N T R O D U C T I O N T O H ER A LD R Y &VIT H N EAR LY ONE THOUSAND ILLUSTRAT IONS ; L HE A OF A UT FIVE H ND ED DIF ERE LI IN C UDIN G T RMS BO U R F NT FAMI ES . B Y H U G H C L A K R . T EIGHTEEN H EDITION . P E ED Y R . LAN EE E SED AND CO CT B J . O R VI RR , - IV T F ARMS ROUGE CROIX PURS C AN O . L O N D O N B ELL B A Y 6 Y R S TREET C VENT GAR EN LD , , O K , O D , A D 1 LEET T R ET N 8 6 , F S E . 6 1 8 6 . n cQJ LO O PR N E BY W ILLIAM CLOWVES O MFORD ST R EET ND N I T D AND S NS , STA A ND C H G C ROSS A RIN . P E R F A C E . ’ “ OLAR K s Introducti onto Heraldry has now beenin xis nc for r s of ar and n r e te e upwa d eighty ye s , go e th ough s n n n In r nin i eve tee edi ti o s . p ese t g the e ghteenth to i c i s on nc ss r to sa in the Publ , it ly e e a y y , that or r to c r c n na nce of ch r de se u e a o ti u su popula ity, the book has undergone c omplete revision; and by the o i onof s or and c rr c i on miss ome exploded the ies, the o e t of few rrono s ni on enr n r o a e e u Opi s , be e de ed , it is h ped , a still more trustworthy Hand - book to anArt as useful as rnm n — to Sc nc r al of it is o a e tal a ie e , the eal v ue which is daily be coming more apparent in this age of nd ri i n r progress a c t cal i qui y . R . J . P . C O N T E N T S . PAGB H B C OF H LD T ERM S IN G H ALP A ETI AL LIST ERA IC , EN LIS , H N FRENC , AND LATI ARCHITECTURE A ND HERALDRY ARCH B ISHOPS AND BISHOPS M THE USE AR S, OF RM THE ARt SE A S, OF M AssUMP TIvE AR S, ARMS OF ALLIANCE ARM S OF ADOPTION ARMS OF A BACH ELOR ARM S OF A BISH OP ARM S OF A BARONET AR MS OF A COM MONER AND LADY ARM S OF COMM UN ITY ARMS OF CONCESSION M AR S , CANTING RM A S A S, CL S ES OF ARM S OF DOMINION ARM S OF A HUSBAND AN D T W O W IVES ARMS OF AN HEIRESS AND C O - HEIRESS ARMS OF A K NIGHT OF T HE C ART ER AND LADY MARRYING A COMM ONER ARMS or A DOW AGER OR MAIDEN LADY ARMS OF A MAID AR MS OF PATRONAGE ARM S OF PRETENSION ARMS PATERNAL AND HEREDITARY nts v 1 Conte . ARMS Q UARTERLY ARMS ROYA L ARMS OF SUCCESSION ARM S OF A W IDOW HE R ARMS OF A W IDOW AND I ESS o ' ARMS OF A W IFE AND TW O HUSBANDS BADGES B ARONETS BARONS B H O OF T HE AT , RDER BISHOPS B Z N ES OF LA O ING, RUL BLAZONING OF ANIM ALS BLAZONING OF BIRD S BLAZONI NG OF CHARGES BLAZONING OF HEAVVENLY BODIES B LAZONING OF FISHES BLAZONING OF ORDINARIES B LAZONING OF M AN AND HIS PARTS B LAZONING OF TREES AND VEGETAB LES B ORDERS CHARGES H S H H R M S C ARGE , T EIR VARIOUS E ALDIC TER COLLEGE OF ARM S COLOURS COMP TROLLER OF T HE HOUSEHOLD CREST CROW NS CROSSES DICTIONAR Y OF TECHNICAL TERMS DUKE EARL . EARL MARSHAL S H C PTI OF E CUTC EON, DES RI ON SC T H P OF T HE E U C EON, OINTS ESQ UIRES EXAMPLES O F BLAZONRY EXTERIOR ORNAM ENTS OF TIIE ESCUTCHEON FURS C ART ER KING-OF- ARMS C ART ER O F T HE , ORDER ntents v ii Co . GENTLEMAN GENTLEMAN AT A RMS GREAT OFFICERS OF STATE AND ROYAL HU I SEHO LD GROOM OF T HE STOLE HANO VERIAN GUELPHIC ORDE R H T CHME X L A NTS, E P ANATION