British Crests: Containing the Crests and Mottos of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland; Together with Those of the Principal Cities; and a Glossary of Heraldic Terms, Volume 1Kirkwood & Son, 1817 - Heraldry |
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British Crests: Containing the Crests and Mottos of the Families ..., Volume 2 Alexander Deuchar No preview available - 2017 |
British Crests: Containing the Creats and Mottos of the Families of Great ... Alexander Deuchar No preview available - 2013 |
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Common terms and phrases
argent arm embowed arm in armour armour embowed arrow attired azure Bart beak bezant boar's head erased Buckinghamshire bull's head chapeau charged cloud cock crescent crest and motto cross croslet fitched demi-eagle demi-griffon demi-lion rampant Devonshire dexter arm dexter hand holding dexter paw ducal coronet ducally gorged eagle displayed Earl erect ermine Essex falcon fess fessways fitcheé fleur de lis garb gardant gent Gloucestershire goat's head greyhound griffon's head erased gules hand issuing Hertfordshire holding a cross holding a dagger holding a sword horse's head Kent Lancashire Lincolnshire lion passant lion rampant lion's gamb lion's head erased lion's paw London martlet mullet mural naiant neck Norfolk Northamptonshire proper sable saltier Savage's head scymitar sejant Shropshire sinister spear Staffordshire stag stag's head erased Suffolk sword in pale talbot's head tower unicorn's head vert vested Virtute Warwickshire Wiltshire wings expanded wings indorsed wolf's head wreath wyvern Yorkshire