Edward III., from the thirteenth year of his reign, when he claimed to be King of France as well as of England, and so styled himself: Richard II.: and Henry IV., till about the fifth year of his reign:—France Ancient and England quarterly,—[No. 252].
Richard II. sometimes bore the Arms of the Confessor, [No. 2], with his own, on a separate shield, as at Westminster Hall; and sometimes he impaled the Confessor’s Arms with his own quartered Shield, the arms of the Confessor having the precedence.
| No. 252.— Royal Arms from A.D. 1340 to about 1405. | No. 253.— Royal Arms from about A.D. 1405 to 1603. |
Henry IV. from about 1405: Henry V.: Henry VI.: Edward IV.: Edward V.: Richard III.: Henry VII.: Henry VIII.: Edward VI.: Mary: and Elizabeth, to A.D. 1603:—France Modern and England Quarterly, [No. 253].
The Royal Shield of Scotland, No. [138], first appears upon the Seal of Alexander II. about A.D. 1235; and, as Mr. Seton well observes, the origin of its bearings “is veiled by the mists of Antiquity.” The same Shield, without any modification or change, was borne by all the Sovereigns of Scotland.
No. 138.— Royal Arms of Scotland.
James I.: Charles I.: Charles II.: James II.: William III. and Mary: and Anne, till May 1, 1707: Quarterly: 1 and 4, Grand Quarters, France Modern and England ([No. 253]): 2, Grand Quarter, Scotland (No. [138]): 3, Grand Quarter—Az., a harp or, stringed arg., for Ireland: No. 423.