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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 71

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Fig. 103. Fig. 104. The Tressure is frequent in the Arms of Scottish families,and is generally considered as indicative of Royal descentby the maternal side. The Inescutcheon, or Shield of Pretence, is a smallshield, borne on the centre of the Field (ofwhich it occupies one-fifth), on which a…

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