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The House of Stuart. Fleurs-de-lis. ity. To be more accurate, an esquire
A rose and thistle impaled by dimi- carried the banner of his lord. If
diation
The House of Brunswick. The
roses, fieurs-de-lis, thistles and harps
in various forms as used by their
predecessors.
These devices are still used in
varying forms by members of the
Royal famiIy today.
Bag of Madder - An ordinary sack
corded with three bands each fess
wise and palewise.
Madder is a dye and this charge is
found in the arms in the Company
of Dyers of London.
Banner of Nevill
Bagpipes - These seldom apply in
Heraldry but when they do they are an ordinary knight. who carried a
generally associated with a hare pennon with two points, distin-
guished himself in battle it was
which is seen to be playing them.
customary for a member of the
Bagwyn - An imaginary beast simi- higher nobility, or the King ta
lar to the Heraldic antelope having remove the two points turning the
ihe tail of a horse and long homs pennon into a smaii banner and thus
promoting its bearer to knight ban-
curved over the ears.
neret.
-
Banners of the Knights of the
Bailloné - Gagged. This describes
an animal, especially a lion, when Garter hang in St. George's Chapel,
Izolding a staff in its mouth
Windsor during the lifetime of the
knight concerned; so too, the ban-
Balance - A set of scales.
ners of the Knights of the Bath
hang in Westminster Abbey.
The flag which is flo\vn over the
Bale - A package of merchandise
rather similar to the Bag of Madder Royal residences during their occu-
but less decoratively painted.
pation by the reigning Monarch,
which is generally known as the
Bale ûre - A beacon. Royal Standard, should correctly
be called the Royal Banner.
Baoded - Encircled with a band
cord or ribbon but when a different Ba~eret - The rank of the nobility
tincture is to be used for the band between knight bacbelor and baron.
thc blazon musr state particulars.
Bar - An ordinary resembling Ihc
Banners - A square or oblong (the fess in form but of lesser width. Tt is
depih greater than the width) flag seldom borne singly and conse-
which is charged with the ams of quently is not confined to the middle
its owner. In early days banners of the shield. Tt has two diminutives
were borne by Knights banneret and tlie closet (q.v.) and the harrulzl
by al1 the higher ranks of the nobil- (q.v.).
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