Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times / Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including Authentic Anecdotes of the Royal Household, and the Manners and Customs of the Court, at an Early Period of the English History

by Samuel Pegge

Was the first who bore his Escocheon supported; viz. by Two Angels.

Cognizances.—A White Hart couchant, gorged with a Gold Chain and Coronet, under a Tree; derived from the Princess Joan his Mother.

Also a Peascod Branch, with the Pods open, but the Peas out.

Henry IV.

Dexter, a Swan. Sinister, an Antelope.

Cognizance.—A Fox's Tail dependant.

Henry V.

Two Swans, when Prince of Wales, holding in their beaks an Ostrich-feather and a Scroll; when King, a Lion and an Antelope.

N. B. He first bore three Fleurs de Lis, instead of the Semée; and wrote himself King of England and France, whereas those before him wrote France and England.