"lion rampant, tail nowed"; "eastern coronet"; "falcon" as charges

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Argent, a lion rampant, tail nowed gules, gorged with an Eastern coronet or, in 
chief three falcons proper.
Sable, three lions passant in bend between two double cottises argent.
Azure, three Cornish choughs proper; on a chief gules a lion passant guardant 
or.
Argent, a battle-axe, head downwards, held by a lion rampant guardant proper, 
within a border azure.
Argent, a demi-lion rampant gules.
Or, a lion rampant double-queued vert.
Gules, three lions passant gardant in pale or.
Argent, on a fesse azure, between two Cornish Choughs proper in chief, and in 
base a lion passant gules crowned or, a fort of the field.
Or, three lioncels passant sable langued gules; on a canton of the second three 
bezants.
Gules, a lion rampant the head argent divided by a line indented or erased from 
the body or.
Argent, a lion rampant sable, the head, paws, and half of the tail ash colour.
Azure, a bend argent cotised or, between six lioncels rampant of the second.
Argent, a lion rampant gules, crowned or.
Gules, on a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchee argent; an escutcheon 
charged or, a demi-lion rampant its mouth impaled with an arrow within a double 
tressure fleury counter fleury gules.
Argent, two lions rampant addorsed, the 1st azure, 2nd gules.

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  Lion, this beast is perhaps the most frequent of all bearings. In early heraldry it is generally represented "rampant," while leopards are represented "passant guardant," and hence the arms of England, not doubt, are more correctly blazoned, Leopards. Practically, however, the same animal was intended, but different names given according to the position; in later times the name lion was given to both.
  Again, as a general rule more than two lions are seldom represented in the same shield, and, on the other hand, seldom less than two leopards. The commonest bearings are one lion or three leopards. The lions are drawn conventionally, and the design is suited to the material or character of the work into which they are introduced.
  As already said, the position of "rampant" is the one most common, as it was thought to be the most natural for the lion. It signifies rearing, but with the sinister hinder leg and the sinister fore leg lower than the two dexter legs respectively. The lion is rarely represented rearing with both its hind legs touching the ground and its fore legs even; when it is so it is blazoned "salient." A lion rampant, like all other animals, is always understood to be facing the dexter side of the shield.
  The head may be, however, turned to face the spectator, when it is said to be "rampant guardant," or it may be turned completely round, when it is said to be "rampant reguardant." Two lions rampant facing each other are blazoned "combatant."
  The lion "passant" is more frequently represented "guardant" than not, but it ought rightly to be expressed: rarely is it represented "passant reguardant." As already said, the term "leopard" was the ancient term used, and this in some cases evidently implied a "lion passant guardant;" so much so that with the French heralds the expression "lion leopardé" signifies a lion passant guardant, and conversely a "leopard lionné" a lion rampant guardant. When blazoned "spotted" the leopard itself is meant.
  Lions may also be blazoned as "couchant;" they then should be represented with their heads erect, to distinguish term from "dormant" (of which no actual example occurs; though Guillim ascribes to the Tribe of Judah, "Azure, a lion dormant or"). The term "lodged" is equivalent to "couchant," but should only be applied to deer, &c., not to beasts of prey. The term "statant" is also found occasionally applied to the lion, that is standing with both the fore legs touching the ground, and thus distinguished from "passant," in which case the right gamb is raised. It may also be "séjant."
  Lions are very frequently "crowned;" they are subject also to various treatments, sometimes being charged with some device on the shoulder, sometimes collared. A lion may also be represented as supporting some other charge, that is, holding it between its paws, but this is more frequently the case in crests than it coats of arms. Lions may also be of any tincture, and even party-coloured, in fact they are in this respect treated just as any ordinary.
  A lion may be "armed," or "armed and langued," of a different tincture (i.e. with its tongue, claws, or teeth, &c., of such tincture); or "disarmed," that is deprived of claws and teeth; also "enraged" or "incensed," that is with fire issuing from the mouth and ears.
  But beyond this heralds frequently describe the tail of lion in the blazon; for instance, the animal may be represented as "coward," that is, with its tail hanging down between the hind legs (whence the English word); it may also be represented with the tail erect, but this is rare, the ordinary position for the tail being as if curved over the back; it is very often "forked" (queue fourché) or "double-queued," that is a double tail, and this is sometimes represented "nowed" or "knotted." Without a tail a lion is said to be "defamed."
  Lions also may be represented couped, when they are called "demi-lions," and there are besides this some singular combinations of two or several lions' bodies, but with only one head.
  "Lions' heads" sometimes occur in blazon, but more frequently "leopards' heads." A leopard's head should shew part of the neck, but the phrase is sometimes used for what should be termed a leopard's face.
  Lions' "gambes" and "paws" are also often borne as separate charges, as likewise, but rarely, the "tail."
  Lioncels (fr. lionceaux). When two or more lions occur in the same coat not separated by an ordinary, they are more properly blazoned (except in a royal coat, or except in the case of two lions combatant or addorsed) as lioncels, the dignity of a lion being supposed not to allow a competitor in the same field. Practically, however, in modern blazon the term lioncel is only used when there are five or six.
  The "eastern coronet" is the same as the "eastern crown," though it perhaps implies smaller size?
  The "falcon" is found as an heraldic bearing as early as Edward the Second's reign, if not earlier, and with it it will be convenient to associate other birds of prey, such as the "hawk" and "sparrow-hawk," the "goshawk," the "kite," of which the heads occur in one English coat of arms, and the "merlion," of which the wings are mentioned (the "emerillion" being still a French term used for a species of falcon). The French names occur of "gerfaut" in the arms of La Valette. "Guyenne," and the "fauconnet" in the arms of Mouchet Franche Comté. A crowned falcon with a sceptre was the badge of Anne Boleyn, and was also afterwards adopted by her daughter, Queen Elizabeth.
  There are no conventional ways of representing the difference of the species of birds of prey in heraldic design, and they are frequently blazoned with the same descriptive terms as the applied to the eagle. They may be "close," or "preying," and this is also described as "lolling," or "trussing;" they may be "surgerant," or "rising," "overt," "hovering," "volant," &c.; also the wings are often described. When the beak and talons are of a different tincture, they are said to be "armed" of that tincture.
  But more especially a falcon, as also a hawk, is represented with the appurtenances which belong to the art of falconry, that is, it is blazoned frequently as "belled" and "jessed" of such a tincture.
  The bells are little hollow circular bells, of metal, having a slit on one side, and some hard substance within, which produces a jingling sound when they are shaken; this is attached to the hawk's legs by jesses, or thongs of leather. To the jesses, it is said, are attached the varvels, sometimes written vervels, or rings.
  The "leash" is the line by which a hawks is held.
  The "hawk's lure" is a decoy used in falconry, consisting of two wings joined with a line, to the end of which is attached the ring. The line is sometimes nowed.
  The perch, to which a hawk is sometimes borne chained, or fastened by the leash, generally consists of two cylindrical pierces of wood joined in the form of the letter T.
  The bird also may be represented "hooded;" whilst the hood itself also appears as a separate charge. The hawker's glove is also found mentioned.
  The heads also of the birds are sometimes borne alone.

