five or three points, charged on the central
point only with a Cross of St. George, No. 485. Occa-
sionally two distinct groups of differencing charges appear
upon the same label ; in this case the label has five points,
and it either divides its central point per pale, or allots two
points to one group of charges and three to the other ; thus,
on the monument at King's Langley, the shield that
stands last of the series on the south side, bears France
ancient and England quarterly, with a Label of five points,
1 and 2 ermine, (three spots on each) ; and points 3, 4, 5,
of France, (three fleurs-de-lys on each), No. 486. The
Stall-plate of John Plantagenet, son of Henry IY, is
differenced with a similar label, charged upon France
modern and England quarterly.
In the Roll of Henry III, thirteen shields are diffe-
renced with labels of five points ; of these labels six are
190 CADENCV.
azure, five are gules, and there is one of each of the metals.
There are five banners or shields differenced with azure
labels of five points in the Caerlaverock Roll ; one of five
points, vert ; one azure, and one gules of three points,
and a third of three points, of France.
The quartered shield of France and England of the
Black Prince, bears a silver label of three points. This
shield is splendidly blazoned upon the monument to the
Prince at Canterbury ; and it also appears amongst the
enamelled shields upon the monument of Edward III,
upon the Monuments at King's Langley and Lincoln,
(No. 339), and in the series at Great Yarmouth. The
Black Prince charged this same shield upon his seal ;
and he also used a seal bearing England only, differenced
with a silver label of five points. On the death of the
Black Prince, his son, Eichard Plantagenet, removed
from his label the red cross which he before had borne on
the central point, and he then bore his label of silver
without any charge, until his accession to the crown.
The next silver label of the Heir Apparent of England
appears upon the shield borne by Henry V, while he was
Prince of Wales. This shield, which is of a singular form,
is charged with France modern and England, and is
blazoned upon the Stall-plate of the Prince, No. 487.
Since the time of Henry V, the eldest son of the Sove-
reign of these realms has always differenced the Royal
Shield with a Label of three points, arg. I may refer to
a late example in the monument to Arthur Tudor,
K.G-., Prince of Wales, a.d. 1502, at Worcester Cathe-
dral.
Examples of Labels. Thomas Plantagenet, " De
Brotherton," Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I ; died,
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1338 : England, with a Label of five points, arg., now quar-
tered by the Duke of Norfolk, No. 430 ; see also, No.
299.
Edward III, as Prince of Wales : England, with a label,
az., (Seal, a.d. 1327.)
Edmond Plantagenet, " Crouchback," first Earl of
Lancaster, son of Henry III ; died, 1296 : England,
with a Label of either five or three points, of France — the
label azure, charged with fleurs-de-lys ; No 488. See
also No. 493, from the Burghersh Monument, which has
two fleurs-de-lys only on each point of the label. The
same arms were borne by the eldest son of Earl Edmond,
Thomas Plantagenet ; after the year 1322, by Henry
Plantagenet, his second son ; and by his grandson,
Henry Plantagenet, first Duke of Lancaster, until
Edward III quartered France and England, when the
Duke of Lancaster charged his Label of France upon a
shield quarterly of France and England. (Seals; Eoll
of Edward I ; Caer. Roll ; Elsyng Brass ; Crouchback
Monument, &c.)
Henry Plantagenet, " of Bolingbroke :" England,
with a Label of France, No. 493. This shield differenced
with a Label of France appears to have been borne, as
an official ensign, by many persons who were connected
in various ways with the Lancastrian Princes. A good
example occurs in the brass to Thomas Leventhorpe,
a.d. 1433, at Sawbridgenorth, Herts. The Label of
France, first assumed after his marriage with Blanche
D'Artois, by Earl Edmond " Crouchback," was evidently
derived from the paternal arms of the French Princess,
and thus it may be grouped with the Bordure of France
of Prince John of Eltham, and the Bordure of England
192 CADENCY.
of John de Dretjx, Count of Brittany, as an example of
that early Cadency which anticipated Marshalling.
Lionel Planta genet, K.G-., third son of Edward
III, died 1368. Like his brothers Edward, John and
Edmond, this Prince differences France ancient and Eng-
land with a label of either five or three points, the label
itself being charged with certain devices for secondary
difference. One of the shields upon the Burghersh
Monument, No. 490, has been assigned to Prince Lionel ;
this label is of five points, and a single Cross is blazoned
on each point ; and it has been suggested that this may
have been a Label of Ulster, that is, or, charged on each
point with a cross, gu. Lionel married the heiress of
Ulster in 1352, and in 1355, he became Earl of Ulster,
jure uxoris. The same lady, Elizabeth de Burgh, was
also co-heiress of the De Clares, and in 1362,
her husband was created Duke of Clarence, when
he appears to have assumed a silver Label, charged on
each point with a canton, gules — such a canton being re-
puted to be an ancient bearing of the family of De Clare.
At St. Alban's, as I have already mentioned, there re-
mains a shield of France ancient and England, differenced
with a Label of three points, arg., on each point a canton
gu., No. 473 Among other authorities for the label
borne by this Prince, reference has commonly been made
to the small enamelled shield, the third in the series,
that remains beneath one of the " Weepers" on the south
side of the monument of Edward III, in Westminster
Abbey. In No. 489, I give a facsimile of the label bla-
zoned upon this shield, from which it appears that each
point is charged with a canton, gules, (or rather, a billet),
interposed between two torteaux. The original shield is of
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metal, and the charges upon the label are formed of a
vitreous paste, inlaid in matrices sunk for its reception, the
paste itself having been raised so as to represent these small
charges in relief upon the polished silver of the label.
It is singular that a correct description of this remarkable
label should not have been before given. The original is
open for examination, and it does not appear to be pos-
sible that it should have been subjected to any alteration ;
unless, indeed, in the first instance, this label bore three
torteaux ; and afterwards, on the union of the houses of
York and Clarence by the marriage of Richard Plan-
tagenet " of Coningsburgh " with Anne Mortimer, the
central torteau of York was cut away, and the canton
of Clarence made to assume its place. This suggestion
would assign both this shield in its original condition,
and the statuette above it, to Edmond Plantagenet
" of Langley," and not to his elder brother Lionel.
John Plantagenet " of Ghent," fourth son of Ed-
ward HI, died 1399 : France ancient and England, with
a Label, ermine. This label may be blazoned " of Brit-
tany," having been derived from the ermine canton borne
by John de Dretjx, Count of Brittany, and Earl of
Richmond, on whose death in 1342, the Earldom of
Richmond was conferred by Edward III on his infant
son, Prince John. The ermine label is generally blazoned
with three spots on each point, as in No. 494, the spots
being in pale : a different arrangement has been shewn in
No. 468, at St. Alban's ; and again, at Great Yarmouth,
No. 469 ; and at Lincoln, No. 491, the same label appears
charged with two spots only upon each point.
Henry Plantagenet "of Bolingbroke," after the
death of his father, Feb. 3, 1399, until his own accession
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194 CADENCY.
on the 30th of September following : France ancient and
England with a label of jive points, of Brittany, and of
France, that is, having the three dexter points ermine,
and the two sinister points aznre charged with golden
fleurs-de-lys. This label, which is formed by impaling
his father's label with his own, appears upon a seal of
Prince Henry to a charter, dated 18 Eich. II. Upon
the monument at King's Langley, this label has the first
and second points, ermine, and points three, four and five
of France, No. 486, page 200 ; at Great Yarmouth, the
first, second and third points are ermine, as No. 495.
(See also No. 347, PI. XIX, and p. 145.)
Edmond Plantagenet, K.G., " of Langley," fifth son
of Edward III, died 1402 : France ancient and England,
with a Label, arg., charged on each point with torteaux —
these torteaux are generally blazoned three on each point,
as in No. 496 ; but in No. 472, from Great Yarmouth, the
torteaux on each point of this label are two only. The
seals of this Prince and his stall -plate blazon his label
with three torteaux on each point ; and his label appears
charged in the same manner upon his monument at
King's Langley. A label counter -componee or cheguee,
(probably derived from the well-known shield of De
Warrenne, No. 127 b, PI. VI.) carved upon the Bur-
ghersh monument, No. 492, has been attributed to Ed-
mond of Langley, and is considered to nave been borne
by him before he assumed what may be distinguished as
the Label of York — the silver label, that is, charged with
torteaux. The origin of this difference by torteaux is by
no means easy to be determined. Three torteaux, how-
ever, were borne in chief, by Thomas, Lord Wake of
Lydel, (or, two bars, gu., in chief, three torteaux, No.
CADENCY. 195
437) whose sister and sole heiress married another Ed-
mond Plantagenet, the youngest son of Edward I.
This Edmond was executed in 1329, being then twenty-
eight years of age ; his two sons died without issue, and
thus his only daughter became the sole heiress of both
her father and her mother. This lady, the Princess
Joan, married, first, Sir Thomas Holland, K.G., and
afterwards, the Black Prince. Sir Thomas Holland
was created Lord Wake of Lydel, jure uxoris ; his eldest
son, Thomas Holland, bore the same title ; and the
second daughter of his eldest son, Joan Holland, after
the year 1394 married Prince Edmond of Langley, then
Duke of York. In default of any more probable theory,
I venture to suggest that the torteaux of the York label
may possibly have been derived from the shield of WaJce
of Lydel, No. 437, through Edmond of Woodstock and
the Hollands. Very strange were both the distribution
and the combination of titles, and the assignment of
estates and properties in those days ; so that in the
torteaux of the York Label there may linger evidence of
a part, and perhaps by no means an unimportant part
of the wealth which supported the Dukedom of York at
the time of its first creation. That Prince Edmond of
Langley attached very great importance to his alliance
with the Hollands is declared by the presence of two
shields, charged with the arms of Holland, upon his
monument at King's Langley. These two shields, the one
bearing England within a bordure of France, and the other
England within a plain bordure, I have recently liberated
from the thick coverings of mortar which had long com-
pletely concealed them; they are admirably drawn and
carved with great spirit and delicacy in alabaster, and
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196 CADENCY.
(thanks to the mortar) they remain in perfect preserva-
tion. The exact time in which Edmond of Langley
adopted the label charged with torteaux has not yet been
determined ; but, he is said (See Vincent, 97, in Coll.
Arm.) to have sealed with his shield differenced with this
label before his advance to the Dukedom of York in
1385 ; and, torteaux are certainly upon the label, No.
489, blazoned on the monument of Edward III. The
stall-plate of Prince Edmond is differenced with the
label charged with torteaux, and (at whatever period the
existing plate may have been executed) its inscription de-
signates the Prince by the title of Duke of York — " le
Duk de York Edmod:" this label, therefore, is later than
1385, and it may have been later than the second mar-
riage of Prince Edmond with the co-heiress of the Hol-
lands. Still further inquiry, perhaps, may positively de-
termine the source from whence the torteaux of the York
Label were derived, and may also assign an exact date to
the assumption of that label, in the place of its compony
predecessor, by Edmond of Langley.
Edward Plantagenet, K.Gr., Earl of Rutland, and
l)uke of York, eldest son of Prince Edmond of Langley,
killed at Agincourt, 1415 : — before the death of his father
in 1402, France ancient and England, ivith a Label of Cas-
tile — a Label gu., charged on each point with three Castles,
or, in commemoration of his mother, Isabelle of Castile
and Leon, No. 498. Vincent assigns to this Prince at this
period a label per pale of Castile and Leon, as in No. 499.
After the death of his father, Prince Edward assumed
the silver Label of York charged with torteaux, and even-
tually he substituted France modern for France ancient in
the first and fourth quarters of his shield.
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Richard Plantagenet " of Coningsburgh," Earl of
Cambridge, second and youngest son of Prince Edmond
of Langley, executed, August, 1415 : — before the death of
his father in 1402, France ancient and England within a
bordure of Leon — a bordure, that is, arg., charged with
lioncels rampt., pur]?., in commemoration of his mother,
Isa belle of Castille and Leon ; after the death of his
father, he added the Label of York within his bordure,
No. 478.
Eichard Plantagenet, K.G., Earl of Cambridge
and Rutland, and Duke of York, only son of Earl Rich-
ard of Coningsburgh, killed at Wakefield, Dec. 31, 1460 ;
France modern and England, with a Label of York : (Stall-
plate ; Seals : see Vincent, MS. SS, in Coll. Arm.)
Edmond Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland, second son
of Richard, Duke of York, killed, in his eighteenth year,
at Wakefield, Dec. 31, 1460 : — France modern and Eng-
land, with a Label of five points, impaling Leon and York,
No. 497.
George Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of Clarence,
third son of Richard, Duke of York, murdered 1477 :
France modern and England, with a Label of Clarence — a
label, arg., charged on each point with a canton, gu., No.
473.
Richard Plantagenet, K.G., afterwards King
Richard III, killed at Bosworth Field, Aug. 22, 1485 :—
France modern and England, with a Label, erm., charged
on each point with a canton, gu., No. 500.
Richard Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of York, &c,
second son of Edward IY : France modern and England
with a Label, arg., on the first point a canton, gu., No. 474.
Thomas Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of Clarence, se-
198
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cond son of Henry IV ; killed in battle in Anjou, March
22, 1421 ; France modern and England, with a Label,
ermine, charged on each point with a canton, gu., No. 500.
Before his advance to the Dukedom of Clarence in 1411,
this Prince appears to have borne his label of ermine
only without the cantons. (Seals, Stall-plate, Monu-
ment at Canterbury.)
John Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of Bedford, Anjotj,
and Alencon, Earl of Eichmond, &c. ; died at Rouen,
1435 ; France modern and England, with a Label impaling
Brittany and France, No. 486, p. 200. This label, as I
have shown, was borne by the father of Duke John be-
tween Feb. 3, and Sept. 30, 1399 ; consequently it may be
assumed that he did not difference his own shield with
it until after his father had become king. Duke John
would bear the label of ermine, as the ensign of his own
Earldom of Richmond, and also to denote his descent
from " time honoured Lancaster," Prince John of Ghent,
his grandfather, whose name he himself bore ; and the
label charged with fleurs-de-lys he would also bear, as
the distinguishing label of Lancaster, while at the same
time the fleurs-de-lys might further refer to his own
alliances with two Princesses connected -vjjth France.
His elder brother, the Duke of Clarence, may be con-
sidered in like manner to have assumed the ermine label,
as a grandson of John of Ghent ; and the cantons he
may be considered to have regarded as the difference of
Clarence. In the Stall-plate of the Duke of Bedford, his
lion crest is gorged with a label of five points, identical
in its character with the label that differences his shield.
Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick, son of
George, Duke of Clarence, the last of tJie Plahtagenete,
CADENCY. 199
executed on Tower Hill, Nov. 28, 1499 ; France modem
and England, with a Label componee, arg. and az. This
label Earl Edward derived, through his mother, Isabelle
Neville, from the Nevilles, Earls of Warwick, who in
their turn had assumed it to denote their own alliance
with the Beauforts ; No. 501.
In their seals the Plantagenet Princes both impaled
the arms of their consorts with their own, and they also
bore various quarterings. I have not considered it neces-
sary to give either the impaled or the quartered coats,
my special object in the foregoing series of shields being
to indicate the several Labels that were borne by dif-
ferent members of the Plantagenet family, as marks of
Cadency. I add a few other examples of early dif-
ferenced Labels.
John Lotjell, (Roll of Edward I) : harry nebulee of
six, or and gu., on a Label of five points, az., fifteen mullets,
arg. No. 502.
Sir Edward Montague, (Calais Eoll) : ermine, three
fusils conjoined in f esse, gu., over all a Label of three points,
or, charged on each point with an eaglet, vert. No. 503.
Sir Hugh Courtenay, (Calais Roll) : or, three torteaux,
two and one, on a Label of three points, az., nine crescents,
arg. No. 504.
Sir Peter Courtenay, K.G., (Stall-plate) : Courtenay,
with a Label, sa., bezantee. No. 505.
Sir Edward Courtenay, son of Sir Hugh, (Brass at
Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, about a.d. 1425) : Cour-
tenay : a Label, az., charged with nine mullets, or, pierced.
No. 506.
Another branch of the Courtenay family differences
with a label, az., platee.
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CADENCY.
The Nevilles, Earls of Salisbury, difference with a
label, componee, arg. and az., charged upon their " silver
sal tire." No. 452 b.
John Bourchier, K.G., Lord Berners, a.d. 1475,
(Stall-plate) : over Bourchier and Louvaine quarterly, in
the first and fourth grand quarters, a label, gu., charged
on each point with three lions of England. This same
label is repeated upon the crest.
The Latymers difference with three labels, all of
them charged as distinct marks of Cadency upon the same
arms. Thus, gu., a cross patonce, or, for Latymer, is dif-
ferenced with, first, a label of three points, sa. ; secondly, a
label of three points, sa., platee, No. 507 ; and thirdly, a
label of three points, az., semee de-lys, or, No. 508.
No. 486. — Sliicld, from the Monument at King's Langley, to Ed-
mond Plantagenet, K.Gr. Duke of York, borne by Heney Plan-
tagenet of Bolingbroke, a.d. 1399 ; and, after his accession as Heney
IV, by his third son, John Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of Bedford,
who died a.d. 1435.
No. 511. — De Bohttn Badge : from the central spandrel of the
Canopy of the Brass to Alianore De Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester,
a.d. 1399, in Westminster Abbey.
CHAPTER XVn.
BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS, CRESTS, AND SUPPORTERS.
I. Badges. A Badge is an heraldic figure or device,
assumed for the purpose of being borne either absolutely
alone, or in connection with a Motto, as the distinctive
cognizance of an individual or a family of rank and im-
portance. In the first instance, Badges in all probability
were selected with a view to some significant allusion,
which they might convey to the name, rank, office, pro-
perty, personal appearance or character of the bearer ;
and thus, to a numerous class of Badges the term Rebus
may be correctly applied. These Badges may also be
considered to have constituted in themselves an early
Heraldry, since they certainly were in use before the
adoption and recognition of regular coats of arms ; they
continued, however, to be held in high favour throughout
the palmy days of mediaeval Heraldry.
In the 14th and 15th centuries, Badges were habitually
used for the decoration of costume, military equipments,
horse trappings, household furniture, and indeed for
every variety of decorative purpose ; pieces of plate also
and other valuable objects were at once adorned and
202 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
marked by them ; and in seals, they appear both as the
accessories of shields, and sometimes as diapers. In his
will, the Black Prince speaks of " our Badges of ostrich
feathers." This favourite Badge was habitually used by
the Black Prince himself, and by other Princes of the
house of Plantagenet. A large ostrich feather appears on
cither side of the seal of Henry of Bolingbroke, No.
847, PI. XIX. A seal of Thomas Plantagenet, youn-
gest son of Edward III, has two large ostrich feathers,
similarly placed, and upon the quill of each feather is
laid a garter, their buckles being in base. The well-
known seal of John of Ghent, in addition to his achieve-
ment of arms, is charged with his badges, two falcons
holding fetterlocks in their beaks. The Swan Badge of
the De Bohuns appears upon the secretum of Thomas of
Woodstock, No. 331, between the bases of two shields ;
and again, in a similar position, upon the seal of Pleshy
College, founded by the same Thomas and his duchess
Alianore. The great seal of this same prince has its
field powered with small swans and ostrich feathers, in
lozenges, thus forming a diaper for the field of the seal,
No. 510, PI. VII. Once more, the swan-badge appears in
the central spandrel of the canopy of the De Bohun brass
at Westminster, No. 511, p. 201. Besides the ostrich fea-
thers, the Black Prince in his will speaks of several other
devices that he appears to have used as Badges — these
are " Swans, Ladies' Heads, and Mermaids of the Sea."
The figures and devices that were adopted as Badges
in the 14th and 15th centuries, like those of an earlier
period, were frequently rebuses, and they also occasion-
ally had reference to some feudal tenure ; they were
sometimes selected from the charges of coats of arms,
CRESTS, AND SUPPORTERS. 203
sometimes they were identical with crests, but more
generally they appear to have been altogether distinct
from the other heraldic insignia that were borne by the
same persons. There is also a marked distinction in
many instances to be observed between the Badges that
were used, in connection with Livery Colors, to distin-
guish the armed followers and the retainers and attendants
of royal, noble and knightly personages, and the Badge
that any prince, noble or knight might be pleased to
assume, and to bear about his own person. The Badges
of the former of these two classes were always well-
known, and their presence was specially intended to
declare a certain definite and intelligible fact : whereas,
on the contrary, the use of the personal Badge was gene-
rally restricted to the individual by whom it had been
assumed ; and, while it had some occult illusion to the
history of the bearer, it was designed rather to disguise
than to proclaim his identity — it might be suggestive of
a certain individual, but the suggestion was made by
means of some quaint or mystic rebus, which would sup-
press at least as much as it revealed.
In the Second Part of Henry VI, (Act V, Scene 1, to-
wards its close,) Shakespeare, with characteristic discri-
mination, has adverted to the use of Badges. He makes
Clifford conclude his brief threatening address to War-
wick with the words —
" Might I but know thee by thy household Badge !"
To which appeal, returning defiance with defiance, War-
wick replies —
" Now, by my father's Badge, old Neville's Crest,
The rampant bear chain'd to the ragged staff, — "
204 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
The epithet " household " here, most clearly refers to
the usage of distinguishing all the followers of an emi-
nent personage by his well-known Badge ; and the words
of Warwick shew that the same device was sometimes
borne both as a Crest and a Badge. It is to be observed
that a Crest always rises from either a crest-coronet, an
orle, or a chapeau, while the Badge is never accompanied
with either of those accessories. Thus, the famous Badge
of Warwick, the bear chained to a ragged staff, No. 206, if
borne as a Crest would be placed upon a coronet, as in
No. 512 ; or, it might rest upon either a chapeau or an
orle. I may here refer to the singularly fine brass at
Warwick to Thomas De Beau champ, Earl of Warwick,
who died a.d. 1401, in which there is a chained bear at
the feet of the effigy of the Earl ; and the ragged staff
appears decorating his bascinet, his sword-scabbard and
elbow-pieces, and it is also charged upon a small
shield upon the pommel of his sword-hilt. This remark-
able example of early engraving has been admirably
rendered by the Messrs. Waller in their great work on
Monumental Brasses — a work to which I refer all students
of historical Heraldry.
In Section IV. of Chapter XIX, I have given a series
of English Royal Badges ; here, therefore, I may be con-
tent to adduce only a small number of additional exam-
ples. Mr. Planche, in his Pursuivant of Arms, has
printed from a MS (marked 2nd M. 16) of the time of
Edward IV, preserved in the College of Arms, a list of
the Badges borne by some of the principal nobility at the
time this MS. was written. I have selected several of
the following examples from Mr. Planche' s list.
Percy : — a silver crescent.
CRESTS, KNOTS, 8c?
EKS X. XI & XVII.
at« XXX
N? S 164A, 206, 5]2to525A.
CEESTS, AND SUPPORTERS. 205
Mowbray : — a mulberry tree.
Neville : — a dun bull.
Beaufort : — a portcullis ; with the motto, Altera
Securitas.
Pel ham : — a buckle.
Woodstock : — a stock of a tree. See No. 314, p. 220.
Dacre : — a silver escallop, attached by an intertwined
cord to a ragged staff, No. 513.
Peverell : — a golden garb.
Hungerford : — a sickle. The Hungerfords also unite
their sickle to a garb by a cord. The seal of Sir Eobert
Hungerford, a.d. 1445, bears, for the Crest, a garb be-
tween two sickles rising from a crest-coronet : there is
also a sickle on each side of the shield.
The Duke of Norfolk (Mr. Planche's list) — a white
lion.
The Duke of Suffolk : — a golden lion, queue fourchee.
The Duke of Buckingham : — the Stafford knot, No .
515.
The Earl of Douglas : — a heart, gules.
The Lord Stanley : — a griffin's leg, erased, gold.
The Lord Howard : — a silver lion, charged on the
shoulder with a crescent, azure.
The Lord Clinton : — a golden mullet.
Sir John Astley : — a cinquefoil, ermine.
Sir John Arundel : — an acorn.
Sir John Mauleverer : — a white greyhound, couraut.
At Allerton Mauleverer, in Yorkshire, the brass (a.d.
1400) to another Sir John Mauleverer, has the arms —
gu., three greyhounds courant, in pale, arg., collared, or,
emblazoned upon the knight's jupon.
A remarkable instance of the artistic ability and of
206 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
the versatile resources of the early Heralds occurs in the
interior of Westminster Hall. The string-moulding
which is carried beneath the windows throughout the
building, is studded along its entire extent with the helm,
crown and crest of Bichard II, alternating with his fa-
vourite Badge, the white hart lodged; the figures are all
boldly sculptured, and though all are most faithfully
rendered, every individual white hart, and they are 83
in number, is unlike every other, and each one has some
distinct characteristic features of its own. It is the same
with the lion crest and the helm, which are placed between
two ostrich feathers having scrolls attached to their quills.
H. Knots. Amongst the devices that were used as
Badges in early Heraldry, certain intertwined cords, dis-
tinguished by the title of Knots, may be considered to
form a small distinct class of heraldic figures.
A Knot, probably designed to convey the idea of a
monogram, appears amongst the various devices, with
which the robe of Anne of Bohemia, in her effigy at
Westminster, is diapered ; it is represented in No. 514.
The Stafford Knot : — No. 515.
The Bourchier Knot : — No. 516.
The Heneaoe Knot and Motto: — No. 517.
The Wake and Ormond Knot : — No. 518, formed from
a W and an O intertwined.
The Bowen Knot : — No. 519, formed of four bows.
III. Mottos. The Motto, or Mot — the word, or brief
significant saying of a family, which in battle was the
war-cry, appears to have been habitually associated by
the early Heralds with the Badge of its owner.
CRESTS, AND SUPPORTERS. 207
The present usage is to place the Motto upon a scroll
or ribbon, below the shield of arms ; and modern Heralds
generally consider that the motto-scroll forms both a
convenient and a sufficiently secure standing-place for Sup-
porters, when Supporters appear with any Achievement.
When the Motto has direct reference to the Crest, it
ought always to be represented as placed either imme-
diately above the Crest itself, or immediately below it.
The Motto may be charged upon a garter, and this may be
made to encircle a Shield of arms or a Crest or Badge,
should either of those cognizances be blazoned alone.
In the middle ages, Mottos associated with various
heraldic devices were constantly employed for decoration.
In those days, in addition to other uses of Mottos, it was
not uncommon for the blade of the knightly sword to be
charged with some expressive legend, motto-like in its
character. Thus, the famous weapon of the great Earl
of Shrewsbury was taught to tell its own tale* in the
words — sufficiently good Latin to make their meaning
intelligible —
Sum Talboti pro vincere inimicos meos :
(I am Talbot's, to conquer my enemies).
A somewhat similar, but a more loyal Motto was
adopted by the good knight, De Setvans, who bore
winnowing fans as his armorial insignia : —
Sic dissvpabo inimicos Regis mei. — (So will I scatter —
that is, like chaff before the wind — the enemies of my
king).
As examples of Mottos, I must be content to adduce
the following small group, which I have selected with a
view to illustrate Mottos of different varieties.
208 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
Order of the Garter : — Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Order of the Bath : — Tria juncta in uno. (Three —
naval, military and civil — united in one).
Order of the Thistle: — (The Badge is a Thistle),
Nemo me impune lacessit. (No one injures me with im-
punity).
England : — Dieu et mon Droit. (God and my right).
Neville: — Ne vile Velis. (Form no mean wish; or,
Desire Neville).
Fortescue : — Forte scutum, salus ducum. (The safety
of the chiefs is a strong shield ; or, Fortescue is the safe-
guard of the chiefs).
Cholmondeley: — (Two helms are borne on the shield) ;
Cassis tutissima virtus. (Valor is the safest helm).
Birtie : — (Three battering-rams are borne on the shield,
No. 129 c) ; Virtus ariete fortior. (Valor is more power-
ful than a battering-ram).
Major Henniker : — (Three columns are borne in the
arms) : Deus major Columna. (God the greater column,
or support).
Hepblrn : — Keep Tryste.
Scott of Thirlstane : — (With a Crest formed of a group
of lances) ; (Ready, aye, ready). No. 519 a.
Clifford: — Semper par atus. (Always prepared).
Stuart : — Avant. (Forward).
Percy : — Esperance.
Bruce : — Doe well and doubt not.
Eussell. — Che sara, sara. (What will be, will be).
Grey, Earl of Stamford : — A ma puissance. (By my
might).
Temple: — Templa quam dilecta! (How beloved are
the Temples!)
CRESTS, AND SUPPORTERS. 209
Lindsay : — Astra castra, numen lumen. (Stars my
caDopy, Providence my light. The Crest a military
tent, and mullets borne on the shield).
Hood : — Zealous. (Captain Hood commanded the
"Zealous" at "the Nile.")
Spring Eice, Baron Monteagle : — (Two Eagles are
the Supporters). Altefert aquila. (The eagle soars aloft).
Leslie : — Grip fast. So said Bartholomew Leslie to
Margaret of Scotland, as she clung to his girdle, when
he saved her from drowning.
Home : — Vise a la fin. (Look to the end — to Home).
IV. Crests. — A Crest is a figure or device which
originally was actually worn upon a Bascinet and a
Helm, and now is represented above a Shield of Arms.
From an early period in the era of true English
Heraldry, the Crest was held to be an ensign of great
dignity and honor. In the first instance, the Crest
was usually some figure or device that was also borne in
the Arms ; but, in process of time, Crests were more
generally altogether distinct from the Charges of the
Shields, though it was common for them to assimilate to
the Supporters. The Crest was worn supported by a Cha-
peau or a Wreath, or sometimes it rose above a Coronet.
It also became a usage in the 15th century, to have the
Crest rise from out of a Coronet which was simply a
decoration to the helm, and supplied the place of the
more prevalent Wreath. This Crest-Coronet, No. 257 a,
probably derived from such a coronet-like enrichment of
helms as appears in the effigy of Sir Hugh Calvely at
Bunbury, No. 257, is still retained in modern Heraldry.
It is commonly blazoned as a " ducal coronet :" it has
p
210
Crest-Coronet. — No. 257 A
no reference, however, to ducal or to any other rank, and
it might with greater propriety be distinguished as simply
a " crest-coronet." In form it bears a close resemblance
to the crowns of Henry III, (No. 198, p. 13), and
Alianore of Castile. The bascinet of Sir Hugh
Calvely affords a rich example of the Orle or Wreath:
but this accessory was more generally worn projecting
from the helm, as in the effigy of Ealph Neville, Earl
of Westmoreland, at Staindrop, No. 258. See Wreath.
In his second Great Seal, a.d. 1194, Eichard I wears
a fan-like decoration surmounting his helm, having
beneath it a lion, No. 259. In many instances the helms
of the 13th century have similar crests, variously adorned.
Humphrey de Bohun, fourth Earl of Hereford, bears the
fan-like device both on his own helm and on the head of
his charger, No. 260 ; and, as late as about 1345, Sir
Geoffrey Louterell's crest retains its fan-like contour,
but it is charged with his arms, as in No. 261. Edward
III upon his Great Seal for the first time bears a true
heraldic crest — the crowned lion of England, standing
upon a chapeau, No. 262. This Sovereign sometimes
also bore an Eagle on his crest : but from his time the
crowned lion has continued to be the Crest of England.
It is to be observed, that the marks of Eoyal Cadency
were displayed as well upon crests as upon shields. The
Eoyal Lion, for example, stands upon the helm of the
Black Prince gorged with his silver label, No. 263.
CRE8T3, AND SUPPORTERS. 211
In like manner, Labels and other Marks of Cadency
appear upon the Crests of personages of noble and
knightly rank. Thus, the lion-crests of John Plan-
tagenet, KGr., Duke of Bedford, of George Plan-
tagenet, KG., Duke of Clarence, and of John Mowbray,
KG., Duke of Norfolk, (a.d. 1435, 1477, and 1475), as
blazoned in their stall- plates, are gorged with labels, the
former having three, and the latter two five points : Nos.
520 and 521. These labels appear to be worn by the
lions after the manner of bands or frills.
In some few instances the devices assumed and worn
as Crests, are identical with those that appear in the
shields of arms of the wearers ; but the prevailing usage
was to assume for the Crest a figure altogether different
from the charges of the shield, and in not a few instances
strange indeed must have been the appearance of the
figures that were thus displayed by the early knights
upon their helms. A Panache, or upright plume formed
of a large number of cock's or swan's feathers, was a
favourite Crest. This is the Crest of the Mortimers,
No. 269, and it is admirably blazoned on their seals.
The effigies of Sir Richard Pembridge, KG., at
Hereford, of Sir Robert de Marmion, at Tanfield, and
of Sir Thomas Arderne, at Elford, all of them about
a.d. 1400, are good examples. The panache of Sir
Edmund de Thorpe, a.d. 1418, at Ashwelthorpe, is
formed of peacock's feathers, No. 264 ; and such is also
the panache of Lord Ferrers of Chartley, a.d. 1425, at
Merevale. The stall-plates of Sir Thomas Erpingham,
K.G., of Sir William Philip, K.G., of Sir Thomas
Felton, KG., and John Lord Scrope, KG., all of the
15th century, display panache-crests ; the crest of Lord
p 2
212 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
Sceope is represented in No. 522. The Contoise, No.
256, was worn with the Crest until about the middle of
the 14th century, after which time this accessory disap-
pears, and the Crest is placed upon its wreath, coronet,
or chapeau rising above the mantling. Thomas Plan-
tagenet, Earl of Lancaster, a.d. 1322, on his seal appears
having a dragon with a contoise upon his helm, and a
similar monster upon the head of his charger, No. 524 :
and the seal of Ralph de Monthermer, Earl of G-loster,
a.d. 1323, has on his helm an eagle crest, and a contoise.
This eagle crest was a special grant from Edward III to
William de Montacute. In achievements of arms, and
particularly in such as are blazoned upon seals, the group
is arranged in the manner represented in No. 301, PI. I,
the Supporters being added on either side. The Crests
in these compositions are generally very large in propor-
tion to the shields ; and the same remark is equally appli-
cable to the Crests blazoned in the Windsor stall-plates ;
I give, as an example, the achievement of Humphrey
Stafford, K.GL, Earl Stafford, and afterwards Duke of
Buckingham, a.d. 1460, No. 523, p. 219.
In military monumental effigies, the helm of the deceased
warrior very generally forms his becoming pillow; and
upon the helm so placed the crest is constantly represented,
with the orle or the coronet, and the mantling. I may
specify, as additional examples, the sculptured memorials
of Sir Edmund de Thorpe, 1418, at Ashwelthorpe,
Norfolk, No. 264 ; and of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of
Warwick, 1439, No. 265 ; also the Brasses to Lord
Stourton, 1404, Sawtry, Hants, (the crest is a demi-friar
grasping a scourge of knotted cords,) No. 266 ; of Lord
Wm. de Bryenne, Seal, Kent, No. 267 ; the stall-plate of
lPTERX
CRESTS
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CRESTS, AND SUPFORTERS. 213
Sir Guy de Bryenne, K.G., a.d. 1370, bears the same Crest,
a hunting horn upon a chapeau ; and of Sir John de
Brewvs, 1426, at Wiston, Sussex. A fine example
of a crest-coronet occurs in the Brass to Sir Thomas
Brounflet, 1430, at Wymington, Beds, No. 268, but the
Crest itself is lost. Seals abound in other admirable
examples of Crests, and they illustrate many curious
modifications of mediaeval heraldic usage: thus the Crest
of the Mortimers, a lofty panache of many feathers rising
from out of a coronet, No. 269, is represented in various
seals of the house of March; but Edmund Mortimer,
a.d. 1372, has a seal charged with his paternal shield
suspended by its guige from a rose-tree, and having the
inescutcheon diapered ; and in place of the helm and
Crest above the shield, on either side of the shield placed
as a supporter, the white lion of the Earls of March
is helmed, the two helms almost enclosing the lions, and
having mantling, coronet, and crest, and respecting each
other ; No. 270.
Crests are now generally represented resting upon a
wreath : but the crest-coronet and also the chapeau are
still retained in modern blazon. Crests, like shields,
being held to be hereditary, it necessarily follows that
the same person may inherit and may rightly bear
two or more Crests, as he may quarter two or more
coats of arms. The Earl Fitzwilliam bears these two
Crests : 1st, — out of a crest-coronet, or, a plume of three
ostrich feathers, arg. ; and 2nd, — on a wreath, or and sa., a
griffin, passant, ppr. Walter Long, Esquire, of Preshaw
House, Hants, bears as his Crest, — out of a crest-coronet,
or, a demi-lion rampt., arg. The crest of the Duke of
Eutland is, — on a chapeau, gu., lined erm., a peacoclc in
214 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
his pride, ppr. The Duke of Newcastle has the same
Crest upon a wreath.
For further illustration, I add a few other examples of
Crests.
Percy, Duke of Northumberland : — On a chateau, a
lion statant, his tail extended, or. In No. 185, p. 58, this
lion is represented without the chapeau.
Howard, representative of Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk :
— On a chapeau, a lion statant guardant, his tail extended,
or, and ducally gorged, arg. This lion of the Howards is
represented in No. 186, p. 58, without either the chapeau
or the coronet. It was originally granted by Eichard
II to Thomas Mowbray, Earl Marshal.
Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel : — Out of a crest-coronet,
a griffin* s head, between a pair of wings erect.
Neville, Earl of Westmoreland: — Upon a wreath, a
dun bulVs head and neck erased, ppr.
Ealph, Lord Bassett, of Drayton, K.Gr. : — Out of a
crest -coronet, a boar's head, erased, sa., armed, or.
Stanley, Earl of Derby : — On a chapeau, an eagle,
wings addorsed, or, hovering over an infant in its nest, ppr.
swaddled, az., banded, of the first.
The Stanleys have derived this Crest from the Lathams,
of whom it is recorded that one of the heads of their
house adopted as his heir a child which had been ex-
posed in an eagle's nest in Latham Park, but which the
eagle ha,d carefully nurtured instead of destroying it.
Kirkpatrick, of Closeburn : — On a wreath, a dexter
hand, couped at the wrist, holding erect a dagger imbrued,
all ppr. with the motto, " Fse male sicker." No. 525.
The historical origin of this Crest and its motto is well
known.
CRESTS, AND SUPPORTERS. 215
Wodehouse, Baron Wodehouse : — On a wreath, a dex-
ter hand, holding a club, all ppr. In chief, the words,
" Frappezfort." In base, the word, " Agincourt."
Pelham-Clinton, Duke of Newcastle : — For Clin-
ton : — Out of a crest-coronet, a plume of five ostrich fea-
thers, arg. banded with a line set chevron-wise, az. For
Pelham : — On a wreath, a peacock in its pride, ppr.
An early crest of the Pelhams was a lantern.
Drake : — Upon a wreath, a ship, drawn round a globe,
with a cable-rope, by a hand issuing out of clouds, all ppr.
in chief, the motto, Bivino Auxilio, No. 144 b.
Hope : — Upon a wreath, a broken globe, surmounted of a
rainbow issuing out a cloud at each end, all ppr. No. 144 a.
The old Earls of Dunbar and March, who were here-
ditary Wardens of the Marches of the Scottish border,
bore for a Crest a horse's head, bridled ; and the Marquess
of Annandale, also a Lord Marcher, had for his Crest a
spur erect between a pair of wings, both Crests being de-
signed to intimate prompt readiness and speed in pur-
suit.
Crests may be considered to have been occasionally
adopted, with a view to a species of Marshalling.
V. Supporters. I have already stated (see page 123),
that the introduction of figures on each side of shields
of arms upon seals may probably have led in a great
degree to the adoption of the two figures, that in the
15th century became regular accessories of the heraldic
achievements of royal and noble personages. Animals,
generally either the same as appear in the blazon of the
shield which they " support," or obtained from some
216 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
allied coat of arms, are common on seals long before the
regular appearance of true supporters, under the condi-
tions that they still continue to assume. From their first
appearance, Supporters, like Crests, have been charged
with marks of Cadency.
The figures of animals that were introduced into their
compositions, and charged by the early heraldic seal-
engravers with the duty of Supporters, are placed in
various positions, but they always lead more or less
directly to the idea of the true Supporter that afterwards
was accepted with common consent. The seal of Hum-
phrey de Bohun, a.d. 1322 (No. 201), is a most inte-
resting example of the seal-engraver's feeling in the mat-
ter of a Supporter. The guige, or shield-belt, instead of
being passed over a boss or some other architectural de-
tail, in this seal is carried by the bird — a swan — that was
the Badge of the Earl of Hereford. Another seal, to
which I have already referred in this chapter, (p. 202,)
exhibits the De Bohun swan in the same position above
the shield ; but here the guige is omitted, and in its
stead, the chain that leads from the collar of the bird is
fastened to the chief of the shield ; this is one of the
seals of Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Glos'ter, the
youngest son of Edward III, who married the elder of the
two co-heiresses of the last Earl of Hereford. An impres-
sion of this seal is attached to a deed bearing the date
1395. The seal of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, half-
brother of Kichard II, of a rather earlier date, repre-
sents the shield of arms of the Earl — England, within a
bordure, argent, having the guige buckled round the neck
of a white hart lodged, King Eichard's own favourite device.
CRESTS, AND SUPPORTERS. 217
This singularly beautiful seal, carries out the idea of
a Supporter in a most agreeable manner. The seal of
Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, a.d. 1372, (p. 213,)
is another early example that is equally curious, charac-
teristic and interesting. The seal of Henry Planta ge-
net, first Duke of Lancaster, about 1350, has the shield
placed between two lions sejant guardant, addorsed, and
above there is a demi-figure of an angel with expanded
wings. The seals of two of the Fitz-Alans, Earls of
Arundel, severally a.d. 1375 and 1397, have as Suppor-
ters, the former two lions, and the latter two griffins :
these animals in both seals regularly support — that is,
hold up — the crested helms. This series of progressive
examples might be easily carried on, but I have already
sufficiently illustrated the treatment of Supporters, or of
the figures that preceded Supporters in the 14th century.
In Chapter XIX I have described the changes that have
taken place in the Eoyal Supporters of England ; it will,
consequently, be sufficient for me here to add a few exam-
ples, to shew the various figures that are still in use as
Supporters to the arms of British Peers.
Somerset, Duke of Beaufort : — Dexter : a panther,
arg., spotted of various colors, fire issuant from Ms mouth
and ears, ppr., gorged with a plain collar, and chained, or :
Sinister : a wyvern, wings addorsed, vert, holding in the
mouth a sinister hand, couped at the wrist, gu.
Campbell, Duke of Argyll: — Two lions guardant, gu.
Campbell, Marquess of Breadalbane : — Two stags, ppr.,
attired and unguled, or.
Chandos G-renville Nugent Temple, Duke of Buck-
ingham : — Dexter : a lion, per fesse embattled, or and gu.
Sinister : a horse, arg., semee of eaglets, sa.
218 BADGES, KNOTS, MOTTOS,
Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny : — Two bulls, arg., pied,
sa., armed, unguled, collared and chained, and at the ends
of the chains two staples, or.
Gascoyne Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury : — Two lions,
erm. The same Supporters are also borne by the Mar-
quess of Exeter.
Stanley, Earl of Derby : — Dexter : a griffin ; Sinister,
a hart ; both or, and ducally gorged and chained, az., the hart
attired, of the last.
Courtenay, Earl of Devon : — Two boars, arg., bristled,
tusked, and unguled, or.
Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire : Two stags, ppr., at-
tired, or, each gorged with a garland of roses, arg., and az.,
barbed, vert.
Gordon Lennox, Duke of Eichniond : — Dexter : an
unicorn, arg., armed, maned and unguled, or : Sinister, an
antelope, arg., armed and hoofed, or, each Supporter gorged
with a collar, componee, arg., and gu.
St. Maur, Duke of Somerset : — Dexter ; an unicorn,
arg., armed, maned and tufted, or, gorged with a ducal
collar, per pale, az. and gold, to which is affixed a chain,
of the last : Sinister : a bull, az., ducally gorged, chained,
armed and hoofed, or.
Spencer, Earl Spencer : — Dexter ; a griffin, per fesse,
erm. and erminois, gorged with a collar, having its edges
fleurie counter '-fleurie, sa., charged with three escallops, arg.
and cliained of the third : Sinister : a wyvem, erect on his
tail, erm., collared and chained as the griffin.
Granville Leveson Gower, Duke of Sutherland: —
Dexter ; a wolf, arg., collared and lined or : Sinister ; a
savage man, wreathed about the temples and the waist with
laurel, holding in his dexter hand a club, resting on his
CRESTS, AND SUPPORTERS.
219
shoulder ', all ppr., and with his sinister hand supporting an
ancient shield of Sutherland, that is, gu., three mullets,
within a bordure, or, charged with a tressure of Scotland.
Graham, Duke of Montrose : — Two stories, arg., beaked
and membered, gu.
Stafford Jerntngham, Baron Stafford : — Dexter : a
lion rampt. : Sinister : a swan, (from the De Bohuns)
arg., beaked and legged, sa., ducally gorged, per pale, gu., and
of the second.
Wellesley, Duke of Wellington : — Two lions, gu., each
gorged with an Eastern crown, and chained, or.
No. 523. Achievement of Arms of Httmphbey Stafford, K.G.,
Earl Stafford, a.d. 1460. From his Stall-plate at Windsor.
No. 314. — Standard of Heney Plantagenet, of Bolingbrote.
CHAPTER XVIII.
FLAGS.
From a very early period Heraldic Devices have been
emblazoned upon Flags of various kinds ; and similar
Devices have also been frequently used without any
Flag, properly so called, to discharge the duty of military
and official standards.
Symbolical Figures we know to have formed the
Standards of the Egyptians and Assyrians. Their own
heraldic monster, the Dragon, has been the national En-
sign of China from time immemorial. The Eagle is
identified with the very name of Rome. Of the Flags of
our own country, the Bayeux Tapestry of the Conqueror's
Consort has preserved for us some of the earliest authen-
tic examples. These are for the most part small in size,
and they generally terminate in three points. They bear
simple and indeed rude Devices, such as a Pale, or a Pale
and three Bars, or some form of Cross, with a group of
Roundles, generally three in number ; Nos. 526, 527. A
figure of a Dragon was in use by the Saxons at the time
of the Conquest, and it appears to have been retained
amongst their Ensigns of War by the early Norman
Princes. In the 12th and 13th centuries, repeated men-
IfANTCE FlfAGS, PEHNOHS, STANDARDS, & c
CHAPTERS XIY XVIII.
Plate XXIX
PT 03 293, 310 to 316, 526 & 527
FLAGS. 221
tion is made of Car Standards, which were of such ample
dimensions that they required to be displayed from a
species of car, which also conveyed them from place to
place.
With the Crusades, when Heraldry began to assume
a definite form, Flags became subject to established rules.
The earlier Saintly Ensigns, which were simply portrait-
ures of such popular Personages as St. Cuthbert of
Durham, St. Peter of York, and St. John of Beverley,
still were displayed, as of yore ; but the regular Military
and National Ensigns in the 13th and 14th centuries
were more strictly heraldic, and each had its own proper
signification. The three principal varieties of these
mediaeval Ensigns were the Pennon, the Banner, and
the Standard.
The Pennon was small in size, pointed or swallow-
tailed at the Fly, and borne immediately below the Lance-
head of the knight whose personal Ensign it was. It was
charged with the Badge, or other armorial Device of the
Bearer, and sometimes richly fringed with gold. The
Devices were charged upon the Pennon in such a manner,
that they would appear in their proper positions when
the weapon was laid for the Charge. The brass to Sir
/. D'Aubernoun, a.d. 1279, affords a good example of this
symbol of Knightly Rank ; No. 310.
The Banner was square in form, or nearly so, and
was charged with the Goat of Arms of the owner, and not
with any other Device. It was borne by Knights
Bannerets, who ranked higher than the Knights of the
Mediseval Chivalry, and also by Barons, Princes, and
Sovereigns themselves. A Pennon with its points torn
off would make, or at any rate would represent, a Ban-
222 FLAGS.
ner ; and this was the form of ceremonial observed when
a Knight, in reward for his gallantry, was advanced to
the rank of Banneret on the field of battle by the Sove-
reign himself, present in person, under his own Eoyal
Banner displayed.
The Eoll of Caerlaverock gives the Blazon of the Ban-
ners of nearly one hundred of the Nobles and Bannerets
who were present with Edward I in his Campaign
against Scotland in 1300. The first on the Eoll is the
Banner of Henry de Laci, who is thus introduced by
the chronicler : —
" Henry the good Earl of Lincoln, burning with
valour, which is the prevailing sentiment of his heart,
the Leader of the First Division, had a Banner, (No. 528,)
of yellow silk with a purple Lion rampant."
