Part 11 (2/2)

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 88.--Pale embattled.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 89.--Pale raguly.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 90.--Pale dovetailed.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 91.--Pale indented.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 92.--Pale wavy.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 93.--Pale nebuly.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 94.--Pale rayonne.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 95.--Pale per fesse counter changed.]

The diminutive of the pale is the pallet (Fig. 96), and the pale cottised is sometimes termed ”endorsed.”

Except when it is used as a mark of difference or distinction (then usually wavy), the pallet is not found singly; but two pallets, or three, are not exceptional. Charged upon other ordinaries, particularly on the chief and the chevron, pallets are of constant occurrence. {117}

When the field is striped vertically it is said to be ”paly” of so many (Fig. 57).

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 96.--Pallets.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 97.--The arms of Amaury de Montfort, Earl of Gloucester; died before 1214. (From his seal.)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 98.--Arms of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester; died 1265. (From MS. Cott., Nero, D. 1.)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 99.--Fess.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 100.--Fess engrailed.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 101.--Fess invecked.]

The arms shown in Fig. 97 are interesting inasmuch as they are doubtless an early form of the coat per pale indented argent and gules, which is generally described as a banner borne for the honour of Hinckley, by the Simons de Montfort, Earls of Leicester, father and son. In a Roll _temp._ Henry III., to Simon the younger is ascribed ”Le Banner party endentee dargent & de goules,” although the arms of both father and son are known to have been as Fig. 98: ”Gules, a lion rampant queue-fourchee argent.” More probably the indented coat gives the original Montfort arms.

THE FESS

The fess is a broad horizontal band crossing the escutcheon in the centre (Fig. 99). It is seldom drawn to contain a full third of the area of the s.h.i.+eld. It is subject to the lines of part.i.tion (Figs. 100-109). {118}

A curious variety of the fess dancette is borne by the Shrops.h.i.+re family Plowden of Plowden. They bear: Azure, a fess dancette, the upper points terminating in fleurs-de-lis (Fig. 110). A fess couped (Fig. 111) is found in the arms of Lee.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 102.--Fess embattled.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 103.--Fess embattled counter-embattled.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 104.--Fess raguly.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 105.--Fess dovetailed.]

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