The handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., also, rules for the appointment of liveries, etc. etc. (1869)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 129
of watermen and children of CharitySchools at the present day. As the bearing of Crests wasrestricted solely to their individual possessors, and as Coatsof Arms were frequently of too elaborate a description to beembroidered on the garments of retainers, &c, Badges, con-sisting of a single… … KNOTS, BADGES, BEBUSES, ETC. 123 were entitled to Armorial distinction assumed the Badge oftheir superior lord as Arms ; hence the prevalence of thePelham Buckle in the Arms of Sussex families, and theGarb in those of Cheshire. A Badge may readily be distinguished from a Crest, fromthe circumstance…
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