The brass of Sir Symon de Felbrigge, K.Gr., has pre-
served an example of a Eoyal Banner. It is that of
Eichard II, to whom Sir Symon, (as the inscription at
his feet declares) was Banner-Bearer. It shows the Eoyal
Arms quartering France and England, and impaled with
the arms of the Confessor. No. 529.
(For further notices of Eoyal Banners, see Chap.
XIX).
The Banner, it will be observed, was the Ensign of both
the Banneret himself, and of his own retainers and fol-
lowers, and also of the Division of an army that was
under his command.
Banners were in use in the middle ages at sea, as well
as on land ; and in addition to these regular Ensigns, it
was a prevailing custom to emblazon the sails of the ship-
ping of those days with armorial insignia, and thus the
sails themselves became Flags, as in No. 530.
^pters 7jy, xvn xvni &XIX.
Plate XXXY
I^ os 3J3.524to530. 578 to 580.
FLAGS. 223
The Standard in use in the reign of Edward III, and
in especial favour in the times of the Ttjdors, was of
large dimensions, and always of considerable length in
proportion to its depth, and tapering towards the ex-
tremity. See p. 121, and Nos. 312, 315, 316. No. 313
i-epresents the ship standard of the Earl of Warwick,
noticed at p. 121. And No. 314 is one of the Standards
of Henry Plantagenet, of Bolingbroke, (emblazoned in
Harleian MS., 4632), which is a peculiarly charac-
teristic example of the heraldic flags of the middle ages ;
it is per /esse, arg. and gu., the livery colors of the
Plantagenets, having at the head the Cross of St. George,
and semee of Badges of Prince Henry, red roses, the De
Bohun hlach swan, wood-stocJcs, and foxes* tails, p. 220.
Standards appear to have been used solely for the purpose
of display, and to enhance "the pomp and circum-
stance" of military gatherings and royal pageants.
The National Banners of England, Scotland, and
Ireland, are severally the Crosses of St. George, St. An-
drew, and St. Patrick, Nos. 60, 61, 62. From the Crosses
of St. George and St. Andrew in combination, the First
" Union Jack," No. 63, p. 32, was formed, and declared to
be the National Ensign of Great Britain by James I,
April 12, 1606.
The era of the Second " Union Jack," No. 64, p. 32, the
glorious Flag that we now know as " the Flag of Eng-
land," dates from the commencement of the present
century. It is a combination of the three Crosses, Nos.
60, 61, 62.
The Standards of the Middle Ages are evidently the
prototypes of English Ensigns of later times. These
Ensigns, three in number, their tinctures, Bed, White,
224 FLAGS.
and Blue, were first cantoned with the Cross of St.
George, No. 531 ; then the " St. George" was superseded
by the first Union Jack, No. 532 ; and finally, when the
present " Jack" was adopted, it took the place of its pre-
decessor in the National Ensigns, where it still remains.
The " White Ensign," however, now is not a plain white
Flag, but a " St. George" cantoned with the " Jack :"
Nos. 533, 534, 535. The " White" and the " Blue En-
signs" are restricted to the Eoyal Navy and the Yacht
Clubs, the " Eed Ensign" being in universal use as the
" Ensign of England." This same Flag is also worn by
the Eed Squadron of the Eoyal Navy.
The Military Flags of England now in use, may be
grouped in the two grand Divisions of " Cavalry Banners ;"
(they are styled " Standards," but they are, and they
ought to be entitled " Banners"), and " Infantry Colors."
The Banners of the Cavalry are small in size; their
color is determined by the color of the regimental
Facings ; they are charged with the Cypher, Number,
peculiar Heraldic Insignia, and the "Honors" (such
significant words as " Waterloo," " Alma," " Sobraon,"
&c.) of each Eegiment. The Banners of the Household
Cavalry, however, are all crimson, and are richly em-
broidered with the Eoyal Insignia of England.
Every Infantry Eegiment or Battalion of the Line has its
own " Pair of Colors." ' Of these, one is the " Queen's
Color" — a " Union Jack" charged with some of the
regimental Devices ; the other is the " Eegiinental Color,"
and its Field is of the same tincture as the Facings ; it is
cantoned with a small " Jack," and bears the Cypher,
Number, Device, Motto, and Honors of the Corps. At
the first, each Infantry Eegiment had one " Color"
FLAGS. 225
only ; then there were three to each Eegiment ; and in the
Reign of Queen Anne the " Colors" were reduced to
their present number of a " Pair." The " Colors" of
the Foot-Guards reverse the arrangement observed in
the Line. Their " Queen's Color" is crimson, either
with or without a cantoned Jack, but always charged
with the Eoyal Cypher and Crown, and the Eegimental
Devices. The " Eegimental Color" of the Guards is the
Union Jack. The Guards also have small " Company
Colors."
The Eoyal Artillery and the Eifles of the Line have no
Colors.
The Volunteer Eegiments have at present been left to
determine both whether they should carry " Colors,"
and also what should be the character of their " Colors"
whenever they may decide to adopt them. What may be
termed " the Volunteer Banner," is worthy of the Force.
It is charged with the figures of an archer of the olden
time and a rifleman of to-day, with the admirable motto,
" Defence j not Defiance"
The Flag of the Admiralty is red, with a yellow anchor
and cable ; No. 128, p. 44.
The Flags of Admirals of the Eed, are plain red ; those
of Admirals of the White, are the St. George ; and those
of Admirals of the Blue, are plain blue.
Pendants, long and very narrow streamers, either red,
white or blue, and charged at the head with a Cross of
St. George, are the symbols of command in the Eoyal
Navy, and indicate that a vessel is in commission, but
commanded by an ofhcer of lower rank than an Admiral.
No. 242. No. 247. No. 243.
Eoses of York and Lancaster.
CHAPTEK XIX.
THE ROYAL HERALDRY OF ENGLAND.
Section I.
ARMS- OF THE REIGNING SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND.
Definite Heraldic Insignia have been assigned by
more than one writer of English History to those Saxon
Princes who ruled in England before the Norman era ;
the early shields, however, must be regarded simply as
evidences of comparatively modern ingenuity, since the
genuine Eoyal Heraldry of England unquestionably dates
its origin from a period subsequent to the successful in-
vasion of William of Normandy. Even the Heraldry of
the Norman sovereigns themselves can scarcely be ac-
cepted, as altogether free from doubt or uncertainty.
After the Conquest, Willtam I is said to have assumed
the " Two golden Lions, or Leopards, of his Norman
Duchy," as the Arms of his Kingdom of England ; and
these two lions (it does not seem to be necessary to retain
their other probable title of " Leopards :" See page 60,
Section 2) are considered to have been borne by William's
successors, until 1154, when on his accession Henry
II is supposed to have added the one golden Lion, of
THE BJ&YKh ARMS OP EHGHKKD.
CHAPTER XIX
AD. 1066 to 1154.
jLD J154 to 1340
Plate A.
W s 536 to 537
THE ROYSJi 1RMS OF EXGIlKXD.
CHAPTER XIX
WI1AA AM m & MARY
WILLIAM TH.
ANNE
^\ D 1714 to 1801
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A.D.J80J to 1837
H M THE QUEEN
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THE ROYAL HERALDRY OP ENGLAND.
227
Aquifcaine, (in right of his Queen, Altanore of Aqui-
taine,) to his own paternal and royal shield. Stephen is
sometimes said to have borne on a red shield, three gol-
den centaurs armed with bows and arrows, or a Sagit-
taries ;" it has been conjectured, however, that this idea
may have arisen from the circumstance of the " Sagit-
tary " having been Stephen's Badge, and that it was mis-
taken for his arms. Since the time of Henry II the
three golden lions upon a field of red have always been
held to be the Eoyal Arms of England. They have been
associated with other devices, as will presently be seen ;
but still, in a peculiar sense, the three lions passant guar-
dant have been, as they still are, the " three Lions of
England." It must be added, that Richard I for some
time after his accession retained the arms he had borne,
as Count of Aquitaine, gules, two lions conibattant, or, as
appears from his first Great Seal. After his return from
the Crusade, Eichard adopted the three lions, as they
probably were borne by his father.
The Modifications and Changes that have taken place,
from time to time, in the blazonry of the Royal Shield of
England, may be briefly described as follows :
I. The Norman Princes, William I, William II,
Henry I, and Stephen, a.d. 1066 — 1154: gules, two
lions passant guardant, in pale, or ; No. 536.
II. The Plantagenet Princes, Henry II, Richard I,
John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward
III till the thirteenth year of his reign, a.d. 1154 — 1340,
gu., three lions pass, guard., in pale, or, No. 198, p. 13.
The three lions appear on the second Great Seal of
Richard I ; on the Great Seals of John, Henry III,
Edward I, (on the bar dings of the King's charger, as
q 2
228
THE ROYAL HERALDRY
well as on his shield), and of Edward II ; and on the
first and second Great Seals of Edward III. It is a
singular circumstance, that the legends on the Great Seals
altogether omit any notice of England and of England's
royal estate, until the second Great Seal of Henry III,
which for the first time bears the words — dei : gratia :
ANGLIE : REX : &C.
III. In consequence of the claim advanced by Edward
III, in the tenth year of his reign, to the Crown of
France, the Royal Arms of the French Kings, (No. 2, p.
18) were introduced a.d. 1340, into the English shield,
and (by what was then a new heraldic process) they were
quartered with the lions of England, and precedence in
this heraldic arrangement was given to the Fleurs-de-Lys,
which were charged upon the first and fourth quarters of
the English shield, semee over their azure field, exactly as
they were borne by the sovereigns of France : Nos. 286,
336.
The third Great Seal of Edward III, published in
England, Feb. 21, 1340, and the noble seal which super-
ceded it in the following June, both bear shields charged
with France and England quarterly, the France being
semee de-lys. It is to be observed that Edward III had
placed a fleur-de-lys on either side of his first Great Seal,
a.d. 1327.
IV. The Plantagenet Princes, Edward III, Eichard
II, and Henry IV (Lancastrian Plantagenet) during the
earlier years of his reign, a.d. 1340 to about 1405 : Quar-
terly : — 1 and 4, France ancient (semee de-lys) ; 2 and 3,
England : Nos. 286 and 336.
The quartered shield is blazoned in the Eoll of Arms
of the 20th Edward III ; and it appears upon the person
OF ENGLAND. 229
of the King in the brass to Sir Hugh Hastings, at Elsyng,
Norfolk, in the same year, 1347. This shield also appears
upon the Burghersh monument in Lincoln Cathedral, and
it remains upon the Monument of Edward III himself at
Westminster, Nos. 286, 336.
Upon his Great Seal, Richard II retained the arms of
his grandfather without any change ; but elsewhere he
delighted to associate with this shield the armorial insignia
(No. 78, PI. I) attributed to Edward the Confessor.
Over the entrance to Westminster Hall the two shields
appear on either side, admirably sculptured in bold quatre-
foiled circles. Each shield rests upon a white hart
lodged, and is supported by figures of angels. Sometimes
Richard II impaled his hereditary quartered shield with
the arms of the Confessor. An example occurs in the
brass to Sir Symon de Felbrigge, K.G-., the King's
Banner Bearer, who is represented with the Royal Ban-
ner (impaled and quartered) resting on his arm. No.
529 ; see also Nos. 349, 350.
About the year 1365, Charles V of France, with a
view apparently to distinguish between his own arms and
the Fleur-de-lys borne by the English claimants of his
crown, reduced the number of his Fleurs-de-lys to three
only. The same change was effected by Henry IV in the
1st and 4th Quarters of the Arms of England j and im-
pressions of his Great Seal, taken in the years 1406 and
1409 exist, which bear the quartered arms, (on banners
instead of shields), charged with three fleurs-de-lys only.
This modification of the French shield, which bears three
fleurs-de-lys only, is styled in Heraldry, " France modern"
and thus is distinguished from the shield semce de-lys,
or " France ancient." See Nos. 476, 478, 484, &c.
230 THE ROYAL HERALDRY
V. The Lancastrian Plantagenet Princes, Henry
IV, after the first few years of his reign, Henry V,
and Henry VI: the Yorkist Plantagenet Princes,
Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III ; and
the Tudor Sovereigns, Henry VII, Henry VIII,
Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, abont a.d. 1405 —
1603 ; Quarterly, 1 and 4, France modern ; 2 and 3, Eng-
land.
Edward IV sometimes quartered the arms of the Con-
fessor with France and England quarterly. Many fine
original examples of the quartered shield of France
modern and England are still preserved. Amongst the
most characteristic, in addition to those upon seals, are
the shields in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, upon
the Percy shrine at Beverley Minster, and upon the
Monuments of Henry VII and of his mother, in West-
minster Abbey.
When James I ascended the English throne, the arms
of both Scotland and Ireland were incorporated into
the Royal Shield of England. The arrangement then
adopted involved Quarterly quartering. The arms of
Scotland are blazoned in No. 103, PI. V, and those of
Ireland are, azure, a Harp, or, stringed, argent ; No. 537 a.
VI. The Stuart Princes, James I, Charles I,
Charles II, and James II, a.d. 1603 — 1689, Quarterly :
1 and 4 Grand Quarters, France modern and England
quarterly ; 2nd Grand Quarter, Scotland ; Zrd Gh'and Quar-
ter, Ireland ; No. 537, from the Stuart Monuments in
Westminster Abbey.
VI. William III retained the same shield, but ho
placed upon it in pretence his paternal arms of Nassau,
azure, bllletee, a Lion rampant, or, No. 538. Mary bore
OF ENGLAND.
231
the Stuart shield ; and, during her life-time, the Royal
Arms appeared impaled, to denote the joint sovereignty of
the King and Queen. The Royal shield, accordingly,
was charged on both the Dexter and the Sinister half
with the Stuart arms, those on the Dexter having Nassau
in pretence ; No. 539, from the Great Seal.
William and Mary ascended the Throne, Feb. 13,
1689. Mary died, Dec. 28, 1694. William died, March
8, 1702.
On her accession, a.d. 1702, Anne bore the Stuart
arms, and retained them until the union with Scotland,
May 1, 1707, when another change took place in the Royal
blazonry.
VII. The Stuart Queen Anne, a.d. 1707 — 1714:
Quarterly ; 1 and 4, England impaling Scotland ; 2, France
modern; 3, Ireland. The shield upon the Great Seal
adopted on the occasion of the Union with Scotland, bore
only England impaling Scotland. In this impalement the
Tressure of Scotland extends only to the chief, sinister
side, and base of the field. The example, No. 540, is from
the shield upon the base of the statue of Queen Anne,
before St. Paul's Cathedral.
The Succession of the House of Hanover led to a
place being assigned for the Arms of Hanover in the
Royal Shield of England. These Arms of Hanover
are thus blazoned : Per pale and per Chevron : 1, gules, two
Lions passant guardant, in pale, or, for Brunswick, (the
same as the Norman Shield of England) ; 2, or, semee of
Hearts, a Lion rampant, azure, for Lunenburgh ; 3, gules,
a Horse courant, argent, for Saxony ; and, over all, an
inescutcheon, gules, charged with the golden Crown of
Charlemagne, No. 541.
232 THE ROYAL HERALDRY
VIII. The Sovereigns of the House of Hanover,
George I, George II, and George III, from August 1,
1714, till January 1, 1801. Quarterly ; 1, England impal-
ing Scotland ; 2, France ; 3, Ireland ; 4, Hanover ; No. 542,
from the tympanum of the portico of the Church of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, London. In this composition one
half only of the 1st quarter is assigned to the Lions of
England.
Upon the 1st of January, 1801, by Eoyal Proclamation,
the French fleurs-de-lys were removed from the Arms of
England, and the Eoyal Shield of England assumed the
general aspect with which we have long been familiar.
IX. The Sovereigns of the House of Hanover, George
III, George IV, and William IV, from January 1,
1801, till June 20, 1837 ; Quarterly, 1 and 4, England ;
2, Scotland ; 3, Ireland ; and over all in pretence, Hanover,
the inescutcheon ensigned with an Imperial Crown. No. 543.
X. On the happy accession of Her Majesty, Queen
Victoria, June 20, 1837, the Arms of Hanover were
removed from the Royal Shield; and thus the Eoyal
Arms of England are now simply a combination of the
insignia of the Three Eealms op the United King-
dom, England, Scotland, and Ireland, as in No. 334.
This noble shield, I venture to suggest, might assume a
still more impressive aspect, were a ship to appear in the
fourth quarter, in place of the repeated lions, as the cogni-
zance of the Colonial Empire of Great Britain. From the
time of Edward III, the shield charged with the Eoyal
Arms of England has been encircled with the Garter,
cliarged with Motto of the Order. See Nos. 286, 289.
In Plates a, b, which face pages 226, 227, I have
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placed before students of Heraldry the entire series of the
Royal Shields of England.
Section II.
THE EOYAL BANNEES OE ENGLAND.
The Eoyal Banners op England have always borne
the same blazonry as the Royal Shields. The earliest
blazon of a Royal Banner of which I am aware, appears
in the Roll of Caerlaverock, a.d. 1300. The Chronicler
styles the animals " Leopards" and not Lions, (see p. 62,
sec. 2) ; and he uses the descriptive epithet " courant"
instead of passant. The Royal Banner of Edward I,
the Chronicler of Caerlaverock describes after this charac-
teristic manner : " On his Banner were three Leopards,
courant, of fine gold, set on red ; fierce were they, haughty
and cruel, thus placed to signify that, like them, the King
is dreadful to his enemies. For his bite is slight to none
who inflame his anger; and yet, towards such as seek his
friendship or submit to his power, his kindness is soon
rekindled."
Edward III on his Standards placed his quartered
shield at their head, and powdered them with Fleurs-de-
lys and Lions. Several of the Sovereigns, in addition to
the Banner of their Royal Arms, used other Banners and
Standards charged with their Badges. It is to be ob-
erved that the Royal Banners of Arms charged their
insignia upon their entire field, without any accessories,
until the time of the Stuarts, when the arms were some-
times either associated with other Devices, or the Flag
bore the entire Royal achievement charged upon the centre
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of its Field. Curious examples of Boyal Standards thus
emblazoned appear in the pictures, now at Hampton
Court, representing the embarkation of Charles II, in
1660, and of William III, in 1688. More recently, the
Koyal Banner has always displayed the Arms of England,
after the early habit, blazoned over its entire field, and
without any accessory. See Chap. XVIII.
Section III.
EOYAL 8TJPPOETEES.
With the Blazonry of the Eoyal Shield itself, the
Supporters, which appear on either side of it, as if dis-
charging sentry duty, are habitually associated by the
student of historical Heraldry.
Supporters are said to have been introduced by Edward
III ; the fact, however, is doubtful. The Supporters that
have been assigned to Edward III, are a Lion and a
Falcon. Two white Harts have been assigned to Richard
II, if he can be considered to have borne them as true
Supporters. A Lion and an Antelope, and also an Antelope
and a Swan, have been attributed to Henry IV, though
with uncertain authority ; and there is some uncertainty
about the Lion and Antelope that are said to have been
the Supporters of the Arms of Henry V. After this
reign the Supporters are as follows :
Henry VI. Two Antelopes, argent ; sometimes the Dex-
ter, a Lion ; the Sinister, a Panther.
Edward IV. Dex., a Black Bull ; Sin., the White Lion
of the House of Marche. Also, a white Lion and a white
//"<•/, or two white Lions.
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Edward V. Dext., a white Lion ; Sin., a white Hart,
gorged and chained, or.
Richard III. Dext., a golden Lion ; Sin., a white Boar ;
but more generally, two white Boars.
Henry VII. A red Dragon and a white Greyhound,
sometimes the one and sometimes the other being the
Dexter ; also, occasionally, two white Greyhounds, as at
the Bishop's Palace, Exeter.
Henry VIII. Generally, Dext., a golden Lion ; Sin., a
red Dragon. Sometimes, Dext., a red Dragon ; and Sin., a
white Bull, a white Greyhound, or a white Cock.
Edward VI. A golden Lion and a red Dragon.
Mary and Elizabeth. Dext., a golden Lion ; Sin., a
red Dragon, or a white Greyhound. (Mary's shield when
impaled is supported by an Eagle and a Lion).
James I. A Lion and a Unicorn.
Two Unicorns were the Supporters of Scotland ; and
the first Stuart King of Great Britain assumed, as his
Supporters, a golden Lion of England on the Dexter, and
one of the silver Unicorns of Scotland on the Sinister side of
his shield.
The Supporters of the Royal Shield of England have
remained unchanged since the time of James I. They
are now blazoned as follows :
Dexter Royal Supporter : A Lion rampant guardant, or,
imperially crowned, ppr.
Sinister Royal Supporter : An Unicorn, arg., armed
unguled and crined, or, gorged with a coronet composed of
crosses pattees and fleurs-de-lys, gold, a chain affixed thereto,
of the last, passing between the fore-legs, and reflexed over the
bach.
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Section IV.
ROYAL BADGES AND MOTTOS.
At the head of the heraldic Devices and Figures,
adopted and borne by the Sovereigns of England as
Badges, stands the Planta Genista — that simple sprig of
Broom-plant, which gave a name to one of the proudest
and most powerful Families that ever rose to eminence
amongst their fellow men. The motive that induced
Geoffrey of Anjou to assume as his cognizance the
Sprig of Broom is uncertain, though very probably it had
its origin in some religious sentiment ; the Device itself,
however, its Latin name, and its associations, will live
and be remembered so long as Heraldry exists, or History
itself is held in esteem. The effigy of Eichard II, at
Westminster, has the robes diapered with the Planta
Genista, (See PI. VH ; also, No. 240, PI. XII), with other
Badges of that unfortunate Prince.
Second only to the Planta Genista in interest are the
White and Bed Roses of the rival Plantagenets of York
and Lancaster.
Henry II. Badges : The Broom, shoiving the leaves and
seed-pods of the plant : an Escarbuncle : a Sword : and an
Olive-branch.
Eichard I. A Star issuing from a Crescent, No. 544 ;
a Star and Crescent separately : a mailed Arm, the hand
grasping a broken lance : a Sun on two anchors, with the
motto, " Christo Duce."
John, and Henry III. A Star issuing from a Crescent,
No. 544.
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Edward I. A Rose, or, stalked, ppr.
Edward II. A Castle of Castile.
Edward III. Bays descending from a Cloud : the
Stock, or stump of a Tree, couped : a Falcon : a Griffin : an
Ostrich Feather : a Fleur-de-lys : a Sword.
Eichard II. An Ostrich Feather : the Sun behind a
Cloud : the Sun in splendor : a white Hart, lodged, (from
his mother, Joan of Kent, See No. 525) ; the Stump of a
Tree : a white Falcon. (Examples on his Effigy, and at
Westminster Hall).
Henry IV. The Monogram SS. : a Crescent : a Fox's
Tail : a Stock or stump of a Tree : an Ermine or gennet : a
crowned Eagle : a crowned Panther : an Ostrich Feather : an
Eagle displayed : a Columbine Flower : the Lancastrian red
Rose, and the black Swan of the De Bohuns.
Henry Y. An Ostrich Feather : a cliained Antelope : a
chained Swan : a Fire-Beacon. These Badges are some-
times grouped together, as in the Monumental Chantry of
the King at "Westminster.
Henry VI. A chained Antelope : a spotted Panther : and
two Ostrich Feathers in Saltire.
He first assumed as a regular Motto the ancient royal
war cry of England, J)ieu et mon Droit.
Edward IV. The Black Bull, (Clarence) : Black Dra-
gon, (Ulster) : White Wolf and White Lion, (Mortimer) :
White Hart: Falcon and Fetter-lock: Sun in splendor:
White Rose with Rays.
Richard III. A White Rose : Sun in Splendor : white
Boar : and a Falcon with a Virgin's Face holding a White
Rose.
Henry VIII. Portcullis : White Greyhound courant, o)
Red Dragon, (Cadwallader) ; Dun Cow, (Warwick) ; Haw-
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thorn-bush royally crowned, with Cypher, h.r., No. 545- /^ /,
Rose of York and Lancaster, No. 248 : and crowned Fleur-
Henry VIII. Portcullis : Fleur-de-lys : Rose of Yorh
and Lancaster : white Cock : white Greyhound courant.
Katherine of Arragon had for Badges, the Pome-
granate, the Rose, and the Sheaf of Arrows ; (See the Monu-
ment of Prince Arthur Tudor, at Worcester.) Anne
Boleyn had a Falcon crowned and holding a Sceptre ; Jane
Seymour had a Phamix rising from a Castle, between Tudor
Roses ; and Katherine Parr had a Maiden's Head
crowned rising from a large Tudor Rose.
Edward VI. The Sun in splendor, and the Tudor
Rose.
Mary. A Pomegranate : a Pomegranate and Rose corn-
joined : the Tudor Rose impaling a Sheaf of Arrows, ensigned
with a Croivn, and surrounded by Rays. She sometimes
used as a motto the words, " Veritas Temporis Filia"
Elizabeth. The Crowned Falcon with a Sceptre (of
her mother), and the Tudor Rose, with the motto, " Rosa
sine spina" In addition to the established Royal motto,
" Lieu et mon Droit," she often used as her own motto,
" Semper Eadem."
James I. The Thistle, and the Rose and Thistle dimi-
diated and crowned, with the motto, " Beati Pacifici," No.
546.
Charles I, Charles II, and James II. The same
Badges as James I, without his Motto.
Anne. A Rose-branch and a Thistle growing from one
stalk, arid crowned, on the Great Seal of the year 1707.
From this time personal Badges ceased to be adopted j
but the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, all of them impe-
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rially crowned, as the Badges of England, Scotland, and
Ireland, and the Motto, " Dieu et mon Droit" . have per-
manently taken their becoming parts in blazoning the
Eoyal Achievement of England. The Bed Dragon also,
with his wings elevated, and passant upon a Mount Yert,
is still the Eoyal Badge for the Principality of Wales.
Section V.
THE AEMS OF EOYAL CONSOETS.
With the Eoyal Arms of the Eeigning Sovereigns of
England, the student of Historical Heraldry will frequently
desire to associate those that were borne by the Consorts
of these Sovereigns. They constantly occur in connection
with those records of English History, of which Heraldry
is at once the Chronicler and Illustrator.
1. Matilda of Flanders : Gyronny, or and az., an ines-
cutcheon, gu.
2. Matilda of Scotland : Scotland : No. 103, Pl.ST.
3. Adelais of Louvain : Or, a Lion ramp., az., langued,
gu.
4. Matilda of Bologne : Or, three torteaux.
5. Eleanor of Aquitaine and Guyenne: Gu., a Lion
passant guardant, or.
6. Berengaria of Navarre: Az., a Cross, arg., after-
wards superseded by, gu., an escarbuncle, or.
7. Isabel of AngouUme : Lozengy, or, and gu.
8. Alianore of Provence : Or, four Pallets, gu. ; No. 7,
PI. I.
9. Alianore of Castile: Quarterly, Castile and Leon;
that is, 1 and 4s, gu., a Castle triple-towered, or : 2 and 3,
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arg., a Lion rampt., purpure, No. 135, PI. I. She also
bore Ponthieu, in right of her mother, and this shield on
her monument at Westminster alternates with England
and Castile and Leon. Ponthieu is, or, three bendlets, az.,
within a bordure, gu., No. 547. On her seal, her effigy
stands between a Castle surmounting a Lion on her Dex-
ter side, and on her Sinister side a Lion surmounting a
Castle ; the Beverse has a shield of England suspended by
its guige from a Tree.
10. Margaret of France : France ancient dimidiated by
England, No. 322, PI. XVIH.
11. Isabelle of France: France ancient dimidiating
Navarre, (in right of her mother) — gu., an escarbuncle, or.
She bore England on one shield, and France with Navarre
on another; see No. 335 a, p. 127.
12. Philippa of Hainault : Or, four Lions rampant, in
quadrangle; the 1st and 4sth sa., the 2nd and 3rd gu.
She bore these, her paternal arms, quartered with England
only. Her arms were also impaled by England, and
by France and England quarterly. See No. 337, PI.
XIX.
13. Anne of Bohemia : Quarterly ; 1 and 4, Germany,
arg., an Eagle displayed, with two heads, sa. ; 2 and 3,
Bohemia, gu., .a Lion rampant, queue four dice, arg.,
crowned, or. She impaled these arms with the shield of
Eichakd II, upon which the arms of the Confessor were
marshalled per pale with Fiance and England ; conse-
quently the complete shield would be " per pale of three,"
No. 349, PI. XXIII.
14. Isabel of France : France modern ; impaled, a.d.
1397, by Kichard II ; No. 350.
15. Joanne of Navarre : Quarterly ; 1 and 4, Eureux,
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az., three fleurs-de-lys, or ; overall, a Bendlet, compony, arg.,
and gu. ; 2 and 3, Navarre, No. 348, PI. XIX. Impaled
by Henry IV.
16. Katherine of France : France modern. Impaled
by Henry V.
17. Margaret of Anjou: Quarterly of six : —
1. Hungary : Barry of eight, arg. and gu.
2. Naples : France ancient, with Label of three, gu.
3. Jerusalem : Arg., a Cross potent between four plain
Crosses, or.
4. Anjou : France ancient, within a Bordure, gu.
5. De Barre : Az., two Barbels haurient, endorsed, and
crusilly, or, within a Bordure, gu.
6. Lorraine : Or, on a bend, gu., three Eaglets displayed,
arg.
Impaled by Henry VI. No. 352, PI. XXIII.
18. Elizabeth Widville (or Woodville), Quarterly of
six : —
1. Luxemburg : Arg., a lion ramp., double tailed, gu.,
crowned, or.
2. De Baux : Quarterly ; 1 and 4, gu., a star, arg. ; 2 and
3, az., semee de-lys, or.
3. Cyprus : Barry of ten, arg. and az., over all, Lion
rampt., gu.
4. UitsiNS : Gu., three Bendlets, arg. ; a chief, per fesse of
the 2nd, and or, charged with a rose, of the first.
5. St. Paul: Gu., three pallets, vairy ; on a Chief, or, a
Label of five points, az.
6. Widville : Arg., a Fesse and Canton conjoined, gu.
Impaled by Edward IV.
19. Anne Neville : Gu., a Saltlre, arg. ; differenced
with a Label of three points, compony of the second and az.
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Impaled by Eichard III.
In the " Warwick Boll" she quarters, Beauchamp, Mon-
tagu and Montliermer with Neville
20. Elizabeth of York : Quarterly ; 1 and 4. Ulster,
Or, a Cross, gu. ; 2 and 3, Mortimer.
Impaled by Henry VII. Emblazoned on the Monuments
of the Countess of Eichmond, and of Henry YII and
Elizabeth of York, Westminster Abbey, No. 351, PL
XXIII.
21. Catherine of Arragon : Quarterly ; 1 and 4 Grand
Quarters, Castile and Leon, quarterly ; 2 and 3 Grand
Quarters, Arragon, Or, fonr pallets, gu., impaling Sicily,
per Saltire, 1 and 4, Arragon, 2 and 3, Suabia, arg.,
Eagle displayed, sa., beaked and membered, gu. In the Base
Point, the Badge of Grenada, arg., a pomegranate, slipped,
ppr. Impaled by Henry VIII. The Supporters of Queen
Catherine of Arragon were a Lion and an Eagle.
The Arms of Queen Anne Boleyn are the first which
exemplify the usage, introduced by Henry VIII, of
granting to his Consorts " Augmentations" to their
paternal arms. It is a striking illustration of the degene-
rate condition of Heraldry under the second Tudor
Sovereign.
22. Anne Boleyn : Quarterly of Six : —
1. Lancaster.
Augmentation v2. Engoulesme, or Naples.
3. Guyenne.
4. Quarterly, 1 and 4; or, Chief intended, az., for
Butler ; 2 and 3, arg., Lion ramp., sa., crowned, gu.,
for Eochfort.
5. Brotherton.
6. Warrenne.
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Impaled by Henry VIII. (See the choir-screen of
King's College Chapel, Cambridge).
Supporters : A Leopard, and a male Griffin.
23. Jane Seymour : Quarterly of six : —
1. Or, on a Pile, gu., between six Fleurs-de-lys, az., three
Lions of England. An Augmentation.
2. Seymour.
3. Beauchamp of Hache : Vairy.
4. Stiny : Arg., three demi-Lions ramp., gu.
5. Mac Williams : Per Bend, arg. and gu., three Roses,
bend-wise, counter changed.
6. Coker ; Arg., on a Bend, gu., three Leopards* Heads,
or.
Impaled by Henry VIII, and blazoned frequently at
Windsor and Hampton Court.
Supporters: A Lion and a Unicom.
24. Anne of Cleves : Chi., an Inescutcheon, arg., over all,
an Escarbuncle, or.
Impaled by Henry VIII.
25. Catherine Howard : Quarterly : —
1. Az., three Fleurs-de-lys, in pale, or, between two
Flasches, erm., each charged with a Rose, gu.
2. Brotherton.
3. Howard Modern.
4. Az., two Lions of England ; the Verge of the Escutcheon
charged with four half fleurs-de-lys. or.
1 and 4. Augmentations.
Impaled by Henry VIII.
26. Catherine Parr : Quarterly of six. '
1. Arg., on a Pile, gu., between six Roses, of the 2nd,
three other Roses, of the 1st. (Augmentation).
2. Arg., two Bars, . az., within a Bordure engrailed, sa.
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3. Ross of Kendall : Or, three water-Bougets, sa.
4. Marmion : Vairy, a Fesse, gu.
5. Fitz Hugh : Az., three chevrons, interlaced in Base ; a
Chief, or.
6. Green : Vert, three Harts at gaze, or.
Impaled by Henry VIIT.
27. Philip, King of Spain. The same arms as those of
Catherine of Arragon. (See 21). Impaling the arms of
Mary.
28. Anne of Denmark. The arms borne by Anne,
daughter of Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway,
are a complicated example of the elaboration of details in
such high esteem amongst the continental Heralds of
comparatively recent times. These arms may be described
as follows : A Cross, gu., surmounted of another, arg. In
the Dexter Canton, or, semee of hearts, ppr., three lions
pass, guard., az., crowned, or, for Denmark ; in the sinister
canton, gu., a lion rampt., crowned, or, holding in his paivs
a battle-axe, arg., for Norway : in the dexter base quarter,
az., three crowns, ppr., for Sweden ; aud in the sinister
base quarter, or, ten hearts, 4, 3, 2, and 1, gu., a lion pass,
guard , az., for Gothland. In the base of the shield,
beneath the Cross, the ancient ensign of the Vandals, gu.,
a wyvern, its tail nowed, and wings expanded, or. Upon
the centre of the Cross an escutcheon of pretence, charged
with Quarterly, 1. Or, two lions pass, guard., az., for Sles-
wick ; 2. Gu., an inescutcheon, having a nail in every point
thereof, in triangle, between as many holly-leaves, all ppr.,
forHoLSTEiN ; 3. Gu., a swan, arg., beaked, sa., gorged with
a coronet, ppr., for Stormerk ; and 4. Az., a chevallier,
armed at all points, brandishing his sivord, his helm plumed,
his charger, arg., trapped, or., for Ditzmers. Over the
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whole, on an inescutcheon, or, two bars, an., for Olden-
burgh, impaling, for Dalmenhurst, az. f a cross patee
fitchee, or.
Borne on a separate shield, and marshalled with the
Royal shield of James I.
This shield, with some modification of its marshalling,
promises again to become well known in England, through
what all must earnestly hope will prove the auspicious
and happy alliance between our own Prince op Wales,
and the Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
29. Henrietta Maria of France: France modern.
This shield was sometimes borne impaled by St. George.
30. Catherine of Braganza : Arg., on each of five escut-
cheons, in cross, az., as many plates, in saltire, within a
bordure, gu., charged with eight castles, or, for Portugal.
Impaled by Charles II.
31. Mary D'Este, of Modena: Quarterly, 1 and 4,
Este ; arg., an eagle displayed, sa., crowned, or ; 2 and 3,
Ferrara ; az., three fleurs-de-lys, or, within a bordure
counterindented, or and gu.
Impaled by James II.
32. Prince George of Denmark : The same as 28.
33. The Arms of the unhappy Consort of George I do
not appear ever to have been exhibited in England. As
she was her husband's cousin, her arms were probably
the same as those which he himself bore before his acces-
sion to the English crown.
34. Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburgh Anspach :
The arms of his Consort, impaled by George II, are
quarterly of fifteen pieces, and they are blazoned as fol-
lows, from a contemporary print, by Mr. Willement in
his most excellent work on " Regal Heraldry."
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1. Per j 'esse , gu. and arg., within a bordure counter -
changed of the same, for Magdebtjrgh ; 2. Arg., an eagle
displayed, sa., crowned, or ; 3. Or, a griffin segreant, gu.,
crowned, of the first ; 4 and 5. Arg., a griffin segreant, gu. ;
6. Or, a griffin segreant, sa. : 7. Arg., an eagle displayed,
sa. ; 8. Per pale, arg. and gu., within a bordure counter-
changed of the same ; 9. Arg., an eagle displayed, sa. ; 10.
Or, a lion rampt., sa., crowned, within a bordure, componee,
arg. and gu. ; 11. Chi., two keys in saltire, or ; 12. Quar-
terly, arg, and sa., within a bordure, counterchanged of the
same ; 13. gu. ; 14. As 1 : 15. Gu., on an inescutcheon, arg.,
an eagle displayed, of the field.
35. Charlotte of Mecklenburgh Strelitz : Quarterly of
six, 1. Mecklenburgh, or, a buffalo's head cabossed, sa.,
armed, arg., through the nostrils an annulet, of the last,
ducally crowned, gu., the attire passing through the crown :
2. Wenden, az., a griffin segreant, or ; 3. Schwerin Prin-
cipality, per f esse, az. and vert, in chief, a griffin segreant, or,
the base bordered round the entire field, arg. : 4. Katzburgh,
gu., a cross couped, arg., ducally crowned, or : 5. Schwerin
County, gu., an arm embowed, in armour to the wrist,
issuing from clouds on the sin. side, and holding between th i
finger and thumb a gem ring, all ppr., round the arm a
riband tied, az. : 6. E-oslock, or, a buffalo's head in profile,
sa., armed, arg., ducally crowned, gu., over all an escutcheon
of pretence, per f esse, gu. and or, for Stargard.
Impaled by George III.
36. Caroline, daughter of Charles Frederick Wil-
liam, Duke of Brunswick, K.GK, whose arms are bla-
zoned as follows upon his Stall-plate at Windsor : Quar-
terly of twelve ; 1. Lunenburgh, or, semee of hearts,
ppr., a lion rampt., az : 2. Brunswick, gu., two lions pass.
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guard., in pale, or: 3. Eberstein, arg., a lion rampt, az.,
crowned, gu. : 4. Homberg, gu., a lion rampt, or, within a
bordure componee, arg., and az. : 5. Diepholt, or, a lion
rampt, az., crowned, gu. : 6. Chi., a lion rampt, or : 7.
Gyronny of eight, arg. and az., on a chief, or, two bears*
paws, indorsed and issuant, sa. : 8. Az., an eagle displayed,
arg. : 9. Barry of six, or and gu., a chief chequee, arg. and
az. : 10. Arg., a stag's horn in f esse, gu. : 11. Arg., a stag
tripping, sa. : 12. Arg., a stag's horn in fesse, sa.
37. Adelaide of Saxe Meinengen ; Quarterly of nine-
teen: 1. Thuringia, az, a lion rampt., barry of eight,
arg. and gu., crowned, or : 2. Cleves, gu., an escarbuncle
of eight rays, or, the rays issuing from an inescutcheon, arg.
3. Juliers, or, a lion rampt, sa., crowned, gu. : 4. Meis-
sen, or, a lion rampt, sa., crowned, gu. : 5. Saxony : 6.
Berg, arg., a lion ramp., gu., crowned, or : 7. Westphalia,
arg., an eagle displayed, gu., crowned, or : 8. Landesberg,
or, two pales, az : 9. Pfalz, sa., an eagle displayed, or :
10. Orlamunde, or, a lion rampt., sa., crowned, gu. : 11.
Eisenberg, arg., three bars, az. : 12. Pleissen, az., a lion
rampt, or: 13. Altenberg, arg., a rose, gu., seeded, or,
barbed, vert : 14. Gu., for right of Eegalia : 15. Brehna,
or Engern, arg., three boterols, (scabbard-tags,) gu. : 16.
Marck, or, a fesse, chequee, arg. and gu. : 17. Anhalt, gu.,
a column, in pale, arg., crowned, or, the pedistal of the last :
18. Hennebergh, or, on a mound, vert, a coclc, sa., crested
and wattled, gu. : 19. Eavensbergh, arg., three chevronels,
gu.
38. His late Eoyal Highness, Albert the Prince
Consort, bore the Arms of Saxony, No. 353, p. 146,
quarterly, with the Eoyal Arms of England, differenced
with his own Label. At page 146 the Arms of Saxony
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are blazoned after the manner prevalent in England : but
in Germany the bend treflee is held to be a wreath of olive
leaves thrown across the shield, and it is blazoned ac-
cordingly.
Section VI.
THE IMPERIAL CROWN; THE CORONETS OF THE PRINCES AND
PRINCESSES, AND THE ARMS OP THE PRESENT ROYAL FAMILY.
The emblem and ensign of Sovereignty, the Imperial
Crown of Great Britain, has undergone several very-
decided changes in its form and enrichments, all of which
come under the direct cognizance of the historical Herald.
Many original authorities exist, which in this matter
mutually illustrate and corroborate each other's contribu-
tion to heraldic History. These authorities are the Great
Seals, the Coinage, Monumental Effigies, and miscellane-
ous Illuminations, Paintings, and Sculptures.
The earliest form of the Crown worn by the English
Kings after the Conquest, (which appears from various
Illuminations closely to resemble the Crowns of the
Anglo-Saxon Princes), is exemplified in the Effigies of
Henry II, and his Queen Alianore ; of Eichard 1, and
Isabella of Angoulcme, at FonteOTaud ; of Berengaria,
at l'Espan, near Mans, and of John, at Worcester. This
Crown is a richly jewelled Circlet of gold, heightened with
what may be entitled heraldic Strawberry Leaves. These
sculptured Crowns are all much mutilated, but still they
plainly declare their original character. The Crowns of
Eichard and Berengaria have four large Leaves only.
Those of Henry, Alianore, and Isabella have four
PLATE LTT
Chaps, xiv. xix and xxxn.
No. 550.
No. 551.
No. 279.
No. 264.
264. Helm, Crest, &c, Sir E. de Thorpe.— 279. Basinet and Coronet, the Black
Prince. — 550. Crown, Edward II. — 551. Crown, Henry IV.
624. Coronation Crown, II. M. the Queen.
OF ENGLAND.
249
smaller Leaves alternating with the four larger ones.
The Crown of John has also eight Leaves, alternately
large and small, and in form they are almost true trefoils.
Of this group of examples, the most perfect are the Crowns
of Kichard I and Berengarja, Nos. 548, 549.
The Effigies of Henry III and Alianore of Castile
have Crowns of trefoil-leaves of two sizes, a slightly raised
point intervening between each pair of the leaves. These
Crowns doubtless were once enriched with real or imita-
tive jewels and other adornments, which now leave no
other traces of their former existence than the small holes
for attaching them to the Crowns themselves. No. 198,
p. 13.
The Coins of Edward I, show that his Crown was
similar in character to those of his Consort and his
Father.
The Effigy of Edward II, at Gloucester, still retains,
almost uninjured, its sculptured enrichments. The Crown
is formed of four large, and four small Strawberry Leaves,
rising with graceful curves from the jewelled Circlet, and
having eight small flowers alternating with the Leaves.
No. 550.
The Crown appears to have remained the same as that
which I have last described, until the accession of the
first Lancastrian Sovereign, Henry IV. The elaborately
sculptured Effigies of this Prince and of his Queen,
Joanna, at Canterbury, wear magnificent Crowns, No.
550. Both have the same general character, the Crown
of the Queen being distinguished by its smaller size and
more delicate workmanship. In each, the jewelled Circlet
is heightened by eight Strawberry Leaves, and as many
Fleurs-de-lys, the whole alternating with sixteen small
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groups of pearls, three in each. These sculptured images
of that " golden care," which was the one aim of Henry
of Lancaster, may be supposed to be faithful representa-
tions of the splendid " Harry Crown," broken up and em-
ployed as security for the loan required by Henry V
when about to embark on his expedition to France.
Rymer records that the costly fragments were redeemed
in the eighth and ninth years of Henry VI.
The next change in the Crown of England is one which
completely alters its general aspect. This new feature
consists in arching over the enriched Circlet with jewelled
Bands of gold, and surmounting the enclosed Diadem with
a Mound and Cross. The enrichments of the Circlet
itself at the same time are so far changed, that Crosses
Patees occupy the positions before filled by the Straw-
berry Leaves, and Roses, or Fleurs-de-lys appear instead of
the small clusters of Pearls. The arched Crown at first
has the arches elevated almost to a point ; after a while,
the arches are somewhat depressed at their intersection ;
then this depression is considerably increased ; and at
length, in the Crown of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
the arches, which bend over almost at right angles, are
flattened above at the intersection where the mound rests
upon them. At first, also, the arches recede inwards,
from their spring from the Circlet ; then they slightly
project beyond the Circlet; and now they rise almost
vertically. The arches, in the first instance, are numer-
ous, bat in the Great Seal of Eichard III there are four
arcnes omy. Their number in the Crown that ensigns
the Hawthorn Bush Badge of Henry VII, is six, No.
545 ; but by Henry VIII they are reduced to four. The
Crown remained without any change during the Reigns
OF ENGLAND. 251
of Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth ; except that in the
Great Seal of Elizabeth she appears wearing a small
Diadem having eight arches. The Crown of the Stuart
Sovereigns, James I and Charles I, has eight arches.
On the Great Seals of Charles II, James II, and Anne,
the Crown has fonr arches ; and that number has since
remained unchanged.
The arched Crown was introduced by Henry V, pro-
bably when a simpler emblem of Eoyalty was constructed
on the breaking up of the more costly and precious
Crown of his Father. It will be understood that until
the close of the Eeign of Edward IV, arched and un-
arched Crowns are both represented in sculpture, illumi-
nations, and other works. The arched Crown, the arches
having an ogee curvature, appears for the first time upon
the Great Seal of Edward VI, and we learn from illumi-
nations that a Crown similar to his own was worn by his
Queen.
The arches of the Crown always spring from behind
the crosses patees that heighten the circlet. The Crosses
on the Great Seal of Henry VIII appear to be only four
in number ; but the Tudor Crown generally is represented
with eight crosses and as many fleurs-de-lys. Upon the
monument of the Countess of Eichmond, the mother of
Henry VII, there are seven shields and one lozenge of
arms ; of the former, three are ensigned with large crowns
heightened with eight crosses, as many fleurs-de-lys, and
sixteen small roses, and the crowns are arched with two
depressed arches which support a mound and cross patee ;
three more of these shields have similar crowns without
the arches ; and one shield and the lozenge are without
crowns. At the head and feet of the monument of Henry
252 THE ROYAL HERALDRY
VII there are crowns of four arches splendidly enriched.
The Crown of James I, represented on his Great Seal,
retains eight crosses and eight fleurs-de-lys, without any
roses ; and Charles II reduces both crosses and fleurs-
de-lys to four, the same number as the arches. The velvet
cap, worn within the Crown, appears for the first time
upon the Great Seal of Henry VIII.
The successive changes in the Crown of England are
exemplified in No. 552, Henry V, from Westminster
Abbey ; No. 553, Henry VI ; No. 554, Edward IV, and
No. 554, from the Great Seal of the same king ; No. 556,
Henry VII, from King's College Chapel, Cambridge ; it
will be observed that the Eoyal Motto in this splendid
Crown is charged upon the circlet of the diadem ; No.
557, Crown from the Monument of Margaret, Countess
of Richmond, in Westminster Abbey ; No. 558, Henry
VIII ; at Norwich on a building, a shield of Henry VIII
is ensigned with a Crown of the simple form shown in
No. 558 a ; Nos. 559, and 560, Charles I, and Charles
II, both from their Great Seals. Thus the Crown is
brought to assume the character shown in No. 562, which
No. 562.
has four crosses pat&B, and four fleurs-de-lys, set alter-
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OF ENGLAND.
