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... device consistently used . Most military ensigns , naturally , have been ... Seal to documents by a cord instead of impressing it on their surface , and ... seal device of a secular lord was his own mounted figure . For heralds it is of ...
... device consistently used . Most military ensigns , naturally , have been ... Seal to documents by a cord instead of impressing it on their surface , and ... seal device of a secular lord was his own mounted figure . For heralds it is of ...
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... seal an inch or two across , begins to show a clearly legible device upon the shield on the knight's left arm or the flag at his lance point . If his son's seal shows the same device we conclude that it has become hereditary and may ...
... seal an inch or two across , begins to show a clearly legible device upon the shield on the knight's left arm or the flag at his lance point . If his son's seal shows the same device we conclude that it has become hereditary and may ...
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... seals not in their own right but as part of the owner's picture . But towards 1200 their growing importance is shown by their appearance as the sole or principal device ( page 10 , F ) . The large seals of barons are often two - sided ...
... seals not in their own right but as part of the owner's picture . But towards 1200 their growing importance is shown by their appearance as the sole or principal device ( page 10 , F ) . The large seals of barons are often two - sided ...
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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