Commoner than the eagle as a charge is the martlet, a humbler bird which is never found as the sole charge of a shield. In all but a few early representations the feathers of the legs are seen without the legs or claws. The martlet indicates both swallow and martin, and in the arms of the Cornish Arundels the martlets must stand for “hirundels” or swallows.
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| Monthermer. | Siggeston. | Gavaston. | Graunson. |
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The falcon or hawk is borne as a rule with close wings, so that he may not be taken for the eagle. In most cases he is there to play on the bearer’s name, and this may be said of most of the flight of lesser birds.
Naunton bore “Sable three martlets silver.”
Heron bore “Azure three herons silver.”
Fauconer bore “Silver three falcons gules.”
Hauvile bore “Azure a dance between three hawks gold.”
Twenge bore “Silver a fesse gules between three popinjays (or parrots) vert.”
Cranesley bore “Silver a cheveron gules between three cranes azure.”