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to go about on wheels. But better evidence still 

 is found in the establishment, May 1677, of the 

 Worshipful Company of Coach and Harness 

 Makers, whose arms still bear rej)resentations of 

 the carriages in use at that period. The armorial 

 bearings of the Coach-makers are, when duly 

 tricked out in their proper colours, somewhat 



ARMS OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF COACH AND 

 HARNESS MAKERS. 



striking. Stated in plain terms, done into English 

 out of heraldic jargon, they consist of a blue 

 shield of arms with three coaches and a chevron 

 in gold, sup23orted on either side by a golden horse, 

 harnessed and saddled in black studded with gold ; 

 with blue housings garnished with red, and 

 fringed and j^urfled in gold. The horses are 

 further adorned with plumes of four feathers in 

 gold, silver, red, and blue. A crest above displays 



