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 183
notwell in battle; killing a prisoner with his own hands, whennot justified by self-defence; uttering a lie to his sovereign ;effeminacy ; drunkenness and licentious conduct; acting as atraitor towards his King and Country. For this last crime,the most disgraceful of all, the Escutcheon was… … Helm of Richard, Earl of Arundell, from his seal (a.d. 1346), CHAPTER XIY. CORONETS AND HELMETS, CORONETS are Crowns worn by Princes and Nobles onstate occasions, and are always represented sthovetheir Coats of Arms. To every grade of Nobility is assigneda Coronet of a peculiar form, by which the…
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