[232] C. S. Gilbert’s Cornwall, vol. i.
[233] The earldom of Oxford continued in this family during the unprecedented period of five centuries and a half.
[234] Itin. vol. vi, p. 37.
[235] Leland, Collect. vol. ii, p. 504.
[236] Or, a fesse chequy argent and azure.
[237] Anonymous Paragraph.
[238] It is not unworthy of remark that among the North American Indians, symbols are employed for the purpose of distinguishing their tribes. The Shawanese nation, for example, was originally divided into twelve tribes, which were subdivided into septs or clans, recognized by the appellations of the Bear, the Turtle, the Eagle, &c. In some cases individuals, particularly the more eminent warriors, formerly assumed similar devices, commemorative of their prowess. “And this,” says Mr. R. C. Taylor, an American antiquary, “is Indian Heraldry, as useful, as commemorative, as inspiriting to the red warrior and his race, as that when, in the days of the Crusades, the banner and the pennon, the device and the motto, the crest and the war-cry exercised their potent influence on European chivalry.”
[239] Reflections on the Revolution in France.
[240] Blackstone, Rights of Persons, ch. xii.
[241] Cited in Nares’s Herald. Anom.