PURSUIVANTS. Four officers of the Heralds' College, whose duty it is to attend the King-at-Arms on public occasions, and preside over certain departments of the Heralds' Office.
| They are called — | Rouge Croix, Blue Mantle, Rouge Dragon, Portcullis. |
They are entitled to rank as gentlemen, but not esquires.
QUARTERED. A shield divided into four equal parts by a cross is said to be quartered. The quarter occupying the dexter chief is marked 1, or the first quarter; that occupying the sinister chief, 2; the dexter base, 3; the sinister base, 4; as in the annexed example.
QUARTERLY. This term is used to signify that the shield is quartered. In describing the royal arms of England we should say—Quarterly, first and fourth gules, three lions passant guardant, or. Second, or, a lion rampant gules, within a double tressure of the same, flory and counter flory. Third, azure, a harp or, stringed, argent.
QUARTERED OR PARTED PER SALTIER. A field divided by diagonal lines crossing each other in the centre of the field.
