[74] Dallaway.
[75] C. S. Gilbert’s Hist. Cornw. vol. i, Introd. to Herald.
[76] Historical and Allusive Arms, p. 347.
[77] Montagu, Study of Heraldry. But this is, perhaps, an isolated instance of such early date, for Dame Julyan Berners, more than a century later, says, “There be vi differences in armys; ij for the excellent and iiij for the nobles; Labelle and Enborduryng for lordis; Jemews, Mollettys, Flowre delyce and Quintfoyles for the nobles,” (i. e. gentry).
[78] Cited by Dall. p. 127.
[79] Memoirs, p. 287. Cott. MS., Calig. A. xviii.
[80] Vide my English Surnames, 2d edition, p. 194 et seq.
[81] Montagu, p. 42.
[82] If Heraldry had to be established de novo, something of the sort might be done, by giving each family a patent right to a particular ordinary, provided the ordinaries were much more numerous than they are. But as nearly every ordinary and charge is common to many families, Dugdale’s system cannot possibly be carried out.
[83] Hugh Clark’s ‘Introduction to Heraldry,’ which may be purchased for a few shillings, contains everything necessary to a thorough knowledge of the art of blazon.