The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, from the Earliest to the Present Time: With a Complete Glossary of Heraldic Terms: to which is Prefixed a History of Heraldry, Collected and Arranged ...author, 1830 - Heraldry |
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... king , and a peer of the kingdom . But the usage of fiefs varying in different countries , and in the same country at different periods , many other tenures sprang up , besides those immediately relative to war . " All sovereignties ...
... king , and a peer of the kingdom . But the usage of fiefs varying in different countries , and in the same country at different periods , many other tenures sprang up , besides those immediately relative to war . " All sovereignties ...
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... King commanded the place of Combat to be made . " The king's pleasure being signified to the constable and marshal , they caused lists , or rails to be made , and set up in length threescore paces , and in breadth forty paces . The ...
... King commanded the place of Combat to be made . " The king's pleasure being signified to the constable and marshal , they caused lists , or rails to be made , and set up in length threescore paces , and in breadth forty paces . The ...
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... king's good pleasure . " Then the constable and marshal assigned a place cou- venient , within the lists , where the kings of arms , heralds , and other officers should stand and be ready , if they were called ; for , afterwards , all ...
... king's good pleasure . " Then the constable and marshal assigned a place cou- venient , within the lists , where the kings of arms , heralds , and other officers should stand and be ready , if they were called ; for , afterwards , all ...
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... king's hand , might not be renewed , or any violence be offered , without prejudice unto the king's honour . And because it is a point very special in matters of arms , that he who leaveth the lists first , incurreth a note of dishonour ...
... king's hand , might not be renewed , or any violence be offered , without prejudice unto the king's honour . And because it is a point very special in matters of arms , that he who leaveth the lists first , incurreth a note of dishonour ...
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... King of South Britain , so early as the year 45 , is said to have borne the same ; from whom the pedigree of Cadwallader has been traced . It is remarked by Mr. Dallaway , that the different tribes of the principality of Wales , and the ...
... King of South Britain , so early as the year 45 , is said to have borne the same ; from whom the pedigree of Cadwallader has been traced . It is remarked by Mr. Dallaway , that the different tribes of the principality of Wales , and the ...
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annulets armour attired badge Baron beaked bend betw bend engr bend gu bezants boars bordure engr bull pass canton charged chequy chev chief gu cinquefoils collared Cornw cottised counterchanged Crest cross crosslets fitchée cross engr cross gu cross pattée crosses formée Devons dexter hand ducal coronet ducally crowned Duke Earl ensign erect escutcheon Essex etoiles fesse betw fesse gu first.-Crest fleurs-de-lis four fretty gold grand crosses griffin gu.-Crest guard gyronny hand ppr head couped head erased holding honour Ireland Kent king knights Linc lion ramp London martlets mascles Motto mount vert Norf or.-Crest orle paly paly of six quarterly ribbon Royal Burgh sa.-Crest saltier saltier engr Scotland second.-Crest sejant sinister Suff sword three bars three cinquefoils three crescents three cross crosslets three eagles displ three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three leopards three lions three lions ramp three martlets three mullets trefoils wavy
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Page 42 - And whereas the Laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and Queens, who shall ascend the Throne of this realm, ought to administer the Government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Page 191 - Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
Page 84 - I am to acquaint you, that his royal highness the prince regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, to approve and confirm the finding -and sentence of the court.
Page 42 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 82 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 43 - First, that whatever is exceptionable in the conduct of public affairs is not to be imputed to the king, nor is he answerable for it personally to his people...
Page 42 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 44 - The king of England is therefore not only the chief, but properly the sole, magistrate of the nation, all others acting by commission from, and in due subordination to him...
Page 34 - ... to assign him his place, according to his dignity and degree; to carry the ensigns of the order" to foreign princes, and to do, or procure to be done, what the sovereign shall enjoin relating to the order ; for the execution of which ho has a salary of 100/.
Page 43 - And, secondly, it means that the prerogative of the crown extends not to do any injury ; it is created for the benefit of the people, and therefore cannot be exerted to their prejudice.