TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Despite it being referred to, there is no illustration ‘Plate XLI’ in this book. _COMPANION VOLUME_ A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY BY A. C. FOX-DAVIES Of LINCOLN’S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW EDITOR OF “ARMORIAL FAMILIES”; AUTHOR OF “THE ART OF HERALDRY,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY 9 PLATES IN COLOUR AND NEARLY 800 OTHER DESIGNS, MAINLY FROM DRAWINGS BY GRAHAM JOHNSTON HERALD PAINTER TO THE LYON COURT In One Volume. Containing over 600 pages. Large square 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 10s. 6d. net [Illustration: Sir Richard Vernon, 1452. Tong Church, Shropshire _Frontispiece_] BRITISH AND FOREIGN ARMS & ARMOUR BY CHARLES HENRY ASHDOWN HON. SEC. ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY; HON. CURATOR OF NUMISMATICS, HERTS COUNTY MUSEUM; AUTHOR OF “ST. ALBANS: HISTORICAL AND PICTURESQUE,” ETC. ILLUSTRATED WITH 450 ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT AND 42 PLATES FROM ACTUAL EXAMPLES, MISSALS, ILLUMINATED MSS., BRASSES, EFFIGIES, Etc., AND FROM ORIGINAL RESEARCH IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, THE TOWER OF LONDON, WALLACE COLLECTION, ROTUNDA AT WOOLWICH, MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, Etc. [Illustration] LONDON T. C. & E. C. JACK 16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C. AND EDINBURGH 1909 [Illustration] TO _THE PRESIDENT_ THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF ST. ALBANS, D.D. AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY, THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. [Illustration] PREFACE [Illustration]