The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Cayvile- Devereux. Chamberlayne. Harcourt. Devereux bore Gules a fesse silver with three roundels silver inthe chief. Chamberlayne of Northamptonshire bore Gules a fesse and threescallops gold. ? Harcourt bore Gules two bars gold. Manners bore Gold two bars azure and a chief gules. Wake bore Gold two bars gules with three roundels gules in thechief. Bussy bore Silver three bars sable. Badlesmere of Kent bore Silver a fesse between two gemels ^gules. Melsanby bore Sable two gemels and a chief silve
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Cayvile- Devereux. Chamberlayne. Harcourt. Devereux bore Gules a fesse silver with three roundels silver inthe chief. Chamberlayne of Northamptonshire bore Gules a fesse and threescallops gold. ? Harcourt bore Gules two bars gold. Manners bore Gold two bars azure and a chief gules. Wake bore Gold two bars gules with three roundels gules in thechief. Bussy bore Silver three bars sable. Badlesmere of Kent bore Silver a fesse between two gemels ^gules. Melsanby bore Sable two gemels and a chief Manners. Wake. Melsanby. Grey. Grey bore Barry of silver and azure. Fitzalan of Bedale bore Barry of eight pieces gold and gule*. Stutevilc bore Burely of silver and gules. 320 HERALDRY The Bend is i band traversing the shield aslant, arms withone, two or three bends being common during the middle agesin England. Bendy shields follow the rule of shields paly andbarrj-, but as many as ten pieces have been counted in bend is often accompanied by a narrow bend on citherside, these companions being called Cotices. A single narrowbend, struck over all other charges, is the Baston, which duringthe i3lh and 14th centuries was a common difference for theshields of the younger branches of a family, coming in latertimes to suggest itself as a difference for bastards. The Bend Sinister, the bend drawn from right to left beginningat the sinister comer of the shield, is reckoned in the heraldrybooks as a separate Ordinarj-, and has a peculiar significance
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