A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
3. gules, three legs armed proper, conjoined in the fess point and
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flexed in triangle, garnished and spurred or (Callander).
Chapters
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
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