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Crosslet - See Cross Crosslet.
crown has continued in the same
fonn but with minor differences in
Crow, CornIsb - When given in almost every reign.
blazon generally refers to the Cor-
Representations of the Royal
nish chough.
crown in one of its foms appears
in several cases in armorial bear-
Crown - There have been a number ings but in modern tunes it is very
of different types of crown used in jealously guarded and may not be
Heraldry through the ages some of used without Royal license.
which were in use prior to the Nor-
Other types of crown found as
man conquest. The most generaliy charges and which have been useci
used seems to have been the simple in crests include the following (a)
circlet with four uprights. one and Mural crown. This is the most com-
two halves of which were visible to mon as it frequently appears in civic
Heraldry. It is masoned and em-
the viewer.
King Stephen used a crown sur- battled and is occasionally found
mounted by four fleurs-de-lis of granted as part of an augmentation
which once again one and two to military personnel. (b) Naval
halves were visible. These were con- crown. A circlet on the rim of which
nectai by ornamental arches which are mounted representations of the
disappeared after bis reign until
the tirne of Henry V.
For the remainder of the Planta-
genets and in fact until the tirne of
Henry V the Royal crown consisted
of a richly jewelled circlet sur-
Mural Crown
mounted generalIy by leaves resem-
bling the strawberry leaf.
During the reign of Henry V the
crown consisted of a jewelled circlet
sumounted by four crosses alter-
nated with eight fleurs-de-lis in pairs
and two arches rising from behind
the crosses. supporting at the top a
Naval Crown
mound and cross. From this time
until the present day the Royal
Astral Crown
sterns, and sails of ships alternately.
This form has been granted both as
a crest coronet and as part of an
augmentation to distinguished NavaI
personnel. It is also used to ensign
ships badges of the Royal Navy and
Heraldic Crown it foms part of the badge of the