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forms it is similar to, but should not tem is frequently found loosely
be confuseci with, a lance rest.
employed to mean the full achieve-
ment. The name ' coat of arms ' was
derived €rom the surcoat (q-v.).
Cock - Generdly refers to the nor-
mal farmyard rooster and may be
incorrectly blazoned as dunghill
cock, garnecock or moorcock though
the Iater two have minor differences.
Cockatrice - A nionster resembling
Clarion
a wyvem with the head of a cock
CIaymore - A type of sword parti- and the tongue barbed. Normally
cularly applicable to Scotland and it is born with wings elevated and
frequently found in connection with adorsed but may be blazoned as
supporters where a sword is carried. displayed.
Cfenched - Describes a hand when Co-heir, co-heiress -Where an ami-
closed.
ger dies without male issue but
leaves two or more daughters, al1 are
çlimant - An expression used in considered qua1 and described as
connection with one of the Heraidic CO-heirs or CO-heiresses untiI the final
positions of the goat which in beasts survivor becornes the heiress.
of prey would be described as ram-
Coliar of S.S. - An ornamental
pant.
collar constructed of a series of
Close - An expression describing the ietter S's in gold which may tic
wings of a bird in the natural posi- either entwined or set close together.
tion against the body.
It is worn by Kings of Arms and
Heralds on state occasions.
Closet - A diminutive oE the bar of
which it is half the width.
College of Arms - Prior to 1484 the
King and many of the nobility em-
Cloods - Occasionally found as ployed heralds to carry out duties
charges, they are sometirnes repre- in connection with Tournaments and
sented by a nebuly line and occa- as messengers in Peace and War.
sionally in the more orthodox Tlie senior heralds came to be called
rnanner. Kings of Arms. On the 23rd March
1484 King Richard III incorporated
Cloué - Studded or fastened with the Heralds by charter to form whai
nails, a term frequently found in was known at the tirne as the Col-
coiijunction with the portcullis. lege of Heralds, and gave them a
house named Coldharbour for their
Clove - The spice so called which work. A year later his successor
appeaw in the arms of the Grocers cancelled the Royal warrant and
Company. acquired the building used by the
College for his own purposes. On
Coat of Arms - A tem which refers 15th July 1555 Queen Mary 1
to al1 the bearings placed upon a refomed the College with a new
Heraldic shield. In modern times the charter and gave them Derby House
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