253
nately on the circlet, and four pearl-studded arches which
rise from within the Crosses, and carry at their inter-
section, the Mound and Cross. The arches in this
example are depressed, and their sweep projects some-
what beyond the circlet.
The Crown of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, differs
from No. 562 rather in its enrichment than in its arrange-
ment. There is a slight difference in the contour of the
arches, which rise almost perpendicularly from the circlet
and are nearly flat at their intersection. The Crown
is profusely adorned with diamonds, and is studded
with various other costly gems. The Mound is en-
circled with a jewelled fillet, from which rises an arched
band, also jewelled, that encompasses the upper hemis-
phere of the mound itself, and is ensigned with a Cross
patee. The cap is of purple velvet, lined with ermine.
The Coronet of H.K.H., Albert, the late Prince
Consort, differs from the Imperial Crown in having
eight instead of four arches; these arches rise from straw-
berry leaves and are curved. The details of the enrich-
ments are also peculiar. No. 562 a.
]S T o. 562 a.
The Coronet of H.R.H., Albert Edward, Prince op
Wales, has two arches only, which rise from a jewelled
circlet, heightened as the Imperial Crown. The arches
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THE ROYAL HERALDRY
are surmounted by a mound and cros3. The cap is of
crimson velvet.
No. 563.
The Prince op Wales also bears, as the ensign of that
Principality, a jewelled circlet heightened with four crosses
patees, and as many fleurs-de-lys, which encloses a
plume of three ostrich feathers rising above the circlet
itself. Below, on a ribbon, the motto, " Ich Dien." No.
235 a, PI. XV.
The Coronets of the other Princes, the Sons of the
Queen, have the circlet heightened with four crosses
patees, and four fleurs-de-lys. The cap, of crimson velvet,
is lined with ermine, and is surmounted by a golden
tassel ; No. 564.
The Coronets of the Princesses, the Daughters of the
Queen, differ from those of their Eoyal Brothers, only in
having the circlet heightened with two crosses patees, as
many strawberry leaves, and four fleurs-de-lys ; No. 565.
The Coronets of the Royal Cousins of the Queen have
the circlet heightened with crosses patees and strawberry
leaves only ; No. 566.
The Royal Achievement op Arms of the Queen is
composed of
The Royal Shield, bearing England, Scotland, and
CORONETS MD CHESTS.
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OF ENGLAND. 255
Ireland, quarterly ; the Shield being encircled with the
Garter, charged with the Motto of the Order :
The Supporters, the Lion and Unicorn :
The Helm, with its Mantling, ensigned with the
Crown, and thereon the Crest of England, a Lion statant
guardant, or, imperially crowned :
The Motto, being the words, Dietj et mon Droit,
upon a ribbon beneath the shield, from which issue
The Badges, the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, all of
them engrafted on the same stem.
It would be strictly correct to add other Badges, for
England, a red and white Rose ; for Scotland, a Thistle,
ppr. ; for Ireland, a Shamrock leaf, vert, and a Harp,
or, stringed, arg. ; for Wales, a Dragon, with wings
addorsed, gu., passant, on a mount, vert.
All these Badges are ensigned with the Imperial
Crown.
Also,
The Crest for Scotland, on an Imperial Crown, a
Lion sejant affronte, gu., imperially crowned, holding in
the dexter paw a sword, and in the sinister paw a sceptre,
both erect and ppr. ; No. 567 : and
The Crest for Ireland, on a wreath, or and az., a
Castle triple-towered, of the first, a hart, arg., attired, or,
springing from the gate.
The Badges of the several Orders of Knighthood might
also be introduced in this composition.
The Arms borne by his late Eoyal Highness, the
lamented Prince Consort, I have already described at
page 146. His quartered shield is encircled with the
Garter of the Order ; and the shield itself is supported by
the Eoyal Supporters of England, the crowned Lion
256 THE ROYAL HERALDRY
and the Unicorn, without any Difference. The motto,
Treu ttnd Fest.
H.R.H. Albert Edward, K.G., Prince of Wales,
like the Princes of Wales who have preceded him, bears
the Royal Arms of England differenced with a Label of three
points, argent, the shield surrounded with the Garter of
the Order. The Helm has its proper Mantling, and it is
ensigned with the Prince's own Coronet, upon which stands
the Crest of England, differenced with a Label as on the
shield. The Supporters are those of England, similarly
differenced with the same Label on their shoulders. The
Coronet and Motto of Wales are also added, the former in
chief, and the latter in base. No. 568.
The Arms of the Prince of Wales are marshalled with
the arms of Saxony, the paternal and hereditary insignia
of his Royal Father, emblazoned upon an escutcheon of
pretence. This does not appear to be in accordance with
either the spirit or the practical- usage of true historical
Heraldry. The Arms of the Prince of Wales have a dis-
tinct individuality of their own, with which nothing ought
to be directly associated. It would, however, be both
strictly correct and altogether to be desired that the Prince
should bear a second shield, in the first grand quarter,
of which his own quartered arms duly differenced would
be^placed, while in the other quarters the arms of Saxony ,
and of the Earldom of Cornwall, with those of the other
Dignities enjoyed by His Royal Highness, would be
marshalled in becoming order.
The Princes and Princesses, the younger sons and
all the daughters of the Queen, bear the Royal Arms of
England, upon either shields or lozenges, with the Lion
and Unicorn Supporters. The Princes have the Helm,
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Mantling, and Crest. Each Prince and Princess diffe-
rences with a label charged with the marks of Cadency
that presently follow. Each shield or lozenge is ensigned
with its own proper Coronet. Above their Coronets the
Princes all place the Lion Crest of England, each one
charging his crest with his own label, and the lion in every
instance stands upon a second Coronet in all respects
identical with the one below it, except that it is without
any cap. The Supporters all bear the labels as in the arms,
and all the Princes and Princesses ensign both the lion
and the unicorn with the Coronet of their own degree.
The Labels which difference the Arms of the Eoyal
Family are all of silver, and have three points, and each
is charged with its own marks of Cadency in the order
following :
H.E.H., The Prince Alfred : on the first and third
points, an anchor, az., on the central point a cross gu.,
No. 569.
H.E.H., The Prince Arthur : a cross, gu., between two
fleurs-de-lys, az., No. 570.
H.E.H., The Prince Leopold : a cross, between two
hearts, all gu., No. 571.
H.E.H., The Princess Eoyal : a rose, between two
crosses, all gu., No. 572.
H.E.H., The Princess Alice : a rose, gu., between two
ermine-spots, No. 573.
H.E.H., The Princess Helena : a cross, between two
roses, all gu., No. 574.
H.E.H., The Princess Louisa : a rose, between two
cantons, all gu., No. 575.
H.E.H., The Princess Beatrice : a heart, between two
roses, all gu., No. 576.
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THE ROYAL HERALDRY OF ENGLAND.
The Label of Cambridge is charged on the central point
with a Cross of St. George, and on each of the other
points with two hearts, in pale, gu., No. 57?. The Prince
and the Princesses of the House of Cambridge bear the
Royal Arms with its accessories, after the same manner as
their Eoyal Cousins.
No. 353. Shield of Arms of H.B.H. the late Prince Consort, K.G.
No. 282. Coronet of Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Abttndel
a.d. 1445.
CHAPTER XX.
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD, AND INSIGNIA AND AUGMEN-
TATIONS OF HONOR.
Early in the middle ages, the Insignia of knightly
rank, worn alike by every member of the chivalry of those
days, were the Knight's own Sword and Lance — the latter
with its pennon, his Shield of arms, and his golden Spurs.
Then the Crusades led to the formation of the Orders of
priestly soldiers, so well known as the Hospitallers, or
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and the Knights
Templars. These Orders possessed distinctive Insignia
peculiar to themselves.
1. The Hospitallers, instituted about a.d. 1092, and
introduced into England about the year 1100, wore over
their armour a black habit, charged with a silver cross of
eight points, T$o. 578; but between the years 1278 and
1289, when engaged in military duties, they assumed a
red surcoat bearing a silver cross straight.
2. The Templars, instituted a.d. 1118, were introduced
into England during the reign of Stephen, about the
year 1140. Their habit was white, with a red cross of
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260 ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
eight points, the form of this red cross being identical with
the white cross of the Hospitallers, No. 578. The Cross
of the Templars was worn on the left shoulder. Their
war-cry was " Beau Seant t" Their Banner, which bore
the same name, was per /esse, sa. and arg. It is repre-
sented in the Temple Church, London, as in No. 579.
They also displayed above their formidable lances a second
Banner of their own colors, white, charged with the Cross
of the Order, No. 580. As Badges, the Templars bore the
Agnus Dei ; and a device representing two knights mounted
on a single horse, to denote the original poverty of the
Order. In the year 1309 the Templars were suppressed,
and, by a papal bull dated April 3, 1312, their Order was
abolished. It is remarkable that amongst the numerous
knightly effigies that are in existence, and of which many
fine examples belong to the Templar era, not a single in-
dividual commemorates any brother of the chivalry of the
Temple. It is highly probable that some now forgotten
rule prohibited monumental commemoration amongst those
priest-soldiers, or else their ill repute led to the complete
destruction of every personal memorial of them. The
idea that crossed-legged military effigies represent and
commemorate Templars, though still retained by many
persons who prefer fanciful theories to more sober facts,
has long been proved to be without any foundation.
3. The peculiar form of Cross, entitled, from its re-
semblance to the Greek T, the Taw Gross, No. 57, PI. Ill,
appears worn as a knightly ensign upon a small number
of monumental effigies. This is the symbol of an Order
established on the continent, and styled the Order of St.
Anthony. At Ingham, in Norfolk, the curious effigies
(now sadly mutilated) of Sir Eoger de Bois and his
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 261
Lad j, wear mantles charged with the Tan Cross within a
circle, and having the word anthon in chief, No. 581 ;
the date is about 1360. In the sixteenth century, this same
cross is occasionally found attached to a chain that is
worn about the neck, as in the brass to Henry Stanley,
a.d. 1528, at Hillingdon, Middlesex. The Tau Cross is
borne by the family of Drtjry between two mullets on a
chief.
4. Collars, composed of various heraldic devices, and
worn about the neck, were in use in the time of Richard
II. These Collars, however, were not regarded as insignia
of any Order of Knighthood, as that expression is now
understood by ourselves, and as the Order of the Carter
was understood at that period. They were decorations
of honor, and they also very generally denoted politi-
cal partizanship. The rival Houses of Lancaster and
Yore: had their Collars, of which many characteristic
examples yet remain. Private Collars were also worn,
as a species of Badge, at the same period; they were
charged with the personal devices of the wearers. Thus,
in his brass at Woottonunder-Edge, Glocestershire, a.d.
1392, Thomas, fourth Baron Berkeley wears, over his
camail, a collar composed of Mermaids — a Badge of his
House, which may possibly have been derived from the
" Mermaids of the Sea" of the Black Prince, and so
may indicate attachment to that illustrious personage :
No. 225 a, p. 69.
5. The Lancastrian Collar of SS. is composed of a
series of the Letter S in gold, the letters being either
linked together, or set in close order upon a blue and white
ribbon. The ends are always connected by two buckles
and a trefoil-shaped link, from which a jewel depends.
262 ORDEES OF KNIGHTHOOD.
This Collar was worn by persons of both sexes, and of
various ranks. It appears, amongst many others, in the
sculptured effigies of Queen Joanna, at Canterbury ; of
Ealph Neville, Earl of Westmorland, and his two
Countesses, at Staindrop, Durham ; of Thomas and John
Fitz Alan, Earls of Arundel, at Arundel ; of Eobert,
Lord Hungerford, at Salisbury Cathedral; of Eorert
de Marmion, at Tanfield, Yorkshire ; of Sir Humphrey
Stafford, at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire ; of Sir Ed-
mund and Lady De Thorpe, at Ashwell-Thorpe, Norfolk ;
and of Sir Eobert Grushill, K.G., and Lady, at Hover-
ingham, Notts ; also in the brasses to Lord Camoys,
K.G., at Trotton, Sussex; to Sir Thomas and Lady
Massyngberde, at Gunby, Lincolnshire ; and Sir William
and Lady Bagot, at Baginton, Warwickshire. The
earliest example of this Collar that I have observed,
occurs in the brass to Sir Thomas Burton, a.d. 1382,
the fifth of Eichard II, at Little Casterton, Eutland.
Another early example, in the sculptured effigy of John
Gower, the poet, at St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, has
the De Bohun Swan, the favourite Badge of Henry of Bo-
lingbroke, attached as a pendant to the Collar ; No. 585 a.
The SS Collar of Queen Joanna, No. 582, has been slightly
injured, but it still very clearly shews the character of
this decoration. The Collars of Lord Hungerford, a.d.
1455, No. 583, and of Sir Eobert de Marmion, aboTt
a.d. 1400, No. 584, both of which have received some
injuries, and that of Sir Eobert Grushill, (whose effigy
is also decorated with the garter of the Order), which is
very perfect and of elaborate richness, No. 585, (date
about 1440), are all eminently characteristic examples.
The SS Collar was assumed by Henry IV, probably many
JjXNCKSTTLIZL-N COIili-SJEtS OP ss
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N os 288 A, 582 to 5.92,
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 263
years before his accession, and by him it certainly was
distinguished as a Lancastrian ensign. The origin of
the device itself still remains uncertain. It is generally
supposed to have been intended to represent Henry's
favourite motto, Soveraygne, by repeating the initial letter
of the word. Mr. John Gotjgh Nichols, however, has
suggested the word Seneschal, (John of Ghent was Senes-
chal, or High Steward of England,) to be substituted for
Soveraygne ; and Mr. Planche hints that the Swan Badge
may have had something to do with the SS of the Collar.
Possibly, after all, the repetition of the letter S may
denote rather the initials of several words, than the
initial of any single word.
Henry VII, under whom the SS Collar had by no
means altogether lost its Lancastrian character, intro-
duced his Tudor Badge, the Portcullis, alternating with
each S ; and he further added either a Tudor Eose, or a
Portcullis, as a Pendant to the Collar thus modified. By
Henry VIII the wearing the Collar of SS was restricted to
the degree of a Knight. This Collar is still worn by the
Heralds, by the Lord Mayor of London, and by the Lord
Chief Justices, and some others of the Judges.
6. The Yorkist Collar of Suns and Eoses, signifi-
cantly characteristic of the rival House of the Plantage-
nets, has not left so many examples as there exist of
the Collar of SS. In the chancel of Aston Church, near
Birmingham, are two effigies, both finely sculptured in
alabaster, and resting within a yard or two of each other
upon raised tombs. The figures are those of knights,
and their armour is such as two brothers might have
worn when Edward IV fought his way to the throne.
In life, these knights were certainly contemporaries ; pro-
264 ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
bably they were near neighbours, and possibly near kins-
men also ; but that they were mortal enemies is clearly
indicated by the circumstance that one wears the Collar
of SS, while the Collar of the other is charged with the
Suns and Eoses of York. Long have these
" Knights been dust,
And their good swords rust :"
their effigies, however, silently though they repose beneath
the consecrated roof that has sheltered them for four
centuries, have a tale of English History which they tell
eloquently enough to every student of historical He-
raldry.
The Yorkist Collar is formed of suns and roses, which
are set, like the SS letters, upon a ribbon, or sometimes
they are either linked together with chains or placed in
immediate contact. The white lion Badge of the House of
March is generally attached to the Collar, and forms a
pendant from it. The Collar of the Yorkist Knight at
Aston is represented in No. 586. From amongst other ex-
amples in sculptured effigies I select for particular notice
the Collars of Sir Eobert Harcotjrt, K.G., a.d. 1471,
at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, No. 291 ; of one of the
Nevilles and his Lady — probably Ealph Neville,
second Earl of Westmorland, who died in 1484, and one
of his two Countesses, at Branspeth, Durham, No. 587 ;
of the Countess of William Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel,
a.d. 1487, at Arundel, No. 588 ; and of Sir John and
Lady Crosby, a.d. 1475, at Great St. Helen's Church,
London. In the Collar of the Countess of Arundel, the
Suns and Eoses are linked together with clusters of
oak-leaves — a Badge of the Fitz Alans. Ealph Ne-
YORKIST COLLARS OP SVNS fc ROSES
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Plate XLHI.
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ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 265
ville has his collar formed of Hoses en Soleil, with a
white boar, the Badge of Richard III, as the pendant ;
and his Countess has both the suns and roses, with a
pendant jewel. The Yorkist Collar is also introduced
into the brasses to Henry Bourchier, K.G., Earl of
Essex, and his Countess, a.d. 1483, at Little Easton,
Essex, No. 589 ; to Sir Anthony Grey, at St. Alban's ;
and to Roger Del Bothe Esquire, a.d. 1467, at Sawley,
in Derbyshire.
7. The Most Noble Order op the Garter, the first,
the most renowned, and the most honored of the Orders
of European Knighthood, was instituted by Edward III
about the year 1350. The exact occasion and period of
its institution, and the actual circumstances that attended
the foundation of the Order cannot now be traced out
with precision and certainty. That the Order was in
existence in the middle of the 14th century, cannot be
questioned. It is equally beyond dispute, that the Order
from the first has borne the same title, has numbered
twenty-five Knights, including the Prince of Wales, the
Sovereign being the twenty-sixth, and that it has ever
maintained its illustrious reputation. Whatever else
might be wanted to complete the details of the early
History of the Order of the Garter, has been provided by
such Legends as are certain to become popular Tradi-
tions.
The original statutes of the Order have undergone con-
tinual changes ; but none of these changes have affected
the fundamental character of the Institution itself.
By a Statute of Jan. 17th, 1805, it was ordained that the
Order should consist of the Sovereign, and twenty-five
Knights Companions, always including in their number
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the Prince op Wales, together also with such lineal
Descendants of George III as might be elected from
time to time. Special Statutes have since been adopted for
the admission of Sovereigns and extra Knights, the latter
of whom have, however, always been incorporated into the
number of the " Companions" on the occasion of vacancies.
The Stalls of the Knights of the Garter are in the
Chapel of St. George, at Windsor. There their Stall-
plates are charged with their Arms, and overhead are
displayed their Banners. The Stall-plates now at Wind-
sor were evidently emblazoned and fixed in the time of
Henry VI ; their Helms alone would determine the period ;
and they are amongst the most valuable and interesting
of our national heraldic records.
The Insignia of the Order are the Garter and Motto, the
Star, the Ribbon and Badge, and the Collar with the
George : and the costume consists of the Surcoat, Hat,
and Mantle. See Nos. 591, 591 a, and 592 ; also Nos.
288 a, 290 and 292.
The Garter, charged with the Motto, Honi soit qui
mal y pense, in letters of gold, with golden borders,
buckle and pendant, was originally of light blue, but
now, (as it has been since the commencement of the reign
of George I), it is dark blue. It is worn on the left leg
below the knee ; but by Her Majesty the Queen, the
Sovereign of the Order, the Garter is worn on the left arm
above the elbow.
The Mantle is of blue velvet, lined with white taffeta.
It has the Badge upon the left shoulder, and is fastened
with a rich Cordon and Tassels.
The Hood and the Surcoat are of crimson velvet, the
latter being lined like the Mantle.
PLATE LIT.
Chap. x\.
THE STAB, COLLAR, GEORGE AND GARTER.
No. 590. Insignia of the Order of the Garter. Page 265.
ORDERS OP KNIGHTHOOD. 267
The Hat is of black velvet, lined with white taffeta. It
is decorated with a lofty plume of white Ostrich Feathers,
in the centre of which is a tuft of black Heron's Feathers,
the whole being attached to the Hat by a clasp of
Diamonds.
The Badge is circular, and is formed of a buckled Gar-
ter, with the Motto, enclosing the Cross of St. George on
white enamel.
The Star is the Badge irradiated with eight rays, first
ordered by Charles I. The rays are of silver, or dia-
monds. The Star is worn on the left breast.
The Collar and the George were added to the Insignia
by Henry VII. The Collar is of gold, weighing thirty-
six ounces, and consists of twenty-six pieces, alter-
nately buckled garters, and interlaced knots of cords.
The garters encircle alternately a red rose charged
with a white one, and a white rose charged with a red
one.
The George, executed in coloured enamel, is a figure of
St. George on his charger, in the act of piercing the
dragon with his lance. It forms a Pendant to the Col-
lar. A second George has the same Device of gold,
charged upon an enamelled ground, and encircled by a
buckled Garter, the whole forming an oval. This George
is worn depending from the Ribbon of the Order. It
appears originally to have been black, but Queen Eliza-
beth changed the Ribbon to a light blue, and by George
I it was again changed to the dark blue, of which hue it
still continues. The Eibbon passes over the left shoulder,
and crosses the figure both in front and behind.
The Eibbon with its George are now commonly worn
by Knights of the Garter as accessories of their ordinary
268 ORDERS OP KNIGHTHOOD.
Costume ; the Star and the Garter are also added in
evening dress.
The Officers of the Order, are
The Prelate, always the Bishop of Winchester.
The Chancellor, now the Bishop of Oxford.
(The First Chancellor of the Order was Eichard
Beatjchamp, Bishop of Salisbury, to whom and to his
successors in that See the Chancellorship was granted by
a Charter of Edward IV. From the year 1534 till 1671,
the dignity was in the hands of laymen ; but it was
recovered from Charles II for the See of Salisbury by
Bishop Ward. In 1836 Berkshire, in which St. George's
chapel is situated, was attached to the Diocese of Oxford,
when the Chancellorship of the Garter passed to the
Bishops of that See).
Both the Prelate and the Chancellor wear the Badge of
the Order attached to a blue Eibbon, with their Episcopal
Eobes.
The Registrar : the Dean of Windsor.
The Herald : Garter King of Arms ; and the Usher of
the Black Rod.
Knights of the Garter place after their names the
Initials K.G., which take precedence of all other titles.
On the death of any Knight, the Insignia which he had
worn are returned by his nearest representative to the
Sovereign.
Several fine examples of the monumental effigies of
Knights of the Garter have been preserved ; but it is
singular that the effigies of Edward III himself, and his
eldest son, the Black Prince, are without any of the
insignia of their famous Order. As good specimens of
their class I may specify the effigy of Eichard Beau-
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 269
champ, KG-., Earl of Warwick, a.d., 1439, at Warwick ;
of Sir Eichard Pembridge, KG., about a.d. 1390, at
Hereford Cathedral ; of John Talbot, KG-., the great
Earl of Shrewsbury, a.d. 1453, at Whitchurch, Salop; of
Sir Robert Harcourt, E.G., who also wears the Yorkist
Collar ; of Sir Robert Grushill, KG., who wears the
Collar of SS ; and of John de la Pole, KG., Duke of
Suffolk, a.d. 1491. Also the Brasses to Sir Symon de
Felbrigge, KG., a.d. 1416 ; to Lord Camoys, KG., a.d.
1424; to the Earl of Essex, E.G., 1483; and to Sir
Thomas Boleyn, KG., a.d. 1538, at Hever, who is habited
over his armour in the full insignia of the Order. No.
290 represents the adjustment of the Garter about the
leg of the effigy of the Duke of Suffolk ; No. 288 a is
the Garter of Lord Camoys.
In the middle ages, the Ladies of Knights were occa-
sionally associated with the Order of the Garter, but before
the close of the sixteenth century this singular associa-
tion fell into disuse. The effigies of Lady Harcourt, the
wife of Sir Robert Harcourt, E.G., and of the Duchess
of Suffolk, at Euelme, in Oxfordshire, have the Garter ;
the former lady wears it upon her left arm, No. 292, and
the latter adjusts it about her wrist after the manner of a
bracelet.
8. The Most Noble and Most Ancient Order of
the Thistle, of Scotland.
This Order is supposed to have been originally in-
stituted at an early period of Scottish History. It now
exists in conformity with the Statutes of James II and
Queen Anne, the latter dated 1703. By a subsequent
statute of the year 1827, the Order consists of the Sove-
reign and sixteen Knights.
270 ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
The Star of this Order, worn on the left side, is formed
of a St. Andrew's Cross, (No. 60) of silver, with rays
issuing from between the points so as to form a lozenge ;
in the centre, upon a field of gold is a Thistle, proper,
surrounded by a circle of green enamel, charged with the
Motto in golden letters.
The Collar, of gold, consists of sixteen Thistles, alter-
nating with as many sprigs of Eue, four in each group,
interlaced, all enamelled proper.
The Jewel or Badge, attached to the Collar, or worn
depending from a broad dark green Ribbon which
crosses the left shoulder, is formed of a Figure of St.
Andrew, of gold enamelled, his surcoat purpure, and his
mantle vert, bearing before him his own Cross Saltire,
the whole being irradiated with golden rays, and sur-
rounded by an oval bearing the Motto, " Nemo me im-
pune lacessit." See No. 593.
The Order is indicated by the Initials K.T. The In-
signia are returned to the Sovereign on the decease of a
Knight.
The Officers of the Order are the Dean, the Lord Lion
King-of-Arms, and the Gentleman Usher of the Green
Bod.
9. The Most Illustrious Order op St. Patrick, of
Ireland, instituted by George III, Feb. 5, 1783, now
consists of the Sovereign, the Grand Master, and twenty-
two Knights. By the original Statutes the number of
Knights was fifteen, and the Lord-Lieutenant was Grand
Master.
Tho Insignia are,
The Mantle f made of rich sky-blue tabinet, lined with
white silk, and fastened by a cordon of blue silk and gold
PLATE LV.
Chap. xx.
THE STAB, COLLAJt, BADGE AND JEW1L.
No. 593. Insignia of the Ch dor of the Thistle. Page 269.
PLATE LYI.
Chap. xx.
THE STAR, COLLAR, BADGE AND JEWEL.
No. 594. Insignia of the Order of St. Patrick. Page 270.
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 271
with tassels. On the right shoulder is the Hood, of the
same materials as the Mantle, and on the left side is the
Star.
The Ribbon, of sky-blue, four inches in width, is worn
over the right shoulder, and sustains the Badge when the
Collar is not worn.
The Collar, of gold, is composed of Eoses alternating
with Harps, tied together with a knot of gold, the Eoses
being enamelled alternately white within red, and red
within white, and in the centre is an Imperial Crown sur-
mounting a Harp of gold, from which the Badge is sus-
pended.
The Badge or Jewel, of gold, is oval in form. It is sur-
rounded with a Wreath of Shamrock, proper, on a gold
field ; within this is a band of sky-blue enamel, charged
with the Motto in golden letters ; and within this band
the Cross of St. Patrick, No. 61, surmounted by a Trefoil
or Shamrock, vert, having upon each of its Leaves an
Imperial Crown. The field of the Cross is either argent,
or pierced and left open.
The Motto is "Quis Separabit, mdcclxxxiii ."
The Star, worn on the left side, differs from the Badge
only in being circular in form instead of oval, and in sub-
stituting for the exterior wreath of Shamrocks, eight rays
of silver, four of which are larger than the other four.
See No. 594.
The Order is indicated by the Initials, K.P.
The Officers of the Order are,
The Prelate, the Archbishop of Armagh.
The Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin.
The Registrar, the Dean of St. Patrick's.
The Gemalogist. The Usher of the Black Rod.
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The Ulster King-of-Arms. Two Heralds, and Four
Pursuivants.
10. The Most Honorable Order op the Bath.
Amongst the various Eites and Ceremonies attending
the ancient admission of Aspirants to the Order of Knight-
hood, one of the most important was the symbolical act
of Bathing. The memory of this usage is still preserved
in the title of the renowned Order of the Bath, though the
rite itself has long ceased to be administered. The last
lingering instances of conformity with the primitive
observances are recorded to have taken place on the occa-
sion of the Coronation of Charles II, April 23, 1661.
From that period till the year 1725, the old Institution
had fallen into total oblivion ; and accordingly, the Order
as it now exists, may be said to have been founded by
George I, May 25, 1725.
In 1815 the Order was completely remodelled, and it
was decreed that it should consist of Three Classes ; and
in 1847 it was further extended, and new statutes for the
government of the Order were promulgated.
The Order of the Bath is now composed of
I. Knights Grand Cross, (Gr.C.B.), who form the " First
Class," for both naval, military, and diplomatic service.
In their number, the Sovereign, the Eoyal Princes, and
certain distinguished Foreigners are included.
11. Knighte Commanders, (K.C.B.), also for civil as well
as military and naval service. Foreign officers may be
admitted as honorary K.C.B. All Knights of this " Second
Class" have the distinctive appellation of Knighthood,
and they wear the Insignia of the Order.
III. Companions of the Order, (C.B.) both civil, naval,
and military, constitute the " Third Class," and take pre-
PLATE LVII. Chap. xx.
THE DIPLOMATIC AND CIVIL BADGE.
THE COLLAK AND T11L NAVAL AND MILITARY BADGE.
INo. 595. Insignia of the Order of the Hal h. Page '~7:>.
ORDERS OP KNIGHTHOOD. 273
cedence of Esquires, but are not entitled to the style and
title of Knighthood.
The Naval and Military Insignia are,
The Collar, of gold, in weight thirty ounces ; it is com-
posed of nine Imperial Crowns, and Eight Eoses, Thistles
and Shamrocks, issuing from a Sceptre, and enamelled
proper, all linked together with seventeen knots enamelled
argent, and having the Badge as a Pendant.
The Star, worn by the G.C.B., is formed of Eays of
Silver, or (Jewels), thereon a golden Maltese Cross,
charged with the same Device as the Badge. The K.C.B.
Star omits the Maltese Cross, and is itself in its form a
Cross Patee.
The Badge is a gold Cross of eight points, enamelled
argent. In each of the four angles, a Lion of England.
In the centre, within a circle, gules, charged with the
Motto, the Eose, Thistle, and Shamrock, issuing from a
Sceptre, and alternating with three Imperial Crowns ;
the circle is encompassed with two branches of Laurel,
which issue from an azure scroll in base, bearing in golden
Letters the words, " Ich Dien."
This Badge is worn by the G.C.B. pendent from a broad
Ribbon across the left shoulder, by the K.C.B. from a
narrower red Ribbon from the neck, and by a still narrower
red Ribbon from the button-hole by the C.B.
The Diplomatic and Civil Insignia are
The Badge, of gold, an oval, having the external fillet
charged with the Motto and encircling the central Device
of the Order. It is worn by the Three Classes with the
same distinctions as the Military Badge ; but the C.B.
Civil Badge is smaller than the Badges of the two higher
Classes.
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The Star of the G.C.B., of silver, has eight rays, and in
its centre is the red circle with the Motto, enclosing three
Imperial Crowns upon a Glory of silver Rays. The Star
of the K.C.B. is the same in form and size with that of
the military K.C.B., only omitting the Laurel-Wreath
round the circle with the motto, and the small Scroll with
the Legend, " Ich Dien."
The Motto of the Order is " Tria Juncta in Uno."
See No. 595.
The Companions of the Order (C.B.) do not wear any
other Insignia than their Badge with its Ribbon.
The Stall* of the G.C.B. are in Henry Vllth's Chapel,
Westminster, with the Stall-plates and the Banners of
the Knights.
II. The Most Distinguished Order op St. Michael
and St. George.
This Order was founded in the year 1818, for the pur-
pose of bestowing honorable Distinctions upon the Natives
of Malta and the Ionian Islands. The Members of the
Order enjoy Rank and Precedence immediately after the
corresponding Classes of the Bath, for this Order, like the
Bath, is divided into Knights Grand Cross, Knights Com-
manders, and Companions.
The Star of the Knights Grand Cross is formed of seven
rays of silver, alternating with as many small rays of
gold, and having over all the Cross of St. George. In
the centre, within an azure circle inscribed with the motto,
is a Figure of St. Michael encountering Satan.
The Collar of the same Class of Knights is composed of
Lions of England and Maltese Crosses alternating, and of
the Monograms S.M. and S.G. ; in the centre it has the
Imperial Crown, over two winged Lions, counter-passant
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 275
guardant, each holding a Book and seven Arrows. Oppo-
site to these are two similar Lions. The whole is of gold,
except the Crosses, which are enamelled, argent ; and the
several pieces are linked together with small gold
chains.
The Badge is a Cross of fourteen points, of white
enamel edged with gold, having in the centre on either
side an azure circle with the Motto. On one side this
circle encloses a " St. Michael," and on the other side a
" St. George." The Badge is ensigned by an Imperial
Crown, and it is worn by Grand Crosses attached to the
Collar, or from a broad dark blue Ribbon with a scarlet
stripe, passing from the right shoulder to the left
side.
The Mantle is of dark blue satin, lined with scarlet silk
fastened with cordons of blue, scarlet, and gold, and on
the left side it has the Star.
The Chapeau is of blue satin, lined with scarlet, and
surmounted by a plume of white and black Ostrich
Feathers.
The Star of the Knights Commanders is silver of four
Rays, having a Cross of eight Points set saltire-wise, and
surmounted by a Cross of St. George, and having the
same centre as the other Star.
The Badge is the same, and is worn suspended to a
narrow Ribbon of the same colors from the neck.
The Companions wear the same Badge, of smaller size,
from a still narrower Ribbon at the button-hole.
The Motto of the Order is, " Atjspictum Melioris
Mvi."
In addition to the Sovereign and the Grand Master,
t 2
276 ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.
the Officers of the Order are the Prelate, Chancellor, Secre-
tary, and King-of-Arms.
12. The Most Exalted Order op the Star of
India. No. 596.
In the month of June of the last year, The Queen
instituted the new " Order of the Star of India," for the
express purpose of rendering high Honor to conspicuous
Loyalty and Merit in the Princes, Chiefs and People of
Her Indian Empire. The Order consists of the Sovereign,
a Grand Master, always to be the Governor-General of
India, and twenty-five Knights, with such Honorary Knights
as the Crown may appoint. The Knights are to include
both military, naval, and civil officers, and natives of
India.
The Insignia are,
The Collar, which is composed of the heraldic Rose of
England, and the Lotus Flower, and two Palm-Branches
in saltire tied with a Eibbon, alternately, all of gold
enamelled proper, and connected by a double golden chain.
In the centre is the Imperial Crown, from either side of
which the series of Devices commences with a Lotus.
From the Crown depends the Badge, consisting of a bril-
liant Mullet, or Star of five Points, to which is suspended
an oval Medallion containing an onyx cameo profile Bust
of the Queen, encircled by the Motto in letters of gold on
an enriched Border of light blue enamel.
The Investment Badge, to be worn pendent from a Eib-
bon of pale blue with white borders, is the same in Design
as the Collar Badge, but the Star, the setting of the
Cameo, and the Motto are all of Diamonds.
The Star, of Diamonds, is also a mullet, on an irra-
diated field of gold. It is surrounded by an azure
PLATE LIX.
Chap. xx.
THE STAR.
THE COLLAR AND BADGE.
Xo. 5U6. The Insignia of the Order of the Star of India. Page 27<
DECOEATIONS OF HONOR. 277
fillet, bordered with gold, and charged with the Motto in
Diamonds. The whole is encircled by wavy Rays of
gold.
The Motto is, " Heaven's Light our G-uide."
13. Decorations of Honor.
Crosses, Medals, and Clasps, with Ribbons to which they
should be attached, have been conferred for signal services,
both naval and military. These Medals commemorate
the services and the gallant actions of the Navy and Army
of England in all parts of the world. Clasps or small
Bars are attached to the Medal Ribbons, each bearing the
name of some particular action.
The Waterloo Medal, now rarely to be seen, is of silver,
with the Head of the Prince Regent, and a winged Victory
and the words, " Waterloo," " Wellington." The Ribbon
is crimson, with a narrow stripe of blue near each edge.
The Crimean Medal is silver, and is worn from a blue
Ribbon with yellow edges for the Crimea itself, and from
a yellow Ribbon with blue edges for the Baltic. There
are separate Clasps for Sevastopol, Balahlava, Inkerman,
and Alma.
In 1830 and 1831, " Good Service Medals" of silver were
instituted, and Rules were framed for their distribution
to meritorious soldiers, seamen, and marines. The Naval
Medal is worn from a blue, and the Military from a
crimson Ribbon.
There are many other Medals for various services in
the Peninsula, in India, &c, &c.
The Name, Rank, and Regiment or Ship, of every
recipient of a Medal is engraven upon it.
14. The Victoria Cross, instituted by Her Majesty
the Queen in 1856, is the decoration of eminent personal
278 DECORATIONS OF HONOR.
valor in actual conflict with the enemy. It is a Maltese
Cross of bronze, charged with the Imperial Crown and
Crest, and has the words for valor upon a scroll, No.
597. This Cross is worn on the left breast attached to a
blue Ribbon for the Navy, and to a red Ribbon for the
Army. A Bar is attached to the ribbon for every act of
such gallantry as would have won the Cross. This noble
decoration is given only for " conspicuous bravery," with-
out any distinction whatever of rank or other circumstance.
In the collection of Pictures entitled the " Victoria Cross
Gallery," painted by Mr. Desanges, the incidents —
memorable in English History, which have been rewarded
with Victoria Crosses, are set forth with vivid and graphic
effect.
15. Foreign Orders and Medals.
The Insignia of Foreign Orders of Knighthood and
Medals of Honor, the gift of Foreign Sovereigns, cannot
be accepted and worn by any British subject, without the
express and especial sanction and authority of the
Queen.
The Foreign Insignia and Medals that have been
bestowed in considerable numbers upon British officers,
soldiers, seamen, and marines, are those of the Legion of
Honor of France, and the French Military Medal ; the
Sardinian War Medal, and the Order of the Medjidie
of Turkey.
16. The Legion of Honor comprehends " Grand
Crosses," " Grand Officers," " Commanders," " Officers,"
and " Knights."
The Decoration is a Cross of ten Points of white enamel
edged with gold ; the Points are connected by a Wreath
of Laurel, proper, and in the centre, within an azure
DECORATIONS OF HONOR. 279
circle charged with the words " Napoleon III. Emp. des
Francais," is a Head of the Emperor. The Cross is
en signed by the Imperial Crown of France, and is worn
attached to a red Ribbon. The Grand Officers also wear
upon the right breast, a silver Star charged with the Im-
perial Eagle. The same Star is worn on the left breast
by the Knights Grand Cross, and their Cross is attached
to a broad red Eibbon which passes over their right
shoulder.
The French Military Medal is worn from a yellow Eib-
bon with green Borders.
17. The Sardinian War Medal is charged with the Cross
of Savoy, and is suspended from a sky-blue Eibbon.
18. The Turkish Order op the Medjidie has five
Classes. The Badge is a silver Sun of seven triple Eays,
the Device of the Crescent and Star alternating with the
Eays. In the centre, upon a circle of red enamel is the
Legend, (in the vernacular), " Zeal, Honor, Loyalty,"
and the date 1852, (Turkish, 1268) ; within this, on a
golden field, the name of the Sultan. This Decoration
varies in size for the various " Classes" of the Order.
The First three Classes suspend the Badge round the
neck from a red Eibbon having green Borders ; and the
Fourth and Fifth Classes wear it upon the left Breast by
a similar Eibbon. A Star, closely resembling the Badge,
is also worn by the First Class on the left, and by the
Second Class on the right breast.
No. 298. Crown of Herald Kings-of-Arms.
CHAPTEE XXI.
OFFICIAL AND CORPORATE HERALDRY.
At an early period in the History of Heraldry, Shields
of Arms were assigned to certain Offices, and also to Cor-
porate Bodies whether Civil or Ecclesiastical. Armorial
Insignia of this Class possess many qualities and associa-
tions, which render them peculiarly attractive to students
of Heraldry. So numerous are the Arms that would be
comprehended under this Class, that within the limits of
a general Manual it is not possible to describe and blazon
more than a very few illustrative examples. A tolerably
complete Manual of Official and Corporate Heraldry would
form a goodly volume in itself.
1. Arms of the Archbishops and Bishops, and of their
several Sees. The Arms are the insignia of the Sees, and
each Prelate impales the arms of his own See on the
dexter side, with his own paternal arms on the sinister
side.
1. Archbishops.
Canterbury : Az., an archiepiscopal staff, in pale, or,
ens'ujncd with a cross patrc, arg., surmounted by a pall, of
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the last, fimbriated and fringed, gold, and charged with four
crosses formees fitchees, sa. No. 255, PI. XIV.
Fine examples exist at Canterbury, Croydon, Guildford,
and All Souls College, Oxford.
York : Gu., two keys in saltire, arg., in chief, an Imperial
Crown of England.
Armagh : Az., an archiepiscopal staff, in pale, arg., en-
signed with a cross patee, or, surmounted by a pall, of the
second, fimbriated and fringed, gold, and charged with four
crosses formees fitchees, sa.
Dublin : The same as Armagh. The student will
observe the difference between the arms of the See of
Canterbury, and those of Armagh and Dublin.
2. Bishops.
London: (hi., two swords, in saltire, arg., hilts and pom-
mels, or.
Durham : Az., four lions rampt., cantoned by a cross, or.
Winchester : Gu., two keys endorsed, in bend, the
uppermost arg., the other, or, having interposed between them,
in bend sinister, a sword, of the second, hilt and pommel
gold.
Bangor : Gu., a bend, or, guttee-de-poix, between two
mullets, arg., pierced, of the field.
Bath and Wells ; Az., a saltire, quarterly quartered, or
and arg.
Carlisle : Arg., on a Cross, sa., a mitre, labelled, or.
Chester : Gu., three mitres, labelled, or.
Chichester : Gu., a Prester John, sitting on a tombstone,
in his left hand a mound, his right extended, all or ; on his
head a linen mitre, and in his mouth a sword, ppr.
Ely : Gu., three crowns, or.
282 OFFICIAL AND CORPORATE HERALDRY.
Exeter : Gu., a sword, in pale, ppr., hilt, or, surmount-
ing two keys, in saltire, gold.
Gloucester and Bristol : Az., two keys in saltire,
or.
Hereford : Gu., three leopards 1 faces reversed, jessant
de-lys, or.
Lichfield : Per pale, gu. and arg., a cross potent and
quadrate, (No. 91), between four crosses patees, all counter-
changed.
Lincoln: Chi., two lions of England; on a chief, az.,
the Blessed Virgin, sitting, crowned and sceptred, and hold-
ing the Holy Child, or.
Llandaff: Sa., two pastoral staves, in saltire, or and
arg. ; on a chief, arg., three mitres labelled, gold.
Manchester : Or, on a pale engrailed, gu., three mitres
labelled, gold; on a canton, of the second, three bendlets
enhanced, arg.
Norwich : Az., three mitres, labelled, or.
Oxford: Sa., a f esse, arg.; in chief, three ladies* heads,
issuant, arrayed and veiled, arg., crowned, or ; in base, an
ox, of the second, passant over a ford, ppr.
Peterborough: Gu., between four crosslets fitchees, two
keys, in saltire, or.
Ripon : Arg., on a saltire, gu., two keys, in saltire, wards
towards the base, or; on a chief, of the second, an Agnus
Dei.
Rochester : Arg., on a saltire, gu., an escallop-shell, or.
St. Asaph : Sa., two keys, in saltire, endorsed, arg.
St. David's : Sa., on a cross, or, five cinquefoils, of the
Salisbury : Az., the Btessed Virgin and Child, in her
left hand a sceptre, or.
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Worcester : Arg., ten torteaux, 4, 3, 2, 1.
For the arms of the Sees of Ireland and of the Colonies
I mnst refer to the Peerage.
3. Deans and Chapters.
Of this group of Arms I must be content to give a
single example, as a specimen of its Class.
Deanerv of Westminster.
The Arms of the Confessor, (No. 78, PI. I) ; on a chief
or, between two roses, gu., a pale charged with France modern
and England quarterly. No. 598.
4. Monasteries of the Middle Ages.
Of the Arms of these Institutions, often of great interest
to the student of historical Heraldry, I have space for
two examples only.
St. Alban's Abbey : Az., a saltire, or. See No. 466.
Westminster Abbey : Az., on a chief indented, or, to
the dexter a pastoral staff in pale, and to the sinister a mitre,
gu. No. 599.
5. Universities and Colleges.
University of Oxford : Az., on a Booh open, ppr., gar-
nished, or, having on the dexter side seven seals, gold, the
words Dominus Illtjminatio Mea, between three crowns of
the last. No. 600.
University of Cambridge : Gu., on a cross, erm., between
four lions of England, a Bible, lying fesse-wise, or, clasped
and garnished, gold, the clasps in base. No. 601.
King's College, Cambridge :
(Founded in 1443 by Henry VI). Sa., three roses, arg.,
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barbed, vert, seeded, or ; on a chief, per pale, az. and gu., a
Fleur-de-lys of France and a Lion of England.
Christ-Church College, Oxford :
(First founded by Wolsey, but re-established and re-
modelled by Henry VIII, in 1532 and 1546). 8a., on a
cross engrailed, arg., a Lion pass., gu., between four Leo-
pards' Faces, az. ; on a chief, or, a Rose, of the third, barbed,
vert, seeded, of the fifth, between two Cornish choughs,
ppr.
Trinity College, Cambridge :
(Founded by Henry VIII, in 1546). Arg., a chevron,
between three Roses, gu., barbed, vert, seeded, or ; on a chief,
of the second, a Lion of England, between two Bibles, pale-
wise, gold, clasped and garnished, of the last, clasps to the
dexter.
Trinity College, Oxford :
(Founded — the first after the Reformation — by Sir
Thomas Pope, in 1556).
Arms : Per pale, or and az., on a chevron, between three
Griffins 1 Heads, erased, four Fleurs-de-lys, all counter-
changed.
Crest : Two Griffins 1 Heads addorsed, issuing from a
crest-coronet, per pale, or and az., counter-changed.
6. Public Schools.
Eton College : (Founded by Henry VI, in 1440) :
Az., three lilies, slipped and leaved, 2 and 1, arg. ; on a
chief, per pale, az. and gu., a Fleur-de-lys of France, and a
Lion of England.
Amongst the Archives of Eton is the original Grant of
Arms by Henry VI. It is one of the most beautiful
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examples of Blazonry in existence, and it remains in
perfect preservation. The seals appended to this and to
other documents at Eton are of the highest interest.
The Fraternity of the Trinity House, London : (In-
corporated by Henry VIII, 1515).
Arms : No. 168. Arg., a Cross of St. George, betweenfour
ships of three masts, under full sail, upon waves of the sea,
ppr., each bearing an ensign and pendant, gu.
Crest : A Demi-Lion rampant guardant, regally
crowned, or, holding in his dexter paw a sword erect, arg.,
hilted and pomelled, gold.
7. The College of Arms, or Herald's College,
London.
Arms : Arg., a Cross of St. George, cantoning four doves,
their dexter wings elevated and inverted, az. No. 602.
Crest : From a crest-coronet or, a dove rising, az.
Supporters : Two lions tampt. guard., arg., ducally
crowned, or.
These insignia were derived from Wriothsley, one of
tha early Garters.
8. The Herald Kings-of-Arms.
Garter : Arg., the Cross of St. George ; on a chief, az.,
a ducal coronet encircled with a garter of the Order, between
a lion of England and a fleur-de-lys, all or. No. 603.
Norroy : Arg., the Cross of St. George ; on a chief, per
pale, az. and gu., between a fleur-de-lys and a hey, the latter
pale-wise, a lion of England, crowned, all or. No. 604.
Clarencieux: Arg., the Cross of St. George; on a
chief, gu., a lion of England, crowned, or. No. 605.
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Ulster : Arg., the Cross of St. George ; on a chief, az.,
between a harp and a portcullis, a lion of England, all or,
the harp stringed, of the first. No. 606.
9. Municipal Corporations.
London : Arms, No. 139, p. 57 : Arg., the Cross of
St. George ; cantoned in the first quarter, a dagger, erect, gu.
Crest : A dragon's wing, expanded to the sinister, arg.,
ensigned with a cross of St. George.
Supporters : Two Dragons, vert, their wings expanded,
arg., and each charged with a cross, gu.
Motto : Domine, Dirige Nos.
Examples : Brasses at Walthamstow, a.d. 1545, and
Much Hadham, a.d. 1582. The Guildhall, London, &c.
Westminster : Az., a portcullis, or ; on a chief, of the
second, the arms of the Confessor blazoned on a pale, between
two roses, gu. No. 607.
Canterbury : Arg., on a chevron, gu., between three
Cornish choughs, ppr., a lion of England.
York : Arg., on a cross of St. George, five lioncels of
England. (See a brass in St. Cross Church, York).
Oxford : Perfesse, arg., and barry wavy, az. and of the
first, an ox passant, gu., armed and unguled, or. Or thus,
Arg. in base a ford of water, ppr., through which an ox, gu.,
armed and unguled, or, is passing.
