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 28
Martlets. This is a legitimate heraldic charge; but the earliest and chief authority on wliich the assumption is based, that the Con-fessor bore a shield so emblazoned, is found on the tomb of Henry III. in Westminster Abbey, on which it was sculptured during the reign of Edward II.—nearly three… … Fig. 2. V. ^ A relic of the ancient custom of destroying disused seals sur-vives unto the present time, -with regard to the Great Seal of England.On the accession of a monarch to the throne, he strikes the seal ofhis predecessor with a hammer; it is then declared to be broken, andbecomes the…
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