W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 431
Another charge is that of many families whose name ends inton, and who have adopted as a bearing upon their shield a largebarrel, or tun, with a representation of the preceding syllablessurmounting it — as Burton — a bird upon a tun. The Buckle is a curious little charge, which has usually quite a… … 200 DAME HEUALDIIV. England. King John of France, being sorely pressed by his Englishenemies, fled to Poitiers with his son and several great nobles.But the city closed its gates; and, all their suppli-cations and threats being of no avail, they werecompelled to turn and face their foes, who…
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