MARSHALLING ARMS.] HEKALDBY 707 a regular system of quartering sprang up, and has continued in use. A quartered shield, though of no special family, is shown by fig. 12. At first the arms of an heiress were impaled by her husband, but latterly they were placed on a central inescutcheon designated an escutcheon of pretence. The children divided the shield into four quarters, and placed the paternal coat 1 and I, the maternal 2 and 3. If a second heiress came in, she was placed in No. 3 ; if a third, in No. 4 ; if more, the shield was divided as required. The following pedigree will explain the system. In it all the descents that did not bring in an heiress are omitted. 4. "Waleran de Newburgh 1. Ralph de Monthermer. 5. "Win. Mauduit=4. Alice. 2. John de Montacute==l. Margaret. 6. "Win. Beauchamp=5. Isabel. 7. Hugh le Despenser=8. Alianor de Clare. 3. Richard Neville=2. Alicia, 6. Richard Beauchamp 7. Isabel. 3. Richard Neville =6. Anne. 9. Geo. D. of Clarence = 3. Isabel. 10. Richard D. of Gloucester (Richard III.) = 3. Anne. 1. Monthermer : or, an eagle displayed vert. 2. Montacute : argent, three fusils conjoined in fess gules. 3. Neville : gules, a saltire argent. 4. Newburgh : checquy or and azure, a chevron ermine. 5. Mauduit : argent, two bars gules. 6. Beauchamp : gules, a fess between six cross crosslets or. 7. Le Despenser : quarterly, 1 and 4 argent, 2 and 3 gules, a fret or, over all a ribbon sable. 8. De Clare : or, three chevrons gules. 9. Clarence : quarterly France and England, a label of three points argent, each charged with a canton gules. 10. Gloucester : quarterly France and England, a label of three points ermine, on each point a canton argent. The armorial bearings of each generation will be as fol lows : 1. Monthermer alone. 2. Montacute impaling Monthermer. 3. Neville impaling quarterly, 1 and 4 Montacute, 2 and 3 Monthermer. 4. Newburgh alone. 5. Mauduit impaling Newburgh. 6. Beauchamp impaling quarterly, 1 and 4 Mauduit, 2 and 3 Newburgh. 7. Le Despenser impaling De Clare. 6. R.. Beauchamp : quarterly of four 1 and 4 Beauchamp, 2 Mauduit, 3 Newburgh impaling quarterly of four 1 and 4 Le Despenser, 2 and 3 De Clare. 3. R. Neville : quarterly of four 1 and 4 Neville, 2 Montacute, 3 Monthermer ; impaling quarterly of six 1 and 6 Beau- champ, 2 Mauduit, 3 Newburgh, 4 Le Despenser, 5 De Clare. 9. George, duke of Clarence : France and England quarterly, impaling Isabel Neville quarterly of nine 1 and 9 Neville, 2 Montacute, 3 Monthermer, 4 Beauchamp, 5 Mauduit, 6 Newburgh, 7 Le Despenser, 8 De Clare. The above, being a well-known and very noble pedigree, has been selected to illustrate the system of quartering, which is explained by the shield (fig. 127), thus emblazoned : 1, George, duke of Clarence ; 2, Neville, who brings in 3, Monta- cnte ; 4, Monthermer ; 5, Beauchamp, who brings in 6, Mauduit ; 7, Newburgh ; 8, Le Despenser ; 9, De Clare. Unfortunately the several bearers of these arms were fanciful, and some times gave precedence to one and some times to another coat, and indeed never used the whole, which would have crowded their shields and caparisons. The four woodcuts, figs. 128-31, will illustrate this. Fig. 127. 1 FIG. 128. Sc-al of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick. They represent the great seals of Richard Beanchnmp, earl of Warwick, who married Isabel le Despenser, and Richard Neville, carl of Warwick, who married Anne Beauchamp. Beauchamp quarters the arms of his wife, but makes De Clare impale Le Despenser, while he himself impales Newburgh. The FIG. 129. Countersi al of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, blazon would thus be quarterly of four grand quarters I. and IV., Beauchamp impaling Newburgh ; II. and III., De Clare impaling Le Despenser (fig. 128). On the counterseal (fig. 129) the earl bears on his shield Beanchnrnp and Newburgh quarterly, and on his caparisons
Beauchamp, Newburgh, De Clare, and Le Despenser also quarterly.