This Synopsis of Heraldry is with all possible humility and submisiveness most humbly Dedicated to your Honours by Robert Wiseman blazon or coat of arms HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE MUTARE VEL TIMERE SPERNO To the Rt and most Honble Henry Somerset Lord herbert Baron of Chepstow Raglan & G●●er Earl & Marquis of Worcester Ld Precedent & Ld Lieutenant of Wales & the Marshes Ld Lieutenant of the Counties of Gloucester Hereford & Monmorth & of the City & County of Bristol Ld Warden of his Maties Forest of Dean & Costuble of the Castle of St Briavell in the said forest one of his ies mosst Honble Privy Council & Kt of the most noble order of the Garter etc. depiction of mounted knight Ancient blazon or coat of arms PIE REPONE TE To the Right and 〈…〉 Marqvese of 〈…〉 Viscount 〈…〉 most Honble 〈…〉 etc. depiction of mounted knight Ancient To the Nobility and Gentry, My Lords and Gentlemen, I hope it will be pardonable that I here present you only with your noble Coats and Surnames, since my papr will not admit of Room to set down your Titles and dignities, the which are so generally known that it would be impertinance in me to pretend illustration upon those renowned monuments which will remain to all ages. And also, it being a rule for instruction, I was forced to set Coats in order according to my purpose (though not altogether according to the antiquities of the Coats) I hope it will suffice if diligently and carfully observed, to Blazon any Coat that is presented to your view which is only the aim of My Lords and Gentlemen your most humble and most respectful Servant. Ro: Wiseman Le Blazon Or a short and easy way to attain to the art of Heraldry. The Explanation. I have here Endeavoured to put much in a little room, and to be as short as I could in giving you a method to blazon any Coat whatsoever. (I hope it will not seem hard) all the Colours are hatched according to the first seven Escocheons, and taken care to name every Charge at least once as for example. In the Crosses I have named the first a plain Cross, and then have named no more but the Alterations, as wavy or Ingrayled etc. and so of a Saltire and bend, and so of Lions, I have done the like of all other charges, but if any other charge accompany a Lion, or other charge then the Lion is not named, but the other things that are found. As S. r John Hoskins Coat (of Herefs) is written over between (Party per pale the Cheveron and the Lions are named in other places) therefore I say between, that is Party per pale azure and Gules, a Cheveron between 3 lion's Rampant or. Or thus he beareth argent 3 lozanges in ffesse Gules, within a Bordure sable, by the name of Mountagu, of which there are several noble Families. you see the bordure must be named, and if it be invecked ingrailed waved etc. it must be expressed, if entoyre, you must say of so many bezants, if Enaleuron of so many birds. To Blazon you must begin with the Field, and say he beareth Or Argent or Gules etc. and then name the Charge and the Charge charged, nameing their true position number and figure, and for a better rule, observe that all common Charges in the mixed bearings are borne in upon or with Chief, Pale, bend, Cheveron, Cross, Saltier, Canton Fess Giron, Pile, Escocheon, bordure, or orle, or one Common Charge in upon or with another Observation. in Heraldry, the rule is never to put Metal upon Metal, nor Colour upon Colour, otherwise the Arms are ffalse. Of Terms in Heraldry, Lions, Griffons, Wolveses, and Bears. are Rampant if Exactly in pale but if more bend ways Lions, Wolves, and Bears are Salient, Griffons sergreiant, lions are also argued and Armned Gules, or Azure or, the like. Griffons are armed, Eagles likewise, Swans membered, Hawks are jessed and Belled, Cocks are armed Cressida and Velloped, Capons are armed Cressida, and jowlopped, All these things are to be expressed when they are met with (that is) when the tongues bills and Claws are found of differing Colour from the body. And when any living creature proceed from the bottom of any ordinary, it is 〈…〉 and when o●er two Colours, than Ies●● when it proceeds from the middle of any ordinary or common Charge, it is said, naissant of Furs, Ermine is white, powdered 〈◊〉 black. ermines is black powdered with white. Ermynois is yellow, powdered with black Peanut black, powdered with