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" Sculptured Stone at Codford St. Peter, 



drawing 1 is given in the Archaeological Journal, vol, ii., p. 219. J 



It is said that King Edward III. was the first who introduced 

 the crest of the lion statant gardant into the royal arms, and it is j 

 borne, so placed on a cap of estate, by himself, and by his sons 

 Edward the Black Prince and Thomas of Gloucester ; but the royal 

 crest lion is crowned. See Sandford's Genealogical History, pp. I 

 124, 125 ; and for the like crest, borne by Henry of Lancaster, 

 afterwards King Henry IV., see BoutelPs Heraldry, plate lxxix., j 

 facing p. 258. 



No. 2. Party per pale, three lions, passant to sinister, two and 

 one, count erchanged. The charges on this coat appear to be turned 

 to the left, in order to look towards the central coat. Compare en- 

 gravings in Sandford's Genealogical History, pp. 122, 123, 124. 

 The vertical line in pale of this coat is fin. in breadth, and it ] 

 seems clearly to be the proper way of indicating, by sculpture, 

 Party per pale and counterchanged. 



No. 3. On a chevron between three leopard's faces, three mullets. 

 This is probably the coat of the principal person commemorated by 

 the sculpture. In Papworth's Ordinary the following names are 

 given as belonging to coats with these charges, but with tinctures I 

 that vary : Pormort, Brickie ton, Davers, and Perell or Pearl e, Co. 

 Salop. 



No. 4. A coat of which the blazon is not quite certain, but it 

 looks like a cross between four lions rampant. Many names might 

 be suggested for a cross between four lions rampant; but it seems ) 

 worthy of note how closely this coat corresponds with that of Philippa 

 of Hainault, Queen of King Edward III. Boutell states that the coat 

 of Queen Philippa ought to be divided quarterly, 1st and 4th, Or, 

 a lion rampant sable, for Flanders, 2nd and 3rd, Or, a lion rampant 

 gules, for Holland. Vredius gives the following blazon : — " Hainau- 

 moderne ; d'or, a quatre lions cantonnez ; le premier et dernier de 

 sable, qui est de Flandres ; le 2 et 3 de gueulles, qui est de Hoi- 

 lande." 



No. 5. A tilting helmet surmounted by a coronet, and a leopard's 

 face as crest, very similar to the faces on the central coat. Small 

 shield defaced, as in No. 1. Caps of estate and coronets were more 



