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EARL. The third degree of British peerage. Under the Danish and Saxon
kings this was the highest title known in England conferred upon a
subject. It was formerly the custom upon creating an earl to assign
him, for the support of his state, the third penny from the fines and
profits of the sheriff's court, issuing out of the pleas of the shire
whence the earl took his title; as, formerly, there was no count or
earl but had a county or shire for his earldom. When the number of
earls was increased, they took their titles from towns and villages.
An earl is now created by patent.
EARL-MARSHAL OF ENGLAND. A very ancient, and formerly a very
important, officer, who had several courts under his jurisdiction, as
the Court of Chivalry, the Court of Honour. He still presides over the
Heralds' College, and nominally over the Marshalsea Court. The title
of Earl Marshal of England is now, and has been for some ages,
hereditary in the noble family of the Howards.
EASTERN CROWN. A crown with rays proceeding from a circle, called
by heralds an Eastern crown, is found in ancient achievements. The
annexed cut shows its form.
[Illustration: Eastern Crown]
EMBATTLED. A line, formed like the battlements on a wall or tower, is
said to be embattled or crenelle. When the line is used to form one
of the ordinaries, it is said to be embattled. See the lines, p. 11.
[CHAP. III.]
[Illustration: Embattled]
Ex. Gules, a bend sinister embattled, argent.
EMBATTLED GRADY. Where the battlements gradually rise one above
another.
[Illustration: Embattled Grady]
Ex. Argent, a fess gules, embattled grady. See the lines, p. 11.
[CHAP. III.]
EMBOWED. Any thing bent or curved, like a bow.
[Illustration: Embowed]
Ex. Gules, a dolphin naiant embowed or.
EMERALD. The name of a precious stone formerly substituted for vert in
emblazoning the arms of the nobility of England.
EN ARRI�RE. An expression borrowed from the French, to signify any
creature borne with its back to view.
[Illustration: En arri�re]
Ex. Argent, an eagle proper en arri�re.
ENDORSE. The smallest diminutive of the pale.
[Illustration: Endorse]
Ex. Argent, a pale between endorses gules.
ENGRAILED. Any object being edged with small semi-circles, the points
turning outwards, is said to be engrailed.
[Illustration: Engrailed]
Ex. Argent, a pale azure engrailed.
ENHANCED. A term applied to bearings placed above their usual
situation.
[Illustration: Enhanced]
Ex. Argent, three bendlets, enhanced gules.
ENSIGNED. This word, in heraldic description, means ornamented.
[Illustration: Ensigned]
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