Norwich : Gu., a castle triple towered, or, and in base, a
lion of England.
Bristol : Gu., a castle on a mount by the sea-side, a
ship under full sail passing by, all ppr. See the brass to
John Cutte, Mayor of Bristol, a.d. 1575, at Burnet,
Somersetshire.
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The Crests, Supporters, and Mottos, except in the in-
stance of London, are omitted, and it must be understood
that the examples blazoned are simply specimens of their
class.
10. Commercial Companies and Guilds.
These important Institutions, the sources from which
the great stream of English Commerce has flowed onwards
with ever increasing strength, take us back to the
grand heraldic era of King Edward III, by whom
regular Armorial Bearings were assigned both to the
Associations of Merchants, and to the Fraternities of
Craftsmen and Traders. And these Coats of Arms of the
Companies to which they belonged were quartered, in
many instances, with their Merchants' Maries, by enter-
prising individuals, a practice that was regarded with
much jealousy by the Heralds, inasmuch as thus Mer-
chants' Marks indirectly vindicated their claim to be
regarded as a species of heraldic Blazonry, and Heraldry
itself was constrained to extend its range beyond the
exclusive limits of Chivalry.
Many examples of the Arms of the early Companies
or Guilds exist, particularly in Brasses, to which I refer
the student. I proceed to blazon the arms of the more
important of these Institutions.
1. The Merchants of the Staple of Calais, incor-
porated by Edward III : Barry undee of six, arg. and az.,
on a chief, gu., a lion of England. Example : Standon,
Herts, a.d. 1477. No. 304.
2. The Merchants Adventurers, or Hamburgh
Merchants, received their original Charter from Edward
I. Barry undee of six, arg. and az., a chief Quarterly, gu.
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and or ; in the 1st and 4th quarters, a Lion of England, and
in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, two Lancastrian Roses. Ex-
ample : The Brass to John Terri, a.d. 1524, St. John's,
Maddermarket, Norwich, which has the arms of the Com-
pany quartered with the " Mark" of John Terri himself-
No. 305.
3. The East India Merchants, incorporated by Queen
Elizabeth, bore, Az., three ships under full sail, on the sea,
ppr., their Sails, Ensigns, and Pendants all charged with the
Gross of St. George; on a chief, arg., between two Lancas-
trian Roses, a pale, quarterly, of the first and gu., bearing a
Fleur-de-lys of France, and a Lion of England. Example :
the Brass to the Navigator, John Eldred, a.d. 1632,
at Great Saxham, Suffolk. Upon this same Brass are
the Arms of the Levant and Russia Merchants' Companies.
4. The Levant, or Turkev Merchants : Az., between
two Rocks, a ship under full sail on the sea, ppr., the Sails,
Ensign, and Pendants charged with the Cross of St. George ;
a chief engrailed, or ; in base, a sea-horse.
5. The Kussia Merchants : Barry wavy of six, arg.
and az. : over all a ship under full sail, ppr., the sails, &c,
charged with the Cross of St. George, all between three be-
zants ; on a chief, or, between two Lancastrian Roses, a pale,
gu., bearing a Lion of England.
6. The Merchants Adventurers of Bristol : Barry
wavy of eight, arg. and az., over all a bend, or, charged with
a dragon passant, with wings endorsed and tail extended,
vert ; on a chief, gu., between two bezants, a Lion of Eng-
land.
The Arms of the Twelve Great London Companies
or Guilds, are as follow :
1. The Mercer's Company, incorporated a.d. 1394 :
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G-u., a Demi-Virgin, couped below the shoulders, ppr., vested,
or, crowned with an Eastern Grown, her hair dishevelled,
and wreathed about her temples with roses of the second,
issuing from clouds, and all within an orle of the same,
ppr. Example : Higham Ferrers, Northants, a.d. 1504.
2. The Grocers, (a.d. 1346). Arg., a chevron, gu.,
between nine Cloves, so,. Example : Finchley, Middlesex,
A.D. 1610.
3. The Drapers, (a.d. 1332, and 1364 ; Arms, 1439) :
Az., three Clouds, radiated, ppr., each adorned with a triple
Crown, or, cap, gu. Example : Walthamstow, Essex, a.d.
1543.
4. The Fishmongers. (The Stock and Salt Fishmongers*
ancient Companies combined, and their separate Arms
united on a single Shield, a.d. 1534) : Az., three dolphins
naiant, in pale, arg., finned, and ducally crowned, or, between
two pairs of lucies in saltire, (the sin. surmounting the
dext?), over the nose of each lucy a ducal coronet, gold ; on a
chief, gu., three pairs of keys, endorsed in saltire, of the last.
Example : Woburn, Bucks, a.d. 1520.
5. The Goldsmiths, (a.d. 1327) : Quarterly, 1 andi
gu., a leopard's face, or; 2 and 3, az., a covered cup, and
in chief two buckles, their tongues fesse-wise, points to the
dext., all of the second. Example : Datchet, Bucks, a.d.
1593.
6. The Merchant Tailors: (a.d. 1466 and 1503).
Arg., a royal tent, between two parliament robes, gu., lined
erm., the tent garnished, and the tent-staff and pennon all
or ; on a chief, az., a Lion of England. Example : St.
Martin Outwich, London, a.d. 1500.
7. The Skinners : (a.d. 1327 and 1395). Erm., on a
chief, gu., three Princes* coronets, composed of crosses
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patees and fleurs-de-lys, or, with caps of the first, and
tasselled of the last. Example: Skinner's Hall.
8. The Haberdashers : (a.d. 1447, Arms in 1571).
Barry nebulee of six, arg. and az., over all a bend, gu.,
charged with a Lion of England. Example : St. Andrew
Undershaft, London, a.d. 1571.
9. The Salters : (a.d. 1364 and 1530, Arms in 1530).
Per chev., az. and gu., three covered cups, or salt-sprinklers,
arg. Example : All Hallows', Barking, London, c. 1535.
10. The Ironmongers: (a.d. 1462). Arg., on a chev-
ron, gu., three swivels, or, (the central one pale-wise, the other
two in the line of the ordinary), between as many steel gads,
az. Example : Ironmongers Hall.
11. The Yintners : (a.d. 1365 and 1437). 8a., a
chevron between three tuns, arg. Example : Yintner's
Hall.
12. The Clothworkers ; (a.d. 1482 and 1528, Arms
in 1530). Sa., a chevron, erm., between two habicks in chief,
arg., and a tezel slipped in base, or. Example: Cloth-
worker's Hall.
To these, as examples of the other Companies of London,
I add the Blazon of three other Shields of the same
class.
1. The Painters-Stainers, or Painters : Quarterly, 1
and 4, az., three shields, 2 and 1, arg. ; 2 and 3, az., a
chevron, between three phamix* heads, erased, or. Example:
Painters' Hall.
2. The Stationers : (a.d. 1556). Az., on a chevron, or,
between three Bibles lying fesse-wise, gu., garnished, leaved,
and clasped, gold, (clasps to the base), an eagle rising, ppr.,
enclosed by two Lancastrian Roses ; from the chief of the
shield, a demi-circle of glory, edged with clouds, ppr., therein
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a Dove displayed, about its head a circle, arg. Example :
Brass to John Day, printer, a.d. 1564, Little Bradley,
Suffolk.
3. The Brewers : Gu., on a chevron, arg., between three
pairs of barley-garbs, in saltire, or, three tuns, sa., hooped,
of the third. Example : at All Hallows, Barking, London,
a.d. 1592.
Shields of Arms are considered to belong to the dif-
ferent Counties of the United Kingdom, and they are
habitually used in documents and publications having a
direct reference to the several Counties. It is difficult,
however, to understand how a County can be supposed
either to have a corporate existence, or to be able to bear
Arms. Accordingly, I do not include in this chapter the
so-called Arms of the Counties — arms which appear to
have been adapted from the heraldic insignia of the early
Earls or Counts.
In this Chapter, had I been enabled to have extended
it as fully as I should have desired, I should have in-
cluded a complete series of those arms of which I have
given only a few selected examples ; and I should also
have added several other groups, that would have com-
prehended the heraldic insignia of the Eegiments of the
British Army, of our various National and Public Institu-
tions and Associations, and of the most important of
the incorporated Companies of our own times. I cannot
resist adding the Mottos of the Eoyal Artillery and
the Eoyal Marines — the former, with the Eoyal Arms
and a gun, have the words Ubique, and Quo Fas et
Gloria Ducunt ; and, with a representation of the ter-
restrial globe, the latter have these words— Per Mare,
per Terras.
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No. 556. Crown of Henky VII, King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
CHAPTEE XXII.
ARCHITECTURAL HERALDRY.
English Heraldry and the Gothic Architecture of
England arose and flourished together. From the first
they acted in concert, and their allied action has always
been productive of the happiest results. From the edifices
that the Gothic of the Middle Ages has left, as its own
most fitting memorial, we learn many of not the least
valuable of our lessons in early Heraldry. And it is from
a thoughtful study of the manner in which the old
alliance between Heraldry and Gothic Architecture ex-
pressed itself in the Architectural Heraldry of the Plan-
tagenet and Tudor eras, that we determine both the
character and the range of our own Architectural Heraldry
in the revived Gothic Architecture of the present day.
Itself essentially an historical Art, Architecture, through
the agency of other Arts working in close association with
it, aspires to become a stone-inscribed History. Such co-
operation necessarily implies that every historical acces-
sory should be in consistent harmony with the style of
Architecture with which it would be associated. Classic
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Architecture, accordingly, requires that every historical
allusion should be made through its own medium.
"Whatever Heraldry it may recognise, must be a Heraldry
that derives its imagery from classic sources, and em-
bodies its symbolism in classic guise. Alike in sentiment,
in feeling, and in expression, the historical element of
Classic Architecture must be thoroughly classic, and con-
sequently it is impossible that any edifices erected in this
style should be rendered historical of England. At any
rate, it is not possible to write English History upon a
classic edifice, with a free and a legible hand, or even in
English characters, and in keeping with English tradi-
tions and associations. The style peremptorily refuses to
concede to English History more than a paraphrase and
a translation after the classic manner.
On the other hand, that Architectural Heraldry which
records English History with the most consistent and
emphatic expressiveness, is an element of Gothic Archi-
tecture. Without it the style is imperfect. It carries out
its ideas. It is the inexhaustible source of its happiest
decorations. By it the Gothic realizes the peculiarly
historical attributes of its own character. And, as the
style is itself of universal applicability, free in action, and
elastic in the development of its principles — so also
Heraldry provides for the Gothic Architect, (and par-
ticularly when employed upon public and national works)
the most comprehensive and the most plastic of symbolism.
Such being the case, it is a matter for equal surprise and
regret that Architectural Heraldry should hitherto have
been so generally neglected, even by some of our Gothic
Architects. It is to be hoped that the time at length has
come, in which both Architects themselves, and all who
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feel a real interest in their great Art, will bestow at least
a portion of their regard upon Heraldry in its special
relation to Architecture. From mediaeval Heraldry they
will find that the Heraldry, which it is for them to intro-
duce and to incorporate into their Gothic Architecture,
must be derived. But here, as in the instance of the
Architecture itself, it is not a blind following, and much
less is it a mere inanimate reproduction of mediaeval
Heraldry, and a reiteration of its forms and usages, that
will enable our Architects to render their Architecture
historical through a Heraldry of its own. What they
have to do is to study the old Heraldry, to familiarise
themselves with its working, to read its records with ease
and fluency, and to investigate the principles upon which
it was carried out into action. And having thus become
Heralds through having attained to a mastery over
mediaeval Heraldry, our Architects will devote themselves
to the development of a fresh application of Heraldry in
their own Architecture. The mediaeval authorities will
have taught our Architects both what Heraldry is able to
accomplish, and the right system for its operation ; and
then with themselves will rest the obligation to produce
a Heraldry that shall be truly their own, and to asso-
ciate it with the Gothic Architecture of to-day.
In their treatment of heraldic devices and composi-
tions, I assume that our Architects would avoid every
early conventionalism, which could detract from the
artistic excellence of their works. Good drawing and
truthful expression are in perfect keeping with the best
and purest Heraldry, as an absolute harmony neces-
sarily exists between the noblest of Architecture and of
Sculpture and Painting. What I venture to designate
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an archaic system of rendering their figures, certainly
does not vitiate the Heraldry of the early Heralds : but
then their Heraldry would have been equally good, had
their figures been faultless as works of Art. And though
we may produce good Heraldry without good Art, still
our Heraldry will never lose anything through an alliance
with the most perfect Art ; and in the instance of our
Architectural Heraldry, the very highest artistic merit is
a positive condition of excellence. I am aware that there
exist individuals prepared to maintain that good Heraldry
implies bad Art. To such persons I cannot concede any
authority to pronounce an opinion upon good Heraldry ;
but, in illustration of my own sentiments, I refer them to
the Supporters of the Eoyal Shield of England, as they
appear at the entrance to Buckingham Palace ; and I ask
whether in their opinion that Lion and that Unicorn
would discharge their heraldic duties with less complete
heraldic efficiency, had they been sculptured after draw-
ings by Sir Edwin Landseer, instead of being such out-
rageous burlesques upon both Art and Heraldry as
have been permitted to intrude themselves under the
very eyes of their Sovereign ?
It is a singular circumstance, the causes of which it is
by no means necessary now to investigate, that Heraldry
is invariably felt to be one of the most interesting of studies
by those who have bestowed some thought upon it, while
by almost all who are absolutely unacquainted with, it it
is held to be dry and uninviting, if not actually repulsive.
Whatever the feeling generally entertained for them, the
peculiar value of heraldic devices for purposes of decoration
in Gothic Architecture, and their happy facility for adapta-
tion to almost every possible condition, may justly claim
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for Architectural Heraldry the studious, and therefore the
cordial regard of every Gothic Architect. Without
Heraldry, historical sculpture in Architecture must ever
act at disadvantage. The two in union enable the Archi-
tect to work with full powers. For Heraldry conies in
readily on innumerable occasions when sculpture, pro-
perly so called, would be inadmissible. It enriches
subordinate architectural details with characteristic
decoration, by the very process which gives to them a
meaning ; and thus it inscribes those details with an
historical record. In the more important members of an
edifice, also, Heraldry is equally ready to exert faculties
fully adequate to all that they can require. If it be desired
to identify an architectural work with a single person or
with a particular family, Heraldry knows well how to
symbolize with distinctness and precision the solitary
impersonation, or the kindred group. Or should the
edifice be one directly connected with the nation, either
in some department of the Government, or in the ad-
ministration of the affairs of some far-off colony or
dependency — Heraldry here is not found wanting ; but,
in union with sculpture, it carries around the entire
building its historical series of much-conveying symbols ;
and from basement to parapet the Architecture is eloquent
of the men, who have taken a part in rendering their
country the great and honored England that she is.
Amongst the practical lessons that Architects will learn
from the early Heralds, when they worked with the
Architects of their own day, are those that will impress
upon their minds the rule that shields and niches are
never to be introduced into architectural compositions for
their own sake alone, but that every shield is to be
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charged with its proper bearings, and every niche is to
contain a becoming statue. They will also learn that
heraldic insignia are always to be introduced with a
definite purpose ; that each class of devices has certain
functions peculiar to itself, and that the skilful archi-
tectural Herald will always be able to adapt the devices
and compositions of Heraldry to every condition and
circumstance of each particular edifice. In the accessories
of buildings also, as well as in their structural decora-
tions, Heraldry is ever ready to provide the most felicitous
of ornamentation. In Stained Glass, heraldic designs and
the heraldic treatment of all designs are of the utmost
value and the greatest interest. In Tile Pavements,
Heraldry is equally efficient. The Heraldry of the early
tiles at Malvern, Gloucester, Worcester, Westminster, and
many other places, abounds alike in historical informa-
tion, and in practical suggestions. And again, the en-
graven and inlaid stone pavements that have just been
revived by Clayton and Bell with such happy effect, may
derive from Heraldry an infinite series of always appro-
priate and graphic designs. Architectural wood-carvers,
in like manner, will find similar advantages in a close
alliance with Heraldry. It is the same with architec-
tural metal-workers, and with every artist and craftsman
that the Architect summons to work with him in the
realization of his compositions : Architectural Heraldry
abounds with direct teaching, and indirect suggestions
available alike by them all.
Throughout the Gothic era, the custom prevailed to
introduce shields of arms of the Sovereign and the several
members of his family into the architectural decorations of
the more important edifices, and in many instances also the
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armorial insignia of benefactors and persons of eminence
at the time in the realm. Some relics of this usage
remain in all our cathedrals, and in almost every early-
building that still exists. The shields were generally
placed in the spandrels of some of the arcades and arches,
in bosses of the vaulting or of the timber roofs, or in the
stained glass of the windows ; sometimes they occur below
niches, as on the altar-screen at St. Alban's ; and in other
instances in various other positions.
Amongst the most interesting and valuable of the
collections of early Architectural Heraldry to which I am
able to direct the attention of the student, are those in
the Cathedrals, and especially in the Cloisters of
Canterbury Cathedral, in Westminster Abbey and
Hall, St. Alban's Abbey, King's College Chapel,
Cambridge, and St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and
also many of the Collegiate Buildings at both Oxford and
Cambridge ; and with them I may associate, as exam-
ples of parish churches rich in Heraldry, the churches of
Great Yarmouth, and Fotheringhay.
The Architectural Heraldry of Westminster Abbey
commences with the series of shields that were sculptured
by Henry III in the spandrels of the wall arcades of the
choir aisles. These noble shields have suffered grievously
from the barbarous mutilations that, from time to time,
have been permitted to outrage the Church, which stands
at the head of the ecclesiastical edifices of England. Of
the original series there still remain, on the south side,
the shields of the Confessor, Provence, Winchester,
{Be Quincy), Lincoln, {Be Lactj), Cornwall, and Essex,
{Fitz Piers) ; and on the north side, those of Germany,
France, Gloucester, {Be Clare), Kent, {Be Burgh), Dm
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Montfort, and De Warrenne. More towards the west,
in Henry the Fifth's work, there are remains of some
other shields that are painted, (and not sculptured in
relief) in the aisle-arcades of that portion of the Abbey.
There is also a fine early shield of the Confessor in the
south-west window. Of the rest of the Architectural
Heraldry of Westminster Abbey, it will be sufficient for me
to specify the Badges of Henry V in his monument ; the
Stall-plates of the Knights and Esquires of the Bath in
Henry YII's Chapel, and various Uoyal Badges scattered
in rich profusion throughout both the exterior and the
interior of that chapel, together with two fine shields of
France modern and England, one without, and the other
with a Label, carved beneath the dark vaulting that
covers the approach to it. In Westminster Hall, in addi-
tion to the remarkable series of Royal Crests and Badges,
and to the fine Shields at the entrance, shields charged
with the arms of Eichard II and of the Confessor,
alternate upon the corbels that carry the principal trusses
of the noble roof. The Royal Shield of Henry VII, with
its Supporters, and the Grown, and also with the Badges
of that Prince, are sculptured at King's Chapel in a
truly splendid style, notwithstanding the decided decline
of heraldic art that prevails during the period of the
Tudors : and the entrance gateway to St. John's College
in the same University, displays another admirable exam-
ple of Tudor Architectural Heraldry. In concluding this
chapter, I again refer students to that treasury of his-
torical Heraldry, the collection of Stall-plates of the
Garter at Windsor. See No. 556, p. 292.
No. 557. Crown from the Monument of Maegaeet,
Countess of Kichmond, a.d. 1509, Westminster Abbey.
CHAPTEK XXIII.
MONUMENTAL HERALDRY.
As a general rule, the Monuments of the Middle Ages
are appropriate, characteristic, and deeply interesting,
both as works of Art, and as commemorative memorials.
In the degree also that these early monuments increase
in their importance, in that same degree do they claim
an increased measure of admiring approval. On the
other hand, in our modern monuments the converse of
this rule obtains ; and particularly in the circumstance
that the more important the monument, the more deplor-
ably unworthy it is almost certain to be. The earlier and
the more recent Monuments in Westminster Abbey
exemplify the two eras in a significant manner. The
competitions that within the last few years have brought
together collections of designs for certain public me-
morials, have been no less conclusive in demonstrating
the fact, that the nobler the required monument, the
more ignoble is the prevailing character of the composi-
tions that are submitted for it. The evidence of the
Abbey and of the competitions is corroborated in every
direction by the innumerable objects that act as monu-
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ments in our cemeteries, and by their contemporaries, the
marble pyramids, and mural tablets, and tall white
monotonous slabs of our churches and churchyards.
Upon consideration, the early Monuments are found to
be thoroughly heraldic, while it is evident that Heraldry
knows nothing of those that so clearly indicate the lapse of
intervening centuries. I believe that to this presence of
Monumental Heraldry with the memorials of the one era,
and to its absence from those of the other, may be
attributed the painful contrast that exists between them ;
and I am persuaded that true Monumental Heraldry alone
is competent to render the commemorative memorials of
our own times worthy to take rank with such monuments,
as our predecessors of the thirteenth and fourteenth cen-
turies were in the habit of erecting. It must be added
that, as a matter of course, a preliminary step to the
adoption of a genuine and really effective Monumental
Heraldry must be the absolute exclusion of the pagan
element from our Monuments — the exclusion of all mytho-
logical allegories and emblems, from inverted torches to
the semi-nude figures whose identity has to be determined
by their names being inscribed beneath their feet.
The study of Monumental and of Architectural Heraldry
may be most advantageously pursued together. Indeed,
the one study may be said to imply the other ; so that
what has been said in the preceding chapter upon Archi-
tectural Heraldry, is equally applicable to the Heraldry
of Monuments. The old Monuments are to be studied as
authorities for their Heraldry ; but they are not to be
copied, neither is their Heraldry to be reproduced once
more in fac-simile. There is much, for example, that the
modern designer of engraven monumental slabs may
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learn from the Brasses of the reign of Richard XI ; and
yet who can forbear to smile when he finds a figure of a
knight, armed and appointed as Bolingbroke and Mow-
bray were when they met for their famous combat, laid
down in the year 1861, to commemorate a veteran officer,
who had for some time been a metropolitan member of
Parliament since the passing of the Reform Bill ? This is
a companion work to the Dr. Johnson in a Roman
toga.
Very small is the number of the early Monuments that
are altogether unable to repay the inquiries of the student
of Heraldry, while fine and eminently instructive examples
exist in very considerable numbers. The Cathedrals, and
both the greater and the lesser churches are alike cele-
brated for their admirable monuments. None surpass
those of Edmond of Lancaster and his Countess, of De
Valence, of Alianore of Castile, of John of Eltham,
and of Edward III and his Queen Philippa, in Westmin-
ster Abbey. The Monuments also of the Black. Prince,
of Henry IV and his Queen Joanna, and of Archbishop
Arundel, at Canterbury ; of the Beauchamps, at War-
wick ; of Bishop Burghersh and his brother, at Lincoln ;
of Edward II, at Gloucester ; of the Countess of Rich-
mond and her son, Henry VII, at Westminster ; of
Prince Arthur Tudor, at Worcester, and Duke Humphrey
Plantagenet, at St. Alban's, are inferior to none in heral-
dic interest. From a long series of other examples, which
invite the special attention of the student of Monumental
Heraldry, I may specify those that are at Beverley, Teu-
kesbury, St. Alban's, Christchurch, Arundel, Trotton in
Sussex, Elsyng in Norfolk, and Cobham in Kent.
Whatever especial points the student may desire to
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investigate, he will find examples that will place before
him the information that he requires. The earliest
known quartering of arms appears upon the monument of
Alianore of Castile ; and the earliest quartering by a
subject is shown in the shield of the Earl of Pembroke on
the monument of his royal mother-in-law, Queen Philippa,
and also upon the surcoat of the Earl himself in the
Elsyng brass, a.d. 1347. The shields of the Percy Shrine
at Beverley exemplify the most effective drawing, the
boldest sculpture, and diapering equally simple and beau-
tiful. The monument to a priest of the same family, also
in Beverley Minster, illustrates in a remarkable manner
the usage of embroidering a series of shields of arms
upon ecclesiastical vestments. The effigy at Worcester,
and the brass at Trotton, are examples of a similar
application of shields of arms to the decoration of female
costume. And, again, the Heraldry of dress is shown in
all its curious and sometimes fantastic varieties in almost
innumerable brasses and sculptured effigies. The monu-
ment of Abbot Ramrydge, at St. Alban's, abounds in
Heraldry of the very highest interest. In like manner,
a profusion of heraldic insignia adorns the monument of
Ltjdovic B-obsart, Lord Bourchier, Standard Bearer of
Henry V, at Westminster Abbey. On either side of this
last monument two large banners are carved in stone,
with quartered arms in relief, their staves forming mould-
ings of the canopy, and being held severally by a lion and
a dragon. Other examples might be adduced in vast
numbers of monuments of every class, the simplest as
well as the most elaborate and costly, all of them com-
petent to bear witness to the justice of the highest en-
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coniiums that may be bestowed upon early Monumental
Heraldry.
II. The Eoyal Monuments op England.
At Fontevraud, in Normandy, there are original monu-
mental effigies of Henry II, Alianore of Guienne,
Richard I, and Isabelle of Angouleme.
At Rouen is a second monumental effigy of Richard I.
At the Abbey of UEspan, near Mans, is a monumental
effigy of Berengaria of Navarre.
At Mans is a curious enamelled tablet, supposed to be
monumental, to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Founder of the
House of Plantagenet. Engraved by Stothard, and
again in Lab arte' s Hand-book.
The following are in England.
1. William Rufus, died 1100. Winchester Cathe-
dral. Stone coffin.
2. John, died 1216. Worcester Cathedral. Effigy and
coffin-lid of the period of his death, now on an altar- tomb
of about a.d. 1500. This is the earliest Royal Effigy in
England.
3. Henry HI, died 1272. Westminster Abbey. Tomb
and Effigy, with mosaic work.
4. Edward I, died 1307. Westminster Abbey. Plain
Tomb.
5. Alianore of Castile, died 1290. Tomb, Effigy and
Canopy.
6. Edward II, died 1327. Gloucester Cathedral.
Tomb, Effigy, and Canopy.
7. Edward III, died 1377. Westminster Abbey.
Tomb, Effigy and Canopy.
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8. Philippa of Hainault, died 1369. Westminster
Abbey. Tomb, Effigy, and Canopy.
9 and 10. Kichard II, deposed 1399 ; and Anne of
Bohemia, died 1394. Westminster Abbey. Tomb, two
Effigies, and Canopy.
11 and 12. Henry IV, died 1413; and Joanna of
Navarre, died 1437. Canterbury Cathedral. Tomb, two
Effigies, and Canopy.
13. Henry V, died 1422. Westminster Abbey.
Tomb, and mutilated Effigy.
14 and 15. Henry VII, died 1509 ; and Elizabeth
of York, died 1503. Westminster Abbey. Tomb, two
Effigies and Enclosure.
16. Elizabeth, died 1603. Westminster Abbey.
Eenaissance Monument with Effigy.
To the foregoing the following monuments of Royal
Personages may be added :
1 . William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury, died 1226.
Salisbury Cathedral. Tomb and Effigy.
2. Edmond Plantagenet, First Earl of Lancaster,
(second son of Henry III), died 1296. Westminster
Abbey. Tomb, Effigy, and Canopy.
3. Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, died 1269. West-
minster Abbey. Tomb, Effigy and Canopy.
4. William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. (Son of
Isabelle of Angouleme), died 1296. Westminster Abbey.
Tomb and Effigy, with rich Enamels.
5. Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, (son of
Earl William), died about 1320. Westminster Abbey
Tomb, Effigy and Canopy.
6. John Plantagenet, of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
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(second son of Edward IT), died 1334. Westminster
Abbey. Tomb and Effigy ; Canopy destroyed.
7. William Plantagenet, of Hatfield, (second son of
Edward III), died about 1340. York Cathedral. Tomb
and Effigy.
8. Edward Plantagenet, K.G., the Black Prince,
died 1376. Canterbury Cathedral. Tomb, Effigy and
Canopy : also a Shield, Helm, &c.
9. Alianore de Bohun, (widow of Thomas Planta-
genet, Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Edward III),
died 1399. Westminster Abbey. Tomb, and Brass.
10. Edmond Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of York, (fifth
son of Edward III), died 1402. King's Langley, Herts.
Tomb and Shields of Arms.
11. Humphrey Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of Glou-
cester, (fourth son of Henry IV), died 1447. St. Alban's
Abbey. Architectural and Heraldic Monument.
12. Catherine, (third wife of Prince John Planta-
genet of Ghent), died 1403. Lincoln Cathedral. Tomb,
now despoiled of its Brasses.
13. Isabelle Plantagenet, (only daughter of Eichard
Plantagenet, of Coningsburgh), and her husband, Henry
Bourchier, KG., Earl of Essex and Eu, died 1400.
Little Easton, Essex. Brass with two Effigies.
14. Elizabeth Plantagenet, (sister of Edward IV),
and her husband, John de la Pole, K.G., Duke of
Suffolk, died 1400. Wingfield, Suffolk. Tomb, with two
Effigies.
15. Arthur Tudor, K.G., Prince of Wales, (eldest son
of Henry VH), died 1502. Worcester Cathedral. Archi-
tectural Monument.
16. Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, (mother
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of Lord Darnley, and grand-daughter of Henry VII), died
1577. Westminster Abbey. Tomb and Effigy.
17. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond,
(mother of Henry VII), died 1509. Westminster Abbey.
Tomb and Effigy.
18. Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury,
(daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence,) died
1541. Christ Church, Hampshire. Architectural Monu-
ment.
19. Mart Stuart, Queen of Scots, died 1587. West-
minster Abbey. Renaissance Monument and Effigy.
Amongst the Crystal Palace Collections there are casts
of all the Royal Effigies, including those at Fontevraud,
Rouen and Mans, except the mutilated No. 13 of the
former of the foregoing lists ; and also casts of Nos. 1, 6,
8, 17, and 19, in the second Hst.
The early usage of placing various shields of arms
upon monuments leads naturally to inquiries into the
rules, if any ever existed, by which the selection of such
shields might have been determined. So far as my own
observation has extended, I have not yet been able to
detect any rule that was generally recognized upon this
subject, except the simple and obvious one of placing
about a monument the shields of the persons who were
nearest of kin to the individual commemorated. In the
monuments of Royal personages, considerations of state
policy might often influence this selection ; and it is evi-
dent that the propriety of placing about certain other
monuments the shields of the Sovereign and of the princes
of the blood royal, was regarded as beyond all question.
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The monuments of Bishop Bitrghersh and his brother,
at Lincoln exemplify this practice. When statuettes, or
" weepers," as they were called, were placed about monu-
ments in niches or beneath canopies, the shields asso-
ciated with the figures would naturally be identified with
the personages represented. This is the case in the
Beauchamp Monument at Warwick ; and, so far as there
exist remains of the original memorials, it is the same in
the two fine monuments of King Edward III and
his Queen Philippa, in Westminster Abbey. The
statuettes and shields upon the magnificent monu-
ments of Edmond of Lancaster and Aymer de Valence
now are by no means easily identified; but they are
second to none in either artistic excellence or heraldic
interest. In very many instances the arms were origin-
ally blazoned in color only, without any carving in
relief, or any incised outlines ; and in such shields the
blazon is commonly lost, or perhaps it has been repainted,
and so all traces of the original Heraldry in all probabi-
lity have been destroyed.
It was customary to repeat the same shield, or the
same group of shields, upon early monuments ; and it is
found that precedence in arrangement was secured for the
most important shield, which same shield was sometimes
the only one in a series that was repeated ; an example
occurs in the monument to Earl William de Valence,
where the shield of England is the one that has pre-
cedence and is repeated. Upon the Monument of Alia-
nore of Castile, the shields of England, Castile and Leon,
and Ponthieu, (her husband, her father, and her mother)
alternate, and all are repeated. And again, upon the
basement of the monument of Edward III, a shield of
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France ancient and England is repeated, alternating with
one now charged with a red cross upon a golden field ;
and, in like manner, his shields of arms " for war and
for peace," surround the monument of the Black
Prince. See, Supplementary Chapter: V.
Without attempting any further to suggest what
usages may have been recognized and adopted in the
arranging and placing of heraldic insignia upon mediaeval
monuments, I will now briefly describe the arrangement
of the shields that are still in existence upon a few re-
markable early examples.
The Monument to King Edward III. Upon the
south side, each placed beneath a bronze statuette, and
all fixed to the body of the monument itself, there remain
four shields enamelled upon copper in their proper
blazonry ; two other shields are lost from the series, but
the group of six statuettes is complete. 1. France
ancient and England, with a silver label of three points. 2.
Castile and Leon impaling France ancient and England.
3. France ancient and England, with the Label represented
in fac-simile in No. 489. 4. Lost, (the statuette repre-
sents a bearded man.) 5. Brittany, (ermine), impaling
France ancient and England. 6. Lost, (the statuette a
youth). The shields yet existing are for the Black Prince,
the Princesses Joan and Mary Plantagenet, and ap-
parently for Edmond Plantagenet, the first Puke of
York. As I have already stated, upon the basement of
this monument there are two large enamelled shields of
France ancient and England, and two others bearing or,
a cross, gu. ; probably these last were originally shields
of St. George.
The Brass to Alianore de Bohun, Duchess of Glou-
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cester, a.d. 1399, Westminster Abbey. Six shields of
arms, suspended from the shafts of the canopy. On the
dexter side : 1. Her husband, Thomas Plantagenet,
Duke of Gloucester ; 2. Her father, Humphrey de
Bohun, last Earl of Hereford ; 3. Milo of Hereford.
On the sinister side: 1. Her husband, impaling De
Bohun and Milo, quarterly ; 2. De Bohun impaling Fitz
Alan and Warrenne, quarterly: the third shield on
this side is lost. See Nos. 333, 340, and 341.
The Brass to Joice, Lady Tiptoft, a.d. 1446, Enfield
Church, Middlesex. There are six shields in this brass,
and they are arranged precisely in the same manner as
in the last example, the De Bohun brass. On the dexter
side : 1. Her father, Edward Charlton, Baron Charlton
de Powys : 2. Her husband, Sir John Tiptoft, impaling
the impaled shield of her father and mother, in which
impalement her mother's arms appear to the dexter ; she
was Alianore, daughter of Thomas Holland, Earl of
Kent, and widow of Roger Mortimer, fourth Earl of
March, and precedence was evidently given to her arms
in the marshalling of this shield in consideration of her
exalted rank : 3. Tiptoft, her husband. On the sinister
side : 1. Tiptoft impaling Powys, her husband and her-
self ; 2. Powys and Holland quarterly, her father and
mother; 3. Powys, her father and herself. See Nos.
300 a, 300 b, and 343.
Edmond Plantagenet, K.G., Duke of York, a.d.
1402, at King's Langley, Herts. An elaborate altar-
tomb, supporting a massive plain slab of black marble,
which evidently does not belong to the monument. On
the destruction of the monastic church at Langley, this
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tomb was placed in its present position in the north-east
angle of the parish church.
The monument is panelled, and in each foliated panel
is a shield of arms carved in relief upon the alabas-
ter. At the head are, St. Edmond ; France ancient,
and England, and Edward the Confessor. At the
feet the only remaining shield is Holland, the bordure
plain. On the north side, commencing from the west
end, Leon, (a lion rampant) and Holland, the bor-
dure semee de lys. On the south side, commencing
from the west end, Germany, the eagle having two heads,
but not crowned ; then two shields of France ancient
and England, each with a Label of three points ; then
the same impaling Castile and Leon ; again, France
ancient and England, with a Label of three points ;
and the same shield, without any Label, but within a
bordure ; and the series is completed with the same
quartered shield with a Label of five points, of Lancaster
and France. The charges on the other Labels are no
longer to be distinguished ; all that may be certainly
affirmed is that, with the exception of the second shield
of the series, these Labels have all borne charges. See
Nos. 475, 477 a, and 486.
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, a.d.
1509, Westminster Abbey. An altar- tomb in the early
Renaissance style, with an Effigy, the work of Torregiano.
The Heraldry is singularly interesting, and the whole is
boldly executed in relief in bronze. At the head, Ed-
mond Tudor impaling Beaufort, her first husband and
herself, the shield surmounted by a Crown not arched.
On the south side : 1. Her son and his consort, Henry
VII and Elizabeth of York ; the shield ensigned with
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an arched crown ; 2. Her husband's mother, and her
first husband, Henry V and Katherine of France, the
crown arched ; 3. Her grandson, Arthur Plantaqenet,
Prince of Wales, the crown not arched. On the north
side : 1. The shield lost, but the arched crown remains ;
2. Her father and mother, John Beaufort, K.G., Duke
of Somerset, and Margaret Beauchamp of Bletsho, the
crown not arched ; 3. Her paternal grandfather and
grandmother, John Beaufort, K.G-., (son of John Plan-
tagenet of Ghent), and Margaret Holland ; this shield
is without any coronet. At the feet, her third husband
and herself, Stanley impaling Beaufort, without any
coronet. In this shield, Stanley is quarterly, 1 and 4
grand quarters, Stanley, Lathom, and Warrenne quarterly ;
2 and 3, Isle of Man; in pretence, Montault. See Nos.
176 a, 205 a, 346, 346 a, 351, 369, 479, 482, 484, and
557.
The monument erected by James I to the memory of
Queen Elizabeth, in Westminster Abbey, is in itself a
complete chapter of Eoyal Heraldry, as such a chapter
would be written by the Heralds of the first Stuart who
wore the crown of Great Britain. About the cornice of
the architectural canopy of the monument is placed a
series of thirty-two shields, the shields themselves being
carved in relief, but their charges are blazoned in gold
and colors only on flat surfaces ; and as some, if not all of
these shields have been painted again at no distant
period, there is consequently a degree of uncertainty as
to their exact fidelity. As they now appear, these shields,
with two exceptions, are severally charged with two im-
paled coats of arms, and they are arranged in the order
following. 1. The Confessor : 2. William I, England,
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(two lions,) and Flanders : 3. Henry I, England and Scot-
land: 4. Geoffrey Plantagenet, Anjou and England:
5. Henry II, England and Aquitaine: 6. John, Eng-
land, (three lions), and Angouleme, (lozengy, or, and gu) :
7. Henry III, England and Provence : 8. Edward I,
England, and Castile and Leon : 9. Edward II, England
and France ancient : 10. Edward III, France ancient and
Hainault : 11. Lionel, Duke of Clarence, (label with three
cantons,) and Be Burgh : 12. Mortimer and Clarence : 13.
Mortimer and Holland, (plain bordure :) 14. Edmond, Duke
of York, (label with nine torteaux,) and Castile and Leon :
15. Richard. Plantagenet " of Coningsburgh," (bordure
of Leon,) and Mortimer and Be Burgh quarterly : 16.
Richard, Duke of York, (label with nine torteaux,) and
Neville: 17. Edward IV, France modern and England,
and Widville : 18. Henry YH and Elizabeth of York :
19. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn : 20. John Planta-
genet " of Ghent/' label, with nine ermine spots. 21.
John " of Ghent" and Boett — (gu., three Catherine wheels,
or) : 22. Beaufort and Holland : 23. Beaufort and Beau-
champ : 24. Edmond Tudor, and Margaret Beaufort :
25, 26, 27. Three impaled shields of Boleyn : 28, 29.
Two impaled shields of Howard ; the bend is plain, but
the Scottish shield was probably painted out when the
last re-blazoning took place : 30. Douglas of Angus,
and Margaret Tudor: 31. Stuart of Lennox and
Margaret Douglas, (the father and mother of Lord
Darnley) : 32. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland.
Upon the canopy, at its four angles, four small shields,
held by two dragons and two crowned lions, are charged
with a rose, a fleur-de-lys, a portcullis, and a harp, all
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crowned. On the basement are fonr other shields severally
bearing, or, three garbs, az., (Chester) : az., a harp, or,
stringed, arg., (Ireland) : az., ten bezants in pile, (Corn-
wall) : and Wales. Also, on either side of the canopy-
there is an achievement of arms ; that to the sonth has
France modern and England upon a large shield, with a
golden Lion and Dragon as supporters, and the motto,
Dietj. et. mon. droit, but without any crown ; and on
the north side, upon another large shield, Scotland im-
paling France modern and England, with a unicorn and
lion crowned as Supporters, the arms of Scotland and the
unicorn being on the dexter side; the motto is King
James' own, Beati Pacifici. There is no crown above
the shield.
The monument of Lewis Eobsart, K.G., Lord Bour-
chier, Standard Bearer to Henry V, at Westminster, has
shields surrounded with the garter of the Order. Several
slabs, now despoiled of their brasses, in Winchester
Cathedral, to Prelates of the Order, show traces of having
once been enriched with gartered shields of arms. And
in Lincoln Cathedral, upon the monument of Catherine,
the last wife of John Plantagenet of Ghent, there are
the sharply cut matrices that once were filled with shields
of arms surrounded with the collar of SS.
The use of Badges in the heraldic decoration of monu-
ments is exemplified at Westminster in the sculptured
figures in the chantry of Henry Y : and again, upon the
slab that covers the tomb of Sir Humphrey Bourchier,
a.d. 1471, which bears four richly quartered shields with
labels, and six Bourchier-hnots, No. 516, each one of them
surmounting a piece of armour for guarding the elbow ;
these knots are formed of straps, one of them distin-
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guished from the other by being studded, and both end-
ing in buckles.
Examples of arms emblazoned on Lozenges occur in
the monuments to Margaret Douglas, a.d. 1577, to
the Duchess of Suffolk, a.d. 1563, and to Mary Stuart,
the infant daughter of James I, all of them in Westmin-
ster Abbey.
There is another class of early monuments of a simple
character, which will always be regarded with much in-
terest by the Herald. I refer to the monumental slabs,
either incised or sculptured in relief, that bear certain
significant symbols to denote the rank, profession, or
occupation of the persons commemorated. In almost
every instance, the Christian symbol, the Cross, appears
with the other devices, and occasionally there is also a
shield of arms. Memorials of this description are charged
with the mitre, staff, chalice and book of ecclesiastics ;
with the warrior's sword, and the pilgrim's staff ; with
keys, bows and arrows, axes, ships, fish, penners and ink-
horns, trumpets, implements for bell-founding, horse-
shoes, hammers and anvils, shears, scissors, gloves, shoe-
makers' implements, (these last at Kilkenny) and various
other devices of a similar character. I have engraved a
numerous series of these slabs in my " Christian Monu-
ments"
There still remains a group of symbolical devices, that
appear in early monuments, and sometimes in both archi-
tecture and seals, which may be appropriately noticed at
the conclusion of this chapter. These are what may be
entitled devices of a sacred character, and they comprise :
1. The Emblems of the four Evangelists : the angel of St.
Mathew, the ivinged lion of St. Mark, the winged ox of
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St. Luke, and the eagle of St. John ; these figures were
constantly placed at the four angles of brasses and other
commemorative memorials. 2. The Emblems of our Lord's
Passion : The cross, nails, scourges, crown of thorns, reed
with hyssop, the dice of the soldiers, and some others,
which are arranged in groups and charged upon shields.
And, 3. The singular shield designed to symbolize the
Holy Trinity, which is represented in No. 608 ; the
No. 608.
example is drawn from the Brass at St. Cross, near
Winchester, a.d. 1382, to John de Campeden. In the
same brass there is also a striking example of the shield
of the Passion ; and other good examples occur in the
inlaid pavement tiles at Great Malvern.
No. 610. — Secretum of Heney Plantagenet, second son of
Edmond, first Earl of Lancastee.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE HERALDRY OF SEALS AND COINS.
1. SEALS.
The Art of Seal Engraving, in the first instance singu-
larly rude but from the first giving promise of future
excellence, attained to its highest perfection in England
during the reign of Edward III, when it was very ex-
tensively practised, and enjoyed the greatest popularity.
Figures of every kind, architecture, heraldic and other
devices, with every conceivable variety both of accessory
and of legend, were introduced into these early seals.
Hence they afford such varied illustrations of the taste,
feelings, fancy and humour, of the religion also, and of
the superstitions of their times. History, genealogy and
biography derive from them both evidence and facts of
peculiar importance ; and, above all, Heraldry might be
content to rely upon Seals alone to exemplify its principles
and to illustrate its practice.
Seals were not introduced into England until the
reign of Edward the Confessor, from whose time the
Royal Seals of England form an uninterrupted series of
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surpassing interest and value. Within a few years after
the Norman Conquest, the use of Seals became generally
established ; and early in the twelfth century they were
universally adopted for authenticating all written docu-
ments. On June 15, 1215, Magna Charta was sealed by
King John ; nor is a royal signature known to have
confirmed a document until the time of Bichard II, at
the close of the fourteenth century. Perhaps the earliest
approximation to the signature of a royal personage
appears upon a warrant of the Black Prince, a.d.
1370, under his privy-seal, which is subscribed by the
Prince himself with the words, Houmont, Ich JDien.
Signet-rings were made either by engraving the re-
quired designs upon gems, agates, and other hard stones, or
by cutting the devices and legends on the metal of the
rings themselves. The larger Seals (and many of the
early seals are of very considerable size) were engraven
on suitable pieces of gold, silver, latten or brass, or
steel. Jet is found to have been sometimes employed,
with some other materials. In form the Seals are either
circular or pointed ovals, the latter shape being that
generally adopted by Ecclesiastics, though not by any
means restricted to them. The Eoyal Seals are circular.
In rare instances seals are found lozenge-shaped, triangu-
lar, or cut to the form of an heraldic shield. The im-
pressions were taken in wax of various colors, green, red,
different shades of brown, a dull yellow, and white. Like
Coins, the more important Seals were very commonly
impressed on both sides. Such impfessions were appended
to documents, and not stamped upon them. In taking
these impressions, consequently, two dies or matrices,
each having its own device and legend, were employed ;
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these were severally called the Seal and Counter-Seal;
but the double impression constituted a single seal, its two
sides being distinguished as its obverse and reverse. In
the fifteenth century, it became customary to cover the
wax for the sake of preserving it with a wrapper of
paper, or various ingenious devices were employed for
securing the wax from injury by encircling the impres-
sions with " fenders" formed of rusheSj leaves, or plaited
paper. " Fenders" of this kind have been found attached
to seals as early as 1380. Sovereigns and persons of
high rank, in addition to their official seal, had a personal
or private seal, designated a Secretum. The same
individual also occasionally possessed and sealed with
more than one Secretum, and where several offices were
held by one person, he would use a separate seal for each
office.
A very superficial classification of seals is sufficient to
convey a correct idea of the comprehensive range of
Seal Heraldry. Thus, Seals may be classified as,
I. Ecclesiastical, and II. Lay or Secular. Each of
these primary groups is divisible into (1). Official, and
(2). Personal Seals. The Personal Seals necessarily com-
prise unlimited varieties; and the Official Seals, both
Ecclesiastical and Secular, may be sub-divided into those
Seals of individuals which make a reference to the digni-
ties, offices, or preferments that may be held by them ;
common seals of bodies corporate, and the like ; and Seals
of office that are not identified with any individual officer.
Thus almost every possible application and expression of
Heraldry appears in association with Seals.
The student of Heraldry will do well to take up Seals
with the intention to deal with them upon some definite
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system. His study, to prove really satisfactory to him,
had better be devoted, first, to one class of Seals, and
then to other classes, in such order of succession as he
may find to be most desirable. For example, the Great
Seals of England, Scotland, and France, form three kind-
dred groups for separate and yet connected study.
Other groups may be formed somewhat after the follow-
ing manner : The Seals of the Archiepiscopal and Epis-
copal Sees, with the Arms of the Archbishops and
Bishops : Monastic Seals : Eoyal Secreta : the Seals and
Secreta of certain noble families, as the De Bohuns,
the Fitz Alans, the Mortimers, and others : the Seals
of knights and esquires : the several classes of Seals of a
particular period : or miscellaneous Seals of any period.
Or, again, Seals may be selected for study with reference
to certain special heraldic qualities in the Seals them-
selves — such Seals, for example, as illustrate Marshalling
Arms, or Cadency, or Military Heraldry, or Supporters, or
Crests, or Badges in association with shields, or varied
forms of Shields, or Legends, or Architectural and other
Accessories. In every instance Seals will more than
satisfy the student's highest expectations. Seals were
evidently the delight of the early Heralds ; and Seal-
Heraldry, accordingly, is Heraldry thoroughly in earnest.
