The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, from the Earliest to the Present Time: With a Complete Glossary of Heraldic Terms: to which is Prefixed a History of Heraldry, Collected and Arranged ...author, 1830 |
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annulets armour attired badge Baron beaked bend betw bend engr bend gu bezants boars bordure engr bull pass canton charged chequy chev chief gu cinquefoils collared Cornw cottised counterchanged Crest cross crosslets fitchée cross engr cross gu cross pattée crosses formée demi lion ramp Devons dexter hand ducal coronet ducally crowned Earl ensign erect escutcheon Essex etoiles fesse betw fesse gu first.-Crest fleurs-de-lis four fretty gold grand crosses griffin gu.-Crest guard gyronny hand ppr head couped head erased holding honour Ireland Kent king knights Linc lion ramp London martlets mascles Motto mount vert Norf or.-Crest orle paly paly of six quarterly Royal Burgh sa.-Crest saltier saltier engr Scotland second.-Crest sejant sinister Suff sword three bars three cinquefoils three crescents three cross crosslets three eagles displ three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three leopards three lions three lions ramp three martlets three mullets wavy
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