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ancient argent armorial ARUNDEL azure badge banner Baron bears bend Bendlet Bendy bezants blazoned bordure bore borne canton charged chevron chief coat of arms collar College of Arms colour coronet cotised crest crosses pattées crown devices dexter Diaper differenced different tincture diminutive Ditto ditto ducal DUKE eagle EARL Earl Marshal early EDWARD EDWARD III effigy England engrailed ensign ermine escutcheon example field fleurs-de-lis formed fusils Garter George gold guardant gules head helm helmet HENRY HENRY III heraldic Heraldry Honourable Ordinaries impaled insignia JOHN King Knights label lines lion rampant LORD lozenge mantling mark of Cadency Martlet metal middle ages mitres monument motto mullets NEVILLE ornamental pale passant placed PLANTAGENET Prince quartered QUEEN represented RICHARD II rose roundel Royal arms sable saltire Scotland seal Sejant semée shields of arms sinister sometimes Sovereign Subordinaries surcoat surmounted tabard tail term three lions tincture Tressure Vair vert Westminster Abbey worn
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Page 327 - England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron...
Page 23 - Endorse is generally borne in pairs, and often accompanies the Pale, one being placed on either side of it. The Pale is then said to be endorsed. It is necessary to divide the field very accurately, or the Pallet may be mistaken for the Endorse. The same care will be necessary in the diminutives of the other Ordinaries. 3. The BEND (No. 51) is formed by two diagonal lines, drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base. When charges are borne upon the Bend, it contains one-third of the field ;...
Page 25 - Upon his breast a bloodie Cross he bore, The deare remembrance of His dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore And dead, as living, ever Him ador'd ; Upon his shield the like was also scor'd...
Page 153 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Page 328 - Barons, and the eldest Sons of all the younger Sons of Peers, and their eldest Sons in perpetual succession...
Page 68 - The beautiful belt which encircles the jupon is ornamented with lions' heads, and on the buckle a lion of England. Another example is upon the effigy of SIR GUY BRIAN in the Abbey Church of Tewkesbury. This jupon bears the arms " or, three piles meeting near in the base of the coat, az.
Page 372 - Sovereign of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, is desirous of commemorating the auspicious termination of the long and arduous contests in which this empire has been engaged, and of marking in an especial manner his gracious sense of the valour, perseverance, and devotion, manifested by the officers of his Majesty's forces by sea and land...
Page 311 - The Motto of the Order of the Garter, " Honi soit qui mal y pense" with the romantic story of its origin, is as familiar as household words.
Page 8 - ... which is opposite to the left hand of the person looking at it, is the dexter side (A, No.
Page 3 - And sigh'd my English breath in foreign clouds, Eating the bitter bread of banishment, Whilst you have fed upon my signories, Dispark'd my parks, and fell'd my forest woods, From mine own windows torn my household coat, Raz'd out my impress, leaving me no sign, Save men's opinions, and my living blood, To shew the world I am a gentleman.