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wife on the dexter side of his shield, and those of the second wife on the sinister, with his own in the centre; or he still divides the shield per-pale, keeping his own on the dexter side, and dividing the sinister side per-fesse places the first wife's arms in chief and the second wife's arms in base. P. 46, f. 3. and 2. For man having married three or more wives. See f. 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Arms of Office, or Official Arms. Those borne by Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Heads of Colleges, etc. The paternal coat is borne impaled with them, the arms of office being placed on the dexter side as P. 17, f. 21. If married the arms are borne as shown on the two shields. P. 46, f. 33.
Arms Parlantes. Those having canting charges, which allude to the bearer. See Allusive Arms.
Arms Paternal and Hereditary. Such as descend from Father to Son.
Arms of Patronage are of two kinds. First they consist of part of the arms of those lords, of whom the persons bearing them held in fee; either adding to the paternal arms of the person assuming such additions; or borne as feudal arms, to show the dependance of the parties bearing them on their particular Lord. Secondly, they are such as Governors of provinces. Lords of Manors, etc. add to their family arms.
Arms pour Enquirir. See Inquire Arms of.
Arms of Pretention. Are those borne by Sovereigns, who, although they have not possession of certain dominions, claim a right to them. Thus the Sovereigns of England quartered the arms of France from the year
1330 when Edw. iii. laid claim to that kingdom, till the year 1801, although long before this England had laid aside all pretensions to France. P. 31, f. 4 to g.
Arms Quartered. Show the descent of one family from Heiresses and Co-Heiress of other houses, and is the evidence of maternal descent, and of the extinction of the immediate ancestors of the Mother whose son becomes their heir general, and is entitled at her death to quarter, with his paternal coat, her arms and all the quarterings which she may have inherited. P. 12, f. 21.
Arms Royal. P. 31, f. 1 to 11. William I. to Victoria.
Arms of Succession. Those taken up by such as inherit certain fiefs, or manors etc., by will, entail, or donation, which they quarter with their own arms.
Arms of Ulster. Ar. a sinister hand couped, open and erect gu. This is called the Badge of Ulster, also Baronet's-Badge; as it is borne in the paternal coat of each of the English Baronets. P. 14, f. 21; P. 23, f. 21; P. 31, f. 12.
Arms of a Viscount. Known by the Coronet and by the Robe. See term Robe and Coronet. P. 24, f. 45.
See Arms of Viscountess Beaconsfield. P. 20, f. 21.
Arms of a Widow. Consist of her husband's arms impaled on the dexter side, and her paternal coat on the sinister, in a Lozenge. P. 22, f. 21. If she is an Heiress her arms are to be borne in an escutcheon of Pretence, over those of her husband in a Lozenge. P. 46, f. 10.
For Arms of a Widow having had two husbands, and arms of a Widower. See P. 46, f. 11 and 26.
The Arms at P. 22, f. 21 are those of Bagge impaling those of Preston.
Army, or Harysyd. A term anciently used to express an arm armed.
Armyn. See Ermine.
Armys. An old way of spelling Arms.
Aronda, Arondia, Arondi, or Arrondi. Anything circular as gyronny arondia. P. 19, f. 45.
Arondie, or Arondy. See Bend Arondy. p. 17, f. 24.
Arrache. Forcibly torn off; the same as erased.
Arrasways, or Arris-wise. A term to express anything of a square form placed with one corner in front showing the top, as P. 42, f. 54.
Arrayed. Covered, or vested.
Arriere. The back. Volant in arriére is a term proper for birds, or insects flying from the spectator, as a Bee volant en arriére. P. 30, f. 19.
Arrondi, or Arrondie. See Aronda.
Arrow. A missive weapon of offence, is a slender stick, armed at one end and feathered at the other and is termed barbed and flighted, or plumed, i.e. feathered, the point is always downwards unless otherwise expressed. P. 37, f. 13.
Arrows when borne in bundles are termed sheaves of arrows, but the sheaf never con-
