The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 2 |
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annulets arms.-Crest attired Baron barry of six bars gu Bart beaked bend betw bend engr bend gu bezants boars bordure engr cabossed canton chequy chev chief gu chief three cinquefoils collared Cornw cottised counterchanged couped cross crosslets fitchée cross engr cross pattée demi lion ramp Devons dexter hand ducal coronet ducally gorged eagle displ embowed erased erect erminois escutcheon Essex etoiles fesse betw fesse gu field.-Crest first.-Crest flory fretty Glouc griffin gu.-Crest guttée hand ppr haurient indented Ireland Kent Lanc last.-Crest Leic Linc lion pass lion's head London mascles Midd Motto mount vert N.amp naiant Norf or.-Crest pale paly paly of six pheons pierced ppr.-Crest quarterly roses gu sa.-Crest Salop saltier saltier engr Scotland second.-Crest sejant sinister Suff sword three bars three cinquefoils three crescents three cross three cross crosslets three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three leopards three lions ramp three martlets three mullets vair wavy wolf's head
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Page 32 - On an imperial crown proper a lion sejant affronte gules imperially crowned Or, holding in the dexter paw a sword, and in the sinister a sceptre erect also proper (for Scotland).
Page 6 - Crest, a dexter arm, embowed, in armour, ppr. garnished or, holding in the baud a spear, in bend sinister, point downwards, also ppr.