A display of heraldrie

SECT. II. CHAP. VII.

* 1.1HAving shewed the manner and making of such Ordinaries as are com∣posed of a twofold Line: we will now proceed to that other member of the Distribution before delivered, which maketh mention of Ordinaries, consisting of Lines more than twofold; and will shew how they also are made.

Such Ordinaries doe consist of Lines

• ...Threefold,
• ...Fourfold.

Those that are formed of a threefold line, are the Inescocheon and the Orle. The Inescocheon is an Ordinary formed of a threefold line,* 1.2 representing the shape of the Escocheon, as in example.

* 1.3

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Ermyne, an Inescocheon, Gules, by the name of Hulgreve: This name of Inescocheon, is pro∣per onely to those that are borne in this place, for if the same were borne in any other place, than upon the Fesse point of the Shield, you should tearm the same then an Escocheon; and not an Inescocheon: so must you also, if there be more than one in the field. This Escocheon is sometimes tearmed an Escocheon of Pre∣tence, as shall appear heareafter.* 1.4 This Ordinary con∣taineth the fifth part of the field (saith Leigh, but his demonstration denoteth the third part) and may not be diminished; and albeit it be subject to some alteration, by reason of the different forms of

Lines before specified, yet keepeth still one set forme of an Escocheon, as we shall see by and by.

The next in rank of this kind is the Orle,* 1.5 which is an Ordinary composed of a threefold line duplicated, admitting a transparency of the field, throughout the intermost Area or space therein inclosed. This hath the forme of an Inescocheon, but hath not the solid substance thereof, being evermore voided, as in these following Examples appeareth.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Or, an Orle, Azure,* 1.6 by the name of Ber∣tram, Lord of Bothall. This word Orle seemeth to be derived from the French word Oreiller, which signifi∣eth a Pillow, and is attributed to this Ordinary, be∣cause the same being of a different tincture from the Field, and formed only of a double tract, in regard of the transparency of the Field within, and the surroun∣ding thereof without, it receiveth the resemblance of an embossed substance, as if it were raised like a Pil∣low above the Field. Ʋpton tearmeth it in Latine,* 1.7 Tra∣ctus which signifieth a Trace, or Traile, because the field is seen both within and without it; and the Traile it self is drawn thereupon in a different colour. If this were flored (saith Leigh) then must it be called a Tressure, which must contain the fifth part of the Field. And if two of these be in an Escocheon, you must tearm them a double tressure. Chassaneus saith, that the Orle is some∣times formed of many pieces, and that they are borne to the number of six. As touching the doubling of this plain Orle, I will not here give Example, for that I purpose to present to your view a Threefold Orle or Tract, which doth include the twofold, as in this next Escocheon appeareth.

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He beareth Or, an Orle of three pieces, Sable.* 1.8 That this Ordinary is borne of many Tracts, it appeareth by this Example, taken out of Ʋpton for the Readers satisfaction, where it is said, Sunt insuper alii qui habent istum Tractum triplicatum & quadruplicatum, ut nuper in Armis Episcopi Coenomanensis, qui portavit pro Armis unum tractum triplicatum de nigro, in campo aureo: Some beare the Orle tripled and quadrupled, as the late Bishop of Maine, who bare a tripled Orle, Sable, in a field, Or. This Ordinary is born diversly, according to the se∣verall formes of Lines, before handled, as may appeare in the Examples en∣suing.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Argent,* 1.9 an Orle Engrailed on the inner side, Gules. I found this forme of bearing observed by an uncertain Author, whom at first I supposed to have either unskilfully taken, or negligently mi∣staken the Trick thereof; but after I had found in Ʋpton, that in Blazoning of an Orle Engrailed, he Bla∣zoned the same, An Orle engrailed on both sides, I took more speciall notice of this kind of bearing, for that such a form of Blazon (proceeding from a man so ju∣dicious in this kind) seemed covertly to imply a di∣stinction of that from this form of bearing. And because diversa juxta se ap∣posita magis eluces••unt, things differing give light each to other, I will here pro∣duce the Coat it self, and the Blason thereof, as I find it set down by Ʋpton.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

