s, bearing date 1164, which deviceis a Lion rampant. Alexander Nisbet affirms that this samecharge was borne by Robert le Frison ninety years pre-viously, but of this there exists no positive proof. Stephen,Earl of Richmond, anno 1137, is represented on his sealas bearing on his right arm a shield… … 22 Handbook of Heraldry monotony of a plain surface, was very early practised : andto this custom must be ascribed the curious fact that achessman, preserved in the BibliothequeNationale at Paris, and supposed to havebelonged to Charlemagne (temp. 827), isrepresented supporting a shield,…
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