The different steps in the descent of a family.
 

A younger brother; a junior branch of a family.
 

a caduceus

The rod of Mercury, with wings attached, and two snakes round it. Used chiefly as a crest.

“Per saltire Or and erminois, on a saltire azure between a caduceus in chief and a pine-apple in base proper, two swords in saltire Argent, pomels and hilts gold” – Barrow, Bath.

The calf appears in heraldry occasionally. Le Vele of Tortworth bore “Argent, on a bend sable three calves Or”, and Calverley, “Argent, on a fess gules three calves Or”.
 

The camel is borne but on few arms. Several branches of the Cammel family bear it.

“Argent, a chevron between three camels sable” – Cammel.
“azure, a camel statant Argent” – Cammel.
“Argent, a camel passing through a ford of water proper” – Camelford

An imaginary beast, with neck and head like a camel, spotted like a pard, with two straight horns similar to those of a giraffe.
 

A bell; a bell shaped object.
 

Bearing bells, or furnished with bells.
 

a candlestick

The taper-candlestick, borne in the arms of the Founders’ Company, and usually drawn as represented in the annexed engraving, has a spike, or, as it is technically termed, a picket, upon which the taper is placed. Vide also Mortcour, which is used at funerals.

“Or, three candlesticks sable” – Kyle, Scotland.
“azure, two candlesticks (? chalices) in fesse Or” – Emerle.
“Ermine, three candlesticks, each enfiled with a wreath of laurel, and in chief ...” – Torrens

A charge of ducks represented without beaks or feet.
 

Armorial devices or compositions which alludes in a punning way to the bearer’s arms.
 

Or, a canton sinisterazure

A canton placed on the sinister side of the shield.
 

Lord Mayor's Cap	Maunderfeld
Capper	Cardinal's Cap

The principal caps in use as charges, parts of crests, or accessories to coats of arms, are the following:

The Lord Mayor’s cap usually placed over the insignia of the city of London, or arms of a lord mayor, is thus represented. It is worn by the sword-bearer, and is of brown fur.

The caps borne by Maunderfeld are of a peculiar form, similar to that of the “Doge’s” cap. Those borne by Drokensford, and called pilia pastoralia (if caps at all), were possibly similar.

“Quarterly, azure and Or four caps counterchanged” – Drokensford

“Argent, three caps sable bended Or” – Capper, Cheshire.

Playing cards are used in the arms of the company.

“gules, on a cross Argent between in chief the aces of hearts and diamonds, but in base the aces of clubs and spades proper, a lion passant guardant” – Company of Cardmakers

A term applied to a horse in a position which would be called salient if a beast of prey were spoken of.
 

a castle

Usually a tower alone, or two towers with a gate between them.
 

(Fr.) Said of tails of comets when of a different tincture.
 

saggitarius

A creature from Greek Mythology made of the torso of a human male in place of a head on a horse's body. Commonly portrayed with a bow and arrow, also then desribed as a Saggitarius. Another similiar creature is the Sagittary, with a lion's body bearing the torso, arms, and head of a man.
 

Applied to a boar when depicted as enraged.
 

a chained cross

A composed cross given in theoretical works but not attested.
 

The heraldic name of the fish commonly known as Bullhead or Miller's Thumb.
 

The Cylindrical part of ordinance is blazoned as Chamber. Example: “Three chambers sable, fired proper.”
 

The field or ground of a field.

“The champe of his field was gules.” – Lydgate
 

A mark of dishonor in the coat of arms of one who has killed an opponent after he has asked for quarter.
 

Or, chape ploye purpre

Similar to Chape, except the lines curve towards the center of the shield.
 

A small hood. See also Chaperon
 

A garland of leaves with four flowers among them at equal distance.
 

A chaperonnet borne in arms dividing the chief by a bow-shaped line.
 

A charge placed upon the field.
 

Sable chausse argent

This term denotes a section in base formed by a line from the extremity of the base ascending to the side of the escutcheon, joining it at about the base point.
 

Sable chausse ploye r

Similar to Chausse, except the lines curve toward the center of the shield.
 

One of the heralds of the College of Arms.
 

Gules, a chevron coupedOr

Applied to a chevron which does not reach the sides of an escutcheon.
 

A chevron which rises to the top of the shield.
 

a chi rho

An historical cross, the sign which appeared to Constantine before his victory at the Milvian bridge, and which led to the introduction of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman empire. It is unattested in period Armory.
 

The uppermost part of the shield, and can be either dexter, middle or sinister.
 

Children, bays and infants are represented on armorial bearings as early as the sixteenth century, and in a great variety of ways. Perhaps some of the oldest are those where the eagle snatches away the child from its cradle, which occurs in different families, and is variously depicted in the arms of the branches of the same family. Of course such arms are readily associated with tradition, but it is scarcely within the scope of a ‘glossary’ to discuss them. More frequently, however, the children's heads alone occur.

“Argent, an eagle sable, crined gules, standing on a child proper, swathed or lying in a cradle vert” – Coulchiefe. “azure, an eagle preyant sable upon a child swaddled gules” – Culcheth, Lancaster.
“Argent, a tree eradicated sable; on it a nest of the first, in which is a child proper, swaddled gules, seized on by an eagle volant of the second”. – Risley.

“Sable, a goat Argent, attired Or, standing on a child proper, swaddled gules, and feeding on a tree vert” – Davies, Hope, Co. Montgomery.

“azure, on a bend Argent, between two estoiles Or, a bear passant sable, semie des estoiles of the third, ready to devour a naked child of the fourth; on a chief of the second, three roses gules radiated with rays of the sun proper” – Richard Barnes, Bishop of Carlisle, 1570; Bishop of Durham, 1577-87.

“azure, a bend Argent between two estoiles or, a bear passant sable estoiled or, seizing a man proper; on a chief azure three roses gules radiated Or” – Barnes.
“azure, on a bend Argent, between two estoiles Or, a naked boy, front faced, holding in both hands proper sable the tongue of a bear statant of the last estoiled gold, a chief as the second charged with three roses gules radiated like the third.” – Barnes (the arms confirmed 1571, Harl. MS. 5847).

This is not unfrequently represented in coats of arms of recent date, but there seem to be no special characteristics to be noted in the several examples, and the method of representing the Church seems somewhat arbitrary. This is so in a very marked way on the insignia of the Burgh of Culross.

“azure, a fesse Or, in base a Church Argent” – Templeton. “A Church with a spire; on the dexter chief the sun in splendour, on the sinister a Crescent; at the dexter end of the Church three ears of corn on one stalk, at the sinister end of the Church a saltire” – Seal of town of Ashburton, Devon.
“azure, a perspective view of the Church of St. Servanus, shewing the south side, in which there is a gate, with a window on each side; the top of the west end of the Church ensigned with a passion cross; in the west end another gate, and two windows over it and one window over the two last; a square steeple terminating the building towards the east, above the battlements of which is a cupola ensigned with a ball on the top of a rod, all Argent masoned sable” – Burgh of Culross, Scotland.

“azure, on a cross Argent, between four suns Or, a cathedral Church gules” – Nicholson, Virginia (granted 1693-4). “Per fesse Argent and vert, a chapel of the first, roofed gules between four escallop shells counterchanged” – Chappell, Cambridgeshire.

“gules, three porches of churches with double doors expanded Argent” – Lesington.
“ .... A Shrine of Gothic work; over it an