The Illustrations, mainly derived from the trustworthy sources of coins, great seals, and monuments, will be found to present a tolerably complete series of the portraits, arms, and devices of each ruler, and may indicate the importance of some acquaintance with heraldry as an aid to the study of history. The work, as its name implies, is mainly devoted to the affairs of England, but notices are given at suitable times of the course of events in Scotland and the Isles, in Wales, and in Ireland; these are necessarily brief, but being drawn from the cotemporary Annals, Chronicles, and Laws of each country, they may perhaps be sufficient to shew what degree of connexion formerly existed between the long independent and often hostile States which now happily unite to form the British Empire. Esto perpetua! Brass Coin of Hadrian, on occasion of his visit to Britain ib. Page . Ethelwulf's Ring Gold and Brass Coins of Allectus Figure of St. Alban, from a brass in St. Alban's Abbey Arms ascribed to Egbert Edmund of East Anglia; from a painted panel of the Alfred's Jewel, obverse and profile Arms ascribed to Edward the Confessor Armour of the Norman era. 37 ib. 47 48 65 77 80 83 89 94 102 134 167 180 William I., from his Great Seal, and Arms ascribed to, Henry I., from his Great Seal, and Arms ascribed to, Stephen, from his Great Seal, and Arms ascribed to, 228 Arms of Geoffrey, earl of Anjou . 237 The Escarboucle and Planta Genista ib. Henry II. and Eleanor of Guienne, from their Monuments Isabella of Angoulême, from her Monument at Fontevraud ib. 281 Arms and Badge of John Arms of Robert Fitz-Walter Page 282 287 Henry III., from his Monument in Westminster Abbey. 295 Despenser Lord Segrave. Edward II., from his Monument in Gloucester Cathedral Seal of Bohun, earl of Hereford Edward III. and Philippa of Hainault, from their Edward the Black Prince, from his Tomb at Canterbury 377 Edward III. . b 378 379 360 363 ib. 365 367 |