HOW TO TRACE A PEDIGREE;
Reading edition
or, The Science of Heraldry Explained.
By Charles Worthy, Esq., late of the College of Arms.
Introductory.—Science of Heraldry, Coats of Arms, Varieties of Arms, Partition Lines, Tinctures, Furs, Ordinaries, &c., &c.—Common Charges, Lions and other Beasts, Heraldic Monsters, &c., &c.—Miscellaneous Objects Alphabetically arranged.—Technical Terms used in Heraldry.—The Rules of Blazon.—The Marshalling of Arms, Hatchments, &c., &c.—Crests, Mottoes, Helmets, Mantlings, Supporters, and Coronets.—The Rules of Precedence.—Peers, Baronets, Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen.—Advice to Pedigree Hunters, How to Trace a Pedigree, Parochial Registers, Public Documents, Probate Court, Fees, &c., &c.—The College of Arms, Officers of Arms, Heraldic Records, Heraldic Fees, Grants of Arms, Change of Name.—Liveries, with some Remarks upon Cockades, and those who are entitled to use them.—General Remarks, Drawing and Illuminating, Taxes in respect of Arms.
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