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Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c. (1893)

Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 195

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 195
he Archbishops ofCanterbury. These Arms are ensigned with ArchiepiscopalMitres, which, prior to the year 1715 (with one exception),rise from a plain circle. The exception to which I allude isthat of Archbishop Juxox {ob. 1662), whose ^litre rises froma circle having several pearls visible on the… … i ig- 334- Archbishop Wake (1715) rises from a Ducal Coronet, whichmanner of representation has been adopted by all succeed-ing Archbishops (fig. 333). The illustration (fig. 334) is taken from the Mitre ofArchbishop Laud (beheaded 1645), sculpturedover a door in the post-room at LambethPalace. In…

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