The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Chetwode. Swynnerton. Willoughby. Brerelegh. during the i6lh-century decadence. As the sole charge of ashield it is very rare; otherwise it is one of the commonest ofcharges. Brerelegh bore Silver a crosslet gules. Within these modest limits we have brought the greater partof that monstrous host of crosses whic^ cumber the few rare varieties may be noticed. Dukinfield bore Silver a voided cross with sharpened ends. Skirlaw, bishop of Durham (d. 1406), the son of a basket-weaver,bore
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . Chetwode. Swynnerton. Willoughby. Brerelegh. during the i6lh-century decadence. As the sole charge of ashield it is very rare; otherwise it is one of the commonest ofcharges. Brerelegh bore Silver a crosslet gules. Within these modest limits we have brought the greater partof that monstrous host of crosses whic^ cumber the few rare varieties may be noticed. Dukinfield bore Silver a voided cross with sharpened ends. Skirlaw, bishop of Durham (d. 1406), the son of a basket-weaver,bore Silver a cross of three upright wattles sable, crossed andinterwoven by three more. Drury bore Silver a chief vert with a St Anthonys cross goldbetween two golden molets, pierced gules. Brytton bore Gold a patriarchs cross set upon three degrees orsteps of gules. Hurlestone of Cheshire bore Silver a cross of four ermine tailssable. Melton bore Silver a Toulouse cross gules. By giving this cross. Skirlaw. Drury. St Anthonys Cross. Brytton. a name from the counts of Toulouse, its best-known bearers, someelaborate blazonry is spared. The crosses paty and formy, and more especially the crosslets,are often borne fitchy, that is to say, with the lower Umb some-what lengthened and ending in a point, for which reason the15th-century writers call these crosses fixabill. In the 14th-cenlnry rolls the word potent is sometimes used for thesecrosses fitchy, the long foot suggesting a potent or staff. Fromthis source modern English armorists derive many of their crosses potent, w-hose four arms have the T heads of old-fashioned walking staves. Howard bore Silver a bend between six crosslets fitchy of Congerhurst in Kent bore Silver a crosslet fitchy sable. The Saltire is the cross in the form of that on which St Andrew
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