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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Bend is in Ordinaries.
See: Bend Argent, Bend Azure, Bend Cotised, Bend Engrailed, Bend Gules, Bend Lozengy, Bend Or, Bend Sable.
Bisshopp Arms. Argent on a Bend cottised Gules three Bezants. Source.
Chaucer Arms. Per Pale argent and gules, a bend counterchanged. Source.
Ferneley Arms. Or, on a bend vert three buck's heads caboshed argent.
Foljambe Arms. Sable a bend between six escallops or.
Bend Argent
Blois Arms. Azure a bend argent cotised. Source.
Bohun Arms. Azure, a bend argent cotised or between six lions rampant or. Source.
Freschville Arms. Azure, bend argent between six escallops.
Hervey Arms. Gules, on a bend argent three trefoils slipped vert, Source.
Howard Arms. Gules bend argent six crosslets fitchy. Source.
Howard Augmented Arms. Gules bend argent six crosslets fitchy augmented after the Battle of Flodden with an inescutcheon bearing the lion of Scotland pierced through the mouth with an arrow. Source.
Lake Arms. Sable, a bend argent six crosslets fitchy.
Liddell Arms. Gules, on a bend argent, three mullets sable. Source.
Bend Azure
Denison Arms. Ermine, a bend azure cotised sable between a unicorn's head erased in chief and a cross crosslet fitchy in base gules. Source.
Fitzpayn Arms. Gules, three lions passant guardant argent, overall a bend azure. Source.
Harding Arms. Or, a bend azure three martlets argent.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Scott Arms. Or, on a bend azure a mullet of six points between two crescents of the field. Source.
Leslie Arms. Argent, on a bend azure three buckles or. Source.
Slanning Arms. Argent, two pales engrailed gules over all on a bend azure three griffin's heads or.
Stanley Arms. Argent, a bend azure three buck's heads caboshed or. Source.
Bend Cotised
Bingham Arms. Azure a bend cotised between six crosses pattee or. Source.
Dawnay Arms. Argent on a bend cotised sable three annulets of the field. Source.
Bend Engrailed
Earl Shaftesbury Arms. Quarterly: 1&4 
Ashley Arms; 2&3: gules, a bend engrailed between six lions rampant or (Cooper). Source.
Culpepper Arms. Argent, a bend engrailed gules. Source.
Fortescue Arms. Azure a bend engrailed argent cotised or. Source.
Radclyffe Arms. Argent, a bend engrailed sable. Source.
Tempest Arms. Argent, a bend engrailed between six martlets sable. Source.
Bend Gules
Davers Arms. Argent, a bend gules three martlets or. Source.
Furnival Arms. Argent, a bend gules six martlets gules. Source.
Halswell Arms. Azure, three bars wavy argent over all a bend gules. Source
Poynings Arms. Barry of six or and vert a bend gules. Source.
Wendesley Arms. Ermine, on a bend gules three escallops argent. Source.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Wingfield Arms. Argent, a bend gules three wings conjoined in lure of the field. Source.
Bend Or
In September 1389 the Scrope vs Grosvenor Case was brought to the Court of Chivalry. Up to that time two families, Scrope and Grosvenor, had been using the armorial 
Scrope Arms: Azure, a bend or.
Several hundred witnesses were called including John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 49), Geoffrey Chaucer (age 46) and John Savile of Shelley and Golcar (age 64).
On 3rd September 1386 Owain ap Gruffudd "Glyndŵr" Mathrafal Prince Powys (age 27) gave evidence at the Church of John the Baptist, Chester [Map].
The Court decided in favour of Scrope.
Neither party was happy with the decision so King Richard II (age 22) was called upon to give his personal verdict.
On 27th May 1390 he confirmed that Grosvenor could not bear the undifferenced arms.
As a consequence of the case the Grosvenor has for many years used the name Bendor for horses and nicknames.
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Brabazon Arms. Gules on a bend or three martlets sable. Source.
Scrope Arms. Azure, a bend or. Source.
Stourton Arms. Sable, a bend or between six fountains. Source.
Bend Sable
Browne Arms. Sable a bend sable cotised three lions rampant argent. Source.
Carey Arms. Argent, a bend sable, three roses of the first. Source.
Clavering Arms. Quarterly, or and gules, a bend sable. Source.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Savile Arms. Argent, a bend sable three owls of the same. Source.
Spencer Arms. Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 2&3: Gules, a fret or, over all a bend sable.
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