Such Achievements of Arms as abound in Seals, so com-
plete, so spirited, so full of heraldic life and energy,
rarely occur elsewhere. The History of Heraldry also is
written in Seals with a comprehensiveness, an accuracy,
and a copious richness of illustration, that leave very
little to be desired. I have already shown, (Chap. XV),
in what manner the aggroupment of several distinct
shields of arms upon a single Seal led to Marshalling ;
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321
and Marshalling, in its most expressive historical forms,
is exemplified in multitudes of Seals.
The Great Seals constitute a truly important chapter
in Historical Heraldry. Every seal has two distinct
designs. In one the Sovereign is represented on horse-
back, and in the other as enthroned. The mounted
figures appear always to have been regarded as the
Obverse j or Seal, and those enthroned as the Reverse, or
Counter-Seal. Until the time of John, the throne in these
Seals is a mere stool, with certain ornamental accessories.
In the second Seal of Henry III, the royal seat assumes
a more dignified character. Edward I copied his father's
Seal, but the design is better executed. The same Seal
was used by Edward II, with a Castle of Castile added
on each side of the throne. Great improvements in
design, including elaborate architectural enrichments,
with peculiarly interesting Heraldry, were introduced into
the different members of the series of Great Seals made
by Edward III. He commenced by placing two fleurs-
de-lys, (his mother, it will be remembered, was Isabella
of France) above the castles in the Seal of his father and
grandfather : then he substituted for the old Seal, (in the
year of his accession, in the October of 1327), a new one,
of improved general design, with the fleurs-de-lys much
more emphatic. In 1340, a Seal appeared charged with
two shields of France ancient and England quarterly.
After this, two Great Seals of Edward III were in use,
sometimes concurrently — one by the King himself, in
which the legend runs Rex Francie et Anglie ; and
the other, used in England when the King was absent in
France, with the legend Rex Anglie et Francie. An-
other Seal, made in accordance with the peace of Bre-
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tigny, a.d. 1360, omits the " Francie" altogether from
the legend, but retains the quartered fleurs-de-lys in the
shield as before. The " Francie," however, resumes its
original place before the close of the reign. Richard
II, and Henry IV merely substituted their own names
for the " Edvardus," and they used the same Seal as
Edward III. In or about 1408, Henry IV added an-
other Seal, the largest and richest of all the mediaeval
Seals of England, in which the fleurs-de-lys are reduced
to three in each quarter of the shield. Edward IV
placed a Rose of York in alternation with each word
of the legend of his Seal, and afterwards a fleur-de-lys,
the whole being encircled with a bordure of Roses. Henry
VII introduced a Rose on a Branch : and Henry VIII
separated the words of his legend by alternate Roses and
Fleurs-de-lys ; he added a Fleur-de-lys and a Lion to the
obverse of his seal, and eventually he adopted a Seal
designed after the manner of the Eenaissance.
The equestrian figures of the obverse of the Great
Seals afford characteristic illustrations of arms and
armour, and also of horse equipments. In the second
seal of Eichard I, the three lions of England for the
first time make their appearance on the royal shield.
Edward I places them on the bardings of his charger,
as well as upon his shield, but not upon his surcoat ; and
Edward III appears with a full display of royal blazonry
upon the appointments as well of his horse as of his
own person. The succeeding heraldic changes in the
Great Seal of England I leave to the researches of stu-
dents. The Great Seal of the Commonwealth, how-
ever, I may describe, as a curious example of Puritan
Heraldry. This seal, adopted Febuary 8, 16*49, on its
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obverse, quarters the Cross of St. George, and the Saltire
of St. Andrew, in the first and second quarters; in the
third quarter is the Harp, (not the Saltire of Patrick), of
Ireland ; and the St. George is repeated in the fourth
quarter. In pretence upon this quartered shield the
Protector charges his own arms on an inescutcheon —
sa., a lion rampt. guard., arg. Upon the reverse of this
Seal is a representation of the House of Commons in
session. Oliver Cromwell himself used the same
heraldic composition upon his own Secretum, with the
crowned lion of England, and a sea-horse, as Supporters ;
the helm, crown, crest, and mantling being borrowed
from the Boyal Seals. Below the shield is the motto,
Pax. qu^rittjr. bello., and the circumscribing legend is,
Olivarius : Dei : gra : Reipub : Anglioe, : Scotim : et :
Hibernice : &c. : Protector. This Seal was engraved with
much delicacy, in the heraldic feeling of his time, by
Thomas Simon.
The Great Seals of several other personages of impor-
tance in the mediaeval history of England, abound in
heraldic accessories and devices ; amongst them, as an
example of the greatest interest, I may specify the Great
Seal of John of Ghent, as King of Castile. The Great
Seal of Thomas Plantagenet, second Earl of Lancaster,
is a very noble work. On his own helm and on the head
of his charger, the Prince displays a dragon as his crest,
No. 524. The counter-seal is also large and very fine.
The shield is differenced with a label of five points " of
France," and on either side of it there is a dragon.
The practice prevalent with the early seal-engravers to
introduce some figure or figures of animals, all of them
without doubt Badges, on each, side of either the shield
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or the crest, I have already stated to have been in all
probability instrumental in introducing regular Suppor-
ters as accessories of achievements of arms ; and I have
also referred to many fine and interesting examples of
early Seals. It will be necessary for me here to adduce
only a few other examples in further illustration of the
" Heraldry of Seals." No. 609 is copied from Mr.
Planche's enlarged representation of the shield of Wil-
liam de Eomare III, Earl of Lincoln, who died as early
as 1198. This shield is held by the Earl, armed in mail,
with a cylindrical helm, on horseback. The original
appears to have been lost, but a drawing of this very
curious Seal is preserved in an heraldic MS in the City
Library at Chester. The crosslets are undoubtedly very
early " differences." A Seal of William Longespee,
Earl of Salisbury, (" Fair Bosamond's" son), who died
a.d. 1226, is simple and significant. It is charged simply
with his long sword and its belt. Eantjlph de Blonde-
ville, Earl of Lincoln and Chester, a.d. 1217-1232, on
his Seal carries a shield charged with three garbs, and the
same bearings appear upon the barding of his charger ;
the Counter- Seal has a similar shield. The Seal of
Roger de Quenci, Earl of Winchester, a.d. 1220-1264,
displays his shield masculee. And, Henry de Laci, Earl
of Lincoln, a.d. 1272, on both his Seal and his Secretum
has his shield charged with his rampant lion.
The dimidiated Seal of Margaret, Second Queen of
Edward I, No. 322, PI. XVIII, for the first time shows
the arms of England and France united in a single com-
position. I may here refer to a notice in the Archaeo-
logical Jowrnal (for the year 1856, p. 134), of a small
silver casket in the Goodrich Court Collections, which has
CIDEKC T\
xiv:
SEAL OF WILLIAM DE ROMARE,
EARL OF LINCOLN 1198
•ojji the Monument at Yang's Lang ley.
- XLY
^ os 430. 477. 488. 609
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on each sloping face of its lid three quatre-foiled panels,
containing either England dimidiating France ancient, or
the same dimidiated coat differenced with a label of three
points : possibly this casket may have been the property
of Queen Margaret, or of her eldest son. See p. 131.
The Secretum, No. 610, p. 317, of Henry Plantagenet,
second son of Earl Edmond, " Crouchback," is a charac-
teristic example of its class ; it bears his shield, Eng-
land differenced with an azure bendlet, as he displayed
the same composition upon his banner at Caerlaverock.
It will be sufficient for me here to adduce only two other
examples of heraldic seals. The first of these is the
Secretum of James I of Scotland, a.d. 1429, which bears
the Royal Shield ensigned with an early crown of beauti-
ful design, and regularly supported by two lions rampant
guardant. This is the earliest known example of Suppor-
ters to a Royal Scottish Seal. The Seal of Walter
Leslie, Lord of Ross, a.d. 1367, (twenty years later than
the Elsyng Brass in England), is the earliest composition
in which Quartering arms is known to have been adopted
in Scottish Heraldry. The first Impalements by the
Heralds north of the Tweed may be assigned to the
middle of the fourteenth century.
In the Frontispiece I have given engravings of the
Seals of Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester,
youngest son of Edward III, No. 509, described at p.
216 ; and of the Seals of the De Bohtjns, the Earls of
Hereford and Northampton, Nos. 397 a, 398 a, de-
scribed at p. 165 ; also of Thomas Holland, K.G., No.
525, and p. 216. See also pp. 140, 144, 186, 199, and
213, and example No. 270, at p. 328.
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II. Coins.
The Heraldry of the Coinage in its general capa-
city may be said to be identical with other expressions
of the Eoyal Heraldry of England. The Shield of Arms
of the reigning Sovereign, with certain significant
Devices as accessories, would naturally be expected to
appear on English Coins ; and such an expectation in
many instances would be realized. In such Coins the
Herald finds authoritative examples both of the Eoyal
Shield and the favourite Eoyal Badges of each successive
period. The Heads of the Sovereigns also place before
him the changes in the form of the royal crown which
took place from time to time. But our Coins have other
types, also heraldic, which possess great historical in-
terest.
The Noble, (introduced by Edward III), the Rose-
Noble, or Rial, (Edward IV), the Angel, (Henry VI),
the Sovereign, (Henry VII), the George Noble, (Henry
VTI), all in gold, and the Crown in both gold and silver,
(Henry VIII), stand foremost amongst those English
Coins which do not bear the Eoyal Shield of Arms. The
Noble of Edward III is charged with a figure of the
King, crowned, in armour, and with his sword, his shield
bearing France ancient and England quarterly, standing
in a ship which carries at its mast-head a pennon of St.
George. This type is found to have been slightly modified
under the succeeding princes. Thus, Queen Elizabeth
is seated in her ship, and holds a sceptre ; and the ship
itself is charged with a Tudor rose, and carries at the
bow a Banner bearing the initial, a G-othic E. The Rose
Noble has one or more Eoses added to the type of the
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Noble itself. Both these coins have on their Eeverse a
group of Royal Devices with Crowns. The type of the
Obverse of the Nobles gave rise to the following couplet,
the significance of which will be felt by every student of
English History :
" Four things our Noble showeth unto me, —
King, Ship, and Sword, and Power of the Sea."
The Angel, on the obverse, bears a figure of the Arch-
angel St. Michael thrusting down the Serpent ; on the
reverse is a ship with a Cross for a mast, with the Royal
Shield, a rose, and an initial. The George Noble has St.
George mounted, and the Dragon. The Sovereign has a
figure of the reigning Prince, generally enthroned, the
Reverse bearing the Royal Shield, with various accessories.
The Crown in gold of Henry VIII has a crowned rose,
and a crowned shield of arms, with the royal cypher.
The silver Crown of Edward VI has the King on horse-
back, and the Royal Shield ; but that of Elizabeth sub-
stituted a crowned bust for the equestrian figure. In
both of these silver coins the Royal Shield is charged in
pretence with a floriated Cross, which extends beyond the
shield, and divides the legend into four parts. This
arrangement of the Cross was a prevailing type of the
earlier Coins ; it first appears with the shield of arms
upon the shilling of Henry. VII, and it was discontinued
by James I. The Fifteen -Shilling piece of that King is
charged with the Royal Arms as borne by the Stuarts.
The Crown of Charles II has four crowned shields of
England, Scotland, France, and Ireland in cross, the shields
in the earlier examples alternating with the Royal
Cypher. Four shields placed in the same manner also
328 THE HERALDRY OF SEALS AND COINS.
appear on the Crowns and Shillings of William III and
Anne, and they are reproduced upon Queen Victoria's
Florins.
It is remarkable that, until a comparatively recent
period, the types of all the coins, whatever their size or
value, are of equal artistic excellence ; nor is it less worthy
of remark, that in our own times the types of the Coin-
age should be distinguished by such excessive degrada-
tion. With the sole exceptions of the Sovereign and
Crown that bear the St. George upon their Reverses, and
the recent bronze coinage, our modern coins appear in
most unfavourable contrast with the Angels and Nobles
that have long ceased to be current in this country. I
still retain, however, a long-cherished hope that the Art
of the Numismatist may at length revive, and again
demonstrate its ability to execute truly noble coins in the
Royal Mint of England.
No. 270.— Bemains of the Seal of Edmond Mortimer, a.d. 1372.
See p. 218.
No. 522. Panache-Crest of John, Lord Sceope, K.Gr.,
from his Stall-Plate.
CHAPTEE XXV.
THE HERALDRY OF ILLUMINATIONS.
The Illuminations which at once illustrate mediaeval
Manuscripts, and take so important a part in conveying
the historical information that we derive from them,
abound both in direct heraldic records, and in those
practical suggestions which are of such great utility to
modern Heralds. Authorities for a very considerable
number of early shields and badges are supplied by these
Illuminations, and, at the same time, they are rich in
diapers, and other heraldic accessories. So that the
student of Heraldry may always look to these early
works, as to treasuries well stored with objects of value
and interest. In like manner, Heraldry provides for the
Illuminators of our own times abundant materials
exactly adapted to their use.
The revival of the early Art of Illumination, and the
degree of popularity which it now enjoys, naturally lead
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to inquiries relative to the means that may be best cal-
culated to render the revived Art permanently popular.
I believe that this can be accomplished only by rendering
it an Art really our own. The mere copying early Illu-
minations, however attractive in itself and really useful
as a system of study, will not suffice to produce a school
of modern Illuminators. Neither will the Art of Illu-
mination rise even to be recognized as an universally desir-
able accomplishment, unless it be made to lead beyond
the most careful coloring of certain sentences and words
more vetusto. Our Illuminators must embody some
thought of their own in their works ; they must make
their works vehicles for recording something and con-
veying something, that they have themselves imagined
and devised ; and their illuminated details and acces-
sories must have a genuine art- character, and a true
feeling for the particular art of Illuminating as it is
practised by themselves. I do not desire to suggest that
all modern Illuminators should aspire to becoming in-
dependent designers of whatever they may illuminate.
But while the great majority of them freely avail them-
selves of the aid that lithography is always ready to
render, (an aid which their mediaeval predecessors would
have been but too thankful to have secured, had it been
placed within their reach), it is most important that
modern Illuminators should seek, not only for those
printed outlines that are complete in themselves and
require only the application of gold and color, but such
others also as may be of a suggestive character, and which
the Illuminators may apply in carrying out certain ideas
of their own.
There appear to be four distinct classes of modern
OF ILLUMINATIONS. , 331
Illuminations. The^rs^ consists of Texts from the Holy-
Scriptures, or other brief passages of a directly religious
character. The second class comprises choice brief ex-
tracts from various authors, both poets and prose
writers. To the third class belong complete illumined
metrical works. And in the fourth class I would com-
prehend every such extract, version, copy, or composition
as may be directly either historical or biographical, and
which consequently may obtain from Heraldry its
happiest and most appropriate illustrations. Heraldry,
it is true, will provide much that will prove to be emi-
nently attractive, and truly consistent also, in Illumina-
tions of every class ; for if it does not always offer Shields
of Arms or Banners, or Badges, it is certain to suggest
treatment and to supply accessories. But in all historical
subjects, Heraldry is the Illuminator's most valuable
ally. And these are subjects that are certain to be held
in esteem. Passages from the old chroniclers, brief but
emphatic summaries of great historical periods, graphic
records of celebrated historical incidents, or similar bio-
graphical sketches of the representative personages of
History ; historical charts and genealogies of every kind ;
and, in many instances, family genealogies, records, and
traditions, are all equally suited to form materials for
illuminating ; and in every case Heraldry is replete with
exactly what the Illuminator will find to be best qualified
to illustrate his work, and also to impart to it the most
brilliant of decoration.
Groups of historical shields, derivable from early Eolls
of Arms, with appropriate borders and brief legends, form
beautiful pages for Illumination. Such Shields and
Borders amateurs may desire to obtain in outline, to-
332 THE HERALDRY OF ILLUMINATIONS.
gether with various other accessories and illustrations,
which are well adapted to be made popular through the
agency of lithography. I venture to promise to heraldic
Illuminators that outlines of this description shall be
provided for their use.
No. 286. — Shield of Edwaed III, from his Monument in West-
minster Abbey, the Garter being added. See pp. 104, 228.
In this example, France Ancient, and in No. 487, p. 333, France
Modern is quartered with England.
No. 487. Shield of Heney V, as Prince of Wales, from his
Stall-Plate in St. Geobge's Chapel, Windsor. See p. 190.
CHAPTEE XXVI.
EXAMPLES OF SHIELDS OF ARMS.
In this chapter I place before students of Heraldry the
blazon of a series of shields of arms, in addition to those
that have been already described. The series compre-
hends the arms of various historical personages, together
with those of several families of eminence amongst our-
selves at the present day.
From the Eoll of Henry III:
Bigod, Earl of Norfolk : or, a cross, gu.
De L'Isle : or, a lion rampt., gu.
Le Mareschal : per pale, or and vert, a lion rampt., gu.
De Mandeville : quarterly, or and gu.
Fitz Geoffrey : within a oordure, vair, quarterly, or
and gu.
De Say : the same as De Mandeville.
De Montfichet : gu., three chevronels, or ; a label, az.
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De Lucy : gu., three lucies haurient, in fesse, arg.
De Segrave (ancient) : sa., three garbs, arg.
From the Roll of Edward I :
Arragon : or, three pallets, gu.
Chester : az., three garbs, or.
L'Estrange : gu., two lions passant, in pale, arg., within
a bordure engrailed, or.
From the Roll of Caerlaverock :
De Multon : arg., three bars, gu.
Le Vavasour : or, a fesse dancette, sa.
De Carew : or, three lions passant, in pale, sa.
De Mohun : or, a cross engrailed, sa.
Anthony Bec : gu., a cross moline, (or recercelee), erm.
From the Calais Roll of Edward III :
D'Ufford : sa., a cross engrailed, or.
Talbot : gu., a lion rampt., or.
Burwashe : or, a lion rampt., queue four chee, gu.
De Stafford : or, a chevron, gu.
De Maltr avers : sa., frettee, or.
Fitz Warren : quarterly, per fesse indented, arg., and
gu.
Poynings : barry of six, or and vert, over all a bend,
gu.
De Montgomery : or, an eagle displayed, az.
De Lathom : or, on a chief indented, az., three plates.
De Radclyffe : arg., a bend engrailed, sa.
De Holland, ancient: az., fleurettee, a lion ramp,
guard., arg.
De Couci : barry of six, vair and gu.
Glendour : paly of eight, arg. and gu., over all a lion
rampt., sa.
Devereux : arg., a fesse, gu., in chief, three torteaux.
SHIELDS OF ARMS. 335
Brandon : harry of ten, arg. and gu., a lion rampt., or,
crowned per pale, gold and of the second.
Dudley: or, a lion rampt., queue fourchee, vert.
Cecil : harry of ten, arg. and az., on six shields 3, 2,
and 1, sa., as mang lioncels, of the first.
Charlton : or, a lion rampt, sa.
Sydney : or, a pheon, az.
Vernon : arg., frettee, sa.
Howard: (No. 394). After tlie battle of Flodden,
Sept. 9, 1513, as a commemorative augmentation, the
silver bend of the Howards was charged with the Boyal
Shield of Scotland, having a demi-lion only, which is
pierced through the mouth with an arrow. The two
shields, the one without and the other with the augmen-
tation, may be severally distinguished as Howard ancient,
and Howard modern. No. 613.
De Mont acute : gu., a griffin statant, or.
Piers de Gaveston : or, six eagles displayed, vert.
De Creveccettr : or, a cross, gu., voided of the field.
Fitz Urse : or, a hear passant, sa.
De Heriz, (afterwards Harris) : three Hedgehogs,
blazoned on the shield of an effigy of the period of
Edward I, at Gonalston, Notts.
Chaucer: per pale, arg. and gu., a hend counter-
charged.
Shakespeare, (granted 1546 :) Arms, or, on a hend, sa.
a spear, gold : Crest, a falcon displayed, arg., holding in its
heah a spear in pale, or.
Milton : arg., an eagle displayed, with two heads, gu.,
healced and memhered, sa.
Scott : quarterly ; 1 and 4, or, two mullets in chief, and
a crescent in hase, az., within an orle, of the last, for Scott :
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2 and 3, or, on a bend, az., three mascles, gold, in the
sinister chief point an oval bucMe erect, of the second, for
Haliburton.
Wellesley, Duke of Wellington : quarterly, 1 and
4, gu., a cross, arg., between five plates in saltire, in each
quarter, for Wellesley ; 2 and 3, or, a lion rampt, gu.,
for Colley : as an augmentation, on the honor-point an
inescutcheon charged with the Union Device of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland. No. 614.
Spencer Churchill, Duke of Marlborough : quar-
terly 1 and 4, Churchill, sa., a lion rampt. arg., on a
canton, of the second, a cross, gu. ; 2 and 3, Spencer, (No.
107), as an augmentation, on tlie honor-point, an ines-
cutcheon of St. George, charged in pretence with another of
France modern. No. 615.
Pelham Clinton, Duke of Newcastle : quarterly, 1
and 4, Clinton, (No. 400) ; 2 and 3, quarterly, 1 and 4,
az., three pelicans, arg., vulned, ppr., 2 and 3, gu., two demi-
belts, with buckles, erect, arg., all for Pelham.
Manners, Duke of Rutland : or, two bars, az, ; a chief,
quarterly, of the second, and gu., charged in the alternate
quarters with two fleurs-de-lys of France, and a lion of
England.
Russell, Duke of Bedford : arg., a lion rampt., gu.,
on a chief, sa., three escallops, of the first.
Graham, Duke of Montrose : quarterly, 1 and 4,
Graham, (No. 409) ; 2 and 3, for the title, Montrose,
arg., three roses, gu., barbed and seeded, ppr.
Campbell, Duke of Argyll: quarterly, 1 and 4,
Campbell, (No. 356) ; 2 and 3, for the lordship of Lorn,
arg., a lymphad, sa., sails furled up, flag and pendants
flying, gu.
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337
Granville Leveson Gower, Duke of Sutherland :
quarterly, 1 and 4, Gower, harry of eight, arg. and gu.,
over all a cross patonce, sa. : 2 and 3, Leveson, (No.
239) ; in pretence, the shield of the ancient Earls of
Sutherland, ensigned with an EarVs Coronet, hearing,
gu., three mullets, within a hordure, or, charged with a tres-
sure of Scotland. The Duke of Sutherland also quar-
ters Granville, gu., three clarions, or : Egerton, arg., a
lion rampt., gu., hetween three pheons, sa. ; Stanley, (No.
205 a), Brandon, Clifford, (No. 373), Strange, gu.,
two lions passant, in pale, arg. ; and the Eoyal Arms of
the Tudors.
Fitz-Gerald, Duke of Leinster : arg., a saltire, gu. 9
being the armorial insignia of St. Patrick.
No. 614.
The Duke of Wellington.
No. 615.
The Duke of Maelboeough.
No. 602.— Arms of the Heralds' College, from the Shield,
blazoned in the College.
CHAPTER XXVII.
GENEALOGIES.
Amongst the most important of the professional duties
of the Herald who holds office in the College of Arms, are
the investigation, the display, and the faithful enrolment
of Genealogies. And in tracing out and arranging
Historical Genealogies, the Amateur Herald will find
that he is enabled to elucidate and to illustrate History
in the clearest and most impressive manner. In the
History of England, indeed, there occur many important
chapters and no less numerous episodes, all of which
absolutely rely upon genealogical illustration to render
them clearly intelligible. And the genealogical form of
tabular arrangement is peculiarly adapted to convey his-
torical teaching with emphatic distinctness, while it is
always available for prompt reference. I much question
whether the History of the " Wars of the Roses" can be
either written or read satisfactorily without historical
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Genealogies. Similar Genealogies are most valuable
allies to the Student of History, when his attention is
directed to the claim of Edward III to the Crown of
France ; or when he is reading the record of the struggles
between Stephen and Matilda ; or when he desires to
see very clearly what was the relationship between Mary
Stuart and Lord Darnley ; or how far Elizabeth of
York had in her own person a title to the Crown ; or the
relative positions of Mary and Jane Grey, and those of
James I and his unhappy kinswoman, Arabella Stuart.
Various other examples will readily occur to the student
of English History.
The heraldic laws of exact definition, simple statement,
and rigid conciseness, have full force in the arrangement
and drawing up of Genealogies. The system which the
student may adopt with advantage may be briefly ex-
plained. The materials which are to be used for the
formation of any historical Genealogy consist, first, of
notes of the facts that are to be set forth in it, and
secondly, of a recognized series of abbreviations and signs.
The notes will always comprise the names of every per-
son who is to take a part in the Genealogy, with all dates
and every circumstance that it may be desirable to record.
The following abbreviations and signs have been found
to work well : Son, son of : daii., daughter of : S. and H.,
son and heir of: daii. and H., or coh., daughter and
heiress, or co-heiress: W., wife of: if., was married : =,
placed between their names, signifies that the two persons
specified were husband and wife : ~^~ signifies that
such persons had children : ^ • under any name, signi-
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fies that the person had children : S. P., (sine prole), with-
out surviving children : V. P., (vita patris), in his, or her
father's life- time : d., died, at and on : bu., was buried at :
mon., has a monument still existing : eff., has a monumen-
tal effigy : k., killed in battle : ex., executed : murd., mur-
dered : ban., banished : ac, accession, or came to the
crown : cr., coronation, or crowned : dep., deposed : K.,
King : Q., Queen : P. and Pss., Prince and Princess :
Archbp. and Bp., Archbishop and Bishop : _D. and Dss.,
Duke and Duchess : K, Ct., Ctss., Earl, Count, and
Countess: Ba., Bnss., Baron, Baroness: Ld., Lord: Kt.,
Knight : PI., Plantagenet : Tu., Tudor : Stu., Stuart :
La., Lancastrian : Yk., Yorkist : W. A., Westminster
Abbey.
In arranging a Genealogy, the main line of descent is
to be indicated by keeping the successive names in a verti-
cal column. All persons of the same generation are to
have their names in the same horizontal line. Spaces of
equal depth are to be allotted to each generation. The
members of the same family are to be arranged in their
order of birth in two groups, the sons first, then the daughters,
each series commencing from the heraldic dexter side of
the paper. Should it be necessary especially to denote
that any individual is the eldest, or the second, or any
other son, this may be done by placing the heraldic mark
of Cadency over the name. Continuous Lines carry on and
denote the descent, and the formation, and the connection
of the families ; and, in placing these Lines, great care
must be taken, lest a connecting line should point to any
name not included in the order of blood-relationship. In
extended G-enealogies, distinct groups, (as Lancastrians
and Yorkists), may be indicated by inks of different colors ;
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Royal personages may have their names in peculiar
letters ; and the direct line of descent and succession may
also be indicated by capital letters with initials in red.
Badges may advantageously be placed with the names,
as may shields of arms in some instances ; other shields
and heraldic insignia, with references, &c, may be placed
in the margin. The figures 1 and 2 may be introduced
to denote first and second marriages : and, in like manner,
any simple expedient may be adopted that may express
a circumstance necessary to be indicated and observed.
It will be noted, that the rule for arranging the names of
brothers and sisters does not exclude the heir from oc-
cupying a central position in the vertical column of suc-
cession ; also, that where the same father or mother may
have families by more than one marriage, the children of
each marriage are to form distinct groups. I must add,
that the actual arrangement of any historical Genealogy
must be determined in a great measure by the leading
object which it is intended to illustrate. Thus, I have
arranged the following example upon two different plans,
each of them having its own especial aim. This example
is a portion of the Royal Genealogy of England. It
traces the descent of James I. upwards for four genera-
tions, and it indicates the blood-relationship that existed
between the parents of that prince, and shows his own
relative position with reference to both his predecessor on
the English throne, and his kinswoman, Arabella
Stuart. My Genealogy, No. 1, treats of the first Stuart
Sovereign of Great Britain as the descendant of the
Tudors, and as their heir and representative ; but in No.
2, he appears as the representative of the Stuarts, who,
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of both those Eoyal Houses. The same historical teach-
ing is conveyed by both Genealogies, of which No. 1 takes
the English view, while in No. 2 the Scottish aspect of
the subject is taken. In No. 1 the relationship between
Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots is shown, and also
that between Elizabeth (and therefore between her
sister, Mary), and Lady Jane Grey. The space at my
disposal has compelled me to omit many details, and in
No. 2 I have given the names only ; still these genealo-
gical sketches may serve to exemplify the system for form-
ing historical Genealogies. Of course, these sketches
might be rendered more graphic by the use of colored
inks, and by the addition of Shields of Arms and
Badges.
No. 613.— Howard Modern. See page 335.
No. 299. — Arms of the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl Marshal,
from the Shield blazoned in the Heralds' College.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
PRECEDENCE.
The Order of Precedence, a matter of no inconsider-
able importance in a highly civilized and equally compli-
cated condition of Society, was first established upon a
definite system by a statute of Henry VIII, in 1539.
Various subsequent regulations have taken effect, and
have contributed, in connection with Eoyal Letters Patent,
to produce the Precedence now regarded as established
and practically in force amongst us.
This order of Precedence may be considered to be
based upon the following four-fold principle : first, that
persons of every degree of rank, except descendants of
the blood royal, who always have precedence, should take
place according to the seniority of the creation of such
rank ; secondly, that the younger sons of each preceding
346 PRECEDENCE.
degree of rank should take place immediately after the
eldest son of the next succeeding rank ; thirdly, that in
certain cases the tenure of office should constitute actual
rank so long as such tenure should continue ; and, lastly,
that while a married woman participates in her husband's
rank, (though not always in his official rank), the same
precedence is due to all the daughters of a family that is
enjoyed by the eldest son of that family.
The Order of Precedence.
The Sovereign.
The Prince of Wales.
The Sovereign's Younger Sons.
The Sovereign's Grandsons.
The Sovereign's Uncle.
The Sovereign's Cousins.
The Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Lord Chancellor.
The Archbishop of York.
The Archbishop of Armagh.
The Archbishop of Dublin.
The Lord High Treasurer, (Prime Minister).
The Lord President of the Council.
The Lord Privy Seal.
These great officers of state precede all Peers of their
own Degree, (that is, if Dukes, they rank above all other
Dukes ; if Earls, in like manner, &c), in the following
order.
The Lord Great Chamberlain. (When in the actual
performance of official duty).
The Lord High Constable.
PRECEDENCE.
347
The Earl Marshal.
The Lord Steward of the Queen's Household.
The Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's Household.
The Secretaries of State.
Then the Peers according to their Patents of Creation.
The Dukes.
The Marquesses.
The eldest Sons of Dukes.
The Earls.
The eldest Sons of Marquesses.
The younger Sons of Dukes.
The Viscounts.
The eldest Sons of Earls.
The younger Sons of Marquesses.
The Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester.
The Bishops according to seniority of Consecration.
The Barons.
The Speaker of the House of Commons.
The Treasurer and the Comptroller of the Eoyal
Household.
The Master of the Horse.
The Secretaries of State, being under the degree of
Barons.
The eldest Sons of Viscounts.
The younger Sons of Earls.
The eldest Sons of Barons.
The Knights of the Garter, the Thistle and St. Patrick,
(not being Peers).
The Privy Counsellors.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench.
348 PRECEDENCE.
The Master of the Rolls.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
The Judge Ordinary.
The Lord Justices of Chancery.
The Vice Chancellors.
The Judges of the Queen's Bench, and Common Pleas.
The Barons of the Exchequer.
The younger Sons of Viscounts.
The younger Sons of Barons.
The Baronets.
The Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath.
The Knights of the Star of India.
The Knights Grand Crosses of St. Michael and St.
George.
Knights Commanders of the Bath and other Orders.
Knights.
Serj eants-at-Law.
Masters in Chancery and in Lunacy.
Companions of the Bath and other Orders.
Eldest Sons of the younger Sons of Peers.
Eldest Sons of Baronets.
Eldest Sons of Knights.
Esquires, including
Esquires to Knights of Orders of Knighthood; the
eldest Sons of all the Sons of Viscounts and Barons, and
the eldest Sons of all the younger Sons of Peers, and their
eldest Sons in perpetual succession :
The Sons of Baronets :
Persons holding the Queen's Commission, whether in a
civil, naval, or military capacity :
Members of the Royal Academy of Arts :
PRECEDENCE. 349
Barristers :
Masters of Arts, and Bachelors of Law.
Clergymen.
Gentlemen.
Before marriage, Women take precedence by the rank
of their father, and all the sisters of any family have
the same degree. By marriage, Women participate in
the dignities of their Husbands, except in the case of
certain dignities that are strictly official ; but the digni-
ties of wives are not imparted by marriage to their
husbands.
Marriage with an inferior does not affect the pre-
cedence that any woman may enjoy by birth or crea-
tion ; but the wife of any Peer always takes her rank
from her husband. Women ennobled by marriage retain
their rank as widows ; but should they contract second
marriages, their precedence is thenceforward determined
absolutely by the rank of their second husbands.
The wife of the eldest son of any degree precedes the
sisters of her husband, and also all other ladies of the
same degree with them, such ladies having place imme-
diately after the wives of their eldest brothers. This
principle of Precedence obtains in all families of the same
degree amongst themselves.
No. 334. — Her Most Gracious Majesty, Victoeia, the Queen.
CHAPTEE XXIX.
MODERN HERALDRY.
When not historical of the past, it is the office of all
true Heraldry to be historical for the future. Our
Modern Heraldry, accordingly, if it would be consistent
with both its character and its traditions, must take a
becoming part in producing that Chapter of English
History which we shall hand down to succeeding genera-
tions. It is indeed true that the state of things has
undergone a marvellous change since Heraldry reigned in
its full glory under the Plantagenets, and also since
Henry YIII held the assumption of the Arms of the
MODERN HERALDRY.
351
Confessor by a Duke to be an overt act of high treason ;
and yet the office of the Herald has by no means fallen
into abeyance amongst ourselves. Our Heralds have still
to record and to preserve the memory of both public and
private genealogies. They have to take note of the suc-
cession of the inheritors of old titles, and of the creation
of new ones. They have to preside over and to confirm
the assumption and the bearing of armorial insignia of
whatever kind ; and all new grants of Arms come under
their cognizance, and are enrolled in their College. They
also direct all royal and national solemnities and pageants ;
and they are at once the guardians and the exponents of
the heraldic records of their predecessors.
In some particulars our Heraldry must inevitably
suffer, when it is brought closely into contrast with the
Heraldry of the olden time. For example, when helms
were really worn, and when shields were in actual use, a
shield of arms and a crest had a significancy which now
it is not possible for them to retain. We must be content
to accept shields and crests as heraldic accessories, the
bequest of the early Heralds, which we can only employ
in reference to Heraldry itself. Shields and crests, how-
ever, come to us possessing hereditary claims to recogni-
tion and acceptance in their heraldic capacity ; and so
we recognize and accept them. And, at the same time,
we certainly have it in our power to render our Heraldry
both dignified and useful. We can adjust our Heraldry
to early usage, as we must build it up upon early prin-
ciples. We can reject any Heraldry that is not true as
Heraldry, that does not accord with early precedent, and
that is not also consistent with existing circumstances
and associations. We are able to follow the example of
352 MODERN HERALDRY.
the early Heralds, in adhering to sound heraldic rule ; in
preserving the simplicity which distinguished the best
Heraldry of the past ; in jealously maintaining the rule
of marshalling; in adopting a judicious system of
cadency ; and in drawing a broad line of distinction
between arms that are borne by right, and therefore have
authority, and those which are either copied, or parodied,
or improvised in accordance with the fancy or the caprice
of unauthorized individuals.
In blazoning heraldic devices which in a peculiar sense
are of an historical character, it is important that true
coats of arms should be clearly distinguished from badges ;
and, except under very special circumstances, it would be
well to avoid charging badges upon shields. The simpli-
city of the early compositions and their heraldic con-
sistency also ought always to be kept in remembrance.
These are points that may be strongly urged upon all
who are desirous to advocate the worthiness of modern
Heraldry. The historical value of the Heraldry of the
new Palace at Westminster is most seriously prejudiced
by the injudicious association of true shields of arms with
other shields charged with devices, the aim and purpose
of which I am not able to conjecture, but which certainly
have no title to appear where they have been displayed.
The Peerage will supply illustrations of the style of com-
position that happily is passing away, but which must
still be regarded as in some degree illustrative of modern
Heraldry ; two examples of this class will be sufficient to
act as warnings. The arms granted to Horatio, Viscount
Nelson, are blazoned in Sir Bernard Burke's Peerage
after the following fashion : Or, a cross fleurie, sa.,a bend,
gu., surmounted by another engrailed, of the field, charged
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353
with three bombs, fired, ppr. ; on a chief, (of honorable aug-
mentation), undulated, arg., waves of the sea, from which
a palm-tree issuant, between a disabled ship on the dexter,
and a battery in ruins on the sinister, all ppr. Crests :
on the dexter, (as a crest of honorable augmentation), or,
the chelengk, or plume of triumph, presented to Horatio,
Viscount Nelson, by the Grand Signior, or Sultan, Selim
III ; and on the sinister, (the family crest), on a wreath
of the colors, upon waves of the sea, the stern of a Spanish
man-of-war, all ppr., thereon inscribed " San Joseff." The
sailor and the lion which form the Supporters are not
so bad ; but what ideas of Heraldry could have been
entertained by those who devised the Nelson crest, and
j)laced " waves of the sea" and the stern of a Spanish
line-of-battle ship upon a helm ? The Arms granted to
G-eneral Sir Edward Kerrison are thus blazoned : Or, a
pile, az., charged with three galtraps, of the field : the
augmentation following, on a chief, embattled, erm., a wreath
of laurel, encircling a sword erect, ppr., pommel and hilt,
gold, between on the dexter, pendent from a ribbon, gu.,
fimbriated, of the second, a representation of the gold medal
presented to Sir Edward for his services at the battle of
Orthes, beneath it the word " Orthes," in letters, sa. ; and on
the sinister, pendent from a like ribbon, a representation of
the silver medal presented to him in commemoration of his
services at the battle of Waterloo, beneath it the word
" Waterloo," in letters also sa.
The augmentations of honor that grace the shields of
the two great military Dukes, Wellington and Marl-
borough, are such as the old Heralds would have
devised. The insignia of the United Kingdom, and a
shield of France charged upon another bearing the cross
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of St. George, when blazoned in pretence on the honcr
point by the two Dukes, are as significant and expressive
as the Howard shield of the days of Flodden, or as the
quartered shield of Edward III himself; see Nos. 613,
614, 615, and also 286. In the first and fourth quarters
the Duke of Marlborough marshals the arms granted
to the first Duke of his name, Churchill, and here the
cross of St. George appears on a canton.
In modern Heraldry Cadency is but little used, since
its operation is almost superceded by the simple process
of assuming arms without any shadow of claim to them,
beyond such claim as is supposed to exist through the
fact of bearing a particular name. In early Heraldry
distinctions were carefully marked in the arms borne by
members of the same family, who had in common the
same name. Now, on the contrary, when a person de-
termines to have " arms," he looks out his own name in an
armory, and the arms he chances to find assigned to some
one having the same name he forthwith assumes and
uses as his own. Or he may obtain assistance, and his
own consciousness of heraldic inexperience may be satis-
factorily set at rest by gentlemen who, for a considera-
tion and a very trifling consideration too, find arms for
hesitating aspirants to heraldic honors. The value of
" arms" that are " found" on payment of certain shillings,
under the guidance of a surname correctly spelt and
legibly written, is precisely the same as the value of those
which Messrs. A, B, and C may so easily find for them-
selves ; or, if they should happen to be of an imaginative
turn of mind, which they may amuse their leisure by
devising on their own account. It is indeed true that
every one is at liberty to call anything whatever his
MODERN HERALDRY. 355
" Arms," as he may determine either the color and fashion
of his costume, or the shape of his house ; but, neverthe-
less, the Herald's College still exists, and is the fountain
head of true Heraldry ; and, until it is true to itself,
Modern Heraldry must continue to be but a degenerate
representative of what Heraldry was about half a thous-
and years ago, when the marriage of a Prince of Wales
was an event that for the first time took place in Eng-
land.
There is one occasion on which in our own times a
public display of heraldic blazonry is expected, and when
accordingly such a display is regularly made. I refer to
the practice of placing Hatchments upon the residences
that had been occupied by personages of eminence and
distinction, at the time of their decease. The rules
that have been adopted for the composition of these
Hatchments I have described at page 106. I now advert
to these funereal displays, because so very generally they
are both conceived and executed in the worst possible
taste, and in a style that might be supposed to aim at
demonstrating the impossibility of any alliance between
Art and Heraldry. Probably the actual shield that is
charged upon any hatchment may be heraldically correct
in its marshalling, and also in its blazonry ; the favorite
accessories, however, of these shields, with rare excep-
tions, are such as the early Heralds would have regarded
with indignant surprise. Shields hideous in outline, and
rendered still more offensive by what I suppose is intended
to be accepted as ornamentation, the most execrable
scroll-work with ribbons as bad in their own way and, to
crown the whole, those painful winged infantine heads
that are at once so absurd and so offensive, but too
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MODERN HERALDRY.
commonly are the characteristics of modern hatchment-
painting. I have engraved an average specimen, No.
616, because I have felt unable in words to do full
justice to these outrages upon Heraldry. May I venture
to hope, from all who love the Herald's Art, support,
No. 616.
when I claim for Modern Heraldry immunity from such
systematic efforts to render it contemptible ? Dignified
hatchments may be produced with ease by any true
Herald ; and without doubt the services of a true Herald
may always be secured when the production of a really
dignified composition of this class may be required.
No. 617. — Shields from the Monument of Abbot Kamrydge,
St. Alban's Abbey Church. See p. 360.
CHAPTER XXX.
HERALDIC TREATMENT, DRAWING, AND COLOR.
I believe it to be a prevalent misapprehension, either
that no early Heraldry has any title to be regarded as an
Art, or that in its artistic capacity all early Heraldry is
alike. The student who desires thoroughly to understand
the Heraldry of the olden time, will speedily discover that
very many of the Heralds who nourished some centuries
ago were true Artists ; nor will he be long before his
attention is attracted to the marked differences in heraldic
style and treatment which distinguish the armorial
insignia of different periods. In fact, the Art of mediaeval
Heraldry attained to its highest excellence, and it de-
clined and sunk down to a condition of lowly humility,
contemporaneously with the Art of Architecture, and with
the other Arts of the Middle Ages. A series of heraldic
seals, ranging in their dates from 1300 to 1550, will very
clearly elucidate this statement. Or an heraldic monu-
ment of the time of Edward I, compared with others
358 HERALDIC TREATMENT,
severally of the eras of Edward HI, Henry VI, Henry
VIII, and James I, will be equally explicit in illustrating
the progress of Heraldic Art. And, again, much may be
learned through a comparison conducted within much
narrower limits. Thus, the brasses to Alianore de
Bohun, a.d. 1399, at Westminster, and to Lady Tiptoft,
a.d. 1446, at Enfield, shew how striking is the difference
in heraldic art that at that period was produced by the
lapse of half a century. The two memorials resemble
each other very closely even in minute particulars of
composition and arrangement ; and yet in treatment and
in Art-feeling it is scarcely possible that any two works of
the same order should exhibit more decidedly marked
differences. These differences extend to the forms of the
shields, and their adjustment to the canopies of the two
brasses. In PI. XVII, I have given faithful representa-
tions of the Tiptoft shields and lions, which may be com-
pared with those in PI. XX, and at pages 200 and 332 ;
and the effect of this comparison will be confirmed by ex-
tending it to the earlier shields engraved at pages 13
and 88.
The study of early Heraldry will enable the student,
perhaps to his surprise but certainly to his ' gratification,
to determine at least the approximate period of any shield
of arms, with almost as certain accuracy as an archaeo-
logical architect is able to read dates in chisel-cut mould-
ings. The conventional system of treatment adopted by
the early heraldic artists, when carefully considered under
the different aspects which it assumed at different pe-
riods, will also enable us to develop for ourselves such a
style of heraldic Art as may be consistent with the general
condition of Art in our own era, while at the same time
DRAWING, AND COLOR. 359
it harmonizes with the best and most artistic Heraldry of
the past.
The really important consideration for us is, that our
style should be at once our own, and also in itself equally
true to Art and to Heraldry. If we assign a due mea-
sure of our regard, on the one hand to the requirements
of modern Art, and on the other hand to the authority of
early Heraldry, we may confidently anticipate complete
success. Kejecting the idea that the Art of all early
Heraldry is of equal authority, we must take as our
guide only the early Heraldry of the best and most
artistic period — that is, before 1425 ; and having thus
determined what early Heraldry we may most advantage-
ously study, we shall conduct our inquiries in the spirit
of Artists, and not as imitators merely and copyists. We
must aspire higher than to succeed in reproducing even
the best early heraldic compositions.
A certain degree of conventionalism will be necessary
in our treatment of all heraldic figures and objects ; but
this conventionalism imposes no restrictions upon our
freedom of design, and much less does it require a mono-
tonous adherence to any particular type. Our Heraldry
must repudiate interminable repetitions of the same
composition or the same device, all exactly alike, as if
they were cast from a single mould. Nor, because our
designs must be conventional in some degree, is it at all
requisite that they should be unnatural. Good drawing
also must be a condition of our Heraldry ; so that our lions
may be well and artistically drawn, thoroughly lionish
and as thoroughly heraldic, and yet differ from such
figures of lions as we should expect to find in an illus-
trated treatise on mammalia. The heraldic lion is cer-
360 HEBALDIC TREATMENT,
tainly the sovereign of the animals who take a part in the
Herald's composition ; and he is also the most difficult to
treat. I know no early examples superior to those that
appear ready to spring out of their shield at Beverley.
The lions of the monuments of John op Eltham, the
Black Prince, and Edward III, are excellent heraldic
lions ; their conventional treatment, however, is somewhat
exaggerated. We may avoid such exaggeration, without
either drawing lions as the Heralds of James I would
have drawn them, or reproducing the grotesque water-
spouting felince of the majolica fountain in the Great
Exhibition. Those lions dansant disposed of strict
naturalism in heraldic animals. The Powys lions, Nos.
300 b, 300 c, PL XVII, and 364 a, PI. XXIII, dispose in
a no less peremptory a manner of pure conventionalism.
I must again refer to the white harts of Richard II,
in Westminster Hall, as models for the treatment of
animals of every kind in Heraldry ; (see p. 206) .
In our drawing of Helms and Shields, since we no
longer derive our ideas of such objects from examples of
them that are in actual use by ourselves, we are at liberty
to select such varieties as may be most appropriate to
the purposes for which we require them, and also those
that are most pleasing in their forms. Several very
effective forms of shields are sculptured upon the monu-
ment of Abbot Ramrydoe, at St. Alban's, No. 617,
which may be studied with advantage by modern
Heralds, together with the simple pointed shields of
earlier times. The unsightly and inconvenient Lozenge,
I think, might be superceded in our Heraldry. Simplicity
in helms and mantlings appears to be most desirable ; and
helm* certainly may always be advantageously set in
DRAWING, AND COLOR. 361
profile. I have added two other examples of early helms
in PI. XLVI, Nos. 611, 612, the former from the monu-
ment of the Black Prince, and the latter from the Stall-
plate of Ralph, Lord Basset ; and with these examples
I would associate as a model heraldic helm, No. 264.
The Label that has its points formed after the early man-
ner, as I have invariably drawn it, appears to be pre-
ferable to the later form in which the ends of the points
or pendants are made to expand; it is also always pro-
ductive of a good effect that the Label itself should tra-
verse the entire field of the shield from dexter to sinister.
Modem Labels are generally couped at both extremities,
and their points are distorted into a species of dove-
tailing.
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No. 618.
In No. 618, I give three varieties of the points of
Labels ; the first, a, is the early type ; the second, b,
represents the form of the lable introduced in the begin-
ning of the sixteenth century ; and the third, c, is
the more modern form, which is altogether objectionable.
In many early quartered shields, the quarterings are not
indicated by any dividing lines, as in No. 486, p. 200 ;
this is certainly an error, that we shall do well to avoid.
In the disposition and arrangement of charges, and in
the laws of tincturing, the usage of the early Heralds may
362
HERALDIC TREATMENT.
be accepted as our best guide. Perhaps we may enrich
our compositions with less cautious and sparing hands
than they did ; and certainly we may emulate their
system of diapering both in surface- carving and in color.
