Citations:dancette

English citations of dancette

• 1869, William Smith Ellis, The Antiquities of Heraldry: Collected from the Literature, Coins, Gems, Vases, and Other Monuments of Pre-Christian and Mediæval Times, page 206:

  The M. is doubtless the initial of Malgerus or Mauger ; but it afterwards became a dancette , which to this day is the bearing of Vavasour . " But where are there ana- logous examples ? A Vavasour probably married a Percy and took their […]

• 1826, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 411:

  This , it seems almost positive , should properly be described merely as a dancette , the word fess being unne- cessary . Indeed it would appear that a fess and a dancette were originally distinct bearings , instead of being a […]

• 1837, The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., page 635:

  Greville , Earl Brooke and Warwick . 2. Ar . a dancette Sa. Earl Delawarr . 3. Ar . three lions couchant Sa. J. G. Lloyd , Esq . Argent , a chevron between three crosscrosslets Sable . Rev. J. Davenport , D.D. Vicar . 4.

• 1874, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society, page 305:

  Stanwix of Stanwix , a family that undoubtedly took their name from their residence , also dis- played a dancette : is it too much to fancy that the dancette means Stanwix brow , and the high ground over Eden ? Again , Chambre of Wolsty […]