The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present TimeUlster King of Arms. Author of The Peerage and Baronetage; History of the Landed Gentry; Dormant And Extinct Peerage; Vicissitudes of Families; &c., &c. First published in 1842 and "most favourably received", it was vastly expanded and published anew in 1 |
Contents
HERALDRY | v |
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | ix |
DICTIONARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY | xlviii |
The Duke of Cumberland | liii |
SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL ARMORY | lxxxi |
THE GENERAL ARMORY comprising in alphabetical order the Armorial | c |
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The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a ... Bernard Burke No preview available - 1878 |
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1st and 4th 2nd and 3rd annulets arm embowed armour Barry bars bart base beaked bend betw bend gu bezants bordure engr bull pass canton chequy chev chief gu chief three cinquefoils collared cottised counterchanged Crest-A demi lion Crest-A dexter Crest-A lion Crest-An arm Crest-Out Crests-1st cross pattée crosses crosslet fitchée dancettée demi lion ramp Devon dexter hand dexter paw diff ducal coronet ducally crowned erect escallops escutcheon Essex estoiles fesse betw fesse gu fleurs-de-lis fretty gold griffin guttée Gyronny hand ppr head couped head erased heads cabossed Ireland JOHN Kent Lancaster lion pass lion ramp London Lord martlets mascles Motto mount vert mural crown naiant Norfolk pale gu pheons quarter Quarterly roses gu saltire sejant sinister Somerset Suffolk sword temp three boars three cinquefoils three crescents three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three lions three martlets three mullets trefoils trefoils slipped vair wavy wings