 | Hugh Clark (heraldic engraver.) - 1829 - 454 pages
...displayed on their colours, standards, banners, coaches, seals, &c. ARMS OF PRETENSION Are coats borne by sovereigns who are not in possession of the dominions to which such coats belong, but who claim or pretend to have a right to those territories, viz. Spain quarters the... | |
 | 1838 - 524 pages
...those which sovereigns bear as annexed to the territories they govern. 2. Of Pretension, those borne by sovereigns who are not in possession of the dominions...to which such arms belong, but who claim or pretend to have a right to such possession, as for instance the kings of England from Edward III. to George... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 524 pages
...those which sovereigns bear as annexed to the territories they govern. 2. Of Pretension, those borne by sovereigns who are not in possession of the dominions...to which such arms belong, but who claim or pretend to have a right to such possession, as for instance the kings of England from Edward III. to George... | |
 | Political dictionary - 1846 - 976 pages
...which princes bear as annexed to the territories they govern. 2. Of Pretension, those borne by princes who are not in possession of the dominions to which such arms belong, but who claim or pretend to have a right to such possession, as for instance the kings of England from Edward III. to George... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1846 - 414 pages
...J»I)ttlB of ®\-mi. According to the received authorities, there are ten classes of arms : — 1. ARMS OF DOMINION-, those borne by Sovereigns and annexed to the territories they govern. 2. ARMS OK PRETENSION, used by Sovereigns who are not in possession of the dominions to which such arms belong,... | |
 | Economics - 1853 - 502 pages
...which princes bear as annexed to the territories they govern. 2. Of Pretension, those borne by princes who are not in possession of the dominions to which such arms belong, but who claim or pretend to have a right to such possession, as for instance the kings of England from Edward III. to George... | |
 | John Bernard Burke - History - 1860 - 608 pages
...&hiel& of Erms. According to the received authorities, there are ten classes of arms : — 1. ARMS or DOMINION, those borne by Sovereigns and annexed to the territories they govern. 2. ARMS or PRETENSION, used by Sovereigns who are not in possession of the dominions to which such arms belong,... | |
 | Sir Bernard Burke - Great Britain - 1861 - 458 pages
...Che Shteld of According to the received authorities, there are ten classes of arms : — 1 . ARMS OF DOMINION, those borne by Sovereigns and annexed to...but who claim, or pretend a right to them. Thus, the arms of England from Edward III. to George III. quartered the arms of France. 3. ARMS OF COMMUNITY,... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 624 pages
...which princes bear as annexed to the territories they govern. 2. Of Prt tension, those borne by princes who are not in possession of the dominions to which such arms belong, but who claim or pretend to have a right to such possession ; as, for instance, the kings of England from Edward III. to George... | |
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Pretension, those borne by sovereigns who are not in possession of the dominions to which such arms belong, but who claim or pretend to have a right to such possession, as for instance the kings of England from Edward III. to George III. quartered the... 