OF HELM ETS H ERALDIC AB BREVIATIONS HE A I C T o R LDRY, NTRODU TION ’ HE G H S RALDS COLLE E , AND ERALD HERALDRY IN CONJUNCTION W ITH ARCHI TECTURE KIN G K NI H H GL G T OOD , ORDERS OF , IN EN AND KNIGHTS BANNERETS KNIGHTS BACHELORS LORD HI GH TREASURER LORD GREAT CHAM BERLAIN LORD CHAM BERLAIN OF T HE HOUSEHOLD LORD HIGH CONSTABLE LORD S TEI VAR D OF T HE HOUSEHOLD LORD H IGH STEW ARD LORD AL M ONER LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR LORD PRESIDENT OF T HE COUNCIL LORD PRIVY SEAL LORD HIGH AD M IRAL LYON KI NG-OF - ARMS MANTLING MARQ UIS MARSHALLING M AR SHALLING B ORDERED COATS MAS TER OF T HE HORSE MOTTO B L E T HE I G EE NO I ITY AND G NTRY, D FFERENT DE R S O RD INARIES PARTITION LINES P RECED ENCY R OF M EN B P E CEDENCY , TA LE OF P W M B E RECEDENCY OF O EN , TA L OF PRINCE OF W ALES C ontents . PRIVI LEGES OF PEERS PRI VY COUNCIL PURSUIVANTS Q UEE N N B L T M U RANK AND O I I Y , AN AL OF ROYAL TITLES RULES OF BLAZONIN G SEOT REARI ES OF STATE T H E STAR OF INDIA , ORDER OF ST . M H E ST . E IC A L AND GEORG , ORDERS ST . PATRICK , ORDER OF SUBORDINARIES P E SU PORT RS . H ST T HE T I LE, ORDER OF TINCTURES AND FURS TREASURER OF T HE HOUSEHOLD ULSTER KING- OF-ARMS VISCOUNT W REATH YEOM AN YEOMEN OF T HE GUARD i a nI ntrohu ttiou to iaeralt ry . ERALDI C v c s r so c m r fir s de i e , t uly alled , ake thei t appearance inEu rope inthe middle of the tw elfth centu ry ; and abou t one hundred years later w e fi nd r r has c m sc nc in r u ou He ald y be o e a ie e high ep te , With t ou r n to tr c n rm ro r ss or bei g able a e its i te ediate p g e , di scov er the names of th ose who fir st laid downits n r mu m w or s . r s la s , sub eque tly p o lgated the The ea lie t r c ocu m n of w c v n c o has com He aldi d e t , hi h e e a py e ownto r o of rm s i s to sa c o d us , is a ll a , that y , a atal gue of rm or al r n s of n of En n and the a i bea i g the Ki g gla d , n n in nr r nc ro s s &c . s c o in the p i ipal ba , k ight , , thi u t y nd rom n rn r nof nr . a nc the eig He y III , , f i te al evide e , supposed to hav e beenoriginally c ompiled betweenthe — n r m rs 1 240 1 245 . s r sc was G ov r yea Thi t a ipt ade by l e , o r r in 1 5 8 6 and i s r s rv in S me set He ald , , p e e ed the r O r r o s are to n o o of A m s . C llege the ll be fou d , b th r and in Br s M u s u m of n r the e the iti h e , ea ly the same bu t nn r r and no wor n r of date , o e ea lie , k expla ato y the s cience ha s beenyet di scov ered of a peri od anteri or to B 2 Introdu cti onto Hera ldry . u r i not. r or o f w r . s the reign o Ed a d III It the ef e , n f v r ou s or s r intentionto notice a y o the a i the ie , eithe nc n or m o rn w c n nc to a ie t de , hi h have bee adva ed r or n of coat arm ou r a s are accou nt fo the igi , they — n no p u rely specu lative the most rational r esting o r s confin o rs contemporary au tho ity . We hall e u elves to r or the fact that in the reign of Henry III .