Il port (saith he) de Gules ung trace engrailee, de chas∣cun cost d'Or. And in Latine thus: Qui habet ista Ar∣ma, portat unum tractum ex utra{que} parte ingradatum, de Auro in campo rubro.* 1.10 He beareth an Orle engrailed on both sides, Or, in a field, Gules. And no doubt by heedfull observation you may finde these Orles in like sort borne Invecked, Similium enim similis est ratio; for like things have the reason and respect. Note, that divers Charges, as well artificiall as naturall, are born Orle∣wayes, or in Orle; as likewise in form of Crosse, Bend, Cheuron, Saltire, &c. the examples whereof I must passe over, untill a fit place be offered to handle Charges of those kinds. Concerning the bearing of Orles, composed of the sundry sorts of Furs, I hold it needlesse to use ex∣amples to expresse them to the view, for that by consideration of the ma∣nifold sorts of severall Ordinaries before expressed, their divers manner of bearing may be easily conceived: and therefore I will leave them to ob∣servation.

* 1.11Hitherto have we considered the making of such Ordinaries as are com∣posed of a threefold Line: Our order calleth me now to speak of such Ordinaries as do require a fourfold Line for the effecting of them.

Of this sort is the

• ...Crosse,
• ...Saltire.

* 1.12The Cross is an Ordinary composed of a fourfold Line, whereof two are perpendicular, and the other two are transverse, for so we must conceive of them, though they are not drawn throughout, but meet by couples in four acute Angles neer about the f••sse point of the Escocheon; to look upon (if they were couped, as they are sometimes found) like to four Carpenters Squares; as the example following will demonstrate. This Ordinary is cal∣led crux à cruciando, or à cruciatu, because of the unspeakable torture and torment which they do suffer,* 1.13 who undergo this kind of death. The con∣tent of the Crosse is not the same alwaies; for when it is not charged, then it hath only the fifth part of the field; but if it be charged, then must it contain the third part thereof. To give you particular examples of all the different formes of bearing of the Crosse, were as needless as endless, considering the variety set down by other Authors; I will therefore con∣tent my selfe with these ensuing.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

The Field is Azure, a Crosse, Or: This Coat-Ar∣mour pertaineth to the right worshipfull Family of Shelton,* 1.14 in the County of Norfolk, whence descended that Honourable vertuous Lady, Mary Shelton, who was many years of the most Honourable Bedchamber of that Glorious Queen Elizabeth; and was also wife to the right worshipfull Sir John Scudamore, of Home Lacie in the County of Hereford Knight, Standard-bea∣rer to her Majesties honorable band of Gentlemen Pen∣sioners. This Ordinary is oftentimes diversly named, ac∣cording to the diversity of Lines whereof it is composed: for as is the form of Lines whereof it is made, so is the denomination thereof. In the ancientest Institution of the bearing of the Crosse (without all controversie) it had this form;* 1.15 which is taken to be the true shape of the Crosse, where∣upon our blessed Saviour Christ Jesus suffered; whose godly observation

and use was in great esteeme in the Primitive Church; though in later times it hath been dishonourably entertained by two opposed kinds of fantast∣icks; the one, who so superstitiously dote on it, that they adore it like their God: the other, who so unchristianly detest it, that they slander the most godly and ancient use thereof, in our first initiating unto Christ, as if it were some devillish Idoll. But the true Souldiers of such a Captain need not to be ashamed to beare their Generalls ensigne. And this bearing was first bestowed on such as had performed, or at least undertaken, some service for Christ and Christian Profession: and therefore being duly conferred, I hold it the most honourable charg to be found in Heraldrie. But the forme and bearing hereof (as well as the cheurons formerly spoken of) hath been also depraved through the inconsiderate handling of common Painters. For which cause I have caused this precedent crosse onley to be cut after this fashion, in the rest I have ensued the vulgar manner of bearing now used, chusing rather to sway with the multitude in matters of smal importance, than that I would seeme to affect I know not what singularity; Nemo e∣nim errantem arguit, qui cum multis errat. This manner of bearing of the pa∣tible cross is warranted by Rolls of greatest Antiquitity, and is most conso∣nant to reason, that the stem thereof should be much longer than the cross part, by how much it was requisite that the same was to be deeply fixed in the ground: So then if we shall compare this ancient bearing, with that of modern times, we shall find this to be naturall; and that adulterate.

Crosses do receive manifold varieties of Denomination,* 1.16 according to the multiplicity of their different shapes, and variable properties of lines whereof they are formed.

The bearing of the crosse, is the expresse note or badge of a Christian that he bear the same according to the prescript rule and will of his Lord and Master. For as Barth. saith, Insignia ad voluntatem Domini sunt portanda, & non alias.

