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Roundel is in Charges.
Roundel. A circular charge of solid colour. Depending on the colour different names are used.
Heraldry, Terms, Charges, Roundel, Bezant
Bisshopp Arms. Argent on a Bend cottised Gules three Bezants. Source.
Rolle Arms. Or, a fess dancetté between three billets azure each charged with a lion rampant of the first three bezants. Source.
Weston Arms. Ermine, on a chief azure five bezants.
Yorke Arms. Argent on a saltire azure a bezant. Source.
Zouche Arms. Azure, ten bezants 4, 3, 2, 1.
Heraldry, Terms, Charges, Roundel, Hurt
Walmesley Arms. Gules a chief ermine two hurts.
Heraldry, Terms, Charges, Roundel, Plate
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.
Bridgeman Arms. Sable, ten plates, four, three, two, and one, on a chief argent a lion passant ermines. Source
Hungerford Arms. Barry sable and argent in chief three plates. Source.
Lathom Arms. Or, on a chief indented azure three plates. Source.
Portugal Arms. Argent, in Cross azure each charged with ten plates. Source.
Portugal 1385 Arms. Argent, in Cross azure each charged with five plates in saltire charged with ten golden triple-towered castles and four fleur de lys in cross vert, Source.
Spelman Arms. Sable, ten plates between two flaunches argent.
Heraldry, Terms, Charges, Roundel, Torteau
Torteau. A roundel gules; from the French Torteau meaning tart.
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.
Babington Arms. Argent, ten torteau in chief a label three points azure. Source.
York Arms.
England Edward III Arms a label three points argent on each point three torteau. Source.
Heraldry, Terms, Charges, Roundel, Three Torteaux
Courtenay Arms. Or, three torteaux. Source.
Dagworth Arms. Ermine, a fess gules three torteaux. Source.
Devereux Arms. Argent, a fess gules three torteaux in chief. Source.