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Heraldry of the church: a handbook for decorators (1911)

Dorling, E. E. (Edward Earle) · London : A. R. Mowbray & co., ltd. · leaf 164

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ilver three Cornish choughs in their propercolours. The birds are black with red legs andbeaks. The arms of the city, three choughsand a chief with a leopard of England, areengraved in its fifteenth-century seal. Itis hardly likely that Archbishop Thomashimself actually bore arms ; but thechoughs,… … S. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY 154 Heraldry of the Church S. Wilfrid. October 12 Gohi seven voided lozenges gules. This shield has been regarded as S. Wil-frids since the fifteenth century at least.It is not easy to say why it was assignedto him, or wherein is its appropriateness.Perhaps, however, it is…

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