Note 1 — AN ATTEMPT TO CLASSIFY AND DATE THE VARIOUS SHAPES FOUND IN HERALDIC SHIELDS—PRINCIPALLY IN ENGLAND, WITH INCIDENTAL DATINGS.[1]

I have to acknowledge the kind permission to use the following illustrations—by Messrs. Virtue and Co., four blocks from Cutts' Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages, 1872; by Messrs. Mitchell and Hughes, six blocks from Dr. Jackson Howard's Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica; by Messrs. Nichols and Son, sixteen blocks from The Herald and Genealogist, Collectanea Genealogica et Heraldica, The Topographer and Genealogist, and The Visitation of Huntingdon, 1613 [Camden Society]; by Messrs. Parker, eight blocks from Hewitt's Ancient Arms and Armour and The Archæological Journal, vol. iv; by the Society of Antiquaries, eight blocks published in their Proceedings; and by the Royal Archæological Institute, one block from The Archæological Journal, vol. xi.