Colors have been produced for us by the chemical science
and the mechanical skill of our times, far superior both
in hue and in variety of tint to anything that was known
to the Heralds of the middle ages. It will be well for us
to avail ourselves of our advantages, and to introduce
into our blazon the most brilliant and lustrous colors.
With the special view to provide for students of
Heraldry and amateur Heraldic artists the very best
materiel for their use, I have suggested the preparation of
a box of heraldic gold and colors, with drawing imple-
ments, that may satisfy their most fastidious require-
ments ; and my suggestions have been carried into effect
by my publishers in a manner that leaves nothing to be
desired. I may add that the same materials are equally
adapted for the use of professional Heralds, and of the
artists who work under their immediate direction.
No. 503. Shield of Arms of Sir Edwaed Montague. From the
Calais Boll of Edward III. See page 101).
No. 619. Hesse. See p. 369.
CHAPTER XXXI.
FOREIGN HERALDRY.
Foreign Heraldry diners chiefly from the Heraldry of
our own country in its being less severe in its prevailing
style, and more elaborate and gorgeous in both the cha-
racter and the treatment of its compositions. The He-
raldry of Germany, more particularly, is very splendid ;
and, in accordance with the German sentiment of modern
times, it indulges in an almost infinite variety of subor-
dinate details, elaborate combinations, and subtle dis-
tinctions. The Heraldry of France also is rich, and
often fanciful, and yet almost always eminently artistic.
I have already, in the preceding chapters, given
the blazon of a numerous series of foreign shields, all
of them in some degree associated with the armory of
England ; so that in this present chapter it remains for
me only briefly to notice a few other examples, to which
reference has not yet been made.
In foreign Heraldry a free use is made of shields of
arms for the purpose of decoration, whereas this use of
heraldic decorative accessories is rare in England. Thus,
364 FOREIGN HERALDRY.
there are email shields of his arms seme*e over the bard-
ings of the charger of John, King of Bohemia, who fell
at Cresci, in his seal ; and the king himself has as his
crest the two wings of a vulture, outspread and of very-
large dimensions. The shield, which is represented in
foreign military effigies, is almost invariably placed in
front of the figure, and in such a position that its base
almost rests on the ground ; with one hand the knight
supports the shield, while with his other hand he gene-
rally either grasps his sword or holds his crested helm.
In a collection of arms presented to the Heralds'
College by Sir William Dtjgdale, (Coll. Arm. MS. L.
xiv), the shield of the Duke of Saxony is blazoned, harry
of six, or and sable : Bavaria is, gu., a lion rampt., queue
fourchee, arg., crowned, or. : Aquttaine, France modern,
within a bordure engrailed, gu. : Brittany, erm., a bordure,
gu. And, amongst other examples of French Royal
Cadency, the same MS. blazons the shield of Charles,
the third son of Philip III of France, as France within a
bordure, gu.: and the shield of Charles de Valois,
Count of Aleucon, the second son of Charles " the Fair,"
as France within a bordure, gu., plattee.
In our own times the Arms of France have undergone
a complete change ; so that the well known heraldic
term, France modern, has become as completely historical
as France ancient, and has been superceded by France
present. The golden eagle of the Emperor Napoleon,
sitting calmly vigilant in an azure field, has succeeded to
the fleurs-de-lys of gold that for so many centuries were
identified with the Heraldry of France. The English
lions, accordingly, have survived their French rivals and
associates, unchanged in their blazonry ; and, still as of
FOREIGN HERALDRY.
365
old representing the Koyal dignity and the Eealm of Eng-
land, they stand in the front of the Heraldry of Europe.
The National Flag of France, the tricolor, has its
colors arranged vertically, the bine being next the staff,
and the white in the centre. The Imperial Standard is
semee of golden bees, and it charges the eagle e 'of the
Empire upon the central white division of the field.
Three other countries of modern Europe, Prussia, Aus-
tria, and Eussia, in addition to the French Empire, bla-
zon in their shields an eagle. These eagles are sable,
and have their wings displayed ; they all are crowned,
and two of them have two heads — those of Prussia and
Russia.
Prussia : Atg., within a bordure, (either plain or in-
dented), sa., an eagle displayed, of the last, crowned, armed,
and membered, or, charged on the breast with the Royal
Cypher, **L and holding in the dexter claw a sceptre, gold,
ensigned with a similar eagle, and in the sinister a mound,
az., the circle and cross, of the third.
The Prussian Crown has eight arches, and like all the
crowns of continental Europe, except the Austrian, it
does not enclose any cap. No. 621, p. 371.
The Arms of the Princely House of Hohenzollern
are, per fesse, gu., and chequee, or and az.
The Prussian Eagle is displayed in the national Flag,
the naval ensign having in the dexter chief angle a sable
cross patee, voided of the field.
Austria : Or, an eagle with two heads, displayed, sa.,
crowned, or, armed and membered, gu., having an Imperial
crown placed above it in the shield, holding in its dexter
claw a sceptre and a sword, and in the sinister a mound ;
charged on the breast with a shield, per pale of three : first,
366 FOREIGN HERALDRY.
or, a lion rampt, gu. : second, gu., a f esse, arg. : third, or,
on a bend, gu., three eaglets displayed, arg. This shield is
surrounded with the collars of the Austrian Orders of
Knighthood. The Austrian Imperial Crown, No. 620, is
very singular in its form, being cleft somewhat after the
manner of a mitre.
No. 620.
Russia : The Russian Arms differ from the Austrian in
the eagle holding only a sceptre in its dexter claw, and that
it is being charged with a shield, gu., bearing a figure of
St. George mounted, and piercing the dragon. This
shield is encircled with the collar of the Russian Order of
St. Andrew ; and the wings of the eagle are also charged
with two groups of small shields representing the pro-
vinces of the Empire.
Both the Austrian and the Russian eagles are blazoned
on the standards of the two Empires. The Flag of
Austria is formed of three equal horizontal divisions, the
central one white, and the two others red ; on the central
division toward the dexter, is a shield charged as the
Flag, with a narrow golden border, and ensigned with
the Imperial Crown. The Merchant Flag omits the
FOREIGN HERALDRY. 367
shield and crown. The Enssian Flag has three horizontal
divisions, the uppermost white, the central blue, and the
lowermost red. The naval flag is white, with a blue
diagonal cross ; and this flag is charged in the dexter
chief quarter of larger flags of red, white, and blue, for
the three squadrons of the Eussian Navy.
The arms of Hanover have been blazoned in No. 541.
The Hanoverian ensign resembles the red ensign of Eng-
land, the Jack being charged with a white horse courant
on the cross which is quadrate. The ensign is yellow and
white per fesse, the yellow in chief.
Belgium : Barry of eight, arg. and gu., a lion rampt.,
az., crowned and collared, or. The supporters are two
golden lions. The standard is black, yellow, and red;
the colors arranged vertically, the red to the fly, and the
arms with the supporters and crown are charged on the
central yellow division. The ensign is the same without
the arms.
Italy : Gu., a cross, arg., within a bordure, az. The
standard of green, white, and red, arranged vertically, has
the arms ensign ed with the crown on the central white
division ; the red is to the fly.
Denmark : Or, semee of hearts, gu., three lions pass.
guard., in pale, az. These are the arms of Denmark
proper, as the arms of England are the three golden
lions on a field, gules. The national shield of the kingdom
of Denmark has numerous quarterings, and it is a
characteristic illustration of foreign Heraldry. As it was
borne in the time of James I, it has been blazoned in
Chap. XIX. The arms of Norway now are removed from
the second canton, which is charged with Sleswick : the
Vandal wyvern is blazoned in base in the fourth canton,
368 FOREIGN HERALDRY.
which has Gothes in chief, the division being per fesse : and
the third canton bears, per fesse, in chief, Sweden, and in
base, per pale, first, gu., a dried fish, surmounted by a crown,
or, for Holstein; and secondly, per fesse, in chief, az. a ram,
arg., and in base, of the first, a bear, of the second. The ines-
cutcheon has in its first quarter the old arms of Holstein ;
in the second and third quarters, Stormerh and Bitzmers ;
and in the fourth quarter is, gu., a horse's head and neck
couped, or. The two Crosses are for Oldenburgh. The
shield of pretence remains as it was in the seventeenth
century. The Supporters are, two savage men, wreathed
with leaves about their waists, and holding clubs, all ppr.
The Danish ensign is red, charged with a white cross,
and the flag itself is swallow-tailed. In the Standard
the cross is quadrate, and charged with the Eoyal Shield,
Crown, and Supporters, the Shield being encircled with
the collars of the Orders of the Elephant and the Bane-
brog.
Sweden and Norway : Az., three crowns, or ; and gu., a
lion rampant, crowned, or, holding in his paws a battle-axe,
ppr., the blade in chief and arg., the two coats being
marshalled quarterly. The Flag of Sweden is blue, with
a yellow cross ; and that of Norway is red with a blue
cross having a white fimbriation. These two flags are
combined to form a United Ensign, after the manner of
our Union Jack ; and the united flag is cantoned in the
national ensigns, the Standard being charged with the
Eoyal Arms, Crown, and Supporters— two golden lions
rampt. reguardant.
Holland : Az., bilettee, a lion rampt, holding a sword
and a sheaf of arrows, or. Supporters, two lions, crowned,
or. The Flag is of red, white, and blue, arranged hori-
FOREIGN HERALDRY. 369
zontally, the red in chief; and the Standard is charged
with the Royal Arms.
Spain : The same as are blazoned in Chap. XIX, for
the Consort of Queen Mary, with France modern in pre-
tence. The standard bears the arms blazoned over its
whole area. The ensign is yellow, interposed between
two horizontal bars, (each of them half its own depth), of
red, and it is charged towards the dexter with Castile and
Leon impaled, within a red circular bordure, and ensigned
with the Spanish crown.
Portugal : Arg., five escutcheons in cross, az., each
charged with as many plates in saltire : the whole within a
bordure, gu., upon which eight castles, or. The Standard
is red, charged with the Arms and Crown ; but the ensign
is per pale, blue and white, similarly charged, the blue
being next the staff.
Bavaria : Paly bendy, arg. and az.
Brunswick : Gu., two lions of England, with thirteen
quarterings.
Wurtemburgh : Or, three stags' attires in pale, sa., im-
paling, or, three lions pass., in pale, sa. Supporters, a
lion, sa., crowned, or, and a stag, ppr. The Flag is
crimson and black divided per fesse, the crimson in
chief.
Hesse : Az., a lion, queue fourchee, rampt., barry of ten,
arg. and gu., crowned, or, and holding in his dexter paw a
sword, ppr., hilt and pommel, gold. No. 619. The Sup-
porters, two lions, queue fourchee, crowned, or. The Flag
is, per fesse, gu. and arg.
The Flag of Greece is blue charged with a white
cross ; and this is cantoned on the Ensign, which is white
with four blue bars.
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370 FOREIGN HERALDRY.
The Arms and the Flag of Switzerland are red, with a
white cross humettee.
The Arms and the Flag of Turkey are red, with a
golden moon decrescent, and a silver star.
Like those of Italy, the national colors of Hungary
are red, white, and green, but they are arranged horizon-
tally instead of vertically, the green being in chief. The
Arms are, gu., four bars, arg., impaling, gu., on a mount,
vert, issuing from a ducal coronet, or, a patriarchal cross,
arg. The crown is of a peculiar form, and its mound
and cross are now placed upon its arches inclining to
the dexter.
The range of this Manual does not admit of my ex-
tending this chapter so far, as to comprehend the armorial
insignia and the flags of the free cities and of all the
minor states of Germany, with those of the several states
of both North and South America ; nor can I here even
advert to the barbaric Heraldry of the East. The few
Foreign Titles of Nobility which are held, either by grant
or inheritance, by British subjects, do not convey any
privilege or precedence in this country. However real in
themselves, and whatever the degree of rank they might
confer in the dominions of the Sovereigns from whom they
have been derived, they are purely honorary distinctions,
and they can be recognized at all only through a special
Royal Licence from our own Sovereign to that effect.
The arms of these personages, as would be expected, have
certain augmentations granted by foreign Heralds, or
their entire blazonry partakes more of foreign than of
English heraldic feeling and usage. These arms are
appended to our Peerages; so that it will be sufficient for me
to remark that the Coronets with which these shields are
FOREIGN HERALDRY. 371
ensigned, differ from the Coronets of our own Peers in
having no caps enclosed within and rising above their
circlets, nor is their rank determined in accordance with
the English rule. The Coronet of a Baron, indeed, has
the circlet studded with large pearls set singly ; but
Counts have a numerous series of small pearls, sometimes
very slightly raised, and sometimes more elevated, with-
out any strawberry leaves ; and the Dukes arch their
coronets, while the Coronet of a Marquess has the so-
called heraldic strawberry-leaves alternating with clustered
pearls.
Foreign Nobility, while resident in England, as a matter
of course, enjoy every privilege of their rank, and each
individual bears his own heraldic insignia here as he
would in his native country.
No. 621. The Prussian Crown.
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No. 622.— Sir Ralph de Arundel.
CHAPTER XXXII.
ABATEMENT.
The term Abatement first appears iu the heraldic
writings of the sixteenth century, and it is then assigned
to certain marks said to be designed to indicate the
reverse of honorable augmentations. In practice any
such thing as an heraldic abatement is unknown, with the
sole exception of the distinctions adopted for the purpose
of indicating illegitimate descent.
In modern Heraldry, the Abatement of Hlegitimacy that
has been generally recognized is a bendlet, or baton sinister :
and this bendlet is represented as couped at its extremi-
ties, so that it does not extend across the entire field of
any shield. But the early Heralds, whatever their feel-
ings may have been upon this point, certainly never pro-
mulgated as a law of heraldic usage any particular dif-
ference that should distinguish the arms of persons not of
legitimate birth, or those of the descendants of such
ABATEMENT.
373
persons. It would appear, indeed, that this abatement
was generally if not always determined in accordance
with the wishes of different individuals. Some abatement
of illegitimacy was held and admitted to be necessary ;
and provided that the abatement appeared on the shield,
it might assume whatever form might be considered best
suited to each particular occasion. Two or three early
examples will illustrate the practice of the old Heralds
with sufficient clearness.
Sir Roger de Clarendon, son of the Black Prince,
bore, or, on a bend, sa., three ostrich featliers, labelled,
arg. His near kinsman, the son of John of Ghent, John
de Beaufort, before the act of legitimation in 1397, bore
a somewhat similar parody of the arms of his father — a
similar parody, at any rate, of the second and third quar-
ters of his father's shield, retaining his label : per pale,
arg. and az., on a bend, gu., three lions of England, ensigned
with a label of France. The tinctures of the field, argent
and azure, were the Livery colors of the Lancastrian
Plantagenets. John de Beaufort afterwards retained
these same tinctures in his bordure compony : see p.
184. Sir John de Clarence, son of Thomas, Duke of
Clarence, (himself the son of Henry IV), bore, per chev-
ron, gu. and az., in chief two lions counter-rampant, and in
base a fleur-de-lys, all or. Glover gives as the arms of a
natural son of one of the Fitz Alans, Ralph de Arundel,
a shield of Fitz Alan, flanched, arg. : that is, a shield,
arg., having flanches of Fitz Alan and Warrenne quarterly,
as they were quartered by the Earls ; No. 622.
The baton sinister was borne by Arthur, Viscount
Lisle, son of Edward IV : by Henry, Duke of Rich-
mond, son of Henry VIII : and by Charles Somerset
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ABATEMENT.
Earl of Worcester, son of Henry Beaufort, third Duke
of Somerset. The seal of this Charles Beaufort shews
that his baton crossed his quartered arms, but was
couped by his bordure : the baton itself is plain and very-
narrow. The eldest son of this Earl removed his father's
baton from his arms, and charged Beaufort upon a fesse
on a silver shield, thus recognizing the heraldic propriety
of retaining an abatement, though rejecting the baton.
The arms of the natural sons of Charles II were all
abated with the baton sinister, which was differenced after
the manner of a label. At the present day, the baton of
the Duke of St. Alban's is, gu., charged with three roses,
arg. ; that of the Duke of Cleveland is, ermine ; and
the baton of the Duke of Grafton is, compony, arg.
and az. Except in instances such as these, in which the
abatement is charged upon the Eoyal Arms, there appears
no reason for transmitting the baton sinister with its
peculiar signification ; in all less exceptional cases some
mark of cadency might very properly be substituted in its
stead, or all traces of Abatement might be removed from
their shields of arms by the descendants of persons, to
whom arms had been granted abated with a sinister baton.
No. 507. No. 508.
Latymeb. See page 200.
No. 510. — Diaper of the Seal of Thomas, Duke of G-locester.
(Enlarged), See p. 202.
CHAPTER XXXHI.
SUPPLEMENTARY.
I. Heraldic Authorities and Treatises on He-
raldry. Copies only of the earliest Bolls of Arms are
known to be now in existence. These Eolls contain the
armorial bearings of the Sovereign and his family, and of
the principal nobles and knights of the time.
1. Eoll of Henry III. Probable date, about 1250.
The original lost. A copy by Glover, Somerset Herald,
with Arms blazoned, but not drawn, presented by him to
Herald's College in 1586, where it is preserved in Miscel-
lanea Curiosa, L. 14.
2 - . Roll of Henry III. Probable date, about 1250.
The original lost. A copy, with arms, (about seven hun-
dred in number), tricked by Charles, Lancaster Herald,
in 1607, in the British Museum, Karl. MSS. 6589.
376 SUPPLEMENTARY.
3. Eoll of Caerlaverock, a.d. 1300. Contemporary
copies in British Museum, Cotton MSS., Caligula, A.
XVIII: and in Herald's College, MS. No. 27. Copies by
Glover in Herald's College, and in Ulster's Office, Dublin.
Translated and published, with the original text, notes,
and wood-cuts, by Sir Harris Nicholas, in 1828.
4. Falkirk Roll of Edward I, a.d. 1298. Copy,
British Museum, Karl. MSS. 6589.
5. Dunstable Eoll of Edward II, a.d. 1309. Copy,
British Museum. Karl. MSS. 1309.
6. Roll of Edward II, about 1315. Original, British
Museum. Cotton MSS. Caligula, A, XVIII.
7. Boroughbridge Roll of Edward II, a.d. 1322.
Original, Oxford, Ashmolean MSS. No. 731.
8. Calais Roll of Edward III, a.d. 1347. Copy,
a.d. 1607. Herald's College.
In addition to these, a few other early Rolls of Arms
are in existence, some of them in the possession of private
individuals.
In these Rolls, the heraldic formula, to " bear arms,"
occurs ; also the titles of the tinctures and various heraldic
terms and expressions now in use ; thus in a Roll of the
time of Edward III, probably a.d. 1337, there are the
following entries :
" Brian Fitz Alan de Bedale porte barre de goules et d'or
de viij peces ;"
" Rauf de Carnays porte d'or ove chief de goules et trois
turteaux d' argent en le chief:
" Tiers de Eouthe port d' argent ove un chevron de sable et
trois testes de lou de goules racer."
The earliest writer on Heraldry whose works are of any
real value to the student is Camden.
SUPPLEMENTARY.
377
Published works on Heraldry :
1. Vincent on Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility, 1622.
2. Dugdale's Baronage, 1675.
3. Sandford's Genealogical History of England, 1707.
4. Nesbit's System of Heraldry, 1722.
5. G-uillim's Display of Heraldry, 1724.
6. Anstis' Register of the Garter, 1724.
7. Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique de la Malson
Boyale de France, 1726.
8. Armorial General de France, 1768.
9. Ashmole's Order of the Garter, 1772.
10. Edmondson's Complete Body of Heraldry, 1 780.
And more recently published,
11. Rev. Mark Noble's History of the College of Arms.
12. Mottle's Bibliotheca Heraldica.
13. Berry's Encyclopaedia Heraldica.
14. Bank's Dormant and Extinct Peerages.
15. Sir Harris Nicholas' Synopsis of the Peerage.
16. The Historic Peerage of England, by Sir Harris
Nicholas, edited by William Courthorpe, Esq.,
Somerset Herald.
17. Vicomte De Magny's Nobiliare TJniversel.
18. Planche's Pursuivant at Arms.
19. Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry.
20. Willement's Begal Heraldry.
21. Parker's Dictionary of Heraldry.
22. Burke's, Lodge's, Debrett's and Dod's Peerages.
23. Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages and Ba-
ronetcies, Commoners, amd Landed Gentry.
24. Papworth's Ordinary of Arms.
25. Burke's Armory.
26. Eairburn's Crests.
378 SUPPLEMENTARY.
27. Thoms' Book of the Court
These works form a selected series, and with them may
be associated the Archceologia ; the Journals of the
Archaeological Institute and Association, particularly the
papers on Heraldic subjects in the latter publication by
Mr. Planche ; Stothard's Effigies ; Waller's Brasses ;
the Gentleman's Magazine, and the County Histories, and
the "Wills of Royal and other important personages.
II. Cadency. It will be understood that in very many
instances numerous examples of historical shields are in
existence, in addition to those which are specified in the
text. This is particularly the case in the instance of the
greater number of the Plantagenet shields that are dis-
tinguished by marks of Cadency. Canterbury Cathedral
alone, that noble museum of Architectural Heraldry, will
provide for the student a numerous series of duplicate
examples of the shields of the Plantagenets themselves,
with those of the Hollands, the Staffords, the Bohuns,
the Botjrchiers, the Beatjforts, the Mortimers, the
Courtenays, and others. The torteaux of the York Label
appear repeatedly at Canterbury ; also amongst several
differenced shields of the Cotjrtenays there is one which
has its Label charged with torteaux. This shield was
borne by a Courtenay who married a Wake ; another
Courtenay, who married a Holland, has his shield dif-
ferenced with a Label charged with fleurs-de-lys. I may
add that Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, whose seal I
have engraved, (No. 525, and p. 216), in a charter dated,
Feb. 8, 1387, styles himself, " Compte de Kent et Seigneur
de Wake."
In his " Pursuivant" (p. 150), Mr. Planche blazons the
Bordure of Humphrey, Duke of Glocester, as componee
SUPPLEMENTARY.
379
argent and sable : perhaps he has done this on the autho-
rity of Upton, who says {Be mili. off., p. 238), that the
Duke bore such a Label, which he might have assumed
when the Earldom of Flanders was granted to him, in
the fourteenth year of Henry VI. The shield of the
Duke in the cloisters at Canterbury has a plain Bordure ;
and in his Monument at St. Alban's his shield is repeated
again and again, carved in relief, but the Bordure is plain ;
No. 476. Many of these shields at St. Albans are in
perfect preservation, and they are ensigned with a coronet
decorated after a most singular manner. The Duke also
differenced his lion crest with a Collar argent.
The Seal of Eichard, Earl of Cambridge, which dis-
plays both his Label of York and his Bordure of Leon, has
at the base of the shield two lions counter -couchant guard-
ant, each of them holding an ostrich-feather with a scroll.
See No. 478, and p. 197.
The Seal of JohJes B'us de Segrave — the Segrave of
Caerlaverock — has his shield charged with a lion rampt.,
croivned, and on either side of the shield is a garb.
On his Seal, Eichard de Beauchamp, (who died in
1439) quarters Beauchamp and Newburgh, Nos. 367 and
368 ; and his shield is supported by two chained bears with
ragged staves.
Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex, quartered Bourchier
and Louvaine, the latter being, gu., billettee, a fesse, or :
accordingly, the water-bouget and the billet which diaper
his mantling, were obtained from the charges of his
shield. See No. 450, and p. 176. The slab, which still
retains the brass to this Earl and his Countess, Isabella
Plantagenet, at Little Easton, was originally powdered
with Bourchier -knots and Fetter-locks.
380 SUPPLEMENTARY.
III. Princes of Wales. The title of Prince of Wales
appears to have been borne by Edward II during the
lifetime of his father, without any formal creation to that
dignity. Edward III, who succeeded to the Crown when
in his fifteenth year, was never created Prince of Wales,
nor does he appear to have borne that title. Before his
accession he was styled Earl of Chester. At page 191,
Edward III, before his accession is incorrectly styled
Prince of Wales, instead of Prince Royal. He bore his
azure label both of three and of five points. The Black
Prince was formally created Prince of Wales by Edward
III in 1343. The next Princes of Wales became Kings
as Richard II, and Henry V. (See also p. 256).
His Royal Highness, Albert Edward, our Prince of
Wales, is Duke of Cornwall and of Bothsay, Earl of
Chester and of Dublin, and Lord of the Isles, and also Duke
of Saxony. The quartered shield of the Prince may be
blazoned as follows :
1. Grand quarter : Arms of the Prince of Wales.
2. Saxony ; or, more correctly, quarterly, 1 and 4, the
United Kingdom : 2 and 3, Saxony :
3. Quarterly, 1 and 4, Cornwall ; 2 and 3, Chester :
4. Quarterly, 1 and 4, BotJisay ; 2 and 3, Dublin : and
iu pretence, the insignia of Lord of the Isles.
Or, thus :
Grand Quarters,
1 and 4 : the Prince of Wales :
2 and 3: Saxony.
In pretence, over all, Cornwall, Chester, Bothsay and
Dublin, quarterly, with the insignia of Lord of the Isles
charged on an Inescutcheon .
PLATE LX.
No. 568.
Amiorial Insignia of H.R.1I. the Pkince of Wales, K.Gr. Page 387.
SUPPLEMENTARY. 381
In anticipation of an auspicious event, the arms of the
Prince of Wales will impale Denmark. See Plate LX.
IV. The Imperial Crown. To my series of Examples
of the Crown of England, I add a faithful representation
of the Crown of Jewels, made for the Coronation of Her
Majesty the Queen, and in use on those occasions of
high state ceremonial, which require the presence of this
emblem of Royal Dignity ; No. 624, Plate LII.
The Crown, (No. 562, p. 252), of Her Majesty's imme-
diate predecessors has already become historical, having
been superceded by the new State Grown, No. 624,
p. 249. The Heraldic Grown, however, which enjoys the
Eoyal favour, diners from the State Crown, and inclines
to the type of an earlier time. This Heraldic Crown of
our Most Gracious Sovereign I have represented in No.
354, p. 350.
The wood-cut at page 253, No. 562 a, ought to have
represented the Crown of the late Prince Consort with
a cap enclosed within its arches, and also as being en-
signed with a Cross Patee, instead of a plain Latin Cross,
No. 623. — Crown of the Late Prince Consort.
as No. 623. In its actual condition, No. 562 a, closely
resembles the Crown of Italy.
V. The Feather Badge. (See pages 72, and 202).
382 SUPPLEMENTARY.
In the Monument of Abbot Bamrydge, at St. Alban's,
three Ostrich Feathers appear united in a single scroll ;
and they are also represented precisely after the same
manner in the equally splendid Monument of Prince
Arthur Tudor, in Worcester Cathedral. Edward
Tudor, Prince of Wales, the son of Henry VIII, first
ensigned three Feathers with a Coronet, and he charged
this group upon a roundle. Henry Stuart, eldest son of
James I, established the arrangement of the three fea-
thers within a Prince's Coronet, in place of the scroll, as
the Ensign of the Prince of Wales.
At an earlier period, John of Ghent bore Ostrich Fea-
thers, ermine, on his Badge. Ostrich Feathers were also
borne by all the sons of Henry IV, and by the Beau-
forts, and they were held in equal esteem by both the
rival Houses of York and Lancaster. To Thomas Mow-
bray, Duke of Norfolk, as an augmentation of high
honor, Eichard II granted two Ostrich Feathers, to be
borne erect, u in sigillo et vexillo suo" — in both his seal
and his banner ; and, in the achievement of this unfor-
tunate nobleman, which has been discovered at Venice,
there appear the Feathers, with a Swan, a Hart, and a
Collar of SS, (see Archsel., XXXI, 350). Amongst the
devices that diaper the robe of Anne of Bohemia, in her
effigy, the figure of an ostrich is introduced. In Harl.
MS. 304, fol. 12, in the British Museum, it is recorded
that the white Ostrich Feather with its pen golden is the
King's : the feather entirely white, or silver, is the Prince's :
the feather golden, with its pen ermine, is the Duke of Lan-
caster's : and the feather white, having its pen compony, is
the Duke of Somerset's.
By the Black Prince himself, the Ostrich Feathers
SUPPLEMENTARY. 383
were certainly held in high esteem ; and it Would seem
that he regarded them in a peculiar light. Thus, in his
will, the Prince gives directions that on the occasion of
his funeral two distinct armorial compositions should be
displayed in the procession, immediately before his re-
mains ; one, for war — "1'un pur la guerre, de nos armes
entiers quartelles" — of his quartered arms ; and the other,
of his Badge of Ostrich Feathers, for peace — " et l'autre
pur la paix, de nos bages des plumes d'ostruce." Similar
shields " for war," and " for peace," alternate about the
Monument of the Prince.
VI. The Collar of SS. In the centre of the Canopy
above his Monument at Canterbury, the shield of Henry
IV is encircled with a Collar of SS, after the manner
of the Garter of the Order. This shield bears France
modern and England, impaling Navarre and Eureux, (No.
348, PL XXni) ; upon the Collar the S is repeated
twenty-three times, and from the customary trefoil clasp
there hangs as a pendant, an Eagle displayed. Collars of
SS also surround other shields of France and England,
and of Navarre and Eureux : and the whole field is dia-
pered with eagles and greyhounds within garters, charged
alternately with the mottos, soverayne, and atempe-
rance, and with gennets that are crowned, collared, and
chained.
Late examples of the SS collar occur at Elford in Staf-
fordshire ; the latest there appears upon the effigy to Sir
William Smythe, a.d. 1526.
VII. Livery Colors. At page 83, the Livery Colors
of the House of Lancaster are omitted : they were argent
and azure, whence the Beauforts derived their bor-
dures.
384
SUPPLEMENTARY.
VIII. Miscellaneous. The Charge, a Scaling Ladder,
No. 164 A. Scaling Ladder.
No. 625. Cross urdee.
No. 164 a, which was accidentally omitted from PI. IX, is
represented here charged upon a shield. See p. 55.
To the Heraldic Crosses represented in PI. Ill, and
described in Chap. VII, page 32, I have to add one other
variety, the Cross urdee, No. 625. This Cross was borne
sable, on a field argent, by Sir Thomas Bannister, K.G.,
whose name stands fifty-fifth in Ashmole's list of the
knights. The example is drawn from the Stall-plate.
Ashmole himself blazons this Cross asfleurie.
At page 64 the antlers, or attires of a Hart, ought to
have been described as being in themselves distinct
charges.
In Chap. XIII, amongst other " Descriptive Terms,"
in page 88, should have been inserted the words, In
Quadrangle, signifying such an arrangement of four
charges as would place one of them in the centre of each
quarter of a shield. Also, in page 86, the word Treflee,
signifying bordered after the manner of a series of
trefoils.
In order to render the Illustrations as complete as
possible, in several instances I have either added enlarged
representations of some of the examples, or extended the
SUPPLEMENTARY. 385
original series of the examples themselves : accordingly,
the List of Illustrations contains a few numbers that
are not inserted in the text ; and also some of the
numbers refer to two engravings of the same object.
Thus, in Plate XVI, p. 100, No. 277 refers to both the
smaller and the larger representation of the basinet of
John of Eltham. In the same Plate, No. 279 a. is an
enlarged portion of the coronetted basinet of the Black
Prince, of which a side view is given in No. 279. With
a view to show very clearly the adjustment of both the
Coronet and the Camail of the Black Prince, I have
added a third engraving from his effigy, No. 279, in Plate
LII, p. 249. In Plate XLII, p. 252, No. 548 refers
both to the sketch of the Crown of Eichard I and to
the enlarged portion of it. No. 194 is repeated in Plates
V and X ; and No. 239 a. has also been twice used, at
p. 70 and in Plate XII. Fitz Nichol has inadvertently
been twice engraved — No. 380 a. in Plate XXVII, and No.
388 in Plate XLVIH. The woodcuts, Nos. 627 and 628, are
additional examples ; the former representing one of the
chained White Harts, the favourite badge of Eichard II,
from the diaper of his effigy, (see, Contents, p. vi.) : and, No.
628 is drawn from the panelling of the Chantry of Bishop
Oldham, a.d. 1519, at Exeter Cathedral — the owl with
the label in its beak charged with the letters dom, form-
ing what was held to be a Eebus of the Bishop's name —
Owld-dom, Old-ham, p. 389 : see also, Bebus, p. 118. I have
to add, that a single number (Nos. 590, 593, 594, 595,
and 596) is applied to each group of examples illustrative
of the insignia of the knightly Orders ; and No. 595
also denotes each of the two Stars of the Bath, at pages
391 and 392. In Plate XXVI, p. 212, No. 267 a. the
cc
386
SUPPLEMENTARY.
panache-crest of Lord Ferrers of Chartley, is an
additional example, drawn from the brass at Merevale.
The reference to No. 590, the Insignia of the Order of
the Garter represented in Plate LIY, has been acciden-
tally omitted in page 266. In Plates a and b, pages
226 and 227, the examples are all numbered (536 to 543),
but the numbers have not been inserted in every instance
in the text — an accidental omission which I regret.
The fine enamelled and diapered shield of Earl Wil-
liam de Valence, a.d. 1206, (No. 101), still remains in
so perfect a condition in Westminster Abbey, that I hare
engraved it in the tinctures of the original, in Plate VII.
This Plate is placed at page 43, as a perfect example of
heraldic diapering. The wood-cut, No. 338 a, which fol-
lows in this page, has been engraved in consequence of
No. 338 a. Shield of John de Hastings, K.G., Earl of Pembeoke,
quartering De Hastiyigs and De Valence, and impaling France
Ancient and England quarterly : from the Monument of Edw. III.
at Westminster.
SUPPLEMENTARY.
387
an inaccuracy in the corresponding shield in Plate XXI,
at page 142. This, the earliest known existing example
of a quartered shield borne by an English subject, is
also an early example of impalement.
In Plate XIX, at page 145, the first shield ought to
have quartered England only, and not France and Eng-
land quarterly, with Hainault. The correct blazon of
this very interesting shield is given in the annexed wood-
cut, No. 337.
No. 337. Queen Philippa of Hainault.
In Plate LX, No. 568, page 380, the Armorial Insignia
of H.E.H. the Prince op Wales, K.G-., are divided into
two groups, as follows :
A. Arms of the Prtnce op Wales, having Saxony in
pretence, and impaling Denmark : with the Coronet, Fea-
thers, Crown, Helm, Crest and Motto of the Prince.
B. Arms of the Prince of Wales, quartering Saxony,
and having, in pretence, Cornwall, Chester, Eothsay, Dublin
and the Isles ; the shield encircled with the Garter of the
Order, and supported by the Feather-Badge of the Prince.
c c 2
388
SUPPLEMENTARY .
In the Frontispiece, the Seal of Thomas Holland, No.
525, is charged with the figure of a Hind, and not of a
Hart, as it is stated at page 216. And the Seal of Hum-
phrey de Bohun, No. 397 a, also represented in the
Frontispiece, will be found to bear the three lions of
England, each within a separate cusped circle, one above
and the others on either side of the shield ; thus the
alliance between the Earl of Hereford and the family of
the Sovereign was significantly indicated before the
establishment of a system of Marshalling.
The assistance which I have received from one valued
friend throughout the preparation of this volume, I desire
here most gratefully to acknowledge ; and while to all
who have aided me I tender my cordial thanks, I feel
bound to record my special obligation to William
Courthorpe, Esquire, Somerset Herald ; to the Eev.
H. W. Hodgson, Rector of King's Langley ; and to T. G-.
Bayfield, Esquire, of Norwich.
x UH yy&
]S T o. 628. — Eobus of Bishop Oldham, Exeter Cathedral. Page 385.
LIST OF PLATES.
PLATE. Tago.
I. Shields and Achievement of Arms . . 21
II. Ordinaries — B-oundlcs . . . .27
III. Heraldry of the Cross . . . .35
IV. Subordinates — Varied Fields . . .37
V. Shields of Arms 39
VI. Shields of Arms . . . . .42
VII. Diapered and Enamelled Shield of William de
Valence . . . . . .43
VIII. Charges — Inanimate Objects . . .46
IX. Charges — Inanimate Objects . . .56
X. Heraldry of the Lion . . . .60
XL Charges — Animate Beings . . .64
XII. Charges — Animate Beings and Natural Objects 68
XIII. Charges— Natural Objects, &c. . . . 74
XIV. Shields of Arms . . . .105
XV. Charges — Inanimate Objects and Animate
Beings . . . . .93
XVI. Ducal Coronets, Basinets, and Crest-Wreaths 100
XVII. Effigy of Lady Tiptoft, and Shields of Arms . 112
XVIII. Marshalling — Dimidiation . . . 131
XIX. Marshalling — Impalements, &c. . . 145
XX. Marshalling and Cadency — Arms of the De
Bohuns . . . .137
390
LIST OF PLATES.
XXI. Effigy and Arms of Earl John de Hastings
XXII. Marshalling and Cadency — Impalements .
XXIII. Marshalling — Impalements and Quarterings
XXIV. Marshalling ....
XXV. Cadency — Crosslets, Martlets, &c. .
XXVI. Crests
XXVII. Cadency — Crosslets, Escallops, Cinquefoils,
&c. .....
XXVIII. Cadency— Mullets, Fleurs-de-lys, &c.
XXIX. Pennons, Standards, &c.
XXX. Crests and Knots ....
XXXI. Cadency — Labels of the Plantagenets
XXXII. Cadency — Bordures ....
XXXIII. Cadency — Labels ....
XXXIV. Cadency — Plantagenet Shields and Labels
XXXV. Banners, Standard, Helm and Sail .
XXXVI. Royal Cadency, and British Ensigns
XXXVII. Cadency— Crosslets, Mullets, &c. .
XXXVIII. Cadency — Arms of the De Valences, &c. .
XXXIX. Cadency and Badges — Fleurs-de-lys
XL. Cadency — Annulets, Roundles, Cantons,
&c. .....
XLI. Coronets and Crests .
XLII. Crowns . . . . .
XLIII. Lancastrian Collars, and Insignia of the
Garter .....
XLIV. Yorkist Collars, and Insignia of the Garter
XLV. Cadency and Helms .
XL VI. Shields of Arms, Crest and Victoria Cross
XLVII. Shields of Arms and Royal Badges
XLVIII. Cadency — Crosslets, Billets, &c.
XLIX. Cadency
L. Cadency — Roundles, &c.
LI. Cadency — Shields of Arms and Mantlings .
LII. Crowns and Helms .
LIII. Seals
LIV. Tnwignia of the Garter
Page
142
143
144
148
161
212
163
170
221
204
192
184
197
191
223
257
165
169
171
180
254
252
262
264
324
285
283
164
174
173
186
. 249
Frontiepiece
. 266
LIST OF PLATES.
391
PLATK. PagC
LV. Insignia of the Thistle . . . .270
LYI. Insignia of St. Patrick . . . .271
LYII. Insignia of the Bath .... 273
LVI1I. (or Plate A). Royal Arms of England . . 226
LIX. (or Plate B). Royal Arms of England . . 227
LX. Armorial Insignia of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 380
LXI. Insignia of the Star of India . . .270
No. 595. Insignia of the Order of the Bath : Star of the Knights
Commandees. See page 272.
No. 595. Insignia of the Order of the Bath :— Star of the KNIGHTS
Grand Cross. See page 272.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No.
No.
1 A
B
> Jn-usalem, p. 4.
» Jerusalem, p. 4.
21
Gules, p. 25.
22
Sable, p. 25.
2
France Ancient, p. 18.
23
Vert, p. 25.
3
24
Purpure, p. 25.
4
> Heraldic Shields, p. 19.
25
26
Ermine, p. 26.
Ermines, p. 26.
6
\
37
Erminois, p. 26.
7
Provence, PL i.
28
Vair, p. 26.
8
Points of the Shield, p. 23
29
Vair, p. 26.
9
Per Pale, p. 23.
30
Counter Vair, p 26
10
Per Fesse, p. 23.
31
Potent, p. 26.
11
Per Cross, or Quarterly, p. 23.
32
Counter Potent, p.
12
Her Bend, p. 23.
33
A Chief, plate ii.
13
Per Saltire, p. 23.
33 a
. De Neville, p. 31.
14
Per Chevron, p. 23.
33 b
De Lacy, p. 31.
15
Quarterly of eight, p 23.
34
A Fesse, plate ii.
1G
Quarterly Quartered, p. 23.
35
A Bar, plate ii.
17
Dividing and Border Lines, p.
30
A Pale, plate ii.
24
37
A Cross, plate ii.
18
Or, p. 24.
38
A Bend, plate ii.
19
Argent, p. 24.
39
A Saltire, plate ii.
20
Azure, p. 25.
40
A Chevron, plate ii.
26.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
393
No.
40a
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
49 a.
49 d.
49 c.
49d.
49 e.
40 f.
49 G.
49h.
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
66 a.
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
De Clare, p. 27.
A Pile, plate ii.
Two Bars, plate ii.
A Fesse Cotised, plate ii.
Bars Gemelles, plate ii.
A Pale endorsed, plate ii.
On a Bend, plate ii.
A Bend cotised, plate ii.
A Ribbon, plate ii.
On a Saltire, plate ii.
In Chief, plate ii.
In Fesse, plate ii.
In Pale, plate ii.
In Cross, plate ii.
In Bend, plate ii.
In Saltire, plate ii.
In Chevron, plate ii.
In Pile, plate ii.
A Bezant, plate ii.
A Plate, plate ii.
A Hurte, plate, ii.
A Torteau, plate ii.
A Pellet, plate ii,
A Pomme, plate ii.
A Fountain, plate ii.
A Greek Cross, plate iii.
A Latin Cross, plate iii.
A Tau Cross, plate iii.
St. Andrew, plate iii.
St- Patrick, plate iii.
St. George, plate iii.
The First Union Jack, p. 32.
The Second Union Jack, p. 32.
A Cross Fimbriated, plate iii.
A Cross surmounted by a
Cross, plate iii.
A Cross voided, plate iii.
A Cross pointed, plate iii.
A Cross patriarchal, plate iii
A Cross on Degrees, plate iii.
A Cross couped, plate iii.
A Maltese Cross, plate iii.
A Cross quadrate, plate iii.
A Cross quarter pierced, plate
iii.
A Cross quarterly pierced,
plate iii.
A Cross Moline, plate iii.
A Crose Recerce'ee, plate iii.
A Cross Patonce, plate iii.
The Confessor — St. Edward,
plate i.
A Cross Fleurie, plate iii.
No.
80 A Cross Fleurettee, plate id.
81 A Cross Pommee, plate iii.
82 A Cross Fourchee, plate iii.
83 A Cross Crosslet, plate iii.
84 A Cross Crosslet Fitchee,
plate iii.
85 A Cross Patee, plate iii.
86 A Cross Patee Fitchee, plate iii
87 A Cross Botonee, plate iii.
88 A Cross Botonee Fitchee,
plate iii.
89 A Cross Potent, plate iii.
90 A Cross Potent Fitchee, plate
iii.
91 A Cross Potent Quadrate,
plate iii.
92 A Cross Engrailed, plate iii.
93 A Cross Uudee, plate iii.
94 A Cross Ragulee, plate iii.
95 Five Fusils in Cross, plate iii.
96 A Canton, plate, iv.
97 A Gyron, plate iv.
98 An Inescutcheon, plate iv.
99 Mortimer, p. 37.
99 a. Mortimer, p. 37.
100 An Orle, plate iv.
101 De Valence, plates v, vii, and
xxxviii.
102 A Tressure, plate iv.
103 Scotland, plate v.
104 A Lozenge, plate iv.
105 A Fusil, plate iv.
106 A Frette, plate iv.
106 a. Frettee, plate iv.
107 Le De Spencer, plate, v.
108 Flanches, plate, iv.
108 a. Flasques, plate iv.
109 A Mascle, plate iv.
110 A Rustre, plate iv.
111 A Billet, plate iv.
112 A Label, plate iv.
113 A Bordure, plate iv.
114 A Bordure engrailed, plate iv.
115 A Bordure indented, plate iv.
115a. Shield — Whitworth Effigy,
p. 39.
116 Brittany — De Dreux, plate v.
117 Gyronny, plate iv.
118 Gyronny of six, plate, iv.
119 Lozengy, plate iv.
120 Fusilly," plate iv.
121 De Grey, p. 40.
121 a. Paly of 8, plate iv.
394
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No.
No.
121 B.
Bendy of 8, plate iv.
148
122
Barry Bendy, plate iv.
123
Paly Bendy, plate iv.
149
124
A Bordure Com pony, plate iv.
150
125
Bordure Counter Compony,
151
plate iv.
152
126
Bordure Chequee, plate iv.
152 a
127
Sir Robert de Chandos, plate
153
vi.
154
127 a.
Percy — Beverley Minster,
155
plate vi.
156
127 b
De Warrenne — Castle Acre,
157
plate vi.
158
127 c.
De Warrenne — Beverley, plate
159
vi.
160
128
Flag of the Admiralty, p. 44.
161
129
Six Annulets, plate viii.
129 a.
Arrows, plate viii.
162
129 b.
Bannerman, plate viii.
163
129 c.
Three Battering Rams, plate
164
130
A Fire Beacon, plate viii.
164 a.
131
Breys, plate viii.
164 b.
13lA
De Geneville, plate xiv.
132
A Buckle, plate viii.
165
132 a.
A Buckle and strap, plate viii.
166
133
A Caltrap, plate viii.
167
133 a.
A Chapeau, plate viii.
168
134
An Escarbuncle, plate via.
169
134 a.
An Escarbuncle, plate viii.
170
135
CastLe and Leon — Queen
171
Alianore, plate i.
172
135 a
. A Castle, plate viii.
173
136
A Chess-Rook, plate viii.
173a
136 a
A Cinque foil, plate viii.
174
136 b
A Clarion, plate viii.
175
137
A Clarion, plate viii.
176
137a
Cups, plate viii.
176a
138
Cushions, plate viii.
177
138 a
Cushions— De Bohun Brass,
177a
plate xv.
178
139
City of London, p. 57.
179
140
An Estoile, plate viii.
141
A Winnowing Fan, plate viii.
179 a.
142
A Fetter Lock, plate viii.
143
A Fylfot Cross, plate, viii.
179 b.
144
Fitz William, p. 57.
144 a
. Crest of Hope, plate xxvi.
180
144 b
Crest of Drake, plate xxvi.
180 a
145
Gauntlets, plate viii.
181
146
G urges, plate viii.
147
A Hawk's Lure, plate ix.
182
A Hawk's Bell and Jesses,
plate ix.
A Hemp-Brake, plate ix.
A Hunting Horn, plate ix.
A Lymphad, plate ix.
A Maunche, plate ix.
A Maunche, plate ix.
A Mill-rind, plate ix.
A Mullet, plate ix.
A Mullet of 8 points, plate ix.
De Vere, plate vi.
A Mullet pierced, plate ix.
A Pall, plate ix.
A Pastoral Staff, plate xv.
A Crozier, plate xv.
A Penner and Inkhorn, plate
ix.
A Pheon, plate ix.
A Portcullis, plate ix.
A Qtiatrefoil and Shield, plate
xv.
A Scaling-Ladder, Seep. 384.
A Lozenge Panel and Shield,
plate xv.
A Seax, plate ix.
A Shakefork, plate ix.
Hay, p. 57.
The Trinity House, plate xiv.
A Pryck Spur, plate ix.
A Wheel Spur, plate ix.
A Rouelle Spur, plate ix.
A Guarded Spur, plate ix.
The Earl Poulett, plate xiv.
A Tower, plate ix
A Trellise, plate ix.
A Trumpet, plate ix.
A Water Bouget, plate ix.
Isle of Man, plate xiv.
The Badge of Ulster, plate ix.
Douglas, plate xiv.
A Lion Passant, plate x.
A Lion Passant Guardant,
plate x.
A Lion Passant Reguardant,
plate x.
A Lion Passant Guardant,
plate x.
A Lion Rampant, plate x.
A Lion Rampant, plate x.
A Lion Rampant Guardant,
plate x.
A Lion Rampant Keguardant,
plate x.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
395
No.
183 A Lion Salient, plate x.
134 Two Lions Combattant, plate
x.
185 The Crest of Percy, p. 58.
18G The Crest of Howard, p. 58.
187 A Lion Sejant, plate x.
187 a. A Lion Sejant Rampant, plate
x.
187 b, A Lion Couchant, plate x.
188 A Demi- Lion Rampant, plate
x.
189 A Lion's Face, plate x.
190 A Lion's Head, couped, plate
x.
