Chapter 1

1. Chapter 1 2. INTRODUCTION ix 3. INTRODUCTION 4. CHAPTER I 5. 1. _Tydeus._ 6. 2. _Capaneus._ 7. 3. _Eteoclus._ 8. 4. _Hippomedon._ 9. 5. _Parthenopæus._ 10. 6. _Amphiaraus._ 11. 7. _Polynices._ 12. 1. ("Atque hic exultans--insigne decorum."--Lib. ii. lines 386-392.) 13. 2. ("Post hos insignem--serpentibus hydram."--Lib. vii. lines 655-658.) 14. 3. ("Sequitur pulcherrimus Astur--insigne paternæ."--Lib. x. lines 15. 1. _Cilo_, § 171. 16. 2. _Calliope_, § 74. 17. 1. ("Tum redire paulatim--in sedes referunt."--Cap. 28.) 18. CHAPTER II 19. CHAPTER III 20. CHAPTER IV 21. 6. bendy of six, a canton...."[5] 22. 6. paly of six within a bordure; 7. bendy of six, a canton; 8. or, a 23. CHAPTER V 24. CHAPTER VI 25. 1150. This tomb was formerly in the cathedral of Le Mans, and is now in the 26. CHAPTER VII 27. CHAPTER VIII 28. CHAPTER IX 29. 1265. (From MS. Cott., Nero, D. 1.)] 30. introduction of charges in its angles, led naturally to the arms of the 31. CHAPTER X 32. CHAPTER XI 33. CHAPTER XII 34. CHAPTER XIII 35. CHAPTER XIV 36. CHAPTER XV 37. CHAPTER XVI 38. CHAPTER XVII 39. CHAPTER XVIII 40. 1232. Garbs therefrom became identified with the Earldom of Chester, and 41. CHAPTER XIX 42. 247. The mention of stones brings one to the kindred subject of 43. CHAPTER XX 44. 1615. The introduction of the open full-faced helmet as indicative of 45. CHAPTER XXI 46. CHAPTER XXII 47. CHAPTER XXIII 48. CHAPTER XXIV 49. 1. Sir William Latimer, Lord Latimer, K.G., c. 1361-1381. Arms: gules a 50. 2. Sir Bermond Arnaud de Presac, Soudan de la Tran, K.G., 1380-_post_ 1384. 51. 3. Sir Simon Felbrigge, K.G., 1397-1442. Arms: or, a lion rampant gules. 52. 4. Sir Reginald Cobham, Lord Cobham, K.G., 1352-1361. Arms: gules, on a 53. 5. Sir Edward Cherleton, Lord Cherleton of Powis, K.G., 1406-7 to 1420-1. 54. 6. Sir Hertong von Clux, K.G., 1421-1445 or 6. Arms: argent, a vine branch 55. 7. Sir Miles Stapleton, K.G. (Founder Knight, died 1364). Arms: argent, a 56. 8. Sir Walter Hungerford, Lord Hungerford and Heytesbury, K.G., 1421-1449. 57. 9. Sir Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, 1429-1460. Arms: or, a chevron 58. 10. Sir John Grey of Ruthin, K.G., 1436-1439. Arms: quarterly, 1 and 4, 59. 11. Sir Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury, K.G., 1436-1460. Arms: 60. 12. Sir Gaston de Foix, Count de Longueville, &c., K.G., 1438-1458. Arms: 61. 13. Sir Walter Blount, Lord Mountjoye, K.G., 1472-1474. Arms: quarterly, 1. 62. 3. barry nebuly or and sable (for Blount); 4. vairé argent and gules (for 63. 14. Frederick, Duke of Urbino. Mantling or, lined ermine. 64. 1. That with ancient arms of which the grant specified the colour, 65. 2. That the mantling of the sovereign and Prince of Wales is of cloth 66. 3. That the mantling of other members of the Royal Family is of cloth 67. 4. That the mantlings of all other people shall be of the livery 68. 1. That in the cases of peers whose arms were matriculated before 1890 69. 2. That the mantlings of all other arms matriculated before 1890 shall 70. 3. That the mantlings of peers whose arms have been matriculated since 71. 4. That the mantlings of all other persons whose arms have been 72. CHAPTER XXV 73. introduction, but it will be noticed that no wreaths appear in some of the 74. CHAPTER XXVI 75. 1672. The official blazon of the arms is as follows: "Gules ane holy lambe 76. CHAPTER XXVII 77. CHAPTER XXVIII 78. CHAPTER XXIX 79. CHAPTER XXX 80. CHAPTER XXXI 81. CHAPTER XXXII 82. CHAPTER XXXIII 83. 1. quarterly, i. and iiii., argent, on a bend azure, three bucks' heads 84. 4. quarterly argent and gules, in the second and third quarters a fret 85. 3. Robinson, because Smith, which brought in Jones and Robinson, has been 86. CHAPTER XXXIV 87. CHAPTER XXXV 88. CHAPTER XXXVI 89. CHAPTER XXXVII 90. CHAPTER XXXVIII 91. CHAPTER XXXIX 92. 3. Ireland and the arms of Hanover were placed upon an inescutcheon." This 93. CHAPTER XL 94. CHAPTER XLI 95. CHAPTER XLII 96. 16. Your Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother. 97. 1. _Duke's Coronet_ (Ribbon of St. Patrick): Argent, a saltire gules 98. 2. _Lozenge_: Argent, a chief azure, over all a lion rampant gules, 99. 3. _Earl's Coronet_ (Ribbon of Hanoverian Guelphic Order): Quarterly 100. 4. _Lozenge_: Argent, a chevron gules, a double tressure flory and 101. 5. _Duke's Coronet_ (Garter): Quarterly, 1 and 4, barry of eight or and 102. 6. _Lozenge_ (surmounted by Earl's coronet): Gules, three mullets or, 103. 7. _Earl's Coronet_ (Garter): Quarterly of six, 1. gules, on a bend 104. 5. gules, three escallops argent; 6. barry of six argent and azure, 105. 9. _Baron's Coronet_: Per chevron engrailed gules and argent, three 106. 11. _Earl's Coronet_ (Ribbon of Thistle): Or, a fess chequy argent and 107. 12. _Lozenge_: Sable, on a cross engrailed between four eagles 108. 13. _Baronet's Badge_: Or, on a chief sable, three escallops of the 109. 15. _Shield_: Quarterly, 1 and 4, sable, a bend chequy or and gules 110. 3. gules, three legs armed proper, conjoined in the fess point and 111. 16. _Lozenge_: Quarterly, 1. or, a lion rampant gules; 2. or, a dexter 112. 25. As 17. 113. 31. _Arms_: Argent, a saltire gules. Crest: a monkey statant proper, 114. 2. upon a wreath of the colours, a porcupine proper; and as a further