 Percy; the former of which he accordingly assumed, and retained his own paternal coat, in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder line of the reigning duke, at any period, become extinct. The matter is thus stated...  Lectures on heraldry - Page 66by Archibald Barrington - 1844 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 638 pages
...Queen his sister, chose to assume the name of PERCY, which was ever after borne by his descendants; but retained his own paternal arms, in order to perpetuate...should ever become extinct. The arms borne by the Lords Percys of the first race, bad been, " Azure, five fusils in fess Or;" and the same were engraven... | |
 | John Burke - Baronetage - 1831 - 656 pages
...arms of Percy ; the former of which he accordingly assumed, and re- ยก tained his own paternal coat, in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should | the elder line of the reigning duke at any period become extinct. The matter is thus stated... | |
 | John Burke - Baronetage - 1832 - 768 pages
...or arms of Percy ; the former of which he accordingly assumed, and retained hia own paternal coat, in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder line of the reigning duke at any period become extinct. The matter is thus stated... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...years since we have really felt the feel of summer. I was, however, concerned to be forced to come arms, in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder line of the reigning duke at any period become extinct. This fact is expressly mentioned... | |
 | Augustus Charles Pugin - 1838 - 286 pages
...the arms of Percy ; the former of which he accordingly assumed, and retained his own paternal coat in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder line of the reigning duke at any period become extinct. The matter is thus stated... | |
 | Battle Abbey, Bernard Burke - Great Britain - 1848 - 148 pages
...or arms of Percy ; the former of which he accordingly assumed, and retained his own paternal coat, in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder line of the reigning duke, at any period, become extinct. The matter is thus stated... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 424 pages
...surname or arms of Percy; the former of which he accordingly assumed, and retained his own paternal coat, in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder line of the reigning duke, at any period, become extinct. The matter is thus stated... | |
 | Charles Ffrench Blake-Forster - Ireland - 1872 - 894 pages
...assumed the name of Percy, but retained his paternal coat of arms, in order to perpetuate and prove his claim to the principality of his father, in case the elder line of the reigning Duke might at any future time become extinct. This circumstance is thus alluded to, in an ancient pedigree... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1896 - 1236 pages
...of which, says the old family tradition, he accordingly assumed, and retained his own paternal coat in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder line of the reigning duke become extinct. The matter is thus stated in the old pedigree... | |
 | Paul Edmond Beckwith - 1891 - 402 pages
...the former of which, the old tradition says, he accordingly assumed and retained his paternal coat, in order to perpetuate his claim to the principality of his father, should the elder branch of the reigning family become extinct. The ancient arms of Hainault, the Lord... | |
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