An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2Richards, 1874 |
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5-foils annulets Baronetcy base bend bezants Bishop bordure engr bougets canton Chester chev chief arg chief gu chief three cont Cornwall cotised counterchanged crescents arg cross arg cross betw cross engr cross gu cross moline cross patonce cross patty crosses crosslet fitchy Devon dexter chief eagles displ escallops escu escucheon Essex fess arg fess betw fess chequy fess dancetty fess engr fess erm fess gu fess indented fess or betw fess wavy flaunches fleurs-de-lis four fretty fusils Gyronny Harl head cabossed heads erased heads erased arg Ireland John Kent Lancaster Lincoln lion pass lion ramp lion's heads erased London lozenges martlets mascles mullets arg naiant Norfolk orle pale arg palets Paly pheons quartering Quarterly arg Quarterly gu Roundles Salop saltire engr Scotland sinister Sire Somerset Suffolk three boar's heads three cinquefoils three crescents three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three mullets three piles within....cont wolf's heads York
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Page 1037 - Gules, three legs armed, conjoined in fesse at the upper part of the thighs, flexed in triangle, garnished and spurred, or.
Page 1033 - 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 916 - 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 908 - 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 1037 - ... legs, armed, ppr. conjoined in the centre, at the upper part of the thigh, flexed in triangle, garnished and spurred or; fourth, ar.
Page 1023 - 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 1033 - 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 981 - 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 899 - 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 958 - 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.