191 A Lion's Head, erased, plate
x.
192 A Lion's Jambe, plate x.
193 Two Lions Rampant addorsed,
plate x.
j" Cornwall, plate v.
194 •< A Lion Rampant, crowned,
[ plate x.
195 A Lion Rampant, holding a
Spear, plate x.
193 A Lion gorged with a coronet,
plate x.
197 A Lion queue* fourchee, plate
x
198 England, p. 13.
199 The Earl of Pembroke, plate
x.
200 Longespee, p. 88.
201 De Rohun, plate xx.
201 a. De Wheatharapstede, plate
xv.
202 A Stag at gaze, plate xi.
203 A Stag tripping, plate xi.
203 a. A Stag at speed, plate xi.
204 A Stag lodged, plate xi.
205 A Stag's Headcabossed, plate
xi.
205 a. Stanley, plate xiv.
2'»5 b. Cavendish, plate xiv.
206 A Bear and Ragged Staff,
plate xxx.
207 A Talbot Dog, plate, xi.
208 Jessant-de-lys, plate xi.
208 a. Jessant-de-lys reversed, plate
xi.
209 A Bird soaring, plate xi.
210 Wings in lure, plate xi.
211 Wings erect, plate xi.
No.
212 A Bird trussing another, plate
xi.
212 a. An Eagle displayed, plate xi.
212 b. An Eagle with two heads,
plate xi.
213 A Pelican in its Piety, plate xi.
214 A Swan chained, plate xi.
215 A Bird closed, plate xi.
216 A Martlet, plate xi.
216 a. A Martlet, plate xi.
217 A Fish naiant, plate xi.
218 A Fish hauraint, plate xi.
218 a. A Fish uriant, plate xi.
219 A Dolphin embowed, plate xi.
220 An Escallop shell, plate, xi.
221 A Cockatrice, plate xii.
222 Crest— Dagworth, plate xii.
222 a. Crest — Elmebrigge, plate xii.
223 A Dragon, plate xii.
223 a. A Dragon Standard, plate xii.
224 A Griffin, plate xii.
225 A Mermaid, plate xii.
225 a. A Collar of Mermaids, p. 69.
226 A Meiman, plate xii.
227 A Wyvern, plate xii.
227 a. A Unicorn, plate xii.
227 b. A Pegasus, plate xii.
227 c. A Phenix, plate xii.
228 The Sun in splendor, plate xii.
229 Rays of the Sun, plate xii.
230 Crescent, plate xii.
231 Decrescent, plate xii.
232 Increscent, plate xii.
233 A Cinquefoil, plate xii.
234 Black Prince — Shield of
Peace, p. 70.
234 a. Feather Badge— Black Prince
plate xii.
234 b. Swan and Feather — De
Bohun, plate xii.
235 Feather and Scroll — Worces-
ter, plate xii.
235 a. Prince of Wales' Plume —
Modern, plate xv.
236 A Fleur-de-lys, from tiles,
plate xiii.
236 a. A Fleur-de-lys, from tiles,
plate xiii.
236 b A Fleur-de-lys, from tiles,
plate xiii.
237 A Fleur-de-lys — Windsor,
plate xv.
396
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No.
No.
237 a
, A Fleur-de-lys — Monument
264
Helm and Crest — Edward de
of Edward III, plate xv.
Thorpe, plate lii.
238
A Fleur-de-lys, on Sword and
265
Helm and Crest — R. de
Sceptre, plate xiii.
Beauchamp, plate xii.
239
Leveson, p. 70.
266
Crest — Lord Stourton, plate
239 a
Chester, p. 70.
xxvi .
239 b,
A Garbe, plate xii.
267
Helm and Crest — Sir William
239 a
A Slip of Oak, plate xii.
de Bryenne, plate xxvi.
240
Pianta Genista, plate xii.
267 a
. Crest — Lord Ferrers of
24 L
A Rose, plate xiii.
Chartley, plate xxvi.
242
A Rose — Worcester, p 226.
268
Crest Coronet — SirT. Broun-
242 a
A White Rose of York, plate
flet, plate xxvi.
xiii.
269
Crest of Mortimer, plate
243
A Rose-en- Soleil — Worcester,
xxvi.
p. 226.
270
Seal— Mortimer, p. 328.
244
A Sixfoil, plate xiii.
271
St. Edmond, plate xiv.
245
The Stock of a Tree, plate
272
A Mural Crown, p. 97 >
xiii.
273
A Naval Crown, p. 97.
216
A Trefoil slipped, plate
274
A Vallary Crown, p. 97.
xiii.
275
An Eastern Crown, p. 97.
247
A Tudor Rose — Worcester,
276
The Coronet of a Duke, p.
p. 226.
99.
248
A York and Lancaster Rose
277
Basinet — John of Eltham,
crowned, plate xiii.
plate xvi.
248 a
. A White Rose-en-Soleil, plate
278
Fillet— William of Hatfield,
xiii.
plate xvi.
249
Byron, p. 76
279
Basinet — Black Prince, plates
250
Gouttee, p. 76.
xvi, lii.
251
Gouttee, p. 76.
279a
Basinet — Black Prince, plate
252
Mantelee, plate xiii.
xvi.
253
A Saltire trononee, plate
280
Coronet — John De la Pole,
xiii.
plate xvi.
254
The Coronet of a Baron, p.
281
The Coronet of an Earl,
92.
p. 102.
255
Canterbury impaling Kempe,
282
Coronet — Earl of Arundel,
plate xiv.
p. 259.
256
Contoise — Aymer de Valence,
283
Coronet — Earl of Arundel,
plate xv.
p. 14.
257
Basinet — Sir H. Calveley,
283 a
Coronet— Countess of Arun-
plate xvi.
del, plate xii.
257 a.
A Crest Coronet, p. 210.
284
Coronet — Countess of Essex,
258
Basinet — Ralph de Neville,
plate xii.
plate xvi.
285
Coronet — Sir T. Boleyn, plate
259
Helm and Crest — Richard I,
xii.
plate xxvi.
286
Edward III, p. 332.
260
Helm and Crest — H. de
287
Camoys — with Garter, plate
Bohun, plate xxvi.
xiv.
261
Helm and Crest — Sir J.
288
Camoys and Mortimer, plate
Loutrell, plate xxvi.
xiv.
262
Helm and Crest — Edward
288 a.
Garter — Lord Camoys, plate
III, plate xxvi.
xliii.
263
Helm and Crest — Black
Prince, plate xxvi.
289
Henry V, plate xiv.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
397
No.
No.
290
Garter — John de la Pole,
316
Standard — Henry VIII, plate
plate xliv.
xxix.
291
Yorkist Collar — Lord liar-
317
The Coronet of a Viscount, p.
court, plate xliv.
126.
292
Garter — Lady Harcourt, plate
318
A Crest Wreath, plate xv.
xliv.
318 a.
A Crest W T reath in perspec-
293
A Gonfannon, plate xxix.
tive, plate xv.
294
Modern Helm — Sovereign, p.
319
Stafford impaling Butler, plate
107.
xxiv.
295
Modern Helm — Princes, p.
319 a.
Stafford, plate xxiv.
107.
319 b.
Butler, plate xxiv.
296
Modern Helm — Knights, p.
320
Cornwall dimidiates Clare,
108.
plate xviii.
297
Modern Helm — Esquires, p.
321
Cornwall impales Clare, plate
108.
xviii.
298
Crown of Herald Kings-of-
322
England dimidiates France,
Arms, p. 280.
plate xviii.
299
The Duke of Norfolk, p.
323
France Ancient and Navarre,
345.
plate xviii.
300
Effigy of Lady Tiptoft, plate
324
Dimidiated Shield — Chess-
xvii.
man, plate xviii.
300 a
Tiptoft, plate xvii.
325
De Valence dimidates Clare-
300 b.
Powys, plate xvii.
nionte, plate xviii.
300 c.
Tiptoft and Powys, plate
326
Great Yarmouth, plate xviii.
xvii.
327
Seal — Alice d'Avesnes, plate
301
Harsyck, plate i.
xviii.
302
The Coronet of a Marquess,
328
Seal — Peter Tederade, plate
p. 113.
xviii.
303
A Merchant's Mark, plate
329
Seal — Joan de Barr, plate xix.
xiii.
329 a
. De Barr, plate xix.
304
The Merchants of the Staple,
330
Two small shields of Essex,
plate xiii.
plate xx.
305
The Merchants Adventurers,
331
Secretum — Thomas of Glou-
plate xiii.
cester, plate xix.
306
The Mitre of Bishops, p.
332
John Plantagenet of Eltham,
115.
plate xix.
307
The Mitre of Archhishops, p.
333
Milo of Hereford, plate xx.
115.
334
Her Majesty the Queen, p.
308
The Mitre of the Bishop of
350.
Durham, p. 115.
335
Arnold de Gaveston, plate
309
Three Mitres, p. 89.
xix.
310
Pennon — Sir J. D'Auber-
335 a
Isabelle, Queen of Edward
noun, plate xxix.
II, p. 127.
311
Shield of St. George, Elsying
336
Edward III — Lincoln, plate
brass, plate xxix.
xxxiv.
312
Standard — Edward III, plate
337
England and Hainault, plate
xxix.
xix, and p. 387.
313
Standard — Earl of Warwick,
338
Effigy of John de Hastings,
plate xxxv.
plate xxi.
314
Standard — Henry of Boling-
338 a
. Shield of John de Hastings,
broke p. 220.
plate xxi, and p. 386.
315
Standard— Henry VIII, plate
339
The Black Prince — Lincoln
xxix.
plate xxxiv.
393
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No.
340 Woodstock and De Bohun,
plate xx.
341 De Bohun and Fitz Alan,
plate xx.
342 Thomas de Holland of Kent,
plate xxii.
343 Tiptoft, Holland and Powys,
plate xxii.
344. Impaled Shield of James II
of Scots, plate xxii.
345 The Countess of Lennox,
plate xxii.
346 The Countess of Richmond,
plate xxii.
346 a. Edmond Tudor impaling
Beaufort, plate xxii.
347 Seal— Henry of Bolinghroke,
plate xix.
348 Henry IV and Navarre, plate
xxiii.
349 Richard II, and Bohemia,
plate xxiii.
350 Richard II and France, plate
xxiii.
351 Henry VII and Elizabeth of
York, plate xxiii.
352 Henry VI and Margaret of
Anjou, plate xxiii.
353 H.R.H. the late Prince Con-
sort, p. 258.
354 Stafford and Butler, plate
xxiv.
355 Stafford and Butler, plate
xxiv.
356 Campbell, plate xxiv.
357 Stafford, Butler, and Camp-
bell, xxiv.
358 Stafford, Butler, and Camp-
bell, plate xxiv.
359 Stafford, Butler, and Camp-
bell, plate xxiv.
360 Bentinck, plate xxiv.
361 Stafford, Butler, Campbell,
and Bentinck, plate xxiv.
362 Bentinck impaling Stafford,
Butler, and Campbell, plate
xxiv.
363 Bentinck with Stafford, But-
ler and Campbell in pre-
tence, plate xxiv.
364 Bentinck quartering Stafford,
Butler, and Campbell, plate
No.
364 a. Powys and Holland, plate
xxiii.
365 De Furnival, plate xxv.
366 De la Zoucbe, plate xxv,
367 Newburgh, plate xxv.
368 De Beauchamp, plate xxv.
369 De Beauchamp, plate xxv.
370 De Beauchamp, plate xxv.
371 De Beauchamp, plate xxv.
372 De Clifford, plate xxv.
373 De Clifford, plate xxv.
374 De Ros, plate xxvii.
375 De Trumpingdon, plate xlviii.
376 De Balliol, plate xxvii.
377 De Cobham, plate xxv.
378 De Cobham, plate xxv.
379 De Cobham, plate xxv.
379 a. Label of Modern Cadency,
plate xiii.
380 Crescent of Modern Cadency,
plate xiii.
381 Mullet of Modern Cadency,
plate xiii.
382 Martlet of Modern Cadency,
plate xiii.
383 Annulet of Modern Cadency,
plate xiii.
384 Fleur-de-lys of Modern Ca-
dency, plate xiii.
385 Rose of Modern Cadency,
plate xiii.
386 Cross Moline of Modern Ca-
dency, plate xiii.
387 Octo-foil of Modern Cadency,
plate xiii.
388 Fitz Nichol, plates xxvii and
xlviii.
388 a. De Umphraville, plate xxvii.
388 b. W. Bardolph, plate xxvii.
388 c. T. Bardolph, plate xxvii.
388 d. Cross Crosslet fleurie, plate
xlviii.
388 e. Cross Crosslet botonee, plate
xlviii.
388 p. Darcy, plate xxvii.
388 g. Darcy, plate xxvii.
388 h. Darcy, plate xxvii.
388 i. Darcy, plate xxvii.
389 De Saltmarsh, plate xxxvii.
390 De Brewys, plate xxxvii.
391 De Swynborne, plate xxxvii.
392 De Berkeley, plate xxxvii.
393 De Berkeley, plate xxxvii.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
399
No. No.
394 Howard Ancient, plate 432
xxxvii. 432 a,
395 Grimstone, plate xxxvii. 433
396 Greville, plate xxxvii.
397 De Bohun of Hereford, plate 434
xx. 435
397 a. De Bohun Seal— Frontispiece, 435 a.
plate liii. 436
398 De Bohun of Northampton, 437
plate xx 438
398 a. De Bohun Seal— Frontispiece, 439
plate liii. 440
?99 De Montfort, plate xlix. 441
400 Clynton, plate xxxvii. 442
401 TJghtred, plate xxxvii. 443
402 Bassett, plate xxxvii. 444
403 Bassett, plate xxxvii. 445
404 St. John, plate xxviii. 446.
405 Dauhygne, plate xxviii. 447
406 Dauhygne, plate xxviii. 448
407 Dauhygne, plate xxviii.
408 Dauhygne, p. 156. 449
409 Graham, plate xxviii. 450
410 Deincourt, plate xlviii.
411 Haydon, plate xlviii. 451
412 De Merley, plate xlviii.
413 De Bonn, plate xlviii. 451 a.
414 De Valence, plate xxxviii.
415 De Valence, plate xxxviii. 452
416 De Valence, plate xxxviii. 452 a.
417 De Valence, plate xxxviii. 452 b.
418 De Valence, plate xxxviii.
419 De Chaworth, xxxviii. 452 c.
420 De Chaworth, xxxviii. 453
421 De Chaworth, xxxviii.
422 Fitz Ralph, plate xxxix. 454
423 De Peyner, plate xxviii. 455
424 De Deyville, plate xxviii. 456
425 Shield at Selby, plate xxviii.
425 a. Shield at Abergavenny, plate 457
xxxix. 458
425 b. Giffard, plate xxxix. 459
426 De Eachecourte, plate xxviii. 460
426 b. Bromflete, plate xxxix. 461
426 c. De Cantelupe, plate xxxix. 462
427 De Beaumonte, plate xxviii. 463
427 a. De Ryther, plate xxxviii. 464
427 b. Parys, plate xxxviii. 465
428 De Potenhall, plate xxviii. 466
429 Lennox, plate xxxii.
430 Edward II, as Prince of Wales, 467
plate xlv.
431 De Tressell, plate xxxviii.
De Fitz William, plate xlix.
Elmebrigge, plate xlix.
Sir John de Cornwall, K.G.
plate li.
Estofford, plate 1.
De Welle, plate 1.
De Trussell, plate 1.
St. Amand, plate I.
Wake, plate 1.
De Courtenay, plate 1.
De Bascreville, plate 1.
De Vipont, plate 1.
De Quincey, plate xlix.
Le Blond, plate 1.
De Burgh, plate 1.
De Vaux, plate 1.
De Creke, plate xlviii.
De Fortibus, plate 1.
De Mounchesney, plate xlviii.
Shield from Arderne brass,
plate xl.
De Verdon, plate xl.
Mantling — Earl of Essex,
plate li.
Mantling — George of Cla-
rence, plate li.
Crest— John Beaufort, K.G.,
plate xli.
Fynderne, plate xl.
De la Pole, plate xl.
De Neville, of Salisbury, plate
xl.
De Neville, plate xl.
William de Lancaster, plate
xl.
De Cauteville, plate xl.
De Bassett, plate xl.
Ralph, Lord Bassett, K.G.,
plate xl.
De Kendall, plate xl.
Fitz Marmaduke, plate xl.
De Grandison, plate xlix.
De Grandison, plate xlix.
St. Quintin, plate xxvii.
St. Quintin, plate xxvii.
De Ferrers, plate li.
De Montbourchier, plate li.
Le De Spencer, plate li.
Abbot John De Wheathamp-
stede, plate li.
De Lacy, Earl of Lincoln,
plate xlix.
400
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No.
No.
468
Ermine Label — St. Albans',
plate xxxi.
497
4G9
Ermine Label — Great Y r-
498
rnouth, plate xxxi.
; 499
470
Edward I as Prince Royal, p.
157.
500
471
Henry of Lancaster, p. 157.
472
Label of York, Great Yar-
mouth, plate xxxi.
501.
473
Label of George of Clarence,
502
plate xxxi.
503
474
Label of Richard of York,
plate xxxi.
504
475
Holland of Kent, (Bordure
Argent), plate xxxii.
505
476
Humphrey of Gloucester,
plate xxxii.
506
477
De Vere with Bordure, plate
xxxii
507
477^
. Holland of Exeter, plate xlv.
508
478
Richard of Coningsburgh,
plate xxxii.
509
479
Beaufort, plate xxxii.
510
480
Cardinal Beaufort, plate
xxxii.
511
481
Thomas Beaufort, K.G., plate
xxxii.
512
482
Edmond Tudor, plate xxxii.
483
Jasper Tudor, plate xxxii.
513
484
Thomas Beaufort, K.G , plate
xxxii.
514
485
Label of Richard II, plate
515
xxxi.
516
486
Henry of Bolingbroke, p. 200.
517
487
Henrv V as Prince of Wales,
p. 333.
518
488
Edmond of Lancaster, plate
519
xlv.
519 a.
489
Fac-simile of Label — Monu-
ment of Edward III, plate
520
xxxi.
490
Lionel Plantagenet — Lincoln,
plate xxxiv.
521
491
John of Ghent — Lincoln,
plate xxxiv.
522
492
Edmond of Langley — Lincoln
523
plate xxxiv.
493
Henry of Bolingbroke — Lin-
524
coln, plate xxxiv.
494
Ermine Label, plate xxxi.
525
495
Label of Lancaster, plate
xxxiii.
525 a.
496
Label of York, plate xxxi.
Label of Leon and York,
plate xxxiii.
Label of Castile, plate xxxiii.
Label of Castile and Leon,
plate xxxiii.
Label of Richard III, plate
xxxi.
Label of the " Last of the
Plantagenets," plate xxxi.
John Louell, plate xxxiii.
Sir Edward Montagu, p.
362.
Label — Sir H. Courtenay,
plate xxxiii.
Label — Sir P. Courtenay,
K.G., plate xxxiii.
Label — Sir G. Courtenay,
plate xxxiii.
Label — Latymer, p. 374.
Label — Latymer, p. 374.
Sea! — Thomas of Gloucester,
Frontispiece.
Diaper — Seal of Thomas of
Gloucester, p. 375.
Swan Badge — De Bohun
brass, p. 201.
Bear and Staff of Warwick,
as a Crest, plate xxx.
Dacre Badge, plate xxxix.
Diaper-knot — Anne of Bohe-
mia, plate xxx.
Stafford Knot, plate xxx.
Bourchier Knot, plate xxx.
Heneage Knot, plate xxx.
Wake and Ormonde Knot,
plate xxx.
Bowen Knot, plate xxx.
Crest of Scott of Thirlestane,
plate xx vi.
Crest of John, Duke of Bed-
ford, plate xxx.
Crest of Johu Mowbray, plate
xli.
Panache-Crest of John, Lord
Scrope, p. 329.
Achievement of the Earl of
Stafford, K.G., p. 219.
Dragon Crest, Thomas of
Lancaster, plate ww.
Seal of Thomas Holland,
Frontispiece.
Kirkpatrick Crest, plate
xxx.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
401
No.
No.
526
Lance Flag, Bayeux Tapestry,
plate xxix.
551
527
Lance Flag, Bayeux Tapestry,
plate xxix.
552
528
Banner — Henry de Lacy,
plate xxxv.
553
529
Banner — Sir Symon de Fel-
bri gge, plate xxxv.
554
530
Heraldic Sail, plate xxxv.
555
531
First Red Ensign, plate
xxxvi.
556
532
Second Red Ensign, plate
xxxvi.
557
533
Present Red Ensign, plate
xxxvi.
558
534
St. George's Ensign, plate
xxxvi.
559
535
Present Blue Ensign, plate
xxxvi.
560
536
England — (two lions,) plate a.
561
536 a
England, plate a.
536 b
France Ancient and England,
562
plate a.
562a.
536 c
Richard II, plate a.
536 d
. France Modern and England,
plate a.
563
537
Royal shield of the Stuarts,
plateA.
564
537 a
Ireland, plate xlvi.
565
538
Nassau, plate xlvii.
539
William III and Mary,
plate b.
566
539 a
. William III, plate b.
567
540
Arms of Queen Anne,
plate b.
568
541
Hanover, plate xlvii.
568 a.
542
George I, plate b.
543
George III, plate b.
569
543 a
Her Majesty the Queen, plate
B.
570
544
Badge of Richard I, plate
xlvii.
571
545
Badge of Henry VII, plate
xlvii.
572
546
Badge of James I, plate
xlvii.
573
547
Ponthieu, plate xlvii.
548
Crown of Richard I, plate
xlii.
574
549
Crown of Berengana, plate
xlii.
575
550
Crown of Edward II, plate
lii.
576
Crown of Henry IV, plate
lii.
Crown of Henry V, plate
xlii.
Crown — Henry VI, plate
xlii.
Crown — Edward IV, plate
xlii.
Crown — Edward IV, (Great
Seal), plate xlii.
Crown — Henry VII, (King's
Chapel^ p. 292.
Crown — Margaret Tudor, p.
300.
Crown — Henry VIII, plate
xlii.
Crown — Henry VIII, (Nor-
wich,) plate xlii.
Crown — Charles I, plate xlii.
Crown — Charles II, plate
xlii.
Crown of England, p. 252.
Crown — H.R.H. the late
Prince Consort, p. 253.
Coronet — H.R.H. the Prince
of Wales, p. 254.
Coronet — Royal Princes,
plate xli.
Coronet — Royal Princesses,
plate xli.
Coronet — Royal Kinsmen,
plate xli.
Crest — Scotland, plate xlvi.
Arms of H.R.H. the Prince
of Wales, plate lx, p. 380.
Label of H.R.H. the Prince of
Wales, plate xxxvi.
Label— H.R.H. the Prince
Alfred, plate xxxvi.
Label — H.R.H. the Prince
Arthur, plate xxxvi.
Label— H.R.H. the Prince
Leopold, plate xxxvi.
Label— H.R.H. the Princess
Royal, plate xxxvi.
Label— H.R.H. the Princess
Alice, plate xxxvi.
Label — H.R.H. the Princess
Helena, plate xxxvi.
Label— H.R.H. the Princess
Louisa, plate xxxvi.
Label — H.R.H. the Princess
Beatrice, plate xxxvi.
D D
402
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
No.
577 Label of Cambridge, plate
xxxvi.
578 Banner — Knights Hospital-
lers, plate xxxv.
579 Banner — Knights Templars,
(Beau-Seant), plate xxxv.
580 Banner — Knights Templars,
xxxv.
581 Tau Badge— Sir R. de Bois,
plate xxxix.
582 SS. Collar — Queen Joanna,
plate xliii.
583 SS. Collar— Lord Hungerford,
plate xliii.
584 SS. Collar— Sir R. de Mar-
mion, plate xliii.
585 SS. Collar— Sir R. Grushill,
plate xliii.
585 a. SS. Collar — John Gower,
plate xliii.
586 Yorkist Collar — Knight at
Aston, plate xliv.
587 Yorkist Collar— De Nevilles,
plate xliv.
588 Yorkist Collar — Countess of
Arundel, plate xliv.
589 Yorkist Collar— Countess of
Essex, plate xliv.
590 Insignia of the Garter, plate
liv.
591 Garter — Earl of Essex, plate
xliii.
591a. Garter — Earl of Essex, plate
xliii.
592 Garter— Sir T. Boleyn, plate
xliii.
593 Insignia of the Thistle, plate lv
594 Insignia of St. Patrick, plate
lvi.
595 Insignia of the Bath, plate
lvii, and pages 391, 392.
596 Insignia of the Star of India,
plate lxi.
597 Cross of the Victoria Cross,
plate xlvi.
No.
598 Westminster Deanery and
School, plate xlvii.
599 Westminster Abbey, plate
xlvii.
600 Oxford University, plate xlvii.
601 Cambridge University, plate
xlvii.
602 The Heralds' College, p. 338.
603 Garter, plate xlvi.
604 Norroy, plate xlvi.
605 Clarencieux, plate xlvi.
606 Ulster, plate xlvi.
607 Westminster City, plate xlvii.
608 Sacred Symbolical Shield, p.
316.
609 Seal — William de Roumare,
plate xlv.
610 Secretum — Henry of Lancas-
ter p. 317.
611 Helm — Black Prince,plate xlv.
612 Helm — Lord Bassett, plate xlv.
613 Howard Modern, p. 344.
614 The Duke of Wellington, p.
337.
615 The Duke of Marlborough, p.
337.
616 Modern Hatchment, p. 356.
617 Ramrydge Shields, p. 3b7
618 Examples of Labels, p. 361.
619 Hesse, p. 363.
620 The Austrian Crown, p. 366.
621 The Prussian Crown, p. 371.
622 Sir Ralph de Arundel, p. 372
623 Crown of the late Prince
Consort, p. 381
624 Coronation Crown of the
Queen, plate Hi.
625 Cross urdee, p. 384.
626 Rays of the Sun and Cloud,
Effigy of Richard II, p. 383.
627 White Hart lodged, Effigy of
Richard II, Contents, p.
vi.
628 Rebus of Bishop Oldham,
p. 389.
CORRECTIONS IN THE REFERENCES TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS :
Plate XXVIII is incorrectly numbered XXXVIII.
In Plate XXVIII both Shields of St. John to be numbered 404.
In Plate XXXII for No. 447, read 477.
In Plate XL read Verdon and Salisbury.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
403
In Plate XLI for 451, read 451 a.
In Plate XLII „ 546, „ 548.
Plate XLIV is incorrectly numbered XLIII.
In Plate XLV for 477, read 477 a.
Page 15 is incorrectly nuumbered 14.
In page 31, the Shield of De Lacy is No. 33 b.
45, last line but one, for 13, read 131.
47, line 19, „ 136, „ 136b.
48, last line but 3, „ 122, „ 142.
65, line 11, „ 207, „ 208a.
71, last line „ 201, „ 201a.
73, last line but 4, „ 239, „ 239b.
145, line 21, „ XIX, „ XXIII.
166, last line but 3, „ 445, „ 455.
202, line 20, „ PI. VII „ p. 375.
237, last line but one, „ VIII „ VII
249, last line but 4, „ 550, „ 551.
266, in line 18, insert a reference to No. 590.
page is incorrectly numbered 26.
This
CORRECTIONS IN THE TEXT.
In page 63, line 18, for angued, read langued.
74, last line, „ Edward „ Arthur.
96, after line 16, insert, " Crest ; see p. 209."
135, line 20, for this, read his.
143, lines 17 and 18, also in Plate XX, No. 341, read
Fitz Alan.
166, last line, for Aylsham, read Blickling.
185, line 10, „ Mullets „ Martlets.
191, line 4, for Prince of Wales read Prince Royal.
248, last line but 7, read Fontevrand.
335, last line but 7, read counterchanged.
D D 2
GENERAL INDEX.
Abatement, 372.
Animals, 63.
Animate Beings, 58.
Arms, Coats of, 9.
Arms, Shields of, 9, 22.
Arms of Companies and Guilds, 287.
Arms of Corporate Bodies, 152, 286.
Arms of Deaneries, 283.
Arms, Episcopal, 151, 280.
Arms, Examples of, 333.
Arras of Heiresses, 147.
Arms of Heralds, 151, 285.
Arms of Heralds' College, 285.
Arms of Knights, 153.
Arras of Monasteries, 283.
Arms of Peeress in her own right,
153.
Arms of Peer's Daughters, 151.
Arms of Peer's Widow, 154.
Arras of Princes and Princesses, 256.
Arms of the late Prince Consort,
146, 255, 258.
Arms of the Prince of Wales, 256,
380.
Arms of Public Schools, 284.
Arras, the Royal, 232, 255.
Arms of Royal Personages, 154.
Arms of Universities and Colleges,
283.
Arms of Unmarried Ladies, 152.
Arms of Widowers, 151.
Arms of Widows, 152.
Augmentations, 150, 242, 353.
Badges, 201, 236.
Banners, 91, 221, 233.
Bath, Order of the, 153, 272.
Bath, Insignia of the, 273.
Bayeux Tapestry, 8.
Birds, 65.
Blazon, Blazoning, 14.
Book of St. Alban's, 177.
Cadency, 94, 157, 378.
Cadency, Marks of, 151, 177.
Cadency, Modern, 178.
Cadency of Plantagenets, 190.
Cadency, Royal, 257.
Cadency by small Charges, 160.
Caerlaverock, Roll of, 91, 222, 334.
Celestial Objects, 71.
Changing Tinctures, 158.
Charges, 44, 58, 70, 71.
Coats of Arms, 9.
Coins, 326.
Collars, 68, 94, 261.
Collar of SS, 261.
Collar of Suns and Roses, 263.
Colors, 25.
Coloring, 361.
Compounding Arms, 136.
Counterchanging, 41.
Crests, 9, 209, 213.
Crest-Coronet, 209.
Crest of England, 210.
Crests, Examples of, 214.
Crests, Modern, 213.
Crusaders, 8, 17.
Decorations of Honor, 277.
Descriptive Terms, 76.
Diaper, 42.
Differencing Accessories of Shields,
176.
Differencing by Bars Gemelles,
Chevrons, and Chiefs, 182.
GENERAL INDEX.
405
Differencing by Bend and Bendlets,
181.
Differencing by Bordures, 183.
Differencing by Cantons, 180.
Differencing by Cinquefoils, 163.
Differencing by Crescents, 171.
Differencing by Crosslets, 161.
Differencing by Fieurs-de-Lys, 169.
Differencing by Labels, 186, 190.
Differencing by Mascles, 175.
Differencing by Martlets, 168.
Differencing by Mullets, 166.
Differencing by Roundles, 173.
Differencing by single small Charges,
178.
Differencing, Differences, 158.
Dimidiation, 130.
Diminutives of Ordinaries, 27.
Dividing and Border Lines, 24.
Earl Marshal, 109, 147, 345.
Ensigns, 223.
Fish, 65.
Flags, 220.
Flags, National, 223.
Flags, Military, 224.
Flags, Admirals, 225.
Foreign Orders of Medals, 278.
Foreign Heraldry, 363.
Furs, 25.
Garter, Order of, 104, 265.
Garter, Insignia of, 104, 266.
Garter, Officers, 268.
Genealogies, 338.
Great Seals, 321.
Hatchments, 106, 355.
Heiress, 147.
Helms, 106, 212, 360.
Heraldry, 10.
Heraldry, Architectural, 292.
Heraldry of the Cross, 32.
Heraldry of the Greeks, 19.
Heraldry, Foreign, 363.
Heraldry, Hanoverian, 231.
Heraldry of the Lion, 59.
Heraldry of Lincoln's Inn Hall,
20.
Heraldry, Monumental, 300.
Heraldry, Modern, 350.
Heraldry, Norman, 227.
Heraldry, Plantagenet, 227.
Heraldry of the Palace of Westmin-
ster, 352.
Heraldry of Seals and Coins, 317,
326.
Heraldry, Stuart, 230.
Heraldry, Tudor, 230.
Heraldry of Westminster Abbey, 21,
192, 298, &c.
Heraldry of Westminster Hall, 206,
299, 361.
Heraldic Description, 16.
Heraldic Drawing, 295, 357.
Heraldic Language, 15.
Heraldic Nomenclature, 15.
Heraldic Publications, 375.
Heraldic Rules, 17.
Heraldic Treatment, Color, &c, 357.
Heralds, 108, 285.
Heralds' College, 108, 285.
Illuminations, 329.
Imaginary Beings, 67.
Impalement, 129, 142, 325.
Imperial Crown, 248, 381.
Insects, 65.
Inventory of Humphrey de Bohun,
140.
King's Langley, Monument at, 195.
Knightly Insignia, 155.
Knots, 206.
Labels, 186.
Lions, 59.
Livery Colors, 83, 203, 383.
Lozenges, 315, 360.
Marshalling, 127, 147.
Marshalling Accessories, 154, 158.
Marshalling by Incorporation, 152.
Medals, 278
Metals, 25.
Miscellaneous Names and Titles, 89.
Monument to Queen Elizabeth, He-
raldry of the, 312.
Mottos, 206, 291.
Names, 18.
Official Insignia, 155.
Order of St. Anthony, 260.
Ordinaries, 27.
Parts and Points of Shield, 22.
406
GENERAL INDEX.
Pendants, 225.
Pennon, 221.
Precedence, 345.
Precedence of Women, 349.
Quartered Shields, the earliest exam-
ples of, 139, 141, 325.
Quartering, 138, 142, 147.
Quartering of Bordures and Tres-
sures, 150.
Reptiles, 65.
Rolls of Arms, 375.
Roundles, 31.
Royal Arms, 232, 255.
Royal Badges and Mottos, 236.
Royal Banners, 233.
Royal Coronets, 253.
Royal Monuments, 304.
Royal Supporters, 234.
Sacred Emblems, 315.
St. Michael and St. George, Order
of, 274.
St. Patrick, Order of, 270.
Seals, 133, 138, 141, 144, 174, 186,
199,202,216,317.
Seals, Classification of, 319.
Seeds and Berries, 75.
Shields, 19, 357.
Shields a, bouche, 20.
Signet Rings, 318.
Stags, 64.
Standards, 223.
Star of India, 276.
Subordinaries, 37.
Supporters, 63, 69, 215, 234.
Symbolical Slabs, 315.
Templars, 259.
Thistle, Order of, 269.
Tinctures, 16, 25.
Trees, Plants and Flowers, 71.
Union Jack, 33, 223.
Varied Fields, 40.
Victoria Cross, 277.
INDEX
CHARGES, FIGURES, AND TERMS.
Abatement, 76, 372
Abbreviations, 339
Abeyance, 89.
A bouche, 20.
Accosted, 76.
Accrued, 70, 76
Achievement, 89.
Acorn, 75, 205.
Addorsed, 65, 76.
Admiralty, Flag of, 44, 225.
Admirals, Flags of, 225.
Adumbrated, 87.
Affrontee, 59, 76.
Allerion, 67.
Anchor, 44, 236, 257.
Angel, 67, 326.
Angenne, 44, 75.
Annulet, 44, 174, 178, 179.
Antelope, 69, 237.
Appaumee, 59, 76.
Arched Crown, 251.
Argent, 25, 90.
Arm, 59, 236.
Armed, 63, 76.
Armes Parlantes, 76.
Armory, 90.
Arms, '9, 129.
Arrondie, 76.
Arrow, 44.
Attainder, 90.
At gaze, 64.
At speed, 64.
Attire, 64, 384.
Attired, 64, 76.
Augmentation, 33, 76, 90, 150.
Azure, 25, 91.
Bacinet, Basinet, 92. 100, 107
Badges, 91, 155, 201, 236.
Badge of Ulster, 59.
Ball, 45.
Banded, 76.
Banner, 45, 91, 221.
Bar, 28, 45.
Barbed, 70, 77.
Barbel, 67, 134.
Barded, 77.
Barley-garb, 291.
Barnacles, 45.
Barrulet, 28, 45.
Barruly, 38, 41, 77.
Bars Gemelles, 28, 182.
Bar-wise, 41, 77.
Barry, 40, 77, 168.
Barry Bendy, 41, 77.
Base, 22.
Baton, 45.
Battering-Ram, 45.
Battled, 24, 77.
Beacon, 45, 237.
Beaked, 77.
Bear, 204, 335.
Bear and Ragged Staff, 64, 203.
Bearing, 93.
Beau-Seant, 260.
Bees, 67.
Belled, 65, 77.
Bend, 29, 30, 45, 181.
Bend Sinister, 30, 45, 372.
Bend- wise, 41, 77.
Bendlet, 29, 45, 80, 181, 325, 372.
Bendy, 41, 77.
Bezant, 31, 45, 314.
408
INDEX TO
Bezantee, 39, 77, 173, 183.
Billet, 38, 45.
Billetee, 38, 77.
Bird- Bolt, 45.
Birds, 65.
Blasted, 70, 77.
Blazon, 14, 94.
Blazoning, 14.
Blazonry, 94.
Boar, 63, 237.
Book, 45.
Border Lines, 24.
Bordure, 38, 143, 150, 183.
Botonee, 36, 163.
Botonee Fitchee, 36.
Bourchier-Knot, 176, 206, 314.
Bowed, 23.
Bowen-Knot, 206.
Braced, 77.
Brazed, 77.
Brettepee, 77.
Breys, 45.
Brizure, 45.
Broom, 236.
Buckle, 46, 182, 205, 289, 336.
Burgonet, 46.
Butterflies, 67.
Cabossed, 64, 77.
Cadency, 77, 94, 157, 160, 257.
Caltrap, 46.
Camail, 107
Canting Heraldry, 94, 119.
Canton, 37, 39, 180, 192, 257.
Cantoned, 77, 180.
Cap of Maintenance, 46, 154.
Carbuncle, 46, 236.
Cardinal's Hat, 94.
Car- Standard, 221.
Castle, 46, 196, 237, 321.
Cat-a-mount, 63.
Cavalry Standards, 224.
Centaur, 68.
Cercelee, 78.
Chamfron, 47.
Chapeau, 46.
Cbaplet, 47, 172.
Charge, 14.
Charged, 78.
Chequee or Cheeky, 41, 78, 161,
194
Chess-Rook, 47. 175.
Cbevron, 30. 182.
Chcvronel, 30, 172.
Chief, 22, 27, 182.
Cinque-foil, 47, 71, 163
Civic Crown, 47.
Clarion, 47, 337.
Clenched, 78.
Close, 78.
Closed, 65.
Closet, 28.
Cloud, 289.
Clove-Pink, 72.
Coat of Arms, 9, 94, 221.
Cockatrice, 67.
Cock, 238.
Coif of Mail, 107.
Coins, 95, 326.
Collar, 94, 261.
College of Arms, 94.
Colors, 16, 25, 95.
Colomb, 66.
Colombine Flowers, 237.
Comb, 47.
Combattant, 78.
Complement, 71.
Componee, 41, 78.
Compounding Arms, 78, 95, 136.
Conjoined, 78.
Conjoined in lure, 78.
Contoise, 95, 212.
Contournee, 78.
Cornish Chough, 66.
Coronet, 95, 209.
Coronet of Prince of Wales, 253.
Coronet of Princes, 254.
Coronet of Princesses, 254.
Coronet of Dukes, 99.
Coronet of Marquesses, 113.
Coronet of Earls, 102.
Coronet of Viscounts, 126.
Coronet of Barons, 92.
Cotise. 29, 166.
Cotised, 28, 30, 172.
Couchant, 61, 78.
Counterchanged, Counterchanging,
41, 335. •
Counter-Componee, 41, 194.
Counter-Embowed, 78.
Counter-Fleurie, 78, 171.
Counter Passant, 62, 78.
Counter-Potent, 25.
Counter-Salient, 78.
Counter- Vair, 25, 78.
Couped, 30, 34, 70,
Couple-Close, 47.
Courant, 79.
CHARGES, FIGURES, AND TERMS.
409
Courte-Pointe, 140.
Covered Cup, 47, 289.
Coward, 79.
Crenellee, 79
Crescent, 71, 161, 171, 178.
Crest, 155, 206, 209.
Crest of England, 210.
Crest-Coronet, 155, 209, 213.
Crested, 79.
Crined, 79.
Cross, 29, 30, 32.
Cross, Latin, 32
Cross, Greek, 32.
Cross of St. Andrew, 33, 223
Cross of St. George, 33, 223.
Cross of St. Patrick, 33, 223.
Cross of Hospitallers, 259.
Cross of Templars, 259.
Crosslet, 36, 161, 163.
Crosslet Fitchee, 36.
Crown, 96.
Crown, Imperial, 248, 253 381.
Crown of Prince Consort, 253, 381.
Crowns of England, 248.
Crowns, Foreign, 365.
Crown, Antique, 97.
Crown, Celestial, 98.
Crown, Eastern, 97, 289.
Crown, Mural, 97.
Crown, Naval, 97.
Crown, Vallary, 97.
Crown (Coin), 326.
Crozier, 47, 98.
Cup, 47.
Cushion, 47.
Crusilee, 36, 79, 164, 165.
Dagger, 48.
Dalmatic, 98.
Dancette, 24, 48, 79.
Debruised, 62, 79.
Decked, 79.
Decrescent, 71.
Degreed, 79.
Degrees, 48
Demembered, 79.
Demi, 79.
Demi Lion, 61.
Developed, 79.
Dexter, 22.
Diaper, 42, 43, 98.
Diapering, 26, 202.
Difference, 98, 157.
Dimidiated, 79, 325.
Dimidiation, 98, 131, 324.
Diminutives, 27.
Disclosed, 65, 79.
Dismembered, 79.
Displayed, 65, 79.
Disposed, 79.
Dividing Lines, 24, 361.
Dolphin, 67, 132, 289.
Dormant, 61, 79.
Double-tete, 79.
Double-queue, 79.
Doubling, 99.
Dovetail, 24, 80.
Dragon, 68, 212, 237, 323,
Ducal Coronet, 101.
Duchess, 101.
Duke, 99.
Dun Cow, 237.
Eagle, 66, 133, 199, 311.
Eaglet, 66.
Earl, 101.
Earl Marshal, 109, 147, 155.
Earl's Coronet, 102.
Ears of Wheat, &c, 71.
Eastern Crown, 97, 289.
Ecartelee, 141.
Embattled, 24.
Emblems of Evangelists, 315.
Embowed, 67, 80.
Embrued, 80.
Endorse, 29, 48.
Entiled, 80.
Engoulee, 80.
Engrailed, 24, 165.
Enhanced, 80, 181.
Ensign, 223.
Ensigned, 80.
En Soleil, 74.
Enveloped, 80.
Environnee, 80.
Equipped, 8U.
Eradicated, 70, 80.
Erased, 80.
Erect, 65, 80.
Ermine, 25.
Ermine-spot, 118, 165, 257.
Ermines, 25.
Erminois, 25.
Erne, 66.
Escallop, 67, 166, 168.
Escarbuncle, 46.
Escutcheon, 22.
Escutcheon of Pretence, 103.
410
INDEX TO
Esquire, 103.
Estoile, 48.
Falcon, 237, 335.
Falcon and Fetter-lock, 237.
Fan, 48, 207.
Feather, 72, 381.
Fenime, 104.
Fer-de-moline, 48, 51.
Fesse, 28, 30.
Fesse-Point, 22, 104.
Fesse-wise, 80.
Fetter-lock, 48.
Field, 23, 104.
Figured, 80.
File, 48.
Fillet, 28, 48.
Fimbriated, Fimbriation, 34, 80.
Finned, 80, 132.
Fire-Beacon, 45, 237.
Fir-Cone, 75.
Fish, 65, 163.
Fitchee, 36, 80.
Flag, 23, 220.
Flanched, 38, 373.
Flanches, 38, 373.
Flasques, 38.
Fleur-de-Lys, 72, 169, 178, 257,
321 322.
Fleurie, 35, 80, 163, 171.
Fleurettee, Floretee, 35, 80, 171.
Flexed, 80.
Flighted, 80.
Florin, 328.
Flotant, 80.
Flv, 23, 80.
Foliated, 80.
Formee, 36.
Fountain, 31.
Fourche'e, 36, 49, 81.
Fox's Tail, 237.
Frjiiscs 74«
France Ancient, 141, 170, 196, 229,
332.
France Modern, 196, 229, 333.
Fresnee, 81.
Frette, 38, 173.
Frettde, 38, 81, 173.
Fructed, 70, 81.
Fiini a ut, 81.
Furnished, 81.
Furs, 25.
Fusil, 38, 167.
FusilU>e, 40, 81.
Fylfot, 49.
Gad, Gadlyng, 49.
Galley, 49.
Gambe, 62.
Game-cock, 65.
Garbe, 73, 186, 205, 314, 324, 334
Garland, 49.
Garnished, 81.
Garter, 104, 202, 255, 265.
Gauntlet, 49.
Gemelles, 28, 49, 182.
Genealogy, 338.
Gennet, 237, 383.
George Noble, 326.
Gerattvng, 81, 177.
Gilly-Flower, 73.
Girt, 81.
Gliding, 67, 81.
Globe, 49.
Gobony. See Compony.
Gonfannon, 106.
Gorge, 49.
Gorged, 81.
Gouttee, 81.
Gouttee reversed,, 81.
Gradient, 81.
Grafted, 81.
Grand Quarters, 22, 106.
Great Seals, 135, 228, 231.
Greeces, 49.
Greek Cross, 32.
Greyhound, 205, 238.
Griffin, Gryphon, 68, 237, 336.
Guardant, 81.
Guarded Spur, 56.
Guige, 21, 216.
Gules, 25.
Gurges, 49.
Guttee, 49, 81.
Gyron, 37.
Gyronnee, Gyronny, 81.
Habited, 81.
Hackle, 49.
Hammer, 50.
Harp, 50, 230, 313, 323.
Hart, 64, 206, 237.
Hatchet, 50.
Hatchment, 106, 356.
Hauriant, 67, 81.
Hause, 82.
Hawk's Bells and Jesses, 50.
Hawk's Lure, 50.
Hawthorne Bush, 237.
Hazel-leaves, 74.
CHARGES, FIGURES, AND TERMS.
411
Heart, 59, 166, 257.
Hedgehog, 335.
Heightened, 82.
Helm, 50, 106, 155, 361.
Hemp-brake, 50.
Heneage-knot, 206.
Heraldry, 10.
Heraldry, Language of, &c, 15.
Heralds, 109.
Heralds' College, 109, 285.
Herald Kings, 109, 285.
Herrings, 132.
Hill, 73.
Hillock, 73.
Hilted, 82.
Hind, 64.
Hoist, 23, 82.
Holly-leaves, 74.
Honor-Point, 22.
Hooded, 82.
Hoofed, 82.
Horned, 82.
Horse-shoe, 50.
Hospitallers, 24, 163, 183, 257.
Hulls of Ships, 132.
Humettee, 34, 82.
Hunting-Horn, 50.
Hurst, 74.
Hurte, 31, 50, 173.
Hurtee, 82.
Ibex, 69.
Illumination, 43, 110, 328.
Imaginary Beings, 67.
Imbrued, 82.
Impaled, 22, 82.
Impalement, 129, 143.
Imperial Eagle, 66.
Imperially crowned, 82.
Incensed, 82.
Incorporation, 152.
Increment, 71, 82.
Increscent, 71, 82, 172.
Indented, 24, 82.
Inescutcheon, 22, 37, 164, 231.
Infantry Colors, 224.
Inflamed, 82.
Insects, 65.
Interlaced, 83.
Invected, 24, 83.
Inverted, 65, 83.
In Bend, 31, 82.
In Chevron, 31, 82.
In Chief, 30, 82.
In Cross, 30, 36, 82.
In Fesse, 30, 82.
In Foliage, 70, 82.
In Glory, 71.
In Lure, 65, 82.
In Orle, 38.
In Pale, 30, 82.
In Pile, 31, 82.
In Pretence, 148.
In Pride, 65, 83, 214, 215.
In Quadrangle, 141, 384.
In Saltire, 31, 83.
In Splendor, 71.
Irradiated. 83.
Issuant, 83.
Jambe, 62.
Javelin, 50.
Jessant-de-lys, 65, 83.
Jessed, 65, 83.
Jesses, 50, 83.
Jousts, 110.
Jowlopped, 65, 83.
Jupon, 110.
Key, 50, 185, 289.
King-of-Arms, 108.
Knight, 111
Knightly Insignia, 156.
Knots, 50, 206.
Label, 38, 50, 186, 190, 257.
