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No. 187 Autumn 1999 The Lozenge and the Roundel [ continued from here ] |
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Fitz Payne (1301) Gules three lions passant guardant in pale argent overall a bend or |
| It has not been possible to determine exactly when the use of the roundel and the lozenge ceased to be employed for men, but it is interesting to note an early appearance, around the year 1306, of the lozenge on a seal for a lady. This splendid array was the device of Joan de Barre, wife of John de Warrene, Earl of Surrey, and showed her husband's arms flanked by her own family's barbells and the three lions of England, as befitted her descent from King Edward Longshanks. All the shields were lozenge-shaped. |
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finish, it may be interesting to speculate on what a modern Garter
King of Arms' decision would have been (or indeed would be) if a prospective
male armiger requested his ensigns be emblazoned in the form of an
oval, a roundel or a lozenge on his letters patent.
Lionel Byrt |
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