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Fretty - Describes a field or a charge 2 both partners were dead the
covered by bandlets and bendlets whole background would be black.
In cases where the armiger had
sinister interlaced with the field or
the background of the charge show- had two wives and the first wife was
ing through.
sinister half would be black and the
lower quarter white thus denoting
that the first wife was dead and the
second wife was still alive.
Sable fretîy argent
Frncted - Bearing fruit.
Fruits - Various kinds are used as
charges, their usual position is erect
Ermina
but they may also be seen pendent
or fesswise.
In theCase of a tree described as
fructed it implies that the appro-
priate fruit may be seen amongst the
leaves.
Funeral Hatcbments - It was the
custom up to the end of the 19th
century on the death of an armiger
to prepare a funeral hatchment
which ,would be hung on the front
door of his residence and another in
his Church.
This nenerallv consisted of an dead. then the upper quarter of the
extremel; decoiative achievement
on a diamond shape on which the
armiger's arms appeared impaled
with those of his wife.
If it was the armiger hhself who
had died then the dexter half of the
hatchment would be given a black
background and if the wife was
still alive the sinister half would
have a white background. If it was
the wife who 'had died the armiger
was still living the colours of the
background would be reversed and Vair