458 HERA 
His majefty’s armorial bearings, as laft recorded in 
the Herald’s College of England, are thus explained : 
The arms are quarterly : in the firft quarter gules three 
lions palfant guardant or, for England. The origin of. 
this bearing has been fully explained in our introduc-. 
tory part. Second quarter, or, a lion rampant .within 
a double t re (lure, flory and counterflory gules, for, 
Scotland. We have alfo noticed above, that this, 
bearing was granted to the Scots kings by Charlemagne, 
when lie entered into a league with king Achaius, anno 
809. When firft' granted, this, trellure was only borne 
Engle; but, in 1371, Robert Stuart doubled it, by 
renewing the fame alliance with Charles V. of France, 
The third quarter is azure, a harp or,' Itringed argent, 
for Ireland, it is not afcertained wben.this bearing was 
added ; but it is luppoled to have taken place in the 
reign of Henry VIII. on wh.ofe coins it firft made its 
appearance. The -harp being the device'for Ireland, 
induced fir James Ware to imagine that this people, 
were anciently much addicted to. mufic ; but other, 
writers, with more plaufibility, fuppofe the device to 
have been chofen in honour of their bards, to whom- 
the mod facred regard was univerfally manifefted ; yet 
there are no traces in tfhe Irifh annals of its origin. The 
exclufion of the French'arms from the Britilh fliield, 
{which were won by our Edward the Black . Prince 
when he took John king of, France prifoner ar the bat-, 
tie of Poidtiers ; and which had been previoufly claimed 
by his renowned father Edward' III. and afterwards by 
Henry V. in right of inheritance ; fee the article Eng¬ 
land, vol. vi. p. 596, 600, 609;) hag occasioned,the_ 
bearing of, England to be repeated in,the fourth quar¬ 
ter. The eicutchepn of pretence is two lions pallant 
gardant in pale or, for Brunfwic,—impaled with or 
Ktue of heaits proper, .a lion rampant azure, for Lu¬ 
nenburg ; with grafted .in bafe gules, a horie current 
argent for ancient Saxony ; and over all on an inefcut- 
cheo'n gules, the crown'of Charlemagne or, asarch T trea- 
\ furer of the empire; the inefcutcheon crowned with the ; 
electoral cap proper: the whole encompaffed with the 
infigniaof the molt nobl.e order of the garter, with its motto,. 
Honi Joit qui mal y penfe ; “Evil to him that evil thinks.” 
• Crest : on a helmet fuited to the dignity, an impe¬ 
rial crown proper’; thereon a lion ftatant guardant, or, 
crowned with the crown of England proper. The mant- 
lings or, doubled ermine. The fupporters we have be¬ 
fore.explainedV.on the dexter fide, a lion guardant or, 
crowned as the creft ; 'on the finifter fide, a unicorn, 
argent, armed, crined/unguled, and'gorged, with a co¬ 
ronet compofed of erodes .patee and fleurs-de-lis; (fo 
that here, as w. el has'in the crown above, the fymbol of 
our conqueft of France is retained ;) affixed to the coro¬ 
net a chain, palling bet ween his fore legs, and reflected 
over his back, or ; both Handing on a compartment, 
from whence iffue, both on the dexter and finifter Tides, 
a rofe entwined vyitli the-thillle, and fhamrock ftalked 
and leaved proper, for the union with Scotland and Ire- 
and : motto, Dieu eimon Droit : “ Cud and my Right.’?. 
See Heraldry Pi.ite XU 1 . 
Uudcrneatli the Royal Arm's of England, in,the fame- 
Engraving,, are given the armorial bearings of her pre-s 
lent majelty Queen Charlotte, impaled with thole of her 
royal conlurt,.as Oelcribed above. The arms of her ma-. 
jelty me as loilcW : In a lhield of ft* coats, the firft or, 
a burfaloe’s head .caboffied, fable, crowned gules, attired, 
and having a ring at lYisnofe argent,'for Mecklenburg. A 
bearing which lome herald'ilts and antiquarians pretend to 
ha\e o.nguiated fi.oin the name of Alexander’s liorfe, Bu¬ 
cephalus. a. Azure, a griffon 01, for the principality of 
Wenden,. acceding by right of (uccellion to the noble 
houle of Mecklenburg aftec the denufe of the' laft prince 
of Wenden, who died in 1230 without, iHue. 3. Per 
fefs azuie and vert, in chief a griffon or,’.for the princi¬ 
pality of Schwering, formerly a bilhppnc, but exchanged 
ia *64!! for the town of Wilmar, 4. Guies, a crofs 
LDRY. 
couped argent, crowned or, for the principality of Ratze- 
burg, which was alfo formerly a bilhopric. 5. Gules, an 
arm argent, iffuing out of a cloud from the finifter fide of 
the fliield, and holding in its fingers a ring or, for the 
county of Schwering, which the duke Albrecht brought 
to the houi'e of Mecklenburg. 6. Or, a buftaloe’s head 
Tideways, fable crowned' gules, attired argent, for the 
lbrdlhip of Roftock ; and over all an inefcutcheon, gules 
and or, for theiordlhip of Stargard. 
