The manual of heraldry : a concise description of the several terms used and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science / by Francis J. Grant (1914)
Grant, Francis James, Sir, 1863-1953 · Edinburgh : J. Grant · leaf 70
rded. It is also applied tothe small green leaves about roses. Ex. Azure, a rose argent, barbed, andseeded proper. Bardings. Horse trappings charged with armorial bearings. Baron. The lowest title of the peerage of Great Britain.It originally was a dignity held in conjunction with thepossession of… … Manual of Heraldry specially summoned by royal writ. The creation ofpeers by writ of summons was, however, supersededin the time of Richard II. by the introduction ofletters patent. The first person ennobled in thismanner was John Beauchamp of Holt, who wascreated Baron Beauchamp by letters patent…
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