Historical anecdotes of heraldry and chivalry : tending to shew the origin of many English and foreign coats of arms, circumstances and customs . i?» HERALDRY AND CHIVALRY. 9 Englifli party; for which fingular piece of fervice the kinggave him in marriage his fifler, the Lady Chriftiana Bruce, andadded, as an augmentation to his arms, party per pale, ruby, andfaphire; the firil; charged with a fword, in pale proper, fup-porting an imperial crown, within a double treflure, topaz: JK^the fword of the laft, pomelled and hilted: the fecond, chargedwith a ftar of twelve points, for the title of Win
Historical anecdotes of heraldry and chivalry : tending to shew the origin of many English and foreign coats of arms, circumstances and customs . i?» HERALDRY AND CHIVALRY. 9 Englifli party; for which fingular piece of fervice the kinggave him in marriage his fifler, the Lady Chriftiana Bruce, andadded, as an augmentation to his arms, party per pale, ruby, andfaphire; the firil; charged with a fword, in pale proper, fup-porting an imperial crown, within a double treflure, topaz: JK^the fword of the laft, pomelled and hilted: the fecond, chargedwith a ftar of twelve points, for the title of Winton. Sir John Carmichael accompanied Archibald, Earl of Douglas,to the affiftance of Charles VI. King of France, againft theEnglifli, and (ignalized his valour fo much at the battle of Baugy,April 3, 1421, that he obtained great applaufe, and aflifled theFrench and Scots to gain the victory; whereupon was givenhim, in addition to his paternal coat, a dexter hand, and armedarm holding a broken fpear (for he had broken his fpear in theadlion), which is now the creft of the family of Carmichael,Earl of Hyndford, to whofe houfe Sir John was
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