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and wife and the transmission of the Martlet - One of the birds borne as
Arms of an Heiress to ber descen- a charge, particularly in the attri.
buted arms of Edward the Confes-
dan&.
A married 22 who is net an sor, and also associated with the
heiress because she has a brother. Co~nty of Sussex.
The Arms of A and Z are therefore
impaled and their sons inherit only
the Arms of A.
Their son A2 n-iarried B, an
heiress. He therefore places the
Arms of B on an Escutcheon of
Pretence in the centre of the shieId
because he pretends to the represen-
tation of the family B. When the
wife dies A2 removes the Escut-
cheon from his shield because the
representation of the family B
passes to the children of the mar-
Martlet
riage. At the mother's death the
children of this marnage place their
- A lozenge voided.
father's arms in the 1 and 4 quar-
ters and their mother's ArmTin the
2 and 3 quarters. This process con-
tinues as before with every marriage
divide I£ however wife's for Coat any as reason shown the 0
to an heiress as is illustrated in the
diagram. Thus ~e quarters are con-
tinually increased.
In the case of 23 who marries
heiress FG who possesses a quar-
tered Coat, the same process con-
tinues, but the normal practice is LO
ar
X.
the
Mascle
Coat is of long standing or quar- ~mc& - Covered with mascles
quartering wu be carried out as al1 their sides. The former rnay be
in Y. bJ' Royal Licence etc-, the either conjoined at the angles or on
distinguished as being a pattern
The English Systern of breaking formed of lozenges and mascles
up quartered Coats and redistribut- alternately. the latter should be
ing them is for the sake of simplic- described as masculy of the two
ity. The Scottish system tends to appropriate tinctures counter
retain them. It is not necessary for changed.
a man to use al1 the quarterings to
which he is entitled. but he rnay Masoncd - A term used to describe
make a selection froin them. If the lines formed by the junction of
however he includes a particuIar Stones or bricks in a building. The
quartering brought in by an heiress tem is used in conjunction with a
he must include the one whicli tincture when it is different from
brought it in. Thus 25 can only that of the wall or building.
quarter G if he includes F.
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