An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2 (Google eBook)

John Woody Papworth

Richards, 1874

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Papworth is an essential volume in any heraldic research library. Unfortunately, this Google Book is an immense disappointment. You want the other version at http://books.google.com/books?id=dTABAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s instead.
For one thing, THIS item is only Volume 2, probably of 3 or 4. For another, its "Full text" version is a total mess. The first entry in that version reads:
On a CHIEF conL
Gonttet cont,
Chequy or and sa. on a chief arg. gonttes de sang.
Coi^sHiLL» Bjnamy Castle, and Tremoderet,
CO. Cornwall ; the heiress m. AnindelL
COLSHILL, F. Coi^HYLL, F*.
From the *entirely* readable PDF of the same page, that should be:
On a CHIEF cont.
Gouttes cont.
Chequy or and sa. on a chief arg. gouttes de sang.
COLESHILL, Bynamy Castle, and Tremoderet,
co. Cornwall; the heiress m. Arundell.
COLSHILL, V. COLSHYLL, V*.
In the next two items, Chequy appears as Cbeqny and Cheqay respectively, and gouttes as gonttes twice.
The "Plain Text" accompanying the PDF gets the headings and first part correct, but totally massacres the rest:
On a CHIEF cent.
Gouttes eont.
Chequy or and sa. on a chief arg. gouttes de sang. CuLESHiLj,. Bynamy Castle, and Tremoderet, ou. Cornwall ; the heiress tu. Arundell. Colshiix, V. Coi.shyll, V*.
I don't know what technology was used to produce the "Full text" and "Plain text", but they obviously failed miserably. 

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Page 1045 - Gules, three legs armed, conjoined in fesse at the upper part of the thighs, flexed in triangle, garnished and spurred, or.‎

Page 1041 - Wilts.] quarterly : first and fourth, quarterly, ar. and gu.; in the second and third quarters, a fret or, over all, on a bend sa.‎

Page 920 - Aug. 1825] or, an eagle's head, erased, gu. encircled by a branch of laurel on the dexter, and of oak on the sinister side; on a chief ar.‎

Page 912 - Gules, a demy virgin couped below the shoulders, issuing from the clouds, all proper, vested Or, crowned with an Eastern crown of the last, her hair dishevelled, and wreathed round the temples with roses of the second, all within an orle of clouds, proper. Mr. Ellis (Campag. Lond. p. 100,) is incorrect in affirming this ‎

Page 1045 - ... legs, armed, ppr. conjoined in the centre, at the upper part of the thigh, flexed in triangle, garnished and spurred or; fourth, ar.‎

Page 1031 - Argent on a mount vert, a square Brazen pillar, supported on the dexter by a Lion rampant regardant ; and on the sinister by a Dragon segreant, both or ; in chief, on the top of the pillar a bundle of wire tied and bound together of the last, between a bezant on the dexter side and a plate on the sinister.‎

Page 1041 - LITLINGTON, [London] quarterly, ar. and gu. on the second and third quarters, a fret or; over all a bend az. charged with three fleurs-de-lis of the third.‎

Page 987 - Azure, a unicorn salient Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, within a bordure of the last charged with eight half thistles vert and as many...‎

Page 903 - Augmentation, gules, a dexter arm embowed, in armour, issuing from the sinister side of the shield, holding in the hand a sword erect, all...‎

Page 964 - AUFFRICK, gu. three legs armed ppr. conjoined in the centre at the upper part of the thighs, flexed in a triangle garnished and sparred or.‎

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2; An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, John Woody Papworth
• Author: John Woody Papworth
• Editor: Morant. A. W.
• Publisher: Richards, 1874
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Sep 1, 2005