British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea: With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National DevicePerrin, William Gordon
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British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea: With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device
Perrin, William Gordon
Flags -- Great Britain
Leo, Emperor, tactical signals, 141
Lloyds, flag, 128
Lubeck, 29
Lyme Regis, 41, 46
McArthur, John, 174
Marryat, Frederick, 183
Mary, Queen, impales arms of Spain in Standard, 74
Milan, early national ensign of, 27
Millan, John, 163
Mocenigo, Piero, 146
Nelson, Lord, 121, 172, 174, 175, 178
New Zealand, flags of, 135
Northumberland, Earl of, 83
Octavian, 11
Padua, 27
Papal flags, 19, 21, 22, 23
Parma, 27
Pembroke, Earl of, 80, 84, 99
pendant, 6, 114;
Union, 73;
to distinguish squadrons, 90;
of command, 102;
of distinction, 98, 102;
budgee, 105;
of Commodore, 102, 105;
of senior officer, 107;
of ships of war, 110;
of Bombay Marine, 122;
sizes of, 201, 203;
hoisted on commissioning, 202
Pennington, Sir John, 61, 158
pennon, 6
pennoncel, 6, 38, 43
Pepys, Samuel, 57, 66, 95, 102, 104, 108, 126, 130
Pergamum, 8
Philip Augustus, 21
Philip of Flanders, 21
---- of Spain, 191
phoinikis, 9, 10, 141
pinnae, 11
Pisa, flags of, 22
Polyaenus, 8
Pompey, 11
Popham, Sir Home, 176, 180, 183
private ship, definition of, 90
privateer, flags of, 124;
red jack, 70, 125
protentinus, 25
Raymond of Toulouse, 18
Richard I, banner and standard, 4, 21, 33, 74
---- II, orders army to bear St George's cross, 40;
impales arms of Edward the Confessor in Standard, 74
Riga, 29
Robert of Normandy, 19
Rooke, Sir George, 98, 163
royal arms, flags of, 42, 43, 44, 74;
of Scotland, 48
Rupen, 22
Rupert, Prince, 79
Russell, Edward, 163
Rye, 46
St Andrew, becomes patron saint of Scotland, 47;
cross placed upon clothing of Scots army, 41, 47;
flag, 55, 59, 64, 65, 92, 131
St Columba, 47
St Cuthbert, 34
St Edmund, 34, 39, 40, 43
St Edward, 34, 39, 40, 43, 44
St George, cross of, 20;
flag of, 24, 34, 36, 42, 44, 51, 55, 57, 59, 91, 113;
cult of 35;
early representations in England, 36;
origin of cross of, 37;
introduction into England, 38;
becomes patron saint, 40;
cross placed on clothing of army, 40;
flag on early ships, 42-6;
in use during Commonwealth, 62;
jack, 68;
as admiral's flag, 87, 99;
introduced into white ensign, 101, 118;
replaced by Union in ensign, 118
St John, 33, 34, 43;
flag of Knights of, 21
St Katherine, 44
St Margaret, 50
St Mark, 25, 26, 149
St Mary, flag of, 23, 27, 43, 44
St Maurice, 12, 32
St Nicholas, 44
St Patrick, 50, 52
St Peter, 22, 33, 47
St Wilfred, 33
Sandwich, 42
Saracens, 18
Scotland, early flags of, 46;
discontent with the Union Flag, 56;
flag during Commonwealth, 63, 64;
Northern lighthouses, 128;
salute to English men-of-war, 192
semeion, 2, 8, 9, 140
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