The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Roche. in the i6th century—Botereau or Botercl signifying a little toad in the old French tongue—but the arms do not appear on the old Botreaux seals beside their ancient bearing of the griffon. Bcston bore Silver a bend between six bees sable and a 15-century Harbottle seems to have sealed v/ith arms of three bluebottle flics. Three butterflies are in the shield of Presfen of Lancashire in 1413, while the winged insect shown on the seal of John Mayre, a Kings- Lynn burgess of the age of Edward I.
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Roche. in the i6th century—Botereau or Botercl signifying a little toad in the old French tongue—but the arms do not appear on the old Botreaux seals beside their ancient bearing of the griffon. Bcston bore Silver a bend between six bees sable and a 15-century Harbottle seems to have sealed v/ith arms of three bluebottle flics. Three butterflies are in the shield of Presfen of Lancashire in 1413, while the winged insect shown on the seal of John Mayre, a Kings- Lynn burgess of the age of Edward I., is probably a mayfly. Human Charges.—Man and the parts of him play but a smallpart in English shields, and we have nothing to put beside sucha coat as that of the German Manessen, on which two armedknights attack each others hauberks with their teeth. Butcertain arms of religious houses and the like have the wholefigure, the see of Salisbury bearing the Virgin and Child in a. Dacrc. Shelley. See of Salisbury. Isle of Man. blue field. And old crests have demi-Saracens and falchionmen, coal-miners, monks and blackamoors. Sowdanbore in hisshield a turbaned soldans head; Eady, three old mens eads !Heads of maidens, the winsome marrows of the ballad, arein the arms of Marow. The Stanleys, as kings of Man, quarteredthe famous three-armed legs whirling mill-sail fashion, andTremayne of the west bore three mens arms in like wise. Gulesthree hands silver was for Malmeyns as early as the 13th century,and Tynte of Colchester displayed hearts. Miscellaneous Charges.—Other charges of the shield are lessfrequent but are found in great variety, the reason for most ofthem being the desire to play upon the bearers name. Weapons and the like are rare, having regard to the militaryassociations of armory. Daubeney bore three helms; PhilipMarmion took with his wife, the coheir of Kilpek, the Kilpckshield of a sword {espck). Tuck had a stabbing sword or bows were bo
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