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 M A R 88 MAS -Marquess, or Marquis. Hereditary title, next in rank to a Duke. The eldest son of a Marquis, by courtesy, is called Earl, or Lord of a Place, and the younger sons Lords, with the addition of their christian name. All the daughters of a Marquis are Ladies. The armorial bearings of a Marquis are distinguished by his Coronet, P. 24, f. 43 ; and Mantle, P. 35, f. 16. Marquess, Coronet of. P. 24, f. 43. Mars. In blazon signifies red. P. i. Mars. The astronomical character of Mars is borne in the Arms of Stocken- strom, Bateman, Wimble, etc. P. 23, Mars signifies red, in blazoning arms by planets. Marshal of England. The chief ofi'"cer of arms, as the Earl Marshal, a great officer of the crown, who takes cog- nizance of all matters of the law of arms. The office belongs, by heredi- tary right, to the Duke of Norfolk. See Earl Marshal. Marshalling. Is the right disposing of more than one Coat of Arms in one Escutcheon, either by impaling or quartering, and of distinguishing their parts, and contingent ornaments, in their proper places, thereby shewing alliances, descents, etc. See Pedigree. In Marshalling quarterings, the shield of the earliestHcxress.whom the bearers ancestor has married, is placed first after the paternal coat ; then succeed any quarterings her descent may bring in ; the same is to be observed in resj^ect to the second Heiress, and so on in chronological order. When a daughter becomes Heiress to her mother, a' so an Heiress, and not to her Father, which happens when the Father has a Son by another Wife, she bears her Mother's Arms with the sliield of her Father on a Canton, taking all the quarterings to which her Mother was by descent entitled. When married, she conveys the whole to be borne on an Escutcheon of Pretence by her Husband, and transmit them at her death to be borne as quarterings by her descendants. A Grand Quarteeing is generally designed to denote the representation of a family different from that from which the possessor is descended in the linear male line ; it usually accomjjanies the assumption of a second name, and unites the two associated coats ?o inseparably, that if they come to be Marshalled with other quarterings they are no longer (as in other cases) spread out among them, but they still remain together as a Grand Quartering. I'here is no general rule which coat shall take the first place. The paternal coat frequently retains it, but in many cases the assumed arms are borne as the lii'st quarter. No person can claim a Co it of Arms of in- heritiince who is not lineally descended from the person to whom the arms were first granted, and no one can claim any right by inheritanceuntil the death of his ancestor, but with some modiiication derived from the usage of arms. e.g. The Heir apparent is entitled, according to the custom of arms, to use his ancestor's coat with a label of three points. P. 4^. It will be as well to observe-that no Husband can impale his Wife's arms with his own, rn a Surcoat, Ensign, or Banner ; nor can a Knight of any Order, when surrounding the shield with the motto of his Knighthood, bear his Wife's coat therein. See P. Ifi, Husband and Wife called Baron and Fenime. . P. 10, f. 21. Husband and Wife when she is an Heiress or Coheiress, the husband carries her arras in an escutcheon of pretence. P, 11, f. 21. Husband with two or more Wives. P. 40, f. 2 to 8. When a Widow marries a second Husband he impales'her paternal arms. Sea Fnncral Achieveinents, P. 4fi. Marshal's Staff. See Baton. Martin, or Marten. A kind of weasel sometimes called a Martin-cat. P. 30, f. 13. Martel. a hammer. Martlet, Merlion, or Martinet. French Merlette, or Merlof. Latin Mercula. Is a bird shaped like a swallow with a forked tail, and two tufts instead of legs. These tufts are shaped like erasures. P. 2, f. 45; P. 34, f. 59; and P. 47. It is the distinctive mark of the fourth liouse. P. 46. Martlet volant. P. 34, f. 60. Marygold. a flower. P. 44, f. 22. A French Mar3'goM. i.d. f. 28, as in the arms of Tyssen. Mascle. Is of a iczenge form, but always perforated. P. 40, f. 16. Mascle-head, or top. A chev. with the top fretted over, in the form of a Mascle. P. 16, f. 28. Mascle-Cross. p. 8, f. 7. Mascles conjoined. i.e., the points touching each other, as four mascles conjoined in cross. P. 8, f. 7. Mascles-fretted. p. 40, f. 18. Mascles, seven conjoined, three, three and one. P. 40, f. 17. Mascules, or Mascally. See Masculy. Masculy, covered with Mascles. P. 2, f. 27; P. 3, f. 39; P. 18, f. 6. Masculy-bendy. p. 18, f. 33 Masculy-conjoined. p. 2, f. 23. Masculy-nowy. a cross so termed. P. II, f. 23. Masoned, Masonry, or Maconne. Rep^ . resents the cement in stone buildings.. P. 3, f. 11; P. M-