Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 52
rges ; but we do not imagine that our author canin any case prove his conjecture that a single crescent, mullet, or otherfigure has been retained to represent the early orle or powdered field. He is certainly wandering very far whenhe suggests (p. 173.) that n The Martlets that are charged upon the… … THE ANCIENT MODES OF DIFFERENCING. 45 which are stamped with a cross between four doves, as shown by Mr.Planche in his Pursuivant of Arms. Neither can we be persuaded that there are sufficient grounds forincluding Furnival and Howard among gerated coats, as Mr. Boutellsuggests when he says, in the…
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