The Principal, Historical, and Allusive Arms: Borne by Families of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, With Their Respective Authorities (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The feudal fyfiem, which continued for many ages, was another great fource of armorial. Bearings. The Chief, who led his military tenants to the field, Often remunerated their attendance and fervice with arms partaking of the figures of his own, which marked their mutual connexion, and at the fame time bore his teftimony of their good con duct. The antient Earls Of Chel'ter bearing for their arms garbs, or wheat-fheaves, imparted that figure to many Of the Oldefi and mofc confiderable families of that county; as the Vernons, Cholmondeleys, Grofvenors, Hattons, Fittons, Marburys, and many others.

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