These shapes lend themselves particularly to decorations in stained glass, where variations may be constantly found, but it is generally difficult in such cases to give an exact date. From all which it appears that these shapes--Nos. 13 to 15--began about 1520, and prevailed till about the third quarter of the sixteenth century; and from their beautiful outlines, they occasionally are used even to the present day. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries they may often be found hacked and scrolled. * * * * * No. 16 occurs in a monument to Raynes, 1689 (engraved in Drake's _Eboracum_, p. 515). This is a shape which would lend itself peculiarly to monuments or stained glass. The shields engraved in Chauncey's _History of Hertfordshire_, 1700, are of this shape, slightly eared, and very slightly hollowed out in the sides. * * * * * Nos. 17 and 18.--In these a decidedly German influence is visible. They occur in the German book of _Virgil Solis_, 1555. The earliest English instance of No. 17 which I have noticed appears in the _Visit. Hunts, 1613_ (Camden Society), p. 4, with the arms of Clifton, but no exact date is attached. In the 1724 edition of Guillim's _Display_ similar shields are engraved, with scroll work round the edges. * * * * * Nos. 19, 20, 21, and 22. No. 19 is found on the tomb of Margaret, Countess of Richmond, in Westminster Abbey, who died 1509 (Sandford's _Genealogical History_, p. 326), see No. 73. [Illustration] Again in a ledger tomb at Brent-eleigh, in memory of Mrs. Sawyer, and dated 1734 (_Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica_ for January, 1886). Also in the engravings in Blomfield's _Norfolk_, 1739, with a shaped base. No. 20, may be seen in stained glass, in Grappenhall Old Rectory window, of date about 1527. Again in a brass in Antringham Church, Suffolk, dated 1562. No. 21, a brass at St. Mary Quay, Ipswich, 1525 (Boutell's _Brasses_, p. 132). Also on a seal, 1575 (engraved, _Miscell. Genealogica et Heraldica_, vol. ii, p. 170). Also on a seal, 1578, in Oliver Vredius (_Seals of the Counts of Flanders_). Again in a grant of arms, 1715 (_Miscell. Genealogica et Heraldica_, second series, vol. i, p. 188). A ledger at Kelston churchyard, Gibbes quartering Harrington and Specott, 1730 (engraved in _Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica_ for Jan., 1884). [Illustration] Thus showing that its present use so extensively by the College of Arms is a return to an old pattern existing at any rate since 1509. Shields very similar occur in _The Ancient Order of Prince Arthure_, published by R. Robinson, 1583; also in Sylvanus Morgan's _Sphere of Gentry_, 1661; while the College of Arms shield No. 22 appears in the Great Seal of Edward VI., 1547. This group, therefore, extends from about 1500 to the present day. * * * * *