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a deep blue garter, surrounding the anyis of 
such knights, and inscribed with his motto, 
“ Iloni soit qui mal y pense.” See Plate li. 
I he arms of those who are knights of the 
orders ot the Bath, of the Thistle, or of St. 
Patrick, are marshalled in the same manner, 
vviln this difference only, that the colour and 
motto accord with the order to which it be- 
longs. Thus the motto, “ Quis separabit 
1 / 83,” on the light blue ribbon of the order, 
surrounds the escutcheon of a knight of St. 
Patrick. “ Memo me irnpune lacessit,” on a 
green ribband, distinguishes a knight of the 
l histle ; and u Tria juncta in uno,” on red, a 
knight of the Bath. It is to be observed that 
none ot the orders of knighthood are heredi- 
tary. The honours of a baronet of Ulster, 
and of a baronet of Nova Scotia (created by 
patent in 1602), descend to the heirs male. 
With regard to the emblazoning of the 
wife’s arms in tire case of the husband being 
noble ; or where, on the other hand, the wife 
is noble in her own right, and the husband a 
commoner, these will be found exemplified in 
Plate II. 
For representations of the badges of the 
several orders of knighthood, see Plate II. 
See Arms, Blazoning, Precedency, 
and the several terms of heraldry in alphabe- 
tical order. 
HERBAL, is sometimes used for what is 
more usually called hortus siccus. See PIor- 
itus Siccus. 
HERCULES, in astronomy, a constella- 
tion of the northern hemisphere, said to con- 
tain from 28 to 95 stars. 
HEREDITAMENTS, all such things iirt- 
moveable, whether corporeal or incorpo- 
real, as a man may leave to his heirs, by 
way of inheritance ; or not being otherwise 
Revised, do naturally descend to him who is 
next heir of blood, and fall not within the 
compass of an executor or administrator, as 
chattels do. It is a word of large extent, and 
much used in conveyances ; for by the grant 
of hereditaments, isles, seignories, manors. 
Rouses, and lands of all sorts, charters, rents, 
services, advowsons, commons, and whatever 
may be inherited, will pass. Co. Lit. 6. 
Hereditaments are of two kinds, corporeal 
and incorporeal. Corporeal hereditaments 
consist wholly of substantial and permanent 
objects, all which may be comprehended un- 
der the general denomination of land only : 
for land comprehends in its legal signification 
any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as ara- 
ble, meadows, pastures, woods, moors, wa- 
ters, marshes, furzes, and heath. 1 Inst. 4. 
Incorporeal hereditaments are not the ob- 
ject of sensation, neither can they be seen 
©r handled, are creatures of the mind, and 
exist only in contemplation : they are prin- 
cipally of ten sorts, viz. advowsons, tithes, 
commons, ways, offices, dignities, franchises, 
corodies or presents, and rents. Black. 
H ERES Y, among protestants, is said to be 
a false opinion, repugnant to some point of 
doctrine clearly revealed in scripture, and 
either absolutely essential to the Christian 
faith, or at least of most high im portance. 1 
Haw. 3. 
All old statutes that give a power to arrest 
er imprison persons for heresy, or introduced 
any forfeiture on that account, are repealed; 
yet by the common law an obstinate heretic 
being excommunicated is still liable to be 
prUunsd by force of the writ, de excom- 
municato capiendo, till he makes satisfaction 
to the church. 1 Haw. 5. 
And if any person having been educated in, 
or having made profession of the Christian re- 
ligion within this realm, shall he convicted in 
any of the courts at Westminster, or at the as- 
sizes, of denying any of the persons in the 
Holy Trinity to he God, or maintaining that 
there are more gods than one, or of denying 
the truth of the Christian religion, or the di- 
vine authority of the holy scriptures, he shall, 
for the first offence, be adjudged incapable of 
any office ; and for the second shall be disa- 
bled to sue any action, or to be guardian, ex- 
ecutor, or administrator, or take by any le- 
gacy or deed of gift, or to bear any office ci- 
vil or military, or benefice ecclesiastical, for 
ever, and shall also suffer imprisonment lor 
three years, without bail or mainprise, from 
the time of such conviction. 
HERIOT, signifies a tribute given to the 
lord for his better preparation towards war. 
And by the laws of Canute it appears, that at 
the death of the great men of this nation so 
many horses and arms were to be paid for as 
they were in their respective lifetimes obliged 
to keep for the king’s service. 
A heriot was first paid in arms and horses ; 
it is now by custom sometimes the best live 
beast which the tenant dies possessed of ; 
sometimes the best inanimate good, under 
which a jewel or piece of plate may be in- 
cluded. 2 Black. 422. 
