the quartering itself then forms sufficient difference.
A _Widower_ who marries again places the arms of both his wives upon any
permanent record, but for ordinary purposes of use, _e.g._ on a seal or
carriage, bears only the arms of his living wife.
An _Unmarried Lady_ bears her paternal arms on a _lozenge_, without any
Helmet, Crest, or Motto.
A _Widow_ bears on a _lozenge_ the arms borne by her husband and
herself. Should she marry again, a Widow ceases to bear the arms of her
former husband.
A _Peeress in her own right_, if married to a Peer, has both her own
arms and those of her husband fully blazoned, and the lozenge and the
Shield, with all their accessories, are marshalled to form a single
united group, the achievement of the husband having precedence to the
dexter. If married to a Commoner, a Peeress in her own right bears her
own arms on a lozenge as before, and her husband marshals her arms
ensigned with her coronet in pretence on his Shield: and this lozenge
and Shield are grouped together, the lozenge yielding precedence.
_Prelates_ bear the arms of their see impaling their own paternal and
hereditary arms, the insignia of the see occupying the dexter half of
the Shield, this Shield being ensigned with a mitre only. A married
Prelate bears also a second Shield, placed to the sinister of the other,
on which are marshalled, in accordance with ordinary usage, his own
personal arms with those of his wife. The mitre then is placed over the
conjoined shields.
The _Kings of Arms_, in like manner, bear two Shields, disposed to form
a single group: on the dexter Shield their official arms impale their
personal; and on the sinister Shield their personal arms are marshalled
with the arms of their wives.
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