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raldry, p. 210., 14th edit.), the model of the im- perial crowns of England, was composed of 4 crosses pattee, and as many Fs.-d.-L.

The arms of Henry I., Beauclerc (A.D. 1100), as given by Heylin, plate iii. p. 16., bear France and England (1 and 4), 3 Fs.-d.-L. (2 and 1) (2 and 3) 3 L. P. G. ; but this is probably an error, though of no easy explanation. In the portrait of this sovereign, given in Coote's Hist, of Eng- land, his crown bears Fs.-d.-L. This, again, is of questionable authority, if Sir Harris Nicolas's opinion is correct, that no portraits of kings are authentic before the time of Henry VI.

A.D. 1 103. Robert de Bellomont, Earl of Lei- cester, married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh, the great Earl of Vermandois, son of Henry I., King of France. His arms were " az. semee of Fs.-d.-L. or."

1135. The crown of Stephen bears Fs.-d.-L. 1152. Henry II., who married Eleanor, the divorced wife of Louis VII. of France, and possessed above one-third and the most opulent portion of the French monarchy, bore no Fs.-d.-L. The same of Richard L, who (1190) joined Philip of France in the Crusades, and married Beren- gera, daughter of the King of Navarre. The two last sovereigns had, moreover, for title, " Dux Normannia? et Aquitanias et Comes Andegavise."

1267. Edmund Plantagenet, second son of Henry III., married, secondly, Blanche, Queen of Navarre. His arms were, " az. semee de Fs.- d.-L."

1275. The Bishoprick of Hereford bore the arms of Thomas Cantelupe, forty-fourth Bp., gu., 3 leopard heads reversed, jessant 3 Fs.-d.-L.

1286-93. Rauf Sandwich, Ld. Mr. of London, bore gu., a F.-d.-L. or.

1297. John Barret Lennard, Lord Dacre, bore " or, on a fesse, gu., 3 Fs.-d.-L. or." Is this in- stance of the 25th Edward I. the first of an En- glish nobleman bearing this French charge ?

1298. George Townshend, eldest son of George Ld. V. Townshend, Ld. Ferrers of Chartley (27th Edward I.) bore, among other quarterings, Fr. and Eng. quarterly.

1306. The crown of Bruce in Scotland is sur- mounted by Fs.-d.-L. (Clarke, 213, 14.)

1326. Rich. Britaine, Ld. Mr., g. a saltier be- tween 4 Fs.-d.-L. or. (H., p. 514.)

1328. J. Holland, D. of Exeter, bore the arms of Eng. and a border of France, 13 Fs.-d.-L.

1330. Edward III. laid claim to France as son to Isabella, sister of Charles the Handsome, who died s. p. From this year the kings of England quartered the arms of France with those of Eng- land, till the year 1801, on the union with Ire- land. They bore Fs.-d.-L. sernees, which Henry IV. reduced to three.

1337. Edward the Black Prince (the first En- glish duke) bore Fr. and Eng. 8 Fs.-d.-L. (3. 2. 3.)

1345. Henry Plantagenet, first D. of Lancaster, a label of 3 points, each charged with 3 Fs.-d.-L. or. He married the daughter of Hen. Ld. Beau- mont ; arms, az. semee of Fs.-d.-L., &c.

1353. Thos. Holland, married the Lady Joan of Kent, daughter of Edmond of Woodstock ; " az. seme de lis " (8).

1356. Henry Picard, Ld. Mr., bore a F.-d.-L. or.

1360. Edmond Mortimer, E. of March, married Philippa, daughter and heiress of Lionel, D. of Clarence. Qy. Fr. and Eng.

1362. Lionel, D. of Clarence, third son of Edw. III. Qy. Fr. and Eng. 8 Fs.-d.-L. (3. 2. 3.)

1368. Symond Morden, Ld. Mr., arg. a F.-d.-L. gu.

1382. Roger Mortimer, E. of March, married Eleanor, daughter of Thos. Holland, E. of Kent, " az. seme de lis."

1385. Edm. of Langley, D. of Cambridge (fifth son of Edward III.), Fr. and Eng. 8 Fs.-d.-L. (3. 2. 3.)

1386. Thos. of Woodstock, D. of Gloucester, Fr. and Eng. 8 Fs.-d.-L.

1388. John Holland (Ld. H. Chamberlain), a border of France, 13 Fs.-d.-L.

1399. Henry of Bullingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, married, secondly, Joan, daughter of Charles II. King of Navarre. Her arms, 1 and 4, az., 3 Fs.-d.-L. or.

1399. Henry IV. first quartered modern France (3 Fs.-d.-L.) and England, as retained till 1801.

1413. Henry V. His badge, a F.-d.-L. crowned. Arms, Fr. and Eng. 3 Fs.-d.-L. (2 and 1.)

1414. John Plantagenet, D. of Bedford, third son of Hen. IV-, Fr. and Eng. 8 Fs.-d.-L. (3. 2. 3.)

1414. Humphry, D. of Gloucester, son to Hen. IV., Fr. and Eng. 3 Fs.-d.-L.

1421. Margaret, daughter to John Beaufort, E. of Somerset, married to J. Courtenay, E. of Devon, Fr. and Eng.

1422. Henry of Windsor, eldest son of Hen. V., Fr. and Eng. 3 Fs.-d.-L.

1440. Sir J. Paddesley, Ld. Mr., arg. 3 Fs.-d.- L. or.

1443. Sir Thos. Catworth, Ld. Mr., a F.-d.-L. az. &c.

1444. Humphrey Stafford, D. of Buckingham, son of Ann, daughter of Thos. of Woodstock. His mother's arms, Fr. and Eng. 3 Fs.-d.-L.

1450. Edm. Plantagenet, second son of Rich., D. of York, Fr. and Eng. 3 Fs.-d.-L.

1453. Edm. of Haddam, half-brother to Hen. VI., Fr. and Eng. 3 Fs.-d.-L., a border az. charged with 8 Fs.-d.-L., &c.

1453. Sir J. Norman, Ld. Mr., on a chief arg., 3 Fs.-d.-L. s.

1461. Rich. Plantagenet, D. of Gloucester, bro- ther to Edw. IV., Fr. and Eng. 3 Fs.-d.-L.

1463. Sir Mat. Phillipe, Ld. Mr., sa. semee of (7) Fs.-d.-L. or, &c.