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... charges in the Canton . ' This copying of one man's coat by another , because of kinship , tenure or other attach- ment , must account for a large proportion of mediaeval coats , though the mass of instances remains to be elucidated by ...
... charges in the Canton . ' This copying of one man's coat by another , because of kinship , tenure or other attach- ment , must account for a large proportion of mediaeval coats , though the mass of instances remains to be elucidated by ...
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... charge and its colour , then subsidiary charges , whether on or surrounding the main charge , and their colours . The geometrical bands and figures , which the sixteenth- century writers named ordinaries , have special names , Fess ...
... charge and its colour , then subsidiary charges , whether on or surrounding the main charge , and their colours . The geometrical bands and figures , which the sixteenth- century writers named ordinaries , have special names , Fess ...
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... charged chevron between other charges and on a chief a charge between two more is a characteristic early Tudor form . With this complexity of design came a new elaboration of terminology . Gerard Legh's ' Accedens of Armory ' of 1562 ...
... charged chevron between other charges and on a chief a charge between two more is a characteristic early Tudor form . With this complexity of design came a new elaboration of terminology . Gerard Legh's ' Accedens of Armory ' of 1562 ...
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A. R. WAGNER Antiquaries argent armorial porcelain badge Balliol barons Bendlet charge Chequy chevron Chivalry Clarenceux and Norroy coat of arms College of Arms colours Company of London Count of Anjou crest cross crusilly dexter chief differencing Earl Marshal Edward English engrailed ermine escucheons Essex fashion feudal Fiennes fifteenth century fleurs de lys fourteenth century fusils genealogical Geoffrey of Anjou Geoffrey Plantagenet Geules granted arms gules fretty helm Henry VIII heraldic heraldic Visitation HERALDRY IN ENGLAND impaling King of Arms knighthood knightly knights leopard lion rampant lions passant Lord Luttrell martlets mediaeval Middle Ages military mullets Oswald Barron owner's painted patent of Arms pedigree PENGUIN BOOKS pursuivant quarter Quarterly Richard II Robessart Rolls of Arms roundel gules sable saltire Scrope semée Shield and trapper shield of arms Sir Geoffrey Sir John terms of blazon Thomas Tournament Tudor vair vert William