Studies in Heraldry

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Studies in Heraldry
The site has become large and wide ranging, and perhaps difficult to navigate. This site map is designed to show what is present, and to provide easy links to the desired pages. At present, the site contains 468 pages, some which are very large, and may take some time to load.
	Overview
Home Page	Early Rolls of Arms	The Civic Heraldry of France
Seals	Cigarette Cards	Pub Signs
Stamps	Spain	Questions & Answers
Toponymy	Articles	Robert Louis
An Ordinary of the arms in the database

Home Page
This is the heart of the site. Place the cursor on an icon to go to the page required. For regular visitors, perhaps the New page is the most important. The site is updated on a weekly basis, and details are placed in the New page, with the appropriate links.
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Early Rolls of Arms
Database
The source of my work on Rolls of Arms of the late thirteenth century is a database of more than 4000 individual bearers. As I have built this, I have published groups of fifty at weekly intervals. For the time being, until I begin work on a new roll, it is complete. The images in the database are small, but larger versions are found on the pages relating to the individual rolls.
The best way to look at the database is to go to Early Rolls of Arms, where each group is shown, along with details of the English and European rolls which have been completed so far. There is also a page on which all arms in the database are listed, in order of their blazon, and with references to the Rolls in which they appear. This page is gradually being replaced by a more sophisticated Ordinary of the arms
Individual Rolls
The Caerlaverock Poem The Camden Roll, Part 1 The Camden Roll, Part 2 The Camden Roll, Part 3 The Falkirk Roll The Galloway Roll, Part 1 The Galloway Roll, Part 2 The Galloway Roll, Part 3 Glover's Roll, Part 1 Glover's Roll, Part 2 St George's Roll, Part 1 St George's Roll, Part 2 St George's Roll, Part 3 St George's Roll, Part 4 St George's Roll, Part 5 St George's Roll, Part 6 St George's Roll, Part 7 St George's Roll, Part 8 The Stirling Roll Walford's Roll, Part 1 Walford's Roll, Part 2 Le rôle d'armes du héraut Vermandois The Wijnbergen Roll Charles' Roll, Part 1 Charles' Roll, Part 2 Charles' Roll, Part 3 Charles' Roll, Part 4 Charles' Roll, Part 5 Charles' Roll, Part 6 Charles' Roll, Part 7 Charles' Roll, Part 8 Charles' Roll, Part 9 Charles' Roll, Part 10 The Chifflet-Prinet Roll, Part 1 The Chifflet-Prinet Roll, Part 2 The Chifflet-Prinet Roll, Part 3 Heralds' Roll, Part 1 Heralds' Roll, Part 2 Heralds' Roll, Part 3 Heralds' Roll, Part 4 Herald's Roll, Part 5 Heralds' Roll, Part 6 Heralds' Roll, Part 7 Heralds' Roll, Part 8 Heralds' Roll, Part 9 Heralds' Roll, Part 10 Heralds' Roll, Part 11 Heralds' Roll, Part 12 Heralds' Roll, Part 13 Heralds' Roll, Part 14 The Bigot Roll, Part 1 The Bigot Roll, Part 2 The Bigot Roll, Part 3 The Bigot Roll, Part 4 The Bigot Roll, Part 5 The Bigot Roll, Part 6 The Dering Roll, Part 1 The Dering Roll, Part 2 The Dering Roll, Part 3 The Dering Roll, Part 4 The Dering Roll, Part5 Dering Roll, Part 6 Dering Roll, Part 7 Collins' Roll, Part 1 Collins' Roll, Part 2 Collins' Roll, Part 3 Collins' Roll, Part 4 Collins' Roll, Part 5 Collin's Roll, Part 6 Collins' Roll, Part 7 Collins' Roll, Part 8 Collins' Roll, Part 9 Collins' Roll, Part 10 Collins' Roll, Part 11 Collins' Roll, Part 12 Lord Marshal's Roll, Part 1 Lord Marshal's Roll, Part 2 Lord Marshal's Roll, Part 3 Lord Marshal's Roll, Part 4 Lord Marshal's Roll, Part 5
In addition, references can be found in the database section to The Bigot Roll & The Chifflet-Prinet Roll
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The Civic Heraldry of France
Written originally in book form, the work comprises 2400 pages of typescript. Here, each Chapter forms a single page, some of which are very long and can take a long time to access. I have begun to illustrate the work, and occasionally make additions.
