In preparing this article we have consulted various writers on the
subject of Heraldry, and not only selected our thoughts from theirs,
but used their language when it appeared best adapted to our object.
For a more full account of Heraldry in all its branches, we refer
our readers to Guillim's Banner Displayed, Camden's British Remains,
Kent's Grammar of Heraldry, Edmonson's Complete Body of Heraldry,
Leigh's Accidence of Armorie, Playfair's British Baronetage,
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Noble's History of the College
of Arms, Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry, Dallaway's Inquiries,
Newton's Display of Heraldry, Broun's Baronetage, Collins's Peerage
of England, Betham's Baronetage of England, and the various
Encyclopædias.