P/zoto . S ooner p . ) F 1 0 I . f f - A ee eater (Tower o London) in his full dre ss unifo rm s ho win the B , g o f “ e ancient method earing the badg . ARTH UR CH ARL ES FO " - DAVIES ’ O F L x N O L - - C N s IN N , BA R R IST ER AT LA W WIT H NUME ROUS I L L U S T R A T I O N S LO DO : OH LA THE BODL Y H AD N N J N NE , E E N EW YORK : OH LA CO PA Y C VI I J N NE M N . M M WI L I M L W L D L S . L A C O ES A N D SON S , LT D . , O N DON A N BECC E L IS T OF IL L US TR A TION S F IG . 1 A f T ower o f L f - s . Bee eater ( ondon) in his ull dre s uni f n o f orm , showing the a cient method wearing the badge Frontispie ce T O F AC E PAG E 2 o f E f 2 2 . The Badge ngland , rom the Royal Warrant o f f 3 . The Badge Scotland , rom the Royal Warrant e of f 4 . The Badg Ireland , rom the Royal Warrant o f f 5 The second Badge Ireland , rom the Royal War rant 6 fl o f U f . The ( oral) Badge the nited Kingdom , rom the Royal Warrant o f U n f t he 7 . The second Badge the nited Ki gdom , rom Royal Warrant 8 o f s f R r . The Badge Wale , rom the oyal Wa rant o f - r 9 . The Badge the Heir Appa ent to the British Throne o f t ff - E r o f 1 0 . The Arms William (S a ord Howard), a l ff r f o f E x e m lificat io n Sta o d , rom the Patent p 1 1 E e ff fie . The ight en Sta ord Badges , as exempli d in the same document 4 0 and 4 1 1 2 s o f T M b . The Arm , Crest , and Badge homas (de ow ray), Duke o f Norfolk h o f x of J . for L , 3 . The Seal ames II the Duc y ancaster sh owing the ostrich feather badge fo r o f e 1 4 . The Shield Peace the Black Princ 1 f o - Pla nta enix ta f 5 . The amous Br om cod ( g ) Badge, rom which the nam e o f th e dyn as ty was derive d “ ” 1 6 -e n- f e o f . The Rose soleil, the avourite badg King E IV dward . L ist of Illu s t ra tio n s F IG T O FACE PAG E 1 A o f VIII M 7. Badge Henry . and Queen ary, being a combination o f the Tudor Rose and the Pome o f of granate Queen Katharine Aragon, as depicted on the Westminster Tournament Roll 1 8 T he I . Star and Crescent Badge, used by King Richard . and King John 1 f e o f VII viz a 9 . The avourit badges Henry . , . ( ) the “ - o f Sun burst Windsor, and the Portcullis 54 ’ ” o f f ff 2 0 . The Ape s Clog the badge the Duke o Su olk 54 , “ 2 1 o f o f . The Salet, a badge Thomas (Howard), Duke Norfolk “ 2 2 ff o f L ff . The Sta ord Knot, a badge the ords Sta ord “ ” 2 T he “ 3 . Wake Knot, sometimes called the Ormonde Knot 2 B ourchier o f f 4 . The Knot the badge that amily “ 2 Henea e b of f 5 . The g Knot, the adge that amily 2 6 L K o f f . The acy not, the badge that amily 2 o f f 7 . The Harington Knot, the badge that amily “ 2 8 T he ff o f . Su olk Knot, the badge J ohn (De la Pole), f 1 o f ff f MS 1 1 2 1 . 0 Duke Su olk , rom . Ashmole, , 5 “ 2 9 . The Bowen Knot 0 o f 6 th E o f N ort hum 3 . The Standard Henry (Percy), arl berland 1 3 . The Dacre Badge 2 o f D aubene o f 3 . The Badge y Cote o f D o d sle 3 3 . The Badge y f “ 3 4. A design rom Prince Arthur s Book, showing “ viz - - - badges, . the Sun burst, Fleur de lis, and Ostrich Feather “ ’ e f 3 5 . A d sign rom Prince Arthur s Book , showing the f o f E IV viz ollowing badges King dward . , . the “ ” e -eu- F - - Ros soleil, the leur de lis, the Sun in L o f M Splendour, and the White ion arch vii i L is t of Illu s t ra tio n s F IG T O FA C E PAG E 6 f “ ’ 3 . A design rom Prince Arthur s Book , showing the o f . n cross St George , the Bohun swa , and the Fleur-de - lis f “ ’ 3 7 . A design rom Prince Arthur s Book, showing badges f V f e o II. viz o King Henry , . the Cross St . G orge, “ ” “ ” - s the Tudor Rose, the Dragon , the Sun bur t, “ F u - - c 1 1 2 the le r de lis, the Greyhound, and Port ullis 8 ’ 3 . The King s Cypher o f L o f 3 9 . Badge ord Hastings, being a combination the “ Hungerford Sickle and the Peverel Garb 1 3 2 0 b o f t he E o f f 1 2 4 . A adge arls Ox ord 3 1 - a e o f ff 1 2 4 . The Garde bras the b dg Ratcli 3 , “ 2 o f L r 1 2 4 . The Drag, the Badge the ords Stou ton 3 A o f V f t he n 1 2 4 3 . Cypher Queen ictoria, rom Royal Warra t 3 o f V f 1 2 44 . A Cypher Queen ictoria, rom the Royal Warrant 3 f “ ‘ 45 . A design rom Prince Arthur s Book , showing a combination of two o f the badges of Richard II . “ “ i e v z . the Whit H art and the Sun in Splendour 6 f “ ’ 4 . A design rom Prince Arthur s Book , showing a o f viz L combination badges, . the White ion , the c Fe tterl o ck Fal on , and the ix H E R A L D I C B A D GE S Hera ldic B a ah es HE exact status Of the badge in this country, to which it is peculiar, has been very much misunderstood . This is probably due to the fact o f th e that the evolution badge was gradual, and that its importance increased unconsciously . Badges formerly do no t appear to have ever been made the subjects o f grants pure and o f fre simple, though grants standards were quent, and standards Often had badges thereupon . o f Apart from such grants standards, however, the instances which can be referred to as showing o r the control, even the attempted control, by the Crown o f the use o f badges are very rare indeed o f in times past . As a matter fact, the Crown seems almost to have purposely ignored them . B adges are not, as we know them, found in o f the earliest period heraldry, unless we are to l presume their existence from early sea s, many o f which show isolated charges taken from the W arms ; for if, in the cases here such single I I He ra ldic B a dg e s charges appear upon the seals, we are to accept those seals as proofs o f the contemporary exist o f ence those devices as heraldic badges, we should Often be led into strange conclusions . s There is no doubt that these isolated device , which are met with constantly at an early period, o f were not only parts arms, but were in many ori in o f fi nd cases the g arms, which we later in the use Of the descendants Of the same families as those which made use o f the earlier form . Devices possessing a more o r less personal and possessive character occur in many cases before record can be traced o f the arms into which they subsequently developed . This will be o f noticed in relation to the arms Swinton , for example . The earliest Swinton seal shows the ’ o f isolated charge a boar s head, whilst the developed coat o f arms was a chevron between If three such heads . , however, these simple o devices upon seals are badges, then badges g o f back to an earlier date than arms . Devices this ki nd occur many centuries before such a o f thing as a heraldic shield arms existed . Hera ldic Bad e a s we know it The g , , however, came into general use about the reign O f Edward III . ; that is, the heraldic badge as a separate matter, having a distinct and separate existence in addition to the concurrent arms o f 1 2 He ra ldic B a dg e s the same person, and having at the same time a B t distinctly heral dic character .