The Book of Family Crests: Comprising Nearly Every Family Bearing, with Its Blazonry, Accompanied by Upwards of Four Thousand Engravings ... Alphabetically Arranged; with the Surnames of the Bearers, a Dictionary of Mottos, an Essay on the Origin of Arms, Crests, Etc. and a Glossary of Terms, Volume 2Henry Washbourne, 1854 - Crests |
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anchor arm embowed arm erect arm in armour armour embowed arrow attired Baron Bart beak bend boar's head bowed branch broken Bucks chapeau charged Chesh cloud collared Cornw crescent crest cross croslet cubit arm cuffed demi demi-lion rampant Devon dexter arm dexter hand dexter paw dragon's ducal coronet ducally gorged eagle displayed eagle's head eared Earl erect falcon feathers fess fitchée flames fleur-de-lis fructed Glouc grasping greyhound guardant Hants head couped Herts holding a sword issuing Kent Lanc laurel leaved legged Linc lined lion passant lion rampant lion's gamb lion's head erased Lond mount mouth mullet mural naiant neck Norf pale passant pierced regardant rising rose Salop saltier sejant shoulder sinister slipped Somers spear Staff stag stag's head Suff supporting Suss sword talbot tower tree vert vested Viscount wings expanded wings indorsed wolf's head wreathed York