LIONS.--The Earl of LINCOLN--_Or, a lion rampt. purp._, No. 194. The
Earl of ARUNDEL--_Gu., a lion rampt. or_. Sir HENRY DE PERCY--_Or,
a lion rampt. az._, No. 196. Sir JOHN MOWBRAY--_Gu., a lion rampt.
arg._, No. 193. Sir R. DE SOTTONE (Sutton)--_Or, a lion rampt. vert_.
Sir J. DE NORTONE--_Vert, a lion rampt. or_. Sir W. FAUCONBERG--_Arg.,
a lion rampt. az._ Sir G. DE HAUTVILLE--_Sa., crusilée, a lion rampt.
arg._ Sir ---- DE MOUNTFORT--_Arg., crusilée gu., a lion rampt. az._ Sir
WM. MAUFEE--_Arg., semée of escallops gu., a lion rampt. sa._ Sir J. DE
CREPPINGE--_Gu., billetée or, a lion rampt. arg._ Sir R. DE
ASSCHEBY--_Arg., a lion rampt. sa. billetée or_. Sir J. DE
DEYVILLE--_Gu., semée de lys, a lion rampt. arg._ _Arg., within a
bordure gu. bezantée, a lion rampt. sa._, for Sir T. DE PICKERING; and,
_Arg., within an orle of roses gu., a lion rampt. sa._, for Sir R.
PIERPOUND, both apparently founded on the shield of the Earl of
CORNWALL, No. 140, which also is blazoned in this Roll. Sir J. LE
STRANGE--_Gu., two lions pass. arg._, No. 191. Sir J. DE SOMERI--_Or,
two lions pass. az._ Sir R. DE ST. WALY--_Or, two lions pass. gu._ Sir
N. CARRU (Carew)--_Or, three lions pass. sa._ Sir J. GIFFARD--_Gu.,
three lions pass. arg._, No. 192. Sir R. LE FITZ PAYN--_Gu., three lions
pass. arg., over all a bendlet az._ Sir G. DE CANVYLE--_Az., three lions
pass arg._ In the beautiful chantry of Abbot THOMAS RAMRYGE, at St.
Albans, one of the large sculptured Shields is charged with a lion
rampant within what may be considered to be an _orle of roses_--the
arms, as I have just shown, assigned in the Roll of EDWARD II. to Sir R.
PIERPOUND. This Shield, carefully drawn by the engraver himself from the
original in the Abbey Church of St. Alban, is represented in No. 373.
AUGMENTATION, or AUGMENTATION OF HONOUR, is a term employed to denote an
addition to a Shield of arms, specially granted by the Sovereign to
commemorate some worthy or illustrious deed, and forming an integral
element of the Shield as an hereditary bearing. Such additions will be
found marshalled in the forms of Chiefs and Inescutcheons as Cantons, or
as Quarterings; or they may assume the character of additional charges.
Also, this same term denotes similar additions of Crests, Badges, or any
other accessories of Shields.
The Augmentation displayed upon the Ducal Shield of WELLINGTON, a most
honourable exception to the prevailing degenerate heraldic feeling of
the period in which it was granted to the Great Duke, in characteristic
and expressive qualities is second to no other example of its own class
and order. This true Augmentation of Honour is the _National Device of
the British Empire_, as it is blazoned in the “Union Jack,” charged upon
an inescutcheon, and displayed upon the honour point of the Duke’s
paternal Shield.
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