All Crosses may signifie unto us tribulations and afflictions, which (how burthensome soever they may seem to the flesh) yet is there much comfort to be found in them, to those that make a right use of them, and do under∣goe the burthen of them chearfully, and without recalcitration. For it is the property of Worldlings that have been dandled (as I may say) in for∣tunes lappe, and pampered with worldly delights, to forget both God and themselves, and in their fulness to spurn and kick up the heel; According to that saying of Moses in his Song that he made a little before his death; But he that should have been upright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his heel; He was fat, he was gross, he was laden with fatness, therefore he forsook God that made him, and regarded not the strong God of his Salvation; Deut. 30.15.

Sithence then our Lord and Master (for our sakes) did willingly take up∣on him this grievous, and almost unsupportable burthen, why should we then, that would be counted his professed Souldiers and Servants shrink thereat; Especially sithence by the Discipline of the Crosse, we are brought to the true knowledge of God, his Omnipotency, Wisdome, Justice, Mer∣cy, and all other his divine Attributes, and of our own miserable and dam∣nable estate, through our adherent and inherent corruption of sins as well Actuall, as Originall.

A like form of bearing of this, is that Cross which we find borne in the Shield of S. George; but diversly from this, both in Metall and Colour which of some Armorists of Ʋptons time, (as himself noteth in his discourse of

Armes) received in those dayes a very strange and absurd kind of Blazon, which he there setteth downe after this manner; the Shield, Gules, four Quarters, Argent: whose reason herein (saith he) I doe not allow, for that by such manner of Blazon, the bearing of a plaine Crosse shall never be knowne. Moreover, herein also may we observe the Blazon hereof to be erroneous, in that they say, foure Quarters: which are indeed but so many Cantons; else should they all foure meet in the Center of the Escocheon. This Ordinary is subject to voiding and couping, as these examples following shew.

* 1.17

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Argent, a Crosse voided, Azur. Panormitan writeth of Alphonsus King of Aragon, (what time he besieged Putcoli, a city by the Sea side in Campania) that resorting daily to the Seashore, for his recreation, up∣on a time he chanced to finde the corps of a man of Genea in Italy, that had been cast out of a Galley; and thereupon alighting speedily from his horse, caused all others that were neer him to light; and comman∣ded some to dig the Grave, whilst others covered the naked Corps: and he himselfe with his own hands did make a Cross of wood, which he sticked fast at the head of the man so in∣terred; to testifie that all Christian offices may beseem the greatest Kings; and that whatever death we die, it is not material, so we live to Christ So great is the Resemblance oftentimes of things born in Coat-Armour: which yet in their Existence, are much differing, that a man well seen in Heraldry, may easily commit an error in the blazoning of them, as by comparing of this Coat-Armour with the next will manifestly appear: wherefore you must use an advised deliberation in blazoning, especially of Armes of neer Resemblance.

* 1.18

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Or, a crosse Patee, Sable, Fimbriated, Gules. The reason wherefore this Cross is called Patee, I will presently shew you, when I come to speak of the Shield of Cadwallader. This approacheth neer to the former in respect of the double tract thereof; yet doth it much differ from the same in substance, forasmuch as the charge of that is a twofold crosse, viz. one sur∣mounted of another, and this a single crosse bordured, or invironed with a hem or edge. Moreover, that this is not a cross of Gules, surmounted of another, Sable, it is cleer, because the edge that goeth about this cross is much narrower than is the space between those two crosses. Besides, it cannot stand with the Rules of good Armory, to bear colour upon colour, or metall upon metall. This is called a crosse Fimbriated, of the Latine word Fimbria, which sig∣nifieth an edge, welt, or hem, for a Garment, and is to be understood to be of the same thickness with it, and not to lie either upon or underneath.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Gules, a Cheuron between ten Cros∣ses, Formee, Argent, and is the Coat of the Right Honourable George Lord Barkley, descended in a di∣rect male line from Robert Fitzharding, a second son of the bloud Royal of Denmark, whose son Maurice Barkley was Father of Thomas, and he of Maurice, Fa∣ther of a second Thomas, called by writ to Parliament the two and twentieth of Edw. the first.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Ermine, a cross ingrailed, Gules,* 1.19 by the name of Norwood of Lekhampton in the County of Glo∣cester. As this cross is formed of bunched lines, so are there others that are composed of sundry other sorts of lines before shewed, as experience will informe you, and as you may in part see by the example fol∣lowing.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Argent, a crosse wavey, voided, Sable,* 1.20 by the name of Duckenfield in Devonshire. In Coats of such bearing, you shall not need to say in the blazon of them, that the charge (whatsoever the same be) is ••oided of the field: because when you say only voi∣ded and no more, it is alwaies understood to be voi∣ded of the field.