Lambrequin, 111.
Lantern, 215.
Langued, 62, 83.
Latin Cross, 32.
Laurel Leaves, 74.
Leaves, 74.
Legged, 83.
Leopards, 60, 226, 233.
Letters, 51.
Lined, 83.
Lion, 59.
Lion Couchant, 61.
Lion Dormant, 61.
Lion of England, 60, 227.
Lion Issuant, 62.
Lion Passant, 60.
Lion Passant Guardant, 60.
Lion Passant Reguardant, 60.
Lion of Scotland, 60.
Lion Queue Fourchee, 62.
Lion Rampant, 60.
Lion Rampant Guardant, 61.
412
INDEX TO
Lion Rampant Reguardant, 61.
Lion Salient, 61.
Lion Sejant, 61.
Lion Sejant Rampant, 61.
Lion Statant, 61.
Lion Statant Guardant, 61.
Lion Vigilant, 62.
Lion Vorant, 62.
Lions Combattant, 61.
Lions Counter Passant, 62.
Lion's Face, 62.
Lion's Head, 62.
Lion's Jambe, or Gambe, 62.
Lioncel, 63, 162.
Lists, 111.
Livery Colors, 83, 223, 378.
Lodged, 64, 83, 206.
Lozenge, 38, 51, 152, 360.
Lozengv, 40, 83, 175.
Lucies,'67, 289.
Lure, 51.
Lymphad, 51, 336.
Maiden's Head, 238.
Maintenance, Cap of, 111.
Maltese Cross, 34.
Manche, Maunche, 51.
Maned, 83.
Mantelee, 83.
Mantle, 111.
Mantling, 112, 155.
Marchioness, 113.
Marks of Cadency, 151, 155, 157.
Marquess, Marquis, 112.
Martlet, 43, 66, 69, 168, 178, 185.
Marshalling, 14, 127, 154.
Mascle, 38, 51, 174, 336.
Masculee, 324.
Masoned, 83.
Medals, 113.
Membered, 83.
Merchants Adventurers, 114.
Merchants' Marks, 113.
Merchants of Staple, 114.
Mermaid, 68, 202.
Mermaids', Collar of, 68, 261.
Merman, 68.
Merlotte, See Martlet.
Metals, 16, 25, 26, 113.
Military Flags, 224.
Mill-Rind, 51
Mitre, 51, 89, 114, 186.
Modern Cadency, 178.
Moline, 35, 51, 178.
Monogram, 83.
Moon, 71
Morion, 51.
Morse, 51.
Motto, 116, 155, 206, 237, 255.
Mound, 116, 253.
Mount, 51.
Mounted, 84.
Mulberry Tree, 205.
Mullet, 43, 51, 165, 167, 178.
Naiant, 67, 84.
Naissant, 62, 84.
Nebulee, 22, 84, 185, 199.
Nerved, 84.
Noble, 326.
Norroy, 109, 116, 285.
Nowed, 67, 84.
Oak-branches, 74.
Official Insignia, 155.
Of the Field, &c, 16.
Ogress, 52.
Olive Branch, 236.
On Degrees, 34.
Oppressed, 84.
Or, 25.
Ordinary, 27, 52, 116.
Oreiller, 52.
Orle, 37, 163, 210.
Ostrich Feathers, 72, 202, 206, 213,
237, 382.
Pale, 28, 30.
Pale-wise, 84.
Pall, 52.
Pallet, 21, 29, 53.
Palmer's Staff, 53.
Paly, '41, 84, 182.
Paly Bendv, 41.
Panache, 116, 211, 213.
Panther, 69, 217, 237.
Party, Parted, 84.
Paschal Lamb, 117.
Pascuant, 84.
Passant, 60, 84.
Passant Guardant, 84.
Passant Reguardant, 84.
Passant Repassant, 84.
Pastoral Staff, 53.
Patee, 36.
Patee Fitchee, 36.
Patonce, 35, 53, 175, 337.
Patriarchal, 34.
CHARGES, FIGURES, AND TERMS.
413
Pean, 25.
Peer, 117.
Peeress, 153.
Peer's Daughter, 151.
Pegasus, 69.
Pelican, 66.
Pellet, 31, 165.
Pellettee, 84.
Pendants, 225.
Pendent, 70, 84.
Penner and Inkhorn, 53.
Pennon, 117, 221.
Pennoncelle, 117.
Per, 84.
Per Bend, 22.
Per Chevron, 22.
Per Cross, 22.
Per Fesse, 22.
Per Pale, 22, 41.
Per Saltire, 22.
Pheon, 54, 335.
Phoenix, 69, 238.
Pick-axe, 54.
Pierced, 85.
Pile, 30, 42, 166.
Pillow, 54.
Pily, 85.
Pily Bendy, 85.
Planta Genista, 74, 117, 236.
Plate, Platee, 31, 54, 199, 336.
Plenitude, 71.
Plume, 118.
Pods of Beans, &c, 74.
Pointed, 34.
Pomelled, 85.
Porame, 31, 54.
Pommee, 36, 54.
Pomegranate, 238.
Popinjay, 66, 182.
Portcullis, 54, 118, 205, 286.
Potent, 25, 36.
Potent Fitchee, 36.
Potent Quadrate, 36.
Powdered, 17, 85.
Powdering, 118.
Precedence, 346.
Preying, 85.
Primroses, 177.
Prince of Wales' Feathers, 72.
Proper, 26.
Pryck-Spur, 56.
Purfled, 85.
Purpure, 25.
Pursuivant, 118.
Quadrate, 35, 54.
Quartele, 141.
Quarter, 54.
Quartering, Quarterings, 118, 138.
Quarterly, 22, 85.
Quarterly Pierced, 35, 54.
Quarter Pierced, 35, 54.
Quarterly Quartered, 22, 139.
Quatrefoil, 54, 178.
Queue Fourchee, 62, 165.
Quilled, 85.
Quintefoil, 71.
Radiant, 85.
Ragged Staff, 64, 204, 205.
Ragulee, 24.
Rainbow, 54.
Rampant, 60.
Rampant Guardant, 61, 325.
Rampant Reguardant, 61.
Rams, 118.
Rapier, 54.
Rays, 54.
Rays and Cloud, 237.
Rayonnee, 85.
Rebated, 85.
Rebus, 118, 203.
Recercelee, 35, 54.
Red Dragon, 239.
Reflected, 85.
Reflexed, 85-
Regalia. 119.
Rein-Deer, 64.
Removed, 85.
Rest, 55.
Retorted, 85.
Reverted, 87.
Rial, 326.
Ribbon, 30, 55.
Rising, 65, 85.
Roll of Arms, 119.
Rompu, 85.
Rose, 74, 164. 172, 178, 257 322.
Rose of England, 74.
Rose of Lancaster, 74, 236.
Rose of York, 74, 236, 322.
Rose-en-Soleil, 74, 265.
Rose-Noble, 326.
Rouelle-Spur, 56.
Rouge-Croix, 109.
Rouge Dragon, 109.
Roussant, 65, 85.
Rustre, 38.
414
INDEX TO
Sable, 25, 119.
Sagittary, 68.
Salamander, 69.
Saltire, 30, 33.
Sanglier, 63, 164.
Scaling Ladder, 55, 383.
Scarpe, 55.
Scroll, 155.
Seals, See General Index.
Sea Horse, 323.
Sea Lion, 69.
Seax, 55.
Second Title, 121.
Sejeant, 64.
Semee, 17, 71.
Shackle-bolt, 55.
Shake-fork, 55.
Shamrock, 75, 121.
Sheaf of Arrows, 45, 238.
Shields, 19, 55, 357, 360.
Shield of Arms, 9.
Shield of Pretence, 37.
Ship, 55, 288.
Sickle, 205.
Sinister, 22, 121.
Sixfoil, 71, 75, 164.
Slipped, 70, 86.
Soaring, 65.
Sovereign, 326.
Spear, 55, 335.
Spur, 55.
SS. Collar of, 121, 261, 383.
Stafford Knot, 206.
Stag, 64.
Stained Glass, 43.
Stall Plate, 122, 212, &c.
Standard, 121, 223, 233.
Star, 71, 122.
Star and Crescent, 236.
Star of India, 122, 276.
Statant, 64.
Steel Cap, 56.
Stirrup, 56.
Strawberry-leaves, 47, 99.
Stock, 75, 205, 237.
Subordinary, 37.
Sufflue, 56.
Sun, 71, 236.
Supercharge, 123.
Supporters, 123, 155, 215, 237.
Surcoat, 124.
Suns and Roses, 122, 263.
Swan, 66, 202, 216, 262.
Swivel, 290.
Sword, 56.
Tabard, 124.
Talbot-Dog, 64.
Target, 56.
Tasselled, 86.
Tau Cross, 33, 56, 260.
Teazle, 75.
Templars, 34, 124, 257.
Tent, 289.
Thistle, 75, 124, 238, 255, 269.
Three, two, one, 16, 170.
Tiercee, 86.
Tiger, 69.
Timbre, 125.
Tinctures, 25, 26, 125.
Torch, 56.
Torqued, 86.
Torse, 56.
Torteau, 31, 56, 173, 192, 195.
Tournee, 86.
Tower, 56.
Towered, 86.
Transfixed, 86.
Transfluent, 86.
Transmuted, 86.
Transposed, 86.
Traversed, 86.
Treflee, 147, 248, 384.
Trefoil, 75.
Treille, Trellise, 56.
Tressure, 38, 57, 138, 144.
Tricked, 86.
Tricorporated, 87.
Tripping, 64, 87.
Triton, 68.
Trononee, 87.
Trumpet, 57, 162.
Truncheon, 125.
Trussed, 65, 87.
Trussing, 65, 87.
Tudor Rose, 75, 238.
Tun, 290.
Tusked, 87.
Tynes, 64.
Ulster, See Herald.
Ulster, Badge of, 59, 92.
Umbrated, 87.
Undee, 24, 87.
Unguled, 87.
Unicorn, 69, 218, 235, 255, 314.
Union Device, 33, 336.
Union Jack, 33, 138, 223.
CHARGES, FIGURES, AND TERMS.
415
Urdee, 383.
Urinant, 67, 87.
Vair, Vairee, 25, 26, 161, 171, 183.
Vambrace, 57.
Varied Fields, 40.
Verdee, 87.
Vert, 25, 125.
Verted, 87.
Vervels, 57.
Vested, 87.
Victoria Cross, 125, 277.
View, 125.
Vigilant, 62, 87.
Viscount, 125.
Visitations, Heralds', 125.
Voided, 34, 87.
Voiders, 38.
Volant, 65, 87.
Vorant, 62, 87.
Vulned, 87.
Wake and Ormonde Knot, 206.
Water Bouget, 57, 176.
Wattled, 87.
Wavy, 24, 88.
Wheel-Spur, 56.
Winged, 88.
Winnowing Fan, 48, 207.
Wolf, 237.
Wreath, 126, 155, 172, 210.
Wreathed, 88.
Wyvern, 68.
Yorkist Badge and Collar, 126, 263.
INDEX
NAMES, TITLES, OFFICES AND PLACES.
Abercorn, Marquess of, 51.
Abergavenny, Earl of, 218.
Abergavenny, 170.
Abingdon, Earl of, 45.
Abinger, Baron, 67.
Adelaide, Queen, 247.
Adelais of Louvain, 239.
Admirals, 225.
Admiralty, The, 44, 225.
iEschylus, 19.
Agincourt, 196.
Aguilon, R. d', 170.
Albermarle, Earl of, 175.
Albert, H.R.H., the late Prince
Consort, 146, 247, 253, 255, 381.
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
253, 256, 380, 387. See Wales.
Alencon, Count of, 364.
Alencon, Duke of, 198.
Alfred, Prince, 257.
Alianore of Aquitaine, 227, 239,
248.
Alianore, De Bohun, See Bohun.
Alianore of Castile, 43, 46, 139,
210, 239, 249, 303, 304.
Alianore Plantagenet, 134.
Alianore of Provence, 239.
Alice, Princess, 257.
Allerton Mauleverer, 205.
All Souls College, Oxford, 281.
Andalusia, 59.
Angoulcme, 239.
Anjou, Count of, 117, 304, 313.
Anjou, Dnke of, 198.
Annandale, Marquess of, 215.
Anne of Bohemia, 43, 145, 206,
240, 382.
Anne Boleyn, 238, 242.
Anne of Cleves, 243.
Anne of Denmark, 244.
Anne Mortimer. 193.
Anne Neville, 146, 241.
Anne Stuart, 225, 231, 238.
Aquitaine, 239, 364.
Archbishop, 90, 151, 280.
Arcy, D', See Darcv.
Arderne, Sir T., 116, 175, 211.
Argyll, Duke of, 51, 217, 336.
Armagh, See of, 52, 90, 98, 281.
Armagh, Archbishop of, 90. '
Arragon, 242.
Arragon, Catherine of, 238, 242.
Arthur, Prince, 257.
Arthur Tudor, See Tudor.
Artois, Blanche D', 191.
Arundel, Earls of, 13, G6, 68, 102.
Arundel, Countess of, 102.
Arundel, Sir J., 205.
Arundel, Sir R. D', 373.
Ashehurste, Sir A , 178.
Ashley, Sir J., 205.
Ashton, 118.
INDEX TO NAMES, TITLES, &C
417
Ashwelthorpe, 211.
Athol, Duke of, 59.
Aubernoun, Sir J. D', 117, 221.
Aubernoun, Sir J. D', 124.
Aumale, Count D', 175.
Austria, 365.
Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, 175,
305.
Avesnes, Alice D', 133.
Badlesmere, De, 182.
Balliol, De, 162.
Bangor, See of, 281.
Banneret, 91, 221.
Bannennan, 45.
Bannister, Sir T., 384.
Bardolph, 163.
Barlow, 67.
Baron, 91.
Baroness, 92.
Baronet, 59, 92, 123.
Barr, De, 134.
Barrington, 97,
Bascreville, W. De, 173.
Bassett, De, 166, 181, 214, 361.
Bath, See Herald
Bath and Wells, See of, 281.
Bath, Order of the, 272.
Bath, Knights of the, 122, 153.
Bavaria, 364, 369.
Bayeux Tapestry, 8, 68.
Beatrice, Princess, 257.
Beaucharnps De, 142, 161, 178,
204, 243.
Beauchamp, Richard De, 102, 105,
212.
Beauforts, De, 41, 54, 176, 179,
184, 185, 205, 373, 383.
Beaufort, Duke of, 217.
Beaufort, Cardinal H. De, 185.
Beaumonte, De, 171.
Beaumont, Viscount, 126.
Bee, Anthony, 334.
Bedford, 336.
Bedford, Duke of, 64, 185.
Bedington, 68, 172.
Belgium, 367.
Bentinck, 149.
Berengaria, 239, 248.
Bergavenny, Lord, 179.
Berkeley, Baron, 68, 172.
Berkeley, De, 159, 164.
Berners, Lord, 176,
Berwick, Lord, 69.
Beverley Minister, 43, 53, 230,
303.
Bigot, 168, 333.
Birtie, 208.
Bishop, 93, 151, 281.
Black Prince, See Plantagenet.
Blackwood, 74.
Blanche d'Artois, 191.
Blayney, Baron, 64.
Blickling, 68, 161.
Blond, W. Le, 174.
Blondeville, R de, 324.
Blue Mantle, 109.
Bohemia, 240, 364.
Bohun, De, 63, 66, 136, 179.
Bohun, Henry De, 137.
Bohun, Humphrey De, 134, 140,
166, 210, 216, 325, 387.
Bohun, William De, 165, 325.
Bohun, Alianore De, 135, 137, 143,
202, 306.
Bohun, Mary De, 72, 145.
Boleyn, Anne, 238, 242.
Boleyn, Sir T„ 103, 163.
Bolingbroke, See Plantagenet.
Boroughbndge, 140.
Boston, 118.
Bosworth Field, 197.
Botiler, J. Le, 47.
Boun, De, 168.
Boun, F. Le, 172
Bourchier, De, 49, 57, 176, 200,
314, 379.
Bowers Giffard, 170.
Boyne, Viscount, 68.
Boys, E. De, 180.
Bradstone, 179.
Braganza, 245.
Brandon, 335, 337.
Brandsburton, 183.
Braybrooke, Baron, 61.
Bra'ye, 62.
Breadalbane, Marquess of, 217.
Brewers' Company, 291.
Brewys, De, 164, 213.
Bridport, Baron, 66.
Bristol, City of, 286, 288.
Brittany, 39, 136, 364.
Bromflete, 171, 213.
Brotherton De, 109, 135, 190.
Brownlow, 54, 61.
Broxbourue, 124.
Bruce, De, 59, 63, 162, 2J8.
Brunswick, 231, 246, 369.
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INDEX TO NAMES, TITLES,
Bryenne, De, 50.
Bryenne, William, Lord De, 212.
Bryenne, Guy, De, 213.
Buckingham, Duke of, 205, 212,
217.
Burgh, Elizabeth De, 192.
Burgh, Hubert De, 174.
Burghersh, Bishop De, 143.
Burke, Sir B., 117, 352.
Burnet, 286.
Burnvvashe, 334.
Butler, 130, 242.
Byron, 76, 80.
Byzantium, 45.
Caerlaverock, Castle and Roll of, 7,
39, 91, 142, 166, 187, 222, 376.
Calveley, Sir H., 209, 210.
Cambridge, Royal House of, 258.
Cambridge, Earl of, 197.
Cambridge, University of, 283.
Cambridge, King's College, 143,
283, 299.
Cambridge, St. John's College, 118.
Cambridge, Trinity College, 284.
Camden, Marquess of, 6 J.
Camden, 376.
Camoys, De, 55, 105, 173, 376.
Campbell, 148, 217, 336.
Campedene, De, 316.
Canning, Earl, 59.
Cantelupe, De, 65, 171.
Canterbury, See of, 52, 280.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 90, 93,
185.
Canterbury, Cathedral of, 98, 100,
190, 298, 302.
Canterbury, City of, 286.
Cardigan, 50.
Carew, 60.
Carlisle, See of, 281.
Caroline of Brandenburgh, 245.
Caroline of Brunswick, 246.
Carysfort, Earl of, 60.
Castle Acre, 43.
Castile, 43, 46.
Catherine of Arragon, 242.
Catherine of Ghent, 306.
Catherine of Braganza, 245.
Catherine of France, 241.
Catherine Parr, 243.
Cautville, De, 181.
Cavendish, 64, 218.
Cecil, 335.
Champagne, 140.
Chandos, 42, 166, 217.
Chapters, Cathedral, 283.
Charlemagne, 231.
Charles I, 230, 238. 251.
Charles II, 230, 234, 238, 251,
327. 374.
Charles II of Navarre, 145.
Charles the Fair, 364.
Chailes V, 73, 229.
Charles of Brunswick, 246.
Charles, Lancaster Herald, 375.
Charlotte of Mecklenburgh, 246.
Charlton, 310.
Chartley, 116.
Chartham, 48, 124.
Chaucer, 335.
Chavvorth, De, 169.
Checkenden, 165.
Chester, Earl of, 73, 380.
Chester, See of, 281.
Chester Herald, 109.
Chester, 51, 324.
Chester-le-Street, 182.
Chigwell, 116.
Childrey, 179.
Chichester, 58.
Chichester, See of, 281.
Chipping Campden, 114, 165.
Cholmondeley, 50, 208.
Chrishall, 162.
Christchurch, Oxford, 284.
Churchill, 336, 354.
Clare, De, 27, 30, 47, 130, 170.
Clare, 170.
Clarence, Duke of, 100, 176, 192,
197, 237.
Clarence, Sir J. De, 373.
Clarencieux. 109, 285.
Clarendon, Sir R. De, 373.
Clayton and Bell, 297.
Clehongre, 56.
Cleveland, Duke of, 68, 374.
Cleves, Anne of, 243.
Clifford, De, 162, 203, 208, 337.
Clinton, 205, 336.
Clogher, 58.
Clopton, 181.
Clothworkers' Company, 290.
Clovis, 72.
Clynton, 166, 205, 336.
Cobham, 120, 162, 163.
Cobham, De, 63, 162
Cobham, Sir J. De, 163.
OFFICES AND PLACES.
419
Cobhara, Sir R De, 163.
Colchester, Baron, 75.
College of Arms, 235.
Colleges, 283.
Colley, 336.
Companies, 287.
Compton, 45.
Confessor, See Edward.
Constable of England, 137.
Constance, 105.
Constance of Castile, 144.
Conyngham, 55.
Cornwall, Duke of, 99, 380.
Cornwall, Earl of, 39, 100, 173,
183, 314.
Cornwall, Sir J. De, 173, 185.
Corporate Bodies, 280, 283.
Couci, De, 334.
Count, 96.
Countess, 96.
Courtenay, De, 178, 218, 378.
Courtenay, Sir E. De, 199.
Courtenay, Sir II. De, 173, 199.
Courtenay, Sir P. De, 199.
Courtesy, Titles of, 96.
Cramley, Archbishop, 98, 115.
Creke, Sir J. De, 175.
Cresci, 364.
Crevecceur, De, 335.
Cromwell, Oliver, 323.
Croydon, 281.
Crusaders, 17, 45.
Crystal Palace, 307.
Culte, John, 2S6.
Dacre, Baron, 205.
Dagworth, Sir N., 68, 161.
Dalling, Sir W., 75.
Darcy, lfi4, 172.
Darnley, Lord, 313, 339.
Datchet, 289.
Daubygne, 156, 167, 176.
Day, John. 291.
Deans, 283.
Decies, Baron, 67.
Deincourt, 168.
Delamere, 56.
Denmark, 245. 367.
Denmark, Alexandra of, 245.
Denmark, George of, 245.
Derby, Earl of, 50, 214, 218.
Derby House, 108.
De Spencer, Le, 38, 142, 165.
De Spencer, Bishop Le, 185, 186.
Devereux, 173, 33 4.
Devon, Earl of, 218.
Devonshire, Duke of, 218.
Deyvilie, De, 170.
Digby, Baron, 73.
Donoughmore, Earl of, 67.
Dorchester, 45 .
Dormer, Baron, 62.
Dorset, Duke of, 176.
Douglas, 59, 166, 205, 306.
Drapers' Comoany, 289.
Dreux, De, 39, 136, 183, 193.
Drury, 56.
Dryden, Sir H , 49.
Dublin, See of, 52, 98, 281.
Dublin, Archbishop of. 90.
Dublin, Marquess of, 112.
Dublin, Earl of, 380.
Duchess, 101.
Dudley, 335.
Dugdale. Sir \V., 364.
Duke, 99.
Dunbar, Earl of, 215.
Dunsany, Baron, 69.
Dunstable, 376.
Durham, See of, 93, 281.
Durham, Bishop of, 93, 114.
Dynevor, Baron, 68.
Earl, 101, See Marshal.
East India Merchants, 288.
Edward I, 46, 91, 114, 130, 157,
136, 227, 237, 249, 304, 376.
Edward II, 58, 135, 136, 227, 237,
249, 304, 376.
Edward III, 10, 48, 73, 95, 104,
108, 121, 123, 141, 135, 191,
210, 227, 234, 237, 304, 376.
Edward 111, Monument of, 120,
192, 229, 309, 326.
Edward IV, 48, 74, 176, 230, 234,
237, 251, 252, 326.
Edward V, 230, 235.
Edward VI, 230, 238, 251, 327.
Edward the Confessor, 35, 66, 96,
119, 120, 143, 145, 168, 229.
Edward Tudor, 382.
Egerton, 337
Eglinton, Earl of, 69.
Eldred, John, 28S.
Eleanor, See Alianore.
Elizabeth Tudor, 103, 230, 238,
251, 288, 305, 312, 327.
Elizabeth Widville, 241.
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INDEX TO NAMES, TITLES,
Elizabeth of York, 145, 242, 305.
Elmebrygge, 68, 172.
Elmhurst, 74.
Elsyng, 43, 120, 142, 161, 163.
Eltham, 56, See Plantagenet.
Ely, Cathedral of, 116.
Elv, See of, 96, 281.
Enfield, 112, 143.
England, Banners of, 223.
England, Lions of, 60.
England. Crest of, 210, 255.
England, Crown of, 252, 381.
England, Shield of, 62, 104, 139,
227 to 232, 254.
England, Motto of, 208, 254.
England, Supporters of, 69, 235,
255.
Erpingham, D', 211.
Espan, L', 248, 304.
Esquires, 103.
Essex, Earl of, 46, 134, 176.
Essex, Countess of, 103.
Esstoford, D\ 173.
Este, Mary D\ 245.
Eton College, 284.
Exeter, See of, 56, 282.
Exeter, Cathedral of, 166, 389.
Exeter, Bishop of, 185, 235.
Exeter, Dukes of, 184.
Falkirk, 376.
Falmouth, Viscount, 69.
Fancorabe, De, 163.
Fanhope, Baron, 185.
Felton, Sir T., 211.
Felbrygge, Sir Svmon De, 222, 229.
Ferdinand III, 139.
Ferrers, De, 183.
Ferrers of Chartley, 116, 211, 385.
Fishmongers' Company, 289.
Finchley, 289.
Fitz Alan, 63, 143.
Fitz Alan of Bedale, 376.
Fitz Gerald, 337.
Fitz Geoffrey, 175, 183, 333.
Fitz Marmaduke, 182.
Fitz Mayhew, 142.
Fitz Nichol, 163, 385.
Fitz Ralph, 170, 175.
Fitz William, 49, 57, 172.
Fitz William, Earl, 213.
Fitz Urse, 335.
Fitz Warren, 334.
Flanders, 239.
Fortescue, 208.
Fortibus, W. De, 175.
France Ancient, 17, 18, 141, 169,
200, 229, 332.
France Modern, 144, 190, 229, 299,
333, 383.
Frazer, 74.
Frederick II, of Denmark, 244.
Fontevraud, 304.
Furnival, De, 158.
Garter, Order of the, 104, 155,
208, 265.
Garter, King of Arms, 109, 285.
Gascoyne Cecil, 218.
Gaston, Viscount de Berne, 140.
Gaunt, W. de, 181.
Gaveston, Arnold De, 140.
Gaveston, Piers de, 140, 335.
Geneville, De, 45, 159.
George I, 232.
George II, 232.
George III, 232.
George IV, 232.
Ghent, See Platagenet.
Giffard, Baron, 56.
Giffard, Sir J., 170.
Glendour, 334.
Glover, 185, 375, 376.
Gloucester, See of, 282.
Gloucester, Cathedral of, 297.
Goldsmiths' Company, 289.
Goodryke, Bishop, 116.
Gothes, 368.
Gower, 218, 337.
Grafton, Duke of, 374.
Graham, De, 168, 219, 336.
Grandison, De, 182.
Granville, 47, 218, 337.
Great Saxham, 288.
Great Yarmouth, 132, 186, 189,
194.
Greece, 369.
Greilly, 181.
Grevel, 114, 165.
Grey, Archbishop, 98.
Grey, Lady Jane, 344.
Grey, 55.
Grey, De, 40, 182.
Grey, Earl of Stamford, 208.
Grey, Earl of Tankerville, 185.
Grimstone, 165.
Gueslyn, De, 168.
Guyenne, 239.
OFFICES AND PLACES.
421
Guildford, 281.
Guilds, 287.
Gunby, 164.
Haberdashers' Company, 290.
Haiuault, 240.
Haliburton, 336.
Hallara, Bishop R., 105.
Haltwhistle, 53.
Hampton Court, 122, 234.
Hampson, Sir G., 50.
Hanover, 231, 232, 367.
Harcourt, Sir R., 105, 176.
Harcourt, Lady, 105.
Harpham, 163.
Harsnett, Archbishop, 116.
Harsyck, Sir J., 112, 116.
Hastings, De, 51, 141.
Hastings, E. He, 159.
Hastings, Sir H., 43, 120, 142, 229.
Hastings, John De, 141, 159.
Hatfield, Win. of, 100.
Hatfield Broadoak, 43.
Hay, De la, 55, 57, 71.
Haydon, J., 168.
Hazlerigg, 74.
Helena, Princess, 257.
Henry I, 51, 227.
Henry II, 226, 248.
Henry III, 9, 17, 21, 35, 43, 117,
210,227, 236,249,304, 375.
Henry IV, 46, 72, 73, 98, 141, 228,
230,237,249,305, 383.
Henry V, 45, 49, 72, 190, 230, 237,
250, 252, 305, 380.
Henry VI, 128, 230, 237, 242, 250,
252, 284, 326.
Henry VII, 230, 237, 242, 250,
251,305, 326.
Henry VIII, 122, 230, 238, 250,
252, 284, 345.
Henry VII, Chapel of, 75, 122.
Henry Stuart, 382.
Henrietta Maria, 245.
Hepburn, 208.
Heralds, 108, 151, 285.
Heralds' College, 108, 285, 338.
Hereford, Earl of, 63, 134, 137,138,
386.
Hereford, See of, 65, 282.
Hereford, Cathedral of, 56, 211.
Heriz, De, 335.
Hesse, 369.
Hever, 103, 105.
Higham Ferrers, 289.
Hohenzollern, 365.
Holland, 368.
Holland, Joan de, 1 95.
Holland, De, Duke of Exeter, 184,
195.
Holland, De, Duke of Kent, 143,
151, 184, 195, 216,378, 335.
Holland, De, 178, 325.
Holstein, 368.
Home, 209.
Hope, 49, 54, 215.
Hospitallers, 34, 259.
Howard, De. 58, 109, 164, 205, 214,
354.
Howard, Catherine, 243.
Howden, 164.
Hungary, 370.
Hungerford, 205.
Huntingdon, Earl of, 166.
Hunton, 119.
Iona, 51.
Ipswich, 53, 114, 132.
Ireland, 50.
Ironmongers' Company, 290.
Isabella of Angoulerae, 239, 248.
Isabelle of Castile, 196.
Isabel e of France, 127, 131, 240.
Isabelle of France, 145, 240.
Islip, Abbot, 119.
Italy, 367. 381.
James I, 59, 126, 141, 230, 238,
251, 327.
James I, of Scotland, 325.
James II, 251.
Joanna of Navarre, 46, 240, 249, 305.
John, See Plantagenet.
John, 39, 236, 248, 249, 304.
Johnstone, Sir W., 69.
Jerusalem, 4, 17.
Kemp, Archbishop, 93.
Kendal, Earl of, 181.
Kent, Earl of, See Holland.
Kerrison, Sir E., 97, 353.
Kilfane, 181.
King's College Chapel, 75, 230, 243,
252.
King's Langley, 48, 96, 184, 189,
190, 194.
Kirkpatrick, 47, 214.
Knights, 111, 155,265.
422
INDEX TO NAMES, TITLES,
Knights Hospitallers, 34, 259.
Knights Templars, 34, 117, 259.
Laharte, 304.
Lacv, De, 31, 63, 142, 186, 222,
324.
Lancaster, See Plantagenets.
Lancaster, Duke of, 99.
Lancaster, Earl of, 43.
Lancaster Herald, 109.
Lancaster, De, 177, 180, 181.
Llandaff, 51, 53, 282.
Llanover, Baron, 50.
Langton, Bishop, 118.
Latham or Lathora, 173, 179, 214.
Latton, 175, 179.
Latymer, 179, 200.
Lawrence, 98.
Leinster, Duke of, 337.
Lennox, 172.
Leopold, Prince, 257.
Leslie, 209, 325.
Levant Merchants, 288.
Leventhorpe, 191.
Lemon, 70, 74, 218. 337.
Lichfield, See of, 282.
Lincoln, Earl of, 186, 222.
Lincoln, See of, 58, 282.
Lincoln's Inn Hall, 20.
Lindsay, 209.
Lisle, De, 54,333, 373.
Little Bradley, 291.
Little Easton, 103, 176, 379.
London, Bishop of, 93.
London, See of, 56, 93, 281.
London, St. Paul's Cathedral,
231.
London, City of, 48, 57, 286.
Long, 213.
Longespee, W. De, 63, 88, 137, 305,
324.
Long Melford, 181.
Lorton, Viscount, 61.
Lorn, 51,336.
Lothian, Marquess of, 71.
Lothaire, 72.
Louisa, Princess, 257.
Louell, 199.
Louterell, Sir G., 210.
Louis, 8, 73.
I.ouvain, 239.
Lower, M. A., 2.
Lucy, De, 163, 331.
Macdonald, 51, 64.
I Major-Henniker, 208.
Malmeshury, Earl of, 65.
i Maltravers, 334.
Malvern, 297.
I Man, Isle of, 59, 93.
Mans, 248, 304.
Manchester, 68, 282.
Manny, 135.
xMandeville, De, 46 t 142, 333.
Manners, 336.
March, Earl of, 213,215, 234.
Marchioness, 113.
Marlborough, Duke of, 33, 336, 353.
Margaret of Anjou, 241.
Maigaretof France, 131, 240, 324.
Margaret of Scotland, 209.
Margaret of Lennox, 144.
Margaret of Richmond, 144, 252.
Margeria of Hereford, 137.
Marmion, 211.
Marquess, 112.
Marshal, Le, 50, 333,
Marshal, the Earl, 109, 125, 14 7,
345.
Martyn, Judge, 47.
Mary, Queen, 108.
Mary D'Este, 144.
Marv Stuart, 230.
Mary Tudor, 230, 235, 238.
Massyngberd, 164.
Matilda of Bologne, 239.
Matilda of Flanders, 239.
Matilda of Scotland, 239.
Mauleverer, De, 205.
Meath, 51.
Mere, De la, 43, 56.
Merchants Adventurers, 114, 287.
Merchants of the Staple, 114, 287.
Mercers' Company, 288.
Merchant Tailors' Company, 289.
Merevale, 116,211,385.
Merley, De, 168.
Meynell, De, 182.
Middlesex, 55.
Milo, 137.
Milton, John, 335.
Mimms, North, 53.
Moelles, De, 167.
Mohun, De, 334.
Monasteries, 283.
Monchesney, De, 175.
Monemne, De, 182.
Montibrt, De, 62, 165.
OFFICES AND PLACES.
423
Monthermer, De, 66, 212.
Montague, De, 66, 179, 199.
Montaeute, De, 159, 212, 335.
Monteagle, Baron, 209.
Monte Alto, Melicent De, 170.
Monthourchier, 183.
Montfitchet, 333.
Montgomery, De, 183, 334.
Montrose, 219, 336.
Mortimer, De, 37, 159, 193, 211,
213, 217, 237.
Mortimer's Cross, 74.
Mowbray, De, 63, 109, 125, 135,
205, 211, 214, 382.
Municipal Corporations, 286.
Napoleon, The Emperor, 364.
Nassau, 231.
Navarre, 46, 132, 239.
Neath Abbey, 47.
Nelond, 98.
Nelson, Viscount, 97, 352.
Neville, De, 31, 146, 179, 183, 199,
200, 208,210,214,218,241.
New College, Oxford, 53.
Newcastle, Duke of, 214, 336.
Nicholas, Sir H., 376.
Norroy, Herald, 109, 285.
Norfolk, Earl of, 190.
Norfolk, Duke of, 61, 78, 109, 120,
147, 191, 214,345.
Northumberland, Duke of, 61, 67,
214.
North wick, Baron, 67.
Northampton, Earl of, 165.
Norton Brize, 156, 167.
Norwav, 367, 368.
Norwich, 51, 252, 286.
Norwich, St. John's Church 114,
288.
Norwich, See of, 185, 282.
Nottingham, Earl of, 125.
Nova Scotia Badge, 92.
Oakes, 74.
Ochiltree, 138.
Odingselles, D\ 167.
Okstead, 74.
Oldenburg, 368.
Orkney, Earl of, 64.
Ormond, Marquess of, 68.
Ormonde, Earl of, 103.
Ottway, 68.
Outram, 98.
Oxford, Earl of, 183.
Oxford, City of, 286.
Oxford, New College, 115.
Oxford, Christ Church College,
284.
Oxford, See of, 58, 282.
Oxford, Trinity College, 284.
Oxford, University of, 283.
Paignall, 159.
Painter's Company, 290.
Parker, 97.
Parr, Catherine, 238, 243.
Pans, 172.
Pebmarsh, 170.
Pelham, 46, 205.
Pelham-Clinton, 215, 336.
Pembridge, 211.
Pembroke, Earl of, 43, 62.
Percv, De, 43, 58, 63, 204, 208,
214
Percy Monument, 43, 360.
Penott, 75.
Pescod, 118.
Peterborough, See of, 282.
Peverell, 205.
Pevner, De, 170.
Philippa of Hainault, 240, 305.
Philip of Spain, 244.
Philip III of France, 364.
Philip IV of France, 140.
Philip, Sir W. 211.
Planche, Mr., 72, 124, 133, 136, 204,
324, 378.
Plantagenets, Family of, 74, 83.
Plantagenets, Lancastrians, 74, 236,
261, 382.
Plantagenets, Yorkists, 74, 236,
263, 382.
Plantagenets, Livery Colors of, 83.
Plantagenet, Alianore, 134.
Plantagenet, Edmond, of Lancaster,
43, 87, 187, 191, 302, 305.
Plantagenet, Edmond, of Cornwall,
130, 173.
Plantagenet, Edmond, of Langley,
48,96,193, 195,306, 313.
Plantagenet, Edmond, of Woodstock,
183, 195.
Plantagenet, Edmond, Earl of Rut-
land, 197.
Plantagenet, Elizabeth, 101, 306,
Plantagenet, Elizabeth, of York.
242.
424
INDEX TO NAMES, TITLES,
Plantagenet, Edward, the Black
Prince, 49, 56, 70, 99, 100, 104,
107,111, 190, 195,202,210,300,
318, 382, 385.
Plantagenet, Edward, Earl of Rut-
land, 196.
Plantagenet, Geuffrev, of Anjou, 117,
304.
Plantagenet, George, of Clarence,
176, 189, 197,211.
Plantagenet, Henry, Earl of Lan-
caster, 181, 191, 325.
Plantagenet, Henry, Duke of Lan-
caster, 99, 157, 191, 217.
Plantagenet, Henry, of Bolingbroke,
144, 187, 191, 193, 202, 223.
Plantagenet, Humphrey, of Glou-
cester, 184, 306, 378.
Plantagenet, Isabeile, 103,306, 379.
Plantagenet, Joan, of Kent, 195,
237.
Plantagenet, Joan, 309.
Plantagenet, John, of Eltharn, 20,
56, 100, 124. 136, 183, 305, 385
Plantagenet, John, of Ghent, 144,
193, 202, 382.
Plantagenet, John, Duke of Bed-
ford, 189, 198, 211.
Plantagenet, Lionel, of Clarence,
100, 192.
Plantagenet, Margaret, 141, 306.
Plantagenet, Mary, 309.
Plantagenet, Richard, of Conings-
burgh, 184, 193, 197, 379.
Plantagenet, Richard, of York, 189,
197.
Plantagenet, Richard, of Cornwall,
39, 66, 130.
Plantagenet, Thomas, of Lancaster,
181, 191,212, 323.
Plantagenet, Thomas, " De Brother-
ton," 135, 190.
Plantagenet, Thomas, of Gloucester.
184,202,216,325.
Plantagenet, Thomas, of Clarence,
197.
Plantagenet, William, of Hatfield,
100, 306.
Pleshy, 202.
Plessis, De, 174.
Pole, De la, 101, 105, 179.
Ponsonby, 47.
Ponthieu, 240.
Pope, Sir T , 284.
Portcullis, Pursuivant, 109.
Portugal, 369.
Poulett, the Earl, 56.
Pownder, T., 132.
Powys, 150, 360.
Poynings, 334.
Preshaw, 213.
Prestwyck, 66.
Prince of Wales, 253, 256, 380,
381, 387.
Prince Consort, 253, 255.
Princess, 254, 256.
Princess Royal, 257.
Provence, 21, 99, 239.
Prussia, 365.
Pursuivant, 109.
Queen, Her Majestv, The, 105, 139,
146, 232,250,253, 276,277,381.
Quincey, Saer De, 186.
Quincey, R. De, 174, 324.
Radclyffe, De, 334.
Ramrydge, Abbot, 118, 303, 360.
Havmond of Provence, 21.
Richard 1, 61, 210, 227,237.
Richard II, 43, 74, 112, 117, 120,
141, 145, 189.206, 216, 229, 234,
240, 305, 382.
Richard III, 146, 197, 230, 235.
Richmond, Countess of, 24 2, 307,
311.
Richmond, Duke of, 218. 373.
Richmond, Earl of, 185, 193.
Richmond, De, 182.
Ripon,282.
Rishangles, 165.
Robsart, Lord, 303, 314.
Rochester, See of, 282.
Rochfort, 242.
Rokewood, 47.
Rokele, De, 174.
Romara, W. De, 174, 324.
Ros, De, 57, 162.
Rothsay, Duke of, 380.
Rouen, 198.
Rouge Croix, 109.
Rouge Dragon, 109.
Routhe, De, 376.
Royal Artillery, 291.
Royal Marines, 291.
Russell, 64, 67, 208, 336.
Rin land, Duke of, 65, 69, 213, 336.
Rutland, Lai 1 of, 196, 197.
OFFICES, AND PLACES.
425
Russia, 366.
Ryther, De, 171.
St. Alban, 119.
St. Alban, Abbey of, 43, 53, 68, 71,
118, 184, 188, 283, 360,379.
St. Alban's, Duke of, 374.
St. Amand, 173.
St. Andrew, 33, 270.
St. Andrew's, London, 290.
St. Asaph, See of, 282.
St. Anthony, Cross and Order of, 33,
260.
St. Cross, Hospital of, 316.
St. David's, See of, 282.
St. Edward (the Confessor), 96.
St. Edmond, 96, 119.
St. George, 33, 48, 96, 120, 274,
327, 366.
St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 122,
298.
St. John, De, 167.
St. John's College, Cambridge, 299.
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 232.
St. Martin Outwich, 289,
St. Maur, 218.
St. Michael, 121, 274.
St. Omer, 168.
St. Patrick, 33, 34, 121, 270, 337.
St. Quintin, De. 163, 182.
Salisbury, Cathedral of, 88.
Salisbury, Earl of, 63, 88.
Salisbury, Matilda of, 137.
Salisbury, See of, 58, 282.
Salisbury, Marquess of, 218.
Saltmarsh, De, 164.
Salters' Company, 290.
Sawbridgeworth, 191.
Sawtry, 212.
Say, De, 124, 142, 333.
Saxony, 247, 256, 364, 380.
Schools, Public, 284.
Scotland, 38, 57, 73.
Scotland, Lion of, 60.
Scott, Sir Walter, 68, 335.
Scott of Thirlstane, 208.
Scrope, Lord, 211.
Seafield, Earl of, 98.
Seal, 212.
Seaton, Baron, 97.
Sees, Episcopal, and Bishops, 281.
Segrave, Lord, 63, 135, 379.
Selbv, 158.
Selkirk, Earl of, 69.
Setvans, R. de, 48, 124, 207.
Seymour, Jane, 238, 243.
Shakespeare. 55, 95, 118, 203, 335.
Shastone, De, 167.
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 64, 185, 207.
Skinner's Company, 289.
Sleswick, 367.
Smythe, Sir W., 383.
Somerset, Duke of, 176, 184, 218,
374, 382.
Somerset, Marquess of, 184.
Somerset, 217.
Somerset Herald, 109.
Southacre, 112, 117.
Spain, 369.
Spencer, Earl, 38, 218, 336, See
De Spencer.
Spring Rice, 209.
Stafford, De, 149, 163, 185, 212.
Stafford Jermingham, 219.
Staindrop, 210.
Standon, 287.
Stanley, 64, 144, 179, 205, 214,
218, 337.
Stanton Harcourt, 105.
Stapleton, De, 185
Staple, Merchants of the, 114.
Star of India, Order of, 276.
Stationers' Company, 290.
Stephen, 227.
Stoke Daubernon, 117.
Stothard, Charles, 378.
Stourton, Lord, 212.
Stradsett, 171.
Stratherne, Euphemia of, 138.
Strange, 337.
Stuarts, 72, 208, 233.
Stuart, Alan, 138.
Stuart, Arabella, 341.
Stuart, David, 138.
Stuart, Mary, 307, 339.
Suabia, 242!
Suffolk, Duke of, 105.
Surrey, Earl of, 134.
Sutherland, Duke of, 218, 337.
Sweden, 368.
Switzerland, 370.
Swynborne, De, 164.
Sydney, 335.
[S5.
Talbot, De, 183,
Tanfie.d, 211.
Tankerville, Earl, 185.
Tatelow, De, 170.
426
INDEX TO NAMES, TITLES,
Ta:eshall, De, 180.
Tederade, 133.
Templars, 34, 174, 259.
Temple, 208.
Temple Church, 46.
Terri, John, 114, 288.
Thebes, 19.
Theddlethorpe, 168.
Thistle, Order of the, 269.
Thorpe, De, 211, 212, 262, 361.
Tiptoft, 112, 143, 150, 310, 358.
Toolye, 133.
Tower Hill, 199.
Tressel, De, 172.
Trussell, 173.
Trinity House, 55, 285.
Trinity College, Cambridge, 284.
Trinity College, Oxford, 284.
Trotton, 55, 105, 303.
Trumpingdon, De, 57, 106, 162.
Tudor, 54, 185, 382.
Tudor, Arthur, 72, 74, 190, 238.
302, 306, 382.
Tudors, Livery Colors of, 83, 122.
Turkey, 370.
Tyler, Wat, 48.
Ufford, D', 334.
Ughtred, 166.
Ulster, Badge of, 59, 92.
Ulster, Earl of, 146, 192, 237.
Ulster, Herald King, 109, 286.
Umphaville, D', 163.
Universities, 283.
Upton, Nicholas, 177, 379.
Valence, Aymer De, 96, 132, 168,
305.
Valence, Guv De, 169.
Valence, William De, 38, 43, 55
66, 132, 138, 168, 305, 387.
Valois, 364.
Vaux, De, 175.
Vavasour, Le, 334.
Vere, De, 43, 52, 73, 165.
183.
Verdon, De, 176.
Vernon, 119, 335.
Verney, 179, 180.
Verulam, Earl, 165.
Vesci, De, 35.
Victoria Cross, 277.
Vintners' Company, 290.
Vipont, De, 174.
Vincent, 170, 197, 377.
Victoria, 11, 232, 250, 253, 328,
See Queen.
Volunteers, 225.
Wakefield, 197.
Wake, Lord, 173, 194, 378.
Waldeby, Archbishop, 98.
Wales, "The Prince of, 187,380,
382, 387.
Wales, Principality of, 239.
Wallers, 204, 378.
Walthamstow, 289.
Walworth, William De, 48.
Warwick, Earl, 64, 102, 111, 121,
178, 198, 203, 223.
Warwick, 102, 111, 163, 166.
Warrenne, De, 43, 78, 109, 134,
181, 194.
Warburton, 66.
Warham, Archbishop, 98.
Waterford, 58.
Welle, De, 173.
Wellesley, 219, 336.
Wellington, Duke of, 33, 91, 219,
336, 337, 353.
Wensley, 53.
Westley Waterless, 175.
Westminster Abbev, 17, 20, 35, 43,
120, 174, 230, 283, 297, 302, &c.
Westminster Hall, 143, 206,
299.
Westminster, Deanery of, 283.
Westmorland, Earl, 210,214.
Wheathamptede, De, 71, 186.
Whitworth, 39.
Widville, or Woodville, 241.
William I, 226, 227.
William II, 227, 304.
William III, 230, 328.
William IV, 232.
Willement, 245.
Willis, Professor, 141.
Willoughby D'Eresby, 158.
Winchester, 56.
Wiltshire, Earl of, 103.
Winchester, Bishop of, 93, 281.
Winchester, Cathedral of, 190.
Winchester, Earl of, 174, 186.
Windsor, 163.
Windsor Herald, 109,
Wingfield, 105.
Wiston, 161, 213.
Woburn, 289.
OFFICES AND PLACES.
427
Worcester, Cathedral of,
161, 238, 297.
Worcester, Earl of, 373.
Worcester, See of, 283.
Wodehouse, Baron, 215.
Wolsey, Cardinal, 284.
Woodstock, 75, 205.
Wotton-uuder-Edge, 68.
Wurtemburgh, 369.
Wymington, 171.
55, 75, Wynne, Sir W. W„ 65.
York, See Plantagenets.
York, Cathedral of, 100.
York, Duke of, 193, 195, 196, 197.
York, See of, 281.
York Herald, 109.
Zouch, Dela, 158.
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