It may be proper to obferve of her majefty’s arms, 
that ladies bear neither motto, -nor creft, nor mantling, 
PRINCES of the BLOOD ROYAL. 
GEORGE-AUGUSTL'S-FREDERIC, PRINCE of 
GREAT BRITAIN, PRINCE of WALES, Electoral 
Prince of Brunlwic-Lunenburg, Duke of Cornwall and 
Rpth'pfay,’ Earl of Chefter and Carrick, Baron of Ren¬ 
frew,' Lord of flie 1 lies,'Hereditary Great Steward of 
Scotland, a Colonel in the Aniiy, and Colonel of the 
10th Regiment, of Light Dragoons, Captain-General of 
the 'Artillery Company, High Steward of Plymouth, 
Knight of tiie Garter, and F. R. S. Born Auguft 12, 1762 : 
and, on the iyth of the fame month, ..his Majefty order¬ 
ed letters patent for creating'him Prince of Wales and 
Earl of Cnelter ; and in November 1783, his Royal, 
Highnefs, took his feat in the houle of peers ; in 1765, 
elected a Knight Companion of the Moft Noble Order of 
the; Garter, and ;inftalled at Windfor, July 25, tqq \. 
Married April S, ,1795, Garoline-Amelia-Elizabetli, fe- 
cond daughter of the late duke of Brunfwic, born May 
17, 1768, by whom he has a daughter, Charlotte-Caro- 
lin'e-A,u£ulta,.bo'rn Jan. 7, 1796. 
Edward, the Black Prince, was the firft duke of Corn¬ 
wall, created 1.337, ip,perpetuity to his heirs ; by vir¬ 
tue of which the eldeft foil of the king of England is 
duke of,Cornwall, on his birth. The earldom of Chef. 
ter is by creation by letters patent 31 Henry HI. 1247, 
and has been invariably annexed to the eldeft fon of the 
king; of England. The titles of hereditary lleward of 
Scotland, duke ofRothefay, earl of Carrick, and baron 
of Renfrew, were titles annexed by Robert III. 1399, 
to the eldeft prince of Scotland, on his birth, and have 
continued from that period. The title of prince of 
Wales was firft conferred on the infant Ion of Edward I. 
12S4, and has never been bellowed but on the heir to 
the throne. 
The armorial bearings pf his Royal Highnefs the 
Prince of Wales are quarterly, the.lame as thole of his 
royal father, with this only difference, tha.t the .inef-. 
cutcheon is gules, and the electoral bonnet omitted. 
Over all a label of three points argent ; a,nd the whole 
encircled with the'order and. motto of the garter. 
Crejl and Mantling : a crown compofed of erodes pattee 
and fleurs-de-lis, placed alternately with an,arch ; lur-. 
mounted with a mound or globe, enligned with a crofs 
pattee, as in the king’s crown; but before the.reltdra- - 
tion of Charles II. tlie coronet of the prince of Wales 
was.compoled only of croffesand fi.e'nrs-de-lis interimxed, 
as we.fee depicted in the. portraits of (uch p/mce's prior 
to that time. Tin the infide of the crown is .a cap of 
crimlon velvet turned up ermine ; on-the crown a lion 
ftatant guardant 01;, crowned with;the like crown,-and 
charged with the proper label.argent,. See Plate VIIF. 
Supporters as in the royal arms, but changed with tiie 
label of-diffinction as on.thedhield. The. badge or cog¬ 
nizance of. five prince of Wales, is three olti ion-feathers 
proper, within a prince’s cojonet of gold, with tne motto- 
Ick Dien, “1 lerveacquired, (as (fated in the article. 
England,), by. Edward iiie Black. Prince, at the battle' 
of Crelly ; wliere he won them by his triuinphsover the. 
king of B.ohenfia> who bore them on his caique or liel-' 
met. See the Heraldry Plate XIV. 
Residences. —Brighthelniftone Lodge, Sufiex.—- 
Town-noule, Carleton Houle, Pall Mall. 
Prince FREDERIC, Duke of YORK and ALBA¬ 
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