Of all other sorts of crosses the cross waved is a more speciall note of tribulation, in regard it represen∣teth the turbulent Waves or surges of the Seas, occasion••d by some turbulent gust or flaw of boystrous winds or storms, causing a success of surging billowes: notifying unto us consequent af∣flictions and troubles following immediately one upon anothers ••eck, which the children of God must sustain with a constant resolution, Fol∣lowing therein the instruction of Eccl. 2.1. My son, if thou wilt come ••nto the service of God, stand fast in Righteousness and fear, and prepare thy soul unto tem∣ptation. And again, Settle thy heart and be patient, bow down thine ear, and re∣ceive the words of understanding, and shrink not away when thou art assayled, but wait upon God patiently; Joyne thy self unto him and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end, Vers. 3.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Sable, a Crosse, Engrailed, Or, in the first quarter a Mullet, Argent. Tirone, viz. Argent, a Sinister hand coupe, Gules, which is the Coat of that Noble Gentleman Sir Thomas Peyton, son of Sir Samuell of Knolton now first Baronet of Kent. And of Algernoon Peyton of Donington in the Isle of Ely Esquire, son of Sir John, second brother to Sir Thomas Father of Sir Sa∣muel.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Azure, Crusily, a Crosse molline, Or, voided throughout by the name of Knolles, and was the Coat of Sir William Knolles Baron, Viscount Wallingford, and Earl of Banbury, &c.

* 1.21

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Or, a crosse patee fitched in the foote, Gules. This Coat was borne by Galfride de Scuda∣more that lived in the time of King Henry the second; it is termed fitched of the Latine word figo, which signifieth to fasten or make sure, because by the means of the sharpness added to the foot thereof, it becom∣eth more apt to be fastned any where. There is an∣other sort of fitching of crosses that have the whole fourth part sigetive, as in this next Escocheon.

* 1.22

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

The field is Jupiter, a crosse Patee on three parts, and fitched on the f••urth, Sol. This (saith Gerard Leigh) was the Shield of blessed Cadwallader last King of Bri∣taine; who slew Lothaire King of Kent, and Ethelwold King of South-Saxons. I confess in tearming this kind of crosse, a crosse Patee, I differ from Leigh who calleth it formy: But Chassaneus blazons it Patee, and giveth this reason thereof, Quia extremitates ejus sunt patu∣lae, because his ends are broad and opened, Chass. fol. 28. Bara is of the same opinion, Bara le blazon des Arm. 67. and with these agree many of our Blazoners.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He bears Sable, a Crosse potent, Or, by the name of Allen, and is borne by Sir George Allen Baronet, by the decease of Sir Edmund Allen his Nephew with∣out issue male. Thomas Allen also of London Alder∣man, and John Allen of Grayes-Inne Esquire, that hopefull and ingenious Professor of the Law, are Ornamentall Branches of this Family.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

The field is Jupiter, a crosse potent fitched, Sol. This kind of crosse was borne by Etheldred King of the West Saxons, who lived, Anno Salutis, 946.

What a potent is I have formerly shewed in the first Section, p. 24 It may also be blazoned a crosse crowchee, for the resemblance that it hath of a Crowche, which Chau∣cer calleth a potent, which is properly sigetive: For were it that the overthwart or crosse part hereof should be exempted, then would the middle part shew it self to be a perfect Crowche, used for the stay and sustentation of feeble and aged persons. Like as old Age is a blessing of God, so contrariwise it is a token of his heavy displeasure, to be cut off before a man shall attain thereto: As appeareth by that saying of God unto E••i the Priest, Behold, the dayes come, that I will cut off thine Arme, and the Arme of thy fathers house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house, 1. Sam. 2.31. And again, and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever, Ver. 32. And further, And all the mul∣titude of thine house shall dye when they be men, Ver. 33. Moreover it is said in the Prophet Zach.* 1.23 on the contrary part, Thus saith the Lord of Hostes, There shall yet old men and old women dwel in the ••••reets of Jerusalem; and every man with his Staffe in his hand for very Age: Whereby is meant, that God would preserve them in life, so long as nature might sustain them.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