As to the several kinds of heriots, some are 
due by custom, some by tenure, and by re- 
servation on deeds executed within time of 
memory ; those due by custom are the most 
frequent, and arose by the contract or agree- 
ment of the lord and tenant, in consideration 
of som& benefit or advantage accruing to the 
tenant, and for which an heriot, as the best 
beast, best piece of household furniture, &c. 
became due, and belonged to the lord either 
on the death or alienation of the tenant, and 
which the lord may seize, either within the 
manor or without, at his election. Dyer, 
199, b. 
It has been solemnly adjudged that for an 
heriot service, or for an heriot reserved by 
way of tenure, the lord may either seize or 
distrain ; for when the tenant agrees that the 
lord shall on his death have the best beast, &c. 
the lord has his election which beast he will 
take, and by seizing thereof reduces that to 
his possession, wherein he had a property at 
the death of the tenant, without the concur- 
ring act of any other person ; and it is not 
like the case where the tenant receives 20s. 
or a robe, for there the lessee has his election 
which he will pay, and being to do the first 
act, the lord cannot seize, but must distrain. 
Plowd. 96. 
If the tenure be by rent and heriot service, 
viz. to have the best beast after the death of 
the tenant, and the lord distrain for the he- 
riot, he cannot in his avowry shew which was 
the best beast that he was entitled to, nor of 
what value it was; for the tenant might have 
esloined the cattle, and thereby it might have 
been impossible for the lord to know which 
was the best beast ; and the tenant at his peril 
is to render the best beast, or sufficient re- 
compense. Cro. Car. 260. 
Upon the whole, the custom of the manor 
is the law of it in all such like cases. 
HERISSON, in fortification, a beam arm- 
ed with a great number of iron spikes, with 
their points outwards, and supported by u 
pivot, on which it turns. These serve as a 
barrier to block up any passage, and are fre- 
quently placed before the gates, and more 
especially the wicket-doors of a town or for- 
tress, to secure those passages which must of 
necessity be often opened and shut. See 
Fortieication. 
HERIT1EBA, a genus of the monoecia 
monadelphia class and order. The calyx is 
live-toothed; corolla none. Male, anthers 
10, without filaments. Female, germ five; 
drupes with one globular seed. There is one 
species, a tree of the East Indies. • 
IIERMjFA, in antiquity, undent Greek 
festivals, in honour of the god Hermes, or 
Mercury. 
HERMANNIA, a genus of the pentan- 
dria order, in the monadelphia class of plants, 
and in the natural method ranking under the 
37th order, columniferae. The capsule is 
quinquelocular ; the petals at the base are 
seimitiibulaled and oblique. There are 21 
species, the most remarkable are, 
1. The lavendutifolia, which has a shrubby 
stalk and slender branches, very bushy, about 
■ a foot and a half high, small, spear-shaped, 
obtuse, and hairy leaves, with clusters of small 
yellow flowers along the sides of the branches, 
continuing from June to autumn. 
2. The althaiifolia has a shrubby stalk, and 
soft woolly branches, growing two feet high* 
with numerous yellow flowers in loose spikes 
growing at the end of the-branches, and mak- 
ing their appearance in July. 
3. The grossularifolia has a shrubby stalk 
and spreading branches, growing three or four 
feet high, with bright yellow flowers coming 
out in great numbers at the ends of all the 
shoots and branches in April or May. 
4. The alnifolia has a shrubby stalk, and 
branches growing irregularly four or five feet 
high, with pale yellow flowers in short spikes 
from the sides and ends of the branches, ap- 
pearing in April or Mav. 
5. [ he by ssopifolia has a shrubby upright 
stalk, branching out laterally six or seven 
feet high, with pale yellow flowers in clusters 
from the sides of the branches, appearing in 
May and June. All these plants are natives 
of Africa, and therefore must be kept in a 
greenhouse during the winter in this country. 
They are propagated by cuttings of their 
young shoots, which may be planted in pots 
of rich earth any time from April to July. 
PI ERMAS, a genus of the monoecia order, 
in the polygamia class of plants. The umbel 
in the hermaphrodite is terminal ; there is an 
universal involucrum, and partial ones. The 
rays of the small umbels are lobed ; the cen- 
tral one flower-bearing ; there are five pe- 
tals, and as many barren stamina ; the seeds 
are two-fold, anil suborbicular. In the male 
the lateral umbels have universal and partial 
involucra ; the small umbels are many-flow- 
ered ; there are five petals, and five fertile 
stamina. There are five species, kerbs of 
the Cape. 
HERMETICAIj seal, among chemists, 
a method of stopping glass- vessels, used in 
chemical operations, so closely, that the most 
subtile spirit cannot escape through them. 
It is commonly done by heating the neck of 
the vessel in a flame, till ready to melt, and 
then twisting it close together with a pair of 
pincers. Or, vessels may be hermetically 
sealed, by stopping them with a glass plug. 