yellow. vayre is of argent, or Azure, but if of other Colours, it is to be expressed vayre of such colours. Fez, Bend, and Cheveron, have their d●●●●●●es as you see in their order. Their proportion, is thus, the Pale occu●ieth a Fifth part of the escutcheon but if charge 〈◊〉 part the bend likewise, the fez chief ●nd saltier likewise, the pallet is half the Pale, 〈…〉 the fourth part, the Bar half the fez & 〈…〉 Baronetts have always the addition of 〈◊〉 sinister hand gules, to their coat, and single Ladies bear their Coats in the form of a Lozenge. Any Gentleman that bears a Coat may imp●le his wife's Coat with it as 〈◊〉 as she liveth, and if she be an hei● 〈…〉 and his heirs for ever, and so it come●● 〈…〉 ●●●y persons of Quality have many 〈…〉 to blazon them you must say he beareth quarterly of 4 6 or 8 Coats, beginning at the first and soon to the last. Coats are blazoned either by Metals precious Stones or planets, the latter are commonly made use of in blazoning the arms of Princes and pers: on's of Honour. Colours Metals Precious Stones Planets Yellow Or Topaz Sol White Argent Pearl Luna Black Sable Diamond Saturn Red Gules Ruby Mars Blew Azure Saphire jupiter Greene Vert Emerald Venus Purple Purpure Amethyst Mercury observe to give the true name to all Charges of this. simple circle if they be then they are called Or Bezants Argent Plates Sable Palletts Gules Torteuxes Light blue Hurts Vert Pomeyes Purpure Golpes Ten Oranges These are the differences of houses that are added to Coat-armour, to distinguish the descent of Families. 〈…〉 ●●ey be of the first. 〈…〉 third house etc. 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 5-pointed star bird concentric rings fleur-de-lys 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 5-pointed star superimposed on crescent bird superimposed on crescent concentric rings superimposed on crescent fleur-de-lys superimposed on crescent 〈…〉 〈…〉 crescent superimposed on 5-pointed star 5-pointed star superimposed on 5-pointed star bird superimposed on 5-pointed star concentric rings superimposed on 5-pointed star fleur-de-lys superimposed on 5-pointed star 〈…〉 crenellations superimposed on bird crescent superimposed on bird 5-pointed star superimposed on bird bird superimposed on bird concentric rings superimposed on bird fleur-de-lys superimposed on bird 5 crenellations superimposed on concentric rings crescent superimposed on concentric rings 5-pointed star superimposed on concentric rings bird superimposed on concentric rings concentric rings superimposed on concentric rings fleur-de-lys superimposed on concentric rings 6 crenellation superimposed on fleur-de-lys crescent superimposed on fleur-de-lys 5-pointed star superimposed on fleur-de-lys bird superimposed on fleur-de-lys concentric rings superimposed on fleur-de-lys fleur-de-lys superimposed on fleur-de-lys There is a Care to be taken concerning the honourable parts of the Escocheon and the less Honourable, as to location, which are observed as followeth A B C D E F G H I A The dexter chief. B The precise middle chief. C The sinister chief. D The honour oint. E The fez point. F The 〈◊〉 point. G The dexter base. H The precise middle base. I The sinister base. When any ordinaries are drawn with any of these lines the Blazoner is to say a Bend. Fez, Pale, Cross, Bordure or what it is, invecked ingrailed wavy or the like. Invecked heraldic motif ingrailed heraldic motif Wavy heraldic motif Nebule heraldic motif ●●●taild or Crenelle heraldic motif Indented heraldic motif D●ncette heraldic motif These are the manner of Helmetts Crowns, and Coronetts that such persons bear, as you see the titles under these examples. King helmet Earl helmet Knight helmet Esquire helmet King crown Prince crown Arch Du●● crown Duke crown Marquis coronet Earl coronet Viscount coronet Baron coronet or heraldic device argent heraldic device sable heraldic device gules heraldic device azure heraldic device vert heraldic device purpure heraldic device ermine heraldic device ermines heraldic device raqrè heraldic device potent heraldic device checky heraldic device party per pale Walgrave heraldic device per fez Zusto heraldic device per bend Hawley heraldic device P B crenellè boil heraldic device senester Zurith heraldic device per cross ●ock heraldic device per saltier Res●wold heraldic device 〈◊〉 quarter heraldic