The Field is Jupiter, a crosse patonce Sol. You may read in Leigh his accidents of Armory, pag. 59. that, King Egbert did beare in battell a crosse of this forme or fashion in his left hand, and in his Azure-coloured banner likewise. Here you may observe how this cross patonce differeth from the crosse patee, (demonstrated before in the Shield of Cadwallader) and also from the crosse Flourey or Flurtee, which I shall presently shew you in Penthars Coat-Armour.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Azure, a Crosse patee, Or, by the name of Ward, of Kent, London, &c. I know some will quar∣rell at my blazoning this Crosse thus, and not either Flory or Patonce which they do weakly surmise to be two different bearings,* 1.24 whereas it is manifest by ob∣servations of old Seals, Monuments, &c. that it was the Fancy or Error of the Painter or Carver to make the points expand open, or patere, or more erect as is found by hourely experience: now for calling it Patee which is a title given to a Crosse of another forme, as may be seen in the Coate of Scudamore and Cadwallader, immediately before there appear to me great reason to adhear to the o∣pinion of Leigh, and not to expunge the word Formee quite, for what is said of that Crosse may better fit this, extremitates ejus sunt patulae, his ends broad and opened, that Crosse being broad formed, but not opened.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Ermine, a Crosse, Raguly, Gules, a Can∣ton, Ermines, which is the bearing of that worthy and accomplished Gentleman John Laurence now Sheriff of London, 1658.

Whereas I have formerly made mention of Voiding in the Chapter of bends, and of one other Accident, namely Couping in the Chapter of Fesses, I will now expresse them both in one example in this Escocheon following.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Argent, a crosse voided and couped, Sable, by the name of Woodnoth.

There is another Accident whereunto this Ordinary is subject, that is to say Piercing. Piercing is a Penetrati∣on or Perforation of things that are of solid substance: and it is threefold:

That is to say

• ...Round.
• ...Losengwaies.
• ...Quadrate.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Gules, a Fesse between three Crossets, Fitchee, Or, by the Name of Gore, of which Family are the two Sir John Gores of Hertfordshire, Sir Willi∣am Gore of Ireland Baronet, William Gore of Moreden in Surrey Esquire chosen Alderman, Gerrard Gore of Tottenham, and his Brother Robert Gore of London, Merchant Adventurer, Gerad Gore late chosen Al∣derman, and divers other persons of Worth and Reputation.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He bears Azure, a Fesse, Dauncette, Ermine, be∣tween six Crossets, Argent, which is the Coat of Bar∣nardiston of Suffolk, a very Ancient and Knightly Family now flourishing in the Persons of Sir Thomas Barnardiston Knight, Nathaniell, Samuell Pelethiah, Wil∣liam and Arthur, Barnardiston, Merchants, of the Le∣vant, Sons of Sir Nathaniell Barnardiston late deceased, Knighted at Therbald, December 1618.

* 1.25As touching Round Piercing, you have an example in this next follow∣ing Escocheon.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Sable, a Crosse couped, Pierced, Or, by the name of Grill. If this Round in the middest were of a∣ny other colour than of the Field, then should you ac∣count the same to be a Charge to the Crosse where∣fore good heed must be taken in blazoning of Coats of this kind, and chiefly of the Orbicular form in the middest of the Charge; to the end that you may know when to take the same for a Piercing, and when for a Charge.

* 1.26

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

The Field is Azure, a Crosse Molinge Pierced Lo∣sengewaies, Or. This is the second forme of Piercing before mentioned, and the Coat was borne by Ri∣chard de Molineux of Lancaster, that lived in the time of King Richard the second. Concerning this Crosse Moline, (Leigh saith) that if it stood Saltire-waies, then should you call it Ferre de Molin, that is to say, a Mill Rinde, or the Inke of a Mill: which to me seemeth a very Paradox, that Transposition (being a thing meerly accidentall) should give a new deno∣mination, to the thing transposed, and consequently alter the essence thereof: Quia novum nomen dat novum esse rei, where are new names, new things are supposed to be. It were a thing worthy of admiration, that Ac∣cidents should have such power in them; for Aristotle Physicorum 1. saith, Accidentia possunt miraculose, & non alias mutare subjectum: Accidents change not the subject but by Miracle. Addition doubtlesse and Substraction, are of greater force than Transmutation or Location, yet is there no such power in them as that they can alter the essence of any thing, Quia augmentum vel diminutio (saith Chassaneus) circa accidentia contractuum non reponunt

