1--12, 18, 19, 72 2--12, 14, 21, 24 3--Introduced 5, 11, 12, 13, 17 4--11, 12, 17, 24 5--16, 21, 22, 24, 26, 32, 38 6--14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 72 7--22, 24, 38 8--59 9--37, 60 10--37, 60 11--37, 60 12--37, 60 13--61 14--61 15--61, 62 16--62 17--62, 63 18--62 19--63 20--63 21--64 22--64 23--65 24--65 25--65 26--65, 66 27--66 28--66 29--66 30--... 31--67 32--67 33--67, 68 34--67, 68 35--68 36--70 37--... 38--... 39--70 40--71 41--71 42--68, 71 43--68, 71 * * * * * Adam style, 86 Animals in the fields of seals, 18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 32 Bosses in round shields, 4; in other shapes, 13, 14, 16 Bombé style, 84 Bouches, 16, 24, 31, 37 Chaplets or Wreaths, 54 Chippendale style, 85 Counterseals, 75 Crosses and other signs beginning inscriptions, 21 Dates on seals, 43 Death Warrant of Charles I., 52, 54, 88 Decorations on the field in seals, 16, 21, 23, 32 Decline in the style of seals, 27, 30, 33, 44, 49 Guiges, 6, 21 Gunpowder, use of, 26 Helmets, 59 Inscriptions, style of, given at the end of each century; cross and other signs at their commencement, 21 Ledger stones, 88 Lines, dots, ropes, &c., surrounding seals, 21 Mantlings, 39 to 43; sixteenth century and later, 77 to 87; fan-shaped, 86; square sheets, 86, 87 Mottoes, 58 Palm branches, 55 Rococo style, 85 Seals sometimes used for a long period, 9, 29; lines, dots, ropes, &c., surrounding, 21; time required in making, 27, Note; decorations on the fields, 16, 21, 23, 32; animals in fields of, 18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 32; inscriptions, crosses, and other signs at their beginning, 21; unfolded scrolls in, 32; counterseals, 75; secreta, 76; dates on seals, 43; decline in style of, 27, 30, 33, 44, 49 Secreta, 76 Shields, round, 1, 26, 36, 38; laws relating to, 2; heart-shaped, 13, 15, 71; eared, 73 to 75; square, 5, 19, 20, 38; lozenges, 20; turned round at base, 14, 69, 72; curved outwards, 24, 33 to 36; curious point in sinister base, 36, 89; John of Gaunt's shield, 29; the Black Prince's shield, 30; length of shields, 4, 7; their use abandoned in war, 8, 24 to 26; introduction of gunpowder not the cause, 26; bosses in round shields, 4; in other shapes, 13, 14, 16 Sources of information, 9, 49 Supporters, 56 Targetiers, 5 Tincture lines, 52, 79, 88 Torces, 43, 81 Wreaths or Chaplets, 54 [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration]