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with the arms of England those of
borne down to and including the
France (ancient) namely azure semé- time of William and Mary, the only
de-lis. Orjginally he is said to have difference lying in the arms of the
put the French arms in the second latter sovereigns. Due to the fact
and third quarters, but subsequently, that they mled jointly,
in this
after a cornplaint by the King of instance we see the same coats im-
France, he changed them to the first paled with each other upon the one
shield but William's coat, on the
and fourth quarters.
Richard II bore the same arms dexter side, has the addition of an
' Azure
escutcheon of
Nassau,
but by a personal whim preferred
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10 impale them with the arms attri- billerté a lion rampant Or '.
buted to Edward the Confesser.
Queen Anne used the sarne arms
iiamely 'azure a cross paronce as were borne by James 1 unfil
hetween jîve martlets, Or'.
1706 wllcn the Act of Union was
Henry IV reverted to the same passed and the Royal Arms werc
arnzs as borne by J3ward III, but remarshalled thus quarterly 1 and
he reduced the number of fleurs-de- 4 England impaling ScotIand, 2
lis to five in the French quarterings. France modern, 3 Ireland. Note: In
Henry V reduced the number of
spite of thc fact that the arms in
fleurs-de-lis once again to Lhree in 1 and 2 quarter are inipaled the left
the French quarterings and in this oc dexter haif of the Scoitish tres-
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form tIie arms on the French quar- sure was removed.
lers have been known ever since as
George 1 used the same arms as
' France (modern) '. It is believed Anne had after the Act of Union
that he took this step to follow the but substituted for the fourth qua-
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example of his Eather-in-law Charles ter a new coat as follows: 'per pale
VT of France who had also reduced and per chevron, 1 gules rwo lions
the fleurs-de-lis to three, possibIy passant gardant in pale Or (Bruns-
with a view to making the arms wick) 2. Or semé of heurts proper
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dserent from those quartered by n lion rampant azure arrned and
rhe English Kings.
langued gules [Lunebug). 3. Gules
Henry VI, Edward W. Richard a home coLtranl argent (Saxony)
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ITT, Henry VII. Henry Vm, and S~trtout on arz escutcheon of pre-
Edward VI continued to bar the fence gules the crown of Charle-
magne gold.
same ams.
On the accession of Mary I to the
These arms were aIso borne by
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rhrone sbe chose to bear the ams George TI and at the commence-
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upon a lozenge. She also substituted ment of George XII's reign. In 1801,
ilie lions of England in the third however, the French arms were
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quarter for the arms of her mother finaUy rernoved and the arms of
Katherine of Aragon. England and Scotland occupied the
I Elizabeth 1 returned to the bear- first and second quarters respec-
ings as used by her father. tively. The arms of England were
On the accession of James 1 repIaced in the fourth quarter and
(James VI of Scotland), to the the coat originally borne by Georgc
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tlzrone of England tllere was a great 1 in the fourth quarter was pIaced
change and the new bearings were on an escutcheon of pretence en-
as foIlows - quarterly J and N, signed by the Electoral BoM~~.
In
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and 4 France (modern), 2 and 3 1816, in consequence of the Elec-
England, II Scotland and III Xre- torate of Hanover being elevated to
land. These anris continued to be a kingdom the Electoral Bonnet was
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