The Irish compendium; or, Rudiments of honour. Containing the descents, marriages, issue, titles, posts, and seats of all the nobility of Ireland; with their arms, crests, supporters, mottos and Parliament robes ... Also a supplement, shewing the antiquity, dignity, and use of armories .. (1745)
ngs offerd or taken bythem or cheir Enemies, and ro execute martial MeiTa-£es, &c. and as the Romans ftrove chiefly to obtainHonour, fo the Heralds diflributed Ornaments andRewai-ds to all who perfcrmM worthy Adions at homeand abroad. The Roman Law ftrldly prohibited any to take upArms againft… … 102 Supplement. either in Renouncing War, or concluding Peace, asnci.v pradired in Bn^land. In the Time of fcdward I. Thomas Earl of Lanca-fter, Leicefter, and Derby, and Conrtablc of England,ordaind, tha: no Parfon^ Curate, Churchwarden, &c,ftiould pull down any Hatchmenr, Coat of Arms,…
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