. Peeps at heraldry . s of Cornwall bear three Moors heads infants heads are charged on the Fauntleroyshield couped arg: crined or, crined being theheraldic word for blazoning hair. The Vaughans havea very odd coat of arms—viz., three childrens headsw couped, each enwrapped about the neck with aserpent. (Ghastly as that arrangement sounds, thechildren look out at you with remarkably gleefulcountenances !) One Black bears three mens heads with black hair,and the De la Haye family has the rare charge of threeeyes. The human heart is much used in heraldry. Henryde Wingham bears a win
. Peeps at heraldry . s of Cornwall bear three Moors heads infants heads are charged on the Fauntleroyshield couped arg: crined or, crined being theheraldic word for blazoning hair. The Vaughans havea very odd coat of arms—viz., three childrens headsw couped, each enwrapped about the neck with aserpent. (Ghastly as that arrangement sounds, thechildren look out at you with remarkably gleefulcountenances !) One Black bears three mens heads with black hair,and the De la Haye family has the rare charge of threeeyes. The human heart is much used in heraldry. Henryde Wingham bears a winged heart, and the shield of theHeart family is charged with three hearts. The Cornhills bear a left hand and arm, whilst anarm grasping the stump of an uprooted tree is appropri-ately borne by Armstrong. Very literal arms are borneby the Tremaynes—viz., three right arms with clenchedfists, forming a triangle. A dexter hand is a fairly common charge. Two armsseizing the head, or pole, of a hart are borne by the 60. Animal Charges Catchpoles, and three hands occur in the armorial bear-ings of the Maynards of Medstone and those of Wick-low, as also in the coat of arms of the Maynes of Quartermaynes bear four right hands (Fig. 51). Amongst other families, the Haddens and Shrigleysbear a human leg. In conclusion, we must mention what Guillim calls amphibious and exorbitant crea-tures, which figure as charges inheraldry. Under the amphibiouscharges we have the beaver, seal, otter,and others. With the beaver we arefairly familiar, as nowadays it occursso frequently in the armorial bearingsof persons connected in any way withCanada. It is well represented in the arms of LordStrathcona. The otter is borne by the Setons of Mounie, and alsooccurs as a supporter in the arms of Lord Balfour ofBurleigh. As to what Guillim calls exorbitant creatures, or,so to speak, monsters, we may mention the wyvern, aspecies of dragon ; the griffin, supposed to have thebody and claws of a li
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