The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 |
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... king of the third dynasty of French the hereditary distinctions of the family , and ancestral ment . The tournaments , that were then held with so much distinguished honour of knighthood ; but those whose lands bishop. the dignity ...
... king of the third dynasty of French the hereditary distinctions of the family , and ancestral ment . The tournaments , that were then held with so much distinguished honour of knighthood ; but those whose lands bishop. the dignity ...
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... King commanded the place of Combat to be made . " The king's pleasure being signified to the constable and marshal , they caused lists , or rails to be made , and set up in length threescore paces , and in breadth forty paces . The ...
... King commanded the place of Combat to be made . " The king's pleasure being signified to the constable and marshal , they caused lists , or rails to be made , and set up in length threescore paces , and in breadth forty paces . The ...
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... king's good pleasure . " Then the constable and marshal assigned a place cou- venient , within the lists , where the kings of arms , heralds , and other officers should stand and be ready , if they were called ; for , afterwards , all ...
... king's good pleasure . " Then the constable and marshal assigned a place cou- venient , within the lists , where the kings of arms , heralds , and other officers should stand and be ready , if they were called ; for , afterwards , all ...
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... king's hand , might not be renewed , or any violence be offered , without prejudice unto the king's honour . And because it is a point very special in matters of arms , that he who leaveth the lists first , incurreth a note of dishonour ...
... king's hand , might not be renewed , or any violence be offered , without prejudice unto the king's honour . And because it is a point very special in matters of arms , that he who leaveth the lists first , incurreth a note of dishonour ...
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... King of of the original assumption of the armorial bearings of Milan is in point with the last observation , and therefore intro- duced . During the first crusade , Otho , Viscount or Go- vernor of Milan , killed , in single combat ...
... King of of the original assumption of the armorial bearings of Milan is in point with the last observation , and therefore intro- duced . During the first crusade , Otho , Viscount or Go- vernor of Milan , killed , in single combat ...
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annulets ar.-Crest armour attired badge Baron 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 crosses formée dancettée Devons dexter hand ducal coronet ducally crowned Earl ensign erect escutcheon Essex etoiles fesse betw fesse gu 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 orle pale paly paly of six quarterly Royal Burgh sa.-Crest saltier saltier engr Scotland sejant sinister Suff sword three bars three bezants three cinquefoils three crescents three cross crosslets three eagles displ three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three leopards three lions three martlets three mullets torteauxes 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.
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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.
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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...