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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 200

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 200 — Crest, Coronet, and Helmet of Richard Beaucha.mi, Eael of Warwick, fiomhis Effii^y in St. Marys Church, Warwick (a.d. 1439). 186 Handbook of Heraldry … coronet, from effigy of Alice, Duchess of Suffolk a.d. 1475. CHAPTER XV CREST, WREATH, MANTLING, SUPPORTERS, MOTTO,ARMES PARLAXTES, ETC. THE adoption of Crests, as a ready means of dis-tinguishing military leaders when engaged in battle,is of very ancient origin : anterior, probably, to the…

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