The manual of heraldry : being a concise description of the several terms used, and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science. Illustrated by four hundred engravings on wood (1800)
Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL · London : Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. ... · leaf 50
r ladyship, thoughher husband only ranks as a gentleman ; and it is forthis reason that the arms cannot be conjoined in oneshield as baron and femme. Ex. Baron and femme, two atchievements.First, azure, a pile or, crest a star of six points, argent ; second, gules, a cross flory argent, surmounted… … In the arms of the femme joined to the paternal coatof the baron^ the proper diiferences by which they wereborne by the father of the lady must be inserted. If the arms of the baron has a bordure, that must beomitted on the sinister side of the shield. Archbishops and bishops impale the paternal…
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