List of Chapters
NOTES TO THE WEB EDITION PREFACE 1 INTRODUCTION 2 NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS 3 PICARDIE 4 HAUTE-NORMANDIE 5 BASSE-NORMANDIE 6 BRETAGNE 7 PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE 8 CENTRE 9 ILE-DE-FRANCE 10 CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE 11 LORRAINE 12 ALSACE 13 FRANCHE-COMTE 14 BOURGOGNE 15 AUVERGNE 16 LIMOUSIN 17 POITOU-CHARENTES 18 AQUITAINE 19 MIDI-PYRENEES 20 LANGUEDOC-ROUSILLON 21 RHONE-ALPES 22 PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR 23 CORSE 24 A LIST OF THE ARMS 25 A LIST OF THE COMMUNES 26 AN INDEX OF THE CHARGES 27 ARMS OF THE SEIGNEURS 28 COMMON EMBLEMS 29 GLOSSARY OF FRENCH TERMS BIBLIOGRAPHY App A THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF FRANCE App B ARMS OF THE DEPARTEMENTS App C A LIST OF THE CANTONS App D ARMS FROM OVERSEAS App E POSTAGE STAMPS App F THE ARMORIAL GENERAL
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Seals
The Baron's Letter to the Pope, 1301
The seals of those who signed the letter to the Pope in 1301, with coloured shields of the bearers and others of the same family.
The Background includes a list of the Barons and links to individual pages
Early Equestrian Seals
A few miscellaneous examples of medieval seals
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Cigarette Cards
Heraldic Cards published by W D & H O Wills, 1903-1912 The illustrations are shown in large format, without comment.
Arms of Foreign Cities
Borough Arms, Part 1
Borough Arms, Part 2
Borough Arms, Part 3
Borough Arms, Part 4
The Introduction to this section lists the cards published in alphabetical order.
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Pub Signs
The pages are of images of English pub signs from different sources arranged into generally heraldic themes. So far the main sources are photographs and the Whitbread series of trade cards.
Photographs
Heraldic Signs in Lincolnshire Heraldic Signs in Sheffield The Cross Keys The Crown The White Hart The Lion Royal Oak Personal Arms 1 Cavendish & Norfolk Personal Arms 2 Miscellaneous Royal Arms Article on "The Sheffield Arms" The County of Cumbria, Page 1 The County of Cumbria, Page 2 The County of Cumbria, Page 3 The County of Lancashire, Page 1 The County of Lancashire, Page 2 The County of Lancashire, Page 3 The County of Lincolnshire, Page 1 The County of Lincolnshire, Page 2 The County of Lincolnshire, Page 3 The County of Lincolnshire, Page 4 The County of Yorkshire, Page 1 The County of Yorkshire, Page 2 The County of Yorkshire, Part 3 The County of Yorkshire, Part 4 The County of Yorkshire, Page 5
Whitbread Cards
Devon & Somerset Isle of Wight Maritime
The List of the Signs lists all the signs, in alphabetical order, with links to the relevant images, or to pages where the image can be found
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Stamps
Introduction French Towns French Provinces Other heraldic French Stamps
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Spain
Introduction
The Regions of Spain
The Provinces of Spain
The Provinces of Andalucía
The Provinces of Aragón
The Provinces of Asturias
The Provincias of Baleares
The Provincias of Canarias
The Provincias of Cantabria
The Provincias of Castilla la Mancha
The Provincias of Castilla León
The Provincias of Cataluña
The Provincias of Estremadura
The Provincias of Galicia
The Provincias of Madrid
The Provincias of Murcia
The Capitals of the Provinces of Andalucía, with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Asturias with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Aragón, with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Baleares, with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Canarias, with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Cantabria with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Castilla la Mancha with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Castilla León with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitals of the Provinces of Cataluña with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitales of the Provinces of Estremadura with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitales of the Provinces of Galicia with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitales of the Provinces of Madrid with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
The Capitales of the Provinces of Murcia with comments on the errors in the Heraldic Stamps series
Spanish Heraldic Stamps
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Toponymy
Various sections on the origin of place names in France, which I intend to add to. Introduction Nothing to do with heraldry, but here nevertheless!
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Articles
A couple of pieces on the fleur de lis and martlets
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Questions & Answers
I thought that to welcome questions to be answered by others was a good idea, but it has been rarely used, perhaps because it was difficult to find.
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Robert Louis
A piece on the work on the French heraldic artist of the 1940s & 1950s, Robert Louis.
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