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Barb - The name given to the sepals undertook to maintain thirty foot
appearing between the petals of the soldiers in Iteland at 8 pence per
Heraldic rose. Tn the case of an day for the term of two years. Upnn
arrow ir refers to the head.
the establishment of the order it was
decreed that the number of British
Baronets should not exceed 200 and
Sarded - Furnished with bardings.
upon the extinction of a baronetcy
This refers to the caparison of a
no other should be crealed to fi11 the
horse which, in early days, utas fre-
vacancy but these regulations were
quently charged with armorial
soon dispensed with and the number
bearings.
became unlimited.
The badge of baronetage (argent
Bainacle - An instrument used by
a sinister hand erect, open and
farriers to curb unruly horses. It
cooped ut rhe wrisi gules, being the
niay occasionally be found extended
arms of the province of Ulster) was
i.c. horimntally. There js also a
granted in 1612. It may be borne
water fowl of this name sometimes
upon a canton or upon an inescut-
found in Heraldry.
cheon which may be placed either
upon the middle-chief point or fess
Baron - The ftfth and lowest rank
point it must never be placed upon
of the British Peerage. The word
an intersection of two or more coats
seerns to have been introduced into
quartered.
EngIand at an early period and was
Baronets of Ireland. Established
originally applied to al1 the nobility.
by King James 1 in 1619. Their
Barons, according to Spelman, were
qualification, privileges and badge
first made by King's writ sumrnon-
were the sarne as those of the
iiig them to Parliament in the reign
Baronets of Great Britain. None
of John. The first baron by patent
have been conferred, however, since
was John Beauchamp of Holt who
the Union of 1801.
was raised to the peerage by Kirig
Baronets of Scotland and Nova
Richard II in the 11th year of his
Scotia. A sirnilar order projected by
reign (10th October, 1387) under trie
Janies 1 but founded by Charles I
title of Baron of Kidderminster.
in 1625 imrnediately after bis acces-
Until dter World War II when
sion. The object of tbis order was to
the sysrem of life peerage was intro-
encourage the plantation of Nova
duced the rank of baron was heredi-
Scofia, in which colony each Baronet
tory which it remains for al1 other
had granted to him by his patent
than life peers.
eighteen square miles of land having
a sea Coast or at Ieast the bank of
Bwoness - The wife of a Baron. some navigable river three miles in
length and an extent of six miles
Baronet - Baronets of Great Britain. inland.
An order founded by King James 1 These were authorised to add to
161 1. for the encouragement of plan- their arms either on a canton or an
tations in the province of Ulster. inescutcheon argent on a sajrire
The dignity is bestowed by parent azure an esc~itcheon of the Royal
and is hereditary but generally Arms of Scotland, which were the
limited to tIie heirs male of the arms of the province of Nova Scotia.
grantee. It was in the first instance Since the union of England and
bestowed upon knights and esquires Scotland al1 new creations have been
(being duly qualifiai) each of whom Baronets of the United Kingdom.
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