TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Despite it being referred to, there is no illustration ‘Plate XLI’ in this book.
COMPANION VOLUME
A COMPLETE GUIDE
TO HERALDRY
BY
A. C. FOX-DAVIES
Of LINCOLN’S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW
EDITOR OF “ARMORIAL FAMILIES”; AUTHOR OF “THE
ART OF HERALDRY,” ETC.
Illustrated by 9 Plates in Colour and nearly 800
other Designs, mainly from Drawings by
GRAHAM JOHNSTON
HERALD PAINTER TO THE LYON COURT
In One Volume. Containing over 600 pages.
Large square 8vo, Cloth Gilt,
10s. 6d. net
BRITISH AND FOREIGN
ARMS & ARMOUR
BY
CHARLES HENRY ASHDOWN
HON. SEC. ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY;
HON. CURATOR OF NUMISMATICS, HERTS COUNTY MUSEUM; AUTHOR OF
“ST. ALBANS: HISTORICAL AND PICTURESQUE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED WITH 450 ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT AND 42 PLATES
FROM ACTUAL EXAMPLES, MISSALS, ILLUMINATED MSS., BRASSES,
EFFIGIES, Etc., AND FROM ORIGINAL RESEARCH IN THE
BRITISH MUSEUM, THE TOWER OF LONDON, WALLACE
COLLECTION, ROTUNDA AT WOOLWICH, MANY
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, Etc.
LONDON
T. C. & E. C. JACK
16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
AND EDINBURGH
1909
TO
THE PRESIDENT
THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF ST. ALBANS, D.D.
AND TO
THE MEMBERS
OF THE
ST. ALBANS AND HERTS ARCHITECTURAL AND
ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE
The study of Arms and Armour is one of absorbing interestto a large and ever increasing number of the communit