contractum in diverso esse, neque per ea intelligitur ab eo in substantialibus re∣cessus: the adding or diminishing of Accidents makes not the thing lose the na∣ture of his being.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Azure, a Crosse Moline, Quarter-pierced,* 1.27 Or. This Coat was borne by Thomas Molyneux of Haughton, in the County of Notting. that lived in the time of King Henry the fourth. Leigh in blazoning of this form of Crosse, maketh no mention at all of the Piercing thereof, perhaps because it resembleth the Inke of a Mill, which is evermore Pierced. This is termed Quarter peirced, quasi, Quadrate peirced, for that the piercing is square as a Trencher.

So much of the Crosse, with the Accidents thereof:* 1.28 Now of that other Ordinary that is framed also of a four-fold line, that is to say, a Saltire. A Saltire is an Ordinary consisting of a fourfold line, wherof two are drawn from the Dexter chief towards the Sinister base corners, and the other from the Sinister chief towards the Dexter base points, and do meet about the middest by couples in Acute-angles. I know the learned Geometer will find many more lines here than I doe mention: but (as I said of lines in the Crosse) this our description agreeth best with Heralds, and our pur∣pose.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Sable, a Saltire, Argent,* 1.29 by the name of Aston. In old time (saith Leigh) this was made of the hight of a man, and was driven full of Pinnes, the use whereof was, to scale the walls therewith, to which end the Pinnes served commodiously. In those daies (saith he) the walles of townes were but low, as appear∣eth by the walles of Rome, which Remus easily lea∣ped over: and the walles of Winchester, which were overlooked by Colebrand the Chieftaine of the Danes, who was slaine by Guy Earle of Warwick, who was Champion for King Athelstane.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Argent, a Saltier, Gules by the name of Gerard, of which Family is that true noble Gentleman the Lord Gerard Baron of Gerards Bromley in the Coun∣ty of Stafford, and also Sir Gilbert Gerard of Harrow Hill in Middlesex.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth Argent, a Saltier, Azure, in Chief three Ermines, by the name of Williams, of London, and is borne by William Williams of London Merchant of the Levant, a person of eminent note and Reputati∣on; and by Daniel Williams his Brother, as also by John Williams and William Williams, and a third Bro∣ther, all Merchants of London.

* 1.30

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

He beareth, Gules, a Saltire, Verrey, by the name of Willington. This Ordinary is limited to the fifth part of the Field, the same not being charged, but if it be charged, then shall it contain the third part there∣of. This charge also varieth his name in Blazon, accor∣ding to the diverse formes of Lines, whereof the same is composed; for that it is no lesse diversly made in respect of the lineaments thereof, than the Crosse be∣fore handled.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ordinaries of lines more than two fold.
• * 1.2

  Inescocheon what.
• * 1.3

  Inescocheon named Esco∣cheon of Pre∣tence.
• * 1.4

  Note.
• * 1.5

  Composition of an Orle.
• * 1.6

  Derivation.
• * 1.7

  Upton.
• * 1.8

  Orle of three pieces.
• * 1.9

  Orle Engrai∣led.
• * 1.10

  Note.
• * 1.11

  Ordinaries of four-fold lines.
• * 1.12

  Crosse.
• * 1.13

  Crux dicitur a cruciatu, in regard of the unspeakeable torture it gave to the execu∣ted thereupon.
• * 1.14

  Shelton.
• * 1.15

  Content of the Crosse.
• * 1.16

  Divers deno∣minations of Crosses.
• * 1.17

  Alphonsus K. of Aragon.
• * 1.18

  Crosse Fim∣briated.
• * 1.19

  Crosse En∣grailed.
• * 1.20

  Crosse wavey.
• * 1.21

  Crosse Patee Fitched.
• * 1.22

  Crosse Patee on three parts, and Fitched on the fourth.
• * 1.23

  Zach. 8.4.
• * 1.24

  Crosse voided and Couping. Piercing what.
• * 1.25

  Round Pier∣cing.
• * 1.26

  Crosse Moline Losenge pier∣ced.
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  Crosse Moline quarter-pier∣ced.
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  A Saltire what.
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  The use of a Saltire.
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  A Saltire verrey.