Handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss. : rules for the appointment of liveries, &c (1882)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 176
ct. They wouldbear on a quartered shield the Arms of the Clives, Stewarts,Butlers, and Sherrards, as at fig. 322, which would be thusbriefly blazoned : Quarterly of four ; First and Fourth,Clive : Second and Third grand Quarters, quarterly quar-tered: I and 4^, Stewart; 2, Butler; 3, Sherrard.… … Fig. 322. By observing the foregoing rules, it can readily be knownby a Coat of Arms whether the possessor be unmarried,married, or a widow. The Arms of a bachelor consist eitherof a single Coat, or quartered; but never of two Coatsimpaled, except in the instance before mentioned, in whicha…
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