The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 |
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... England , from Egbert the first Saxon king , to his present Majesty William the Fourth ; Royal Arms of Emperors ... England and Wales , and Royal Boroughs of Scotland ; Abbeys , Monasteries , Deaneries , and Religious Houses , founded in ...
... England , from Egbert the first Saxon king , to his present Majesty William the Fourth ; Royal Arms of Emperors ... England and Wales , and Royal Boroughs of Scotland ; Abbeys , Monasteries , Deaneries , and Religious Houses , founded in ...
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... ENGLAND , AND OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH . HERALDRY is not confined exclusively to the rules of coat armour , nor the honours which they specifically imply ; but is also used as a characteristic for the proper ...
... ENGLAND , AND OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH . HERALDRY is not confined exclusively to the rules of coat armour , nor the honours which they specifically imply ; but is also used as a characteristic for the proper ...
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... England and France , on mosity was avoided , as no disgrace attended the vanquished ; the like occasions : and that such articles , being accordingly to whom , according to the precepts of chivalry , the victor prepared by the ...
... England and France , on mosity was avoided , as no disgrace attended the vanquished ; the like occasions : and that such articles , being accordingly to whom , according to the precepts of chivalry , the victor prepared by the ...
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... England , by the Kinges commandment at Windsor , the 29th of May , anno sexto Edwardi quarti , to be observed and kepte in all mauner juste of Peers royal within this realme of England , referring always to the Queene , and the Ladyes ...
... England , by the Kinges commandment at Windsor , the 29th of May , anno sexto Edwardi quarti , to be observed and kepte in all mauner juste of Peers royal within this realme of England , referring always to the Queene , and the Ladyes ...
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... England . It is most probable , that such a mode of deciding quar- rels would be the alternative , to which the people of all nations would resort , before the effects of civilization taught them to seek more legitimate redress . The ...
... England . It is most probable , that such a mode of deciding quar- rels would be the alternative , to which the people of all nations would resort , before the effects of civilization taught them to seek more legitimate redress . The ...
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annulets armour attired badge Baron bars gu beaked bend betw bend engr bend gu bezants boars bordure engr bull pass canton charged chequy chev chief gu collared Cornw cottised counterchanged Crest cross crosslets fitchée cross engr cross gu cross pattée Devons dexter hand ducal coronet ducally crowned Earl ensign erect escutcheon Essex etoiles fesse betw fesse gu first.-Crest fleurs-de-lis four fretty gold grand crosses griffin gu.-Crest guard gyronny hand ppr head couped head erased holding honour indented Ireland Kent king knights Linc lion pass lion ramp London mascles Motto mount vert naiant Norf or.-Crest orle pale paly paly of six quarterly Royal Burgh sa.-Crest saltier saltier engr Scotland second.-Crest sejant sinister Suff sword three bars three cinquefoils three crescents three cross crosslets three eagles displ three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three leopards three lions three martlets three mullets trefoils vert.-Crest wavy
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Page 42 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion, established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them ? QUEEN. — All this I promise to do.
Page 195 - Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
Page 39 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 84 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
Page 49 - Barony by tenure being discoursed, it was found to have been discontinued for many ages, and not in being, and so not fit to be revived, or to admit any pretence of right of succession thereupon.
Page 42 - ... ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer the government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Page 82 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 43 - First, that whatever is exceptionable in the conduct of public affairs is not to be imputed to the king, nor is he answerable for it personally to his people...
Page 42 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 149 - MARCH 1707. AT THE CASTLE of Edinburgh and within the Crown roume there betwixt the hours of one and two afternoon of the twenty...