[howley] the old royal COAT OF ARMS AT PLACENTIA 



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The Arms of France, three Fleurs de lys, were assumed by King 

 Edward III. in 1340, and incorporated into the Eoyal Arms of England. 

 They were " marshalled " in the following manner, viz. : On the first 

 and last quarters were placed the Arms of France ; the Arms of England 

 occupying the second and third quarters. (Fig. 6) 



Arms of England, Temp., Edward IIL, 1340. — Fig. 6. 



The Eoyal Arms, thus quartered with France, were retained all 

 through the reigns of the Plantagenets, the Lancastrians, the Yorkists, 

 the Tudors, the Stuarts, and the line of Brunswick, up to the year 1801, 

 when the Arms of France were finally discarded. Many changes, how- 

 ever, were made from time to time in the marshalling: — Thus, when 

 James VI. of Scotland became King of England as James I. (1603) he 

 introduced the Arms of Scotland and Ireland into the Royal Escutcheon, 

 placing the Arms of England and France (quarterly, as hitherto) on the 

 first and fourth quarters, giving the second quarter to the Arms of Scot- 

 land, and the third to Ireland. (Fig. 7.) 



Royal Arms, Temp., Jas. I., 1603. — Fig. 7. 



Tlie Arms of Scotland. 



The heraldic blazon of these Arms is as follows : — " Or, a lion 

 rampant, gules, surrounded by a double fressure flory counter flory of the 

 second." In plain English, — On a yellow or golden ground, a red Uon 

 standing on his hind legs with his fore paws stretched out as if clawing 

 or clutching, surrounded by a double red border flowered on both sides. 