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Argent, a lion rampant azure, crowned with a coronet of four balls azure or.
Or, a lion rampant dechaussé (or couped at all the joints), within a double 
tressure flory counter-flory gules.
Azure on a chief or a demi-lion rampant issuant gules.
Argent three lions rampant azure armed and langued gules.
Argent, a chevron gules between three lions couchant of the second.
Argent two lions rampant combatant gules armed and langued azure supporting a 
sinister hand couped at the wrist gules; overall a sinister bendlet sable.
Azure, a lion rampant guardant within an orle of bells argent, cannoned or.
Gules three pears or on a chief argent a demi-lion rampant issuant sable armed 
and langued gules.
Per pale or and azure a chevron between three rondels charged with lions 
rampant all counterchanged of the field.
Per chevron dovetailed or and vert; three lions rampant counterchanged.
Argent, a lion rampant gules, crowned with an antique crown or.
Or a lion rampant per fess azure and gules.
Sable, on a fesse dancetty of four, between three lions rampant gardant argent, 
each supporting an altar or, flaming proper, nine billets of the field.
Per bend sinister dovetailed or and azure, a lion rampant double queued ermine.
Or, a lion rampant queue forché vert.

Original comment by pku...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2010 at 6:38

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Per fesse or and argent, in chief a lion rampant holding in the paw a cross 
formy fitchy gules, a chief sable, in base a cross formy fitchy ermine, 
surmounted by a fleur-de-lis of the fourth.
Sable, a maunch argent; on a bordure or, eight pairs of lions gambs saltire 
wise erased gules.
Gules, two lions [or leopards] passant gardant in pale or.
Argent, a lion rampant sable holding a baton in pale azure.
Sable, on a cross engrailed argent, a lion passant gules, between four 
leopard's faces azure; on a chief or, a rose of the third, seeded of the fifth, 
barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.
Or, two lions (rampant) combatant gules, armed and langued azure.
Argent, on a cross sable a leopard's face or.
Quarterly, gules and azure; in the first and fourth a leopard's head or; in the 
second and third a covered cup; and in chief two round buckles, the tongued 
fessways, points to the dexter, all of the third.
Or a greyhound courant sable between three leopards faces azure a bordure 
engrailed gules.
Azure, a cross humetty terminated with four leopard's heads or.
Argent, on a fesse gules, three Bibles of the second garnished or, a falcon 
volant between two suns of the last.
Azure, a cross or between four falcons close argent.
Gules, two wings conjoined in lure or. [I agree, they could look neater.]

Original comment by pku...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2010 at 6:54

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by KarlWilcox36@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2011 at 1:42

Added labels: Type-Charge

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