Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 54
fEssex, Hereford, and Northampton, com-pounded of the bends of Milo of Gloucesterand the lioncels of Longespee Earl of Salis-bury. In Scotland differencing by a chargetaken from the mothers coat was a commonmethod, as we noticed in our recent reviewof Setons Scottish Heraldry. * This series of… … THE ANCIENT MODES OF DIFFERENCING. 47 8. The addition of a Quarter or Canton sometimes appears likeDifferencing, as in certain coats of Basset, Stafford,and Zouche,* which have a canton ermine : thesemay have derived that feature from the house ofBretagne, whose ermine quarter we have alreadyseen…
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