device canton heraldic device girone heraldic device Gironey of 8 heraldic device escocheon heraldic device an earl Bartram heraldic device orley heraldic device royders heraldic device flasques heraldic device flanches heraldic device Countercomponed heraldic device purflewe heraldic device Gabonnied heraldic device entoyre heraldic device enaluron heraldic device a pile Chandos heraldic device 2 piles Hollis heraldic device transposed heraldic device P flory heraldic device cotized heraldic device a plain cross Ramsford heraldic device wavy Ducken●feild heraldic device ●●●ided heraldic device fimbraited heraldic device upon 3 grease Jones heraldic device moline Moleneux heraldic device patonce heraldic device flurry Ward heraldic device Avelane heraldic device potent Allen heraldic device P fitched heraldic device Patee fitched Cadwallader heraldic device formy flurry heraldic device bottony heraldic device ingrailed Mohun heraldic device couped pierced Grill heraldic device Croyded Woodnoth heraldic device triparted heraldic device double parted heraldic device reguled Laurence heraldic device a saltire Aston heraldic device counterchanged Hunt heraldic device surmounted Andrews heraldic device a pale Hinckley heraldic device a pallet heraldic device endorse heraldic device paletts wavy heraldic device radiant rayone heraldic device a bend Scroop heraldic device wavy Wallop heraldic device crenelle Wallyes heraldic device ingrailed Colepepper heraldic device flory Highlord heraldic device Cotized Bowyer heraldic device a benler heraldic device a garter heraldic device a cost heraldic device a ribon heraldic device a B sinister heraldic device a scarpe heraldic device a batune heraldic device a fez heraldic device a bar heraldic device a Closet heraldic device barulet heraldic device 3 lozanges v●● Mountagu heraldic device 3 bars wavy Samford heraldic device dancetty Delamare heraldic device Di Chief Hungerford heraldic device barè of 12 Thynne heraldic device nebule Blunt heraldic device a chief Worlesley heraldic device a C indented Butler heraldic device bend & chief heraldic device saltire & Ch. Bruce heraldic device a cheveron Stafford heraldic device ingrailed vo Dudley heraldic device couped Jones heraldic device a cheveronel heraldic device a couple close heraldic device braced Fittz hugh heraldic device reversed heraldic device a file 3 points Barrington heraldic device a Lion dormant heraldic device couchant heraldic device sejant heraldic device passant heraldic device P. gardant Bromfeild heraldic device salient Felbrige heraldic device rampant Stapleton heraldic device regardant Givay heraldic device coward Ro●ch heraldic device chained Meredith heraldic device 2 L. passant Somery heraldic device 2 P gardant Ducy heraldic device Counterpassant Glegg heraldic device Combatant Wycomb heraldic device endable Achilles heraldic device R●●pant Ettr●●● heraldic device escallops Russell heraldic device crowned or Tyson heraldic device crosseletts Long heraldic device within a B Henly heraldic device bellet Church heraldic device ba●yemells Fairfax heraldic device counter cham Vaughan heraldic device between Hoskins heraldic device 2 L rampant heraldic device 6 lionesses heraldic device demi lion heraldic device 3 demi. L ●●nnet heraldic device issuant Markham heraldic device naissant Emme heraldic device 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 rampant Barnard heraldic device muzzled Barwick heraldic device a wolse Sali Dawne heraldic device passant Low heraldic device a grayhound Holford heraldic device currant Palmer heraldic device a Talbot Burgoine heraldic device heads Burton heraldic device Reynards' Kadmil heraldic device cats in pale Keate heraldic device squerrells Lovel heraldic device connyes Strood heraldic device a stag lodged Harthill heraldic device at gaze Jones heraldic device tripping heraldic device springing Gilstand heraldic device B in full corpse Robertson heraldic device hinds C T Cotingham heraldic device St H cooped Rigmaiden heraldic device caborsed heraldic device truncked heraldic device atires heraldic device unicorn Harling heraldic device tripping Musterton heraldic device currant Farington heraldic device Cooped Shelley heraldic device a camel pass Camel heraldic device a bore Trewarthen heraldic device erected Booth heraldic device in 3 Cups