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Peeps at heraldry (1912)

Allen, Phoebe · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 74

An illustration from Peeps at heraldry, 1912, leaf 74
holding a horseshoein its beak. Lord Churstons shield is supported onthe right by an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak, asis Lord Carysforts, but his ostrich isrepresented with a key in its beak. Three hawks are borne by theHawksworths ; the Corbets bear araven as a single charge, whilstDr.… … Fig. 44. ally met with as charges. The Fetherstons bear three ostrichfeathers on their shield, and the Earl of Devon has seven ostrichfeathers in his crest. We are all familiar with the Prince of Waless plumes, but to gofarther back into history, we find that a plume of ostrich featherswas often…

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