The elements of heraldry, containing the definition, origin, and historical account of that ancient, useful, and entertaining science. The divers sorts of coats-of-arms in use ... The several marks by which bearers of the same coat-of-arms are distinguished from each other... Illustrated with several cuts, and twenty-four copper-plates, containing above five hundred examples of escutcheons, arms, &c. and interspersed with the natural history and allegorical signification of the several species of birds, beasts, fishes, vegetables, &c. comprised in this treatise. To which is annexed, a dictionary of the technical terms. Made use of in heraldry, &c / By M.A. Porny [pseud].

  • Porny, Mr.
Date:
1795
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Credit: The elements of heraldry, containing the definition, origin, and historical account of that ancient, useful, and entertaining science. The divers sorts of coats-of-arms in use ... The several marks by which bearers of the same coat-of-arms are distinguished from each other... Illustrated with several cuts, and twenty-four copper-plates, containing above five hundred examples of escutcheons, arms, &c. and interspersed with the natural history and allegorical signification of the several species of birds, beasts, fishes, vegetables, &c. comprised in this treatise. To which is annexed, a dictionary of the technical terms. Made use of in heraldry, &c / By M.A. Porny [pseud]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which is the hnage. cf St. Andfevj ^iih his Crj's l/rj'ore him, in a circle cf geld enamelled Vert, n.isith 4he Mo.to rf the Crder. But fometinies tr.ey wear encircled, alter the fame manner, a thif- tle crowned with an imperial dia- dem. Tne royal cliapel c f Ho!y- rcod houfc, is the chapel of the order, and the mimber of the knights’is to confdl only of thir- teen perfons ; namely, the So- vereign and twelve Knights, in niemcry of our Saviour and his twelve Apoldes. Knight cf the Mojl lllufri- ous Order of St. Patrick. A modern order of knighthood, for Ireland, inlHtuted by king George 111, on the 5th of hebruary 1783. The firft inveiliture cf the knights of this order was per- formed on the iith of March, 1783 ; in the great ball-room of the caftle of Dublin, which was, on that occafion, Byled St. Pa- tricks Hall: that day having been appointed, for that purpofc, by a letter from his majelly to his excellency Earl Temple, then lord lieutenant of that kingdom ; v/hcrein were named thole no- blemen who were to be the firft knights companions of this or- der ; but the cercmonir.1 of their jnftallation, in the cathedral of •S.'. Patrick, was not obferved till fix days after, that is, on the 17th of tlie fame month ; when the whcle cf it was conduded with the utrnoll propriety, and iplendid magnificence. I'he number of knights of this order is now’ limited to iixteen, includ- ing the Ibvercign ; the lord lieu- teiiftnt being appointed to ad as grand mailer thereof, while in office, j Kn I GHTs of \Vi NDsoR, com- monly called Poor Knights. This . name is given to a fociety of ] eighteen gentlemen, including ( tlieir governor, which owes its J inllitution to king Edixard 1II, the founder of the Order of the Garter. Thefe he called milites pauperes, that eliablilhment being deligned purpofeiy for thofe who w’ere decayed in w'ars, and indi- gent. The intended number was to equal that of the knights companions of the Garter, twen- ty-fix; but, in the fiiccellive reigns it was not kept up, through feme differences between the dean and canons of Windfur and them, relative chiefly to their income : nay, it was like to have been abolilhed by that crafty fet of religious men, with a view of appropriating to tliemlelves the provilion made for its fupport; they did not, however, entirely fuccecd in their ambitious de- figns, for Benij VTIl, the re- nowned fcorner of ecclefiaftical arrogance, reeliablilted thirteen of them, under tlie denomination of Knights of IVmdfor; for the maintenance of w hom and their fuccelTors, he left, by his will, the income of certain lands • w'hich, /// thfe days, were of the •j yearly value of 600I. On queen ; Elifubcth's accefiion to the crown, Ihe confirmed her father's will; j and had feveral orders and rules made for their better regulation, to which they are llilf fubjea. To thefe thirteen knights, five more were added, in the reign of Charles I; namely, two by