Boles heraldic device 6 ram C T Harman heraldic device rams heads Bendish heraldic device holy lambs Rowe heraldic device an elephant Elfinston heraldic device erased heraldic device 3 horses P Stamp heraldic device cooped Marsh heraldic device asses passant Askewe heraldic device erased Hocknell heraldic device a mule Moil heraldic device calves Veale heraldic device a bull Berile heraldic device erased Carselack heraldic device truncked Baynham heraldic device caborsed Gore heraldic device a goat Baker heraldic device attired or Gorley heraldic device an eagle Reddingfeild heraldic device displayed Win heraldic device eagletts Ernly heraldic device eggles close Child heraldic device erased Awbrey heraldic device conjoined Seymour heraldic device eagles claw Canhanser heraldic device alaquise heraldic device gosse hawk we'll heraldic device sparrow hawk Atterton heraldic device owls Prescot heraldic device on a bend Savill heraldic device a raven Corbet heraldic device cornish choug Oneslow heraldic device burstards iij Nevil heraldic device swallows Watton heraldic device volant Swallow heraldic device marrtletts Wray heraldic device a F between Croke heraldic device on a chief Wild heraldic device cocks Cock heraldic device capones Capenhurst heraldic device in their pride Pawn heraldic device turrkey cocks Yeo heraldic device bees volant Buy heraldic device harvest fly Bolowre heraldic device a griffon Evelin heraldic device sergreant Read heraldic device in chief Dand heraldic device L counter P heraldic device a Wivern Drake heraldic device dragons H Cutler heraldic device mermaid Ellis heraldic device otters Lutterell heraldic device seals feet Yarmouth heraldic device a leopard heraldic device lea. heads Wentworth heraldic device Jessant a f Morley heraldic device dolphin nai●. Fitz James heraldic device Hauriant heraldic device Eels naiant Ellis heraldic device pikes endorsed heraldic device trout fretted Trowtback heraldic device sea crabs Bridger heraldic device an escallop Prelate heraldic device shells Malet heraldic device welks Shelly heraldic device pine T fru cted Pine heraldic device a limb of a tree reguled Penruddock heraldic device stocks radicated Retowre heraldic device laurel lea. Leveson heraldic device holly L pendant Inwine heraldic device pears Sinkley heraldic device pine apples heraldic device grapes Maroley heraldic device apples in base Harlewin heraldic device a rose Beverley heraldic device a C. between 3 Bish heraldic device on a canton Broadstone heraldic device hurts Baskerville heraldic device garbs Preston heraldic device flower de lis Digby heraldic device in ● quarter Ashmole heraldic device lilies Winchester Coll. heraldic device trefoils Williamson heraldic device slipped Lewis heraldic device sinq: foils Foley heraldic device Gillyflowers heraldic device blewbottles Chorley heraldic device caterfoiles Platt heraldic device culvering Leigh heraldic device battering Rams Barley heraldic device long bows Bowes heraldic device pheons Rowden heraldic device a S in pale Dimock heraldic device conjoined Stapleton heraldic device in point Paulet heraldic device lances in B Carlo● heraldic device spear heads Rayce heraldic device Cronells Wiseman heraldic device bills Gibbs heraldic device Helmetts Miniett heraldic device a L between Compton heraldic device bells Porter heraldic device hawks bells Ent heraldic device chapletts Richardson heraldic device shackbolt Nuthall heraldic device lozanges Hyde heraldic device mascles on a B Carlton heraldic device Wa●budgetts Hill heraldic device tourteanxes Courtney heraldic device counterchang Hooke heraldic device mullets Danvers heraldic device in chief Freak heraldic device charged Sheppard heraldic device masts coped Cromer heraldic device sails Cavil heraldic device a rudder heraldic device anchor Goodred heraldic device a Lighter heraldic device a ship heraldic device P scrips Palmer heraldic device a T tripled Oldcastle heraldic device arches Arches heraldic device fountains Sturton heraldic device tents Tenton heraldic device a fret Karington heraldic device frettè Whitmore heraldic device barè bendè heraldic device R. Palmer sculp Printed at the Theatre in Oxford, and to be sold there & by Dan Major at the Flying horse near St ●unstans Church in Fleetstreet London Imprimatur Tho Jeames Provicecan: 1678