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however, no doubt on visual grounds, it was almost always white." (Ottfried Neubecker, Heraldry: sources, symbols and meanings, McGraw Hill 1976.) According to Charles Boutell's English Heraldry (Cassel, Petter & Galpin, 3rd Ed 1875), "The Label, with various Differences, has generally been the Royal Mark of Cadency;
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On English arms it was a mark of cadency signifying the fourth son, for whom there was little doubt that there would be no land left for him to inherit. Interestingly, this heraldic symbol was a perpetuation of the popular belief that the swallow has no feet.
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. Cadency is necessary in heraldic systems in which a given design may be owned by only one person (or, in some cases, one man) at once. Because heraldic designs may be inherited, the arms of members of a family will usually be similar to the arms used by its oldest surviving member (called the "plain coat").
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i am looking all over for this and i cant find any ... The "mark of cadency" used by an eldest son to distinguish his arms from his father's is called a "label". It looks a bit like a capital letter E lying on its side.
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Bordures continued to be used as mark of cadency into the 15th century, ... By Royal Warrant dated 24 Feb. 1975, the labels assigned to a grandchild of a sovereign, except the eldest son of a Prince of Wales, ... Neubecker, Otto: Heraldry: Sources, Symbols and Meaning. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. (N); (Table showing the...
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Heraldic works in the 16th century refer to cadency marks as: a label for the eldest son during his father's lifetime; a crescent for the second son; ...
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Description of heraldry on coats of arms. ... ROSE - the seventh son; CROSS MOLINE - the eight son; OCTOFOIL (DOUBLE QUARTREFOIL) - the ninth son; The next generation arms can be differenced by using the crescent or second symbol on which to affix the original cadency symbols.
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Younger sons add small symbols, called marks of cadency, to their arms and crests. Arms are insignia of honour and so are protected by law. Today only the European monarchies, Ireland, Switzerland, South Africa, and Zimbabwe control the use of arms. ... (1329), when John, the son of Sir Thomas Colepeper, is recorded as...
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Allan Macpherson was the son of Colonel Donald Macpherson, an officer in the army. ... Our tale concerns Hans Axel Count von Fersen, born in 1755, the son of a Swedish aristocrat and diplomat, who was destined for a military career. He served in the French army during the war in America and was commended for...
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