The Handbook to English Heraldry

This text uses utf-8 (unicode) file encoding. If the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that the browser’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change your browser’s default font. In the printed book, all illustrations were line drawings using the conventional color representations explained in Chapter V. For this e-text, some illustrations are also shown in “colorized” form. All colors were chosen to be “web-safe” for reliable display in all browsers; they are not intented to reproduce the exact shades of standard heraldry. When the text notes a misprint in the colors, it was corrected for the colorized version. A few very long paragraphs in the “Grammar of Heraldry” section have been broken up to give better access to illustrations. Seal of Sir Richard de Beauchamp, K.G. , Fifth Earl of Warwick : died A.D. 1439. No. 448.—See pages 208 , 321 . Seal of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, K.G. , Third Earl of Warwick : died A.D. 1369. Date of the Seal, 1344. No. 446.—See No. 447 , page 320, also see page 321 . “To describe ... emblazoned Shields.” — Milton THE HANDBOOK TO ENGLISH HERALDRY BY CHARLES BOUTELL, M.A. AUTHOR OF “THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF ENGLAND ,” EDITOR AND PART AUTHOR OF “ARMS AND ARMOUR IN ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES,” ETC. WITH NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS Drawn and Engraved on Wood by Mr. R. B. Utting and Others ELEVENTH EDITION THOROUGHLY REVISED WITH AN ADDITIONAL CHAPTER BY A. C. FOX-DAVIES OF LINCOLN’S INN BARRISTER-AT-LAW Royal Arms (1340-1405) LONDON: REEVES & TURNER 1914 Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION This standard work of reference has been revised throughout, and enlarged by the addition of an extra A. C. FOX-DAVIES. Lincoln’s Inn , November 1913 . PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION In the revision of this well-known work I have held my hand, rather than the contrary, trying to bear always in mind that it was the hand-book of Mr. Charles Boutell and not a production of my own. My alterations have been concerned chiefly in bringing the volume up to date, a necessity imposed by the creation of new orders of knighthood, and change of Sovereign. I have certainly omitted a few…