Heraldry

Boutell’s Heraldry, revised by C W Scott-Giles and J P Brooke-Little

Boutell, Charles

Publisher: Frederick Warne,

Published: 1963 and 1973 reprints,

Hardbacks

Standard illustrated work on all aspects of heraldry. Both editions revised and based on the work of the Victorian heraldist.

An Heraldic Alphabet

Brooke-Little, J P

Hardback

Publisher: Macdonald,

Published: 1973 reprint

Introduction on the history, rules and blazoning of arms plus an alphabetical listing of heraldic terms.

Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England

Coss, Peter: Keen, Maurice (Editors)

Paperback

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2003

A collection of essays on social and cultural display in England in the Middle Ages, incorporating family lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding and the expression of power and authority.

Discovering Heraldry

Fearn, Jacqueline

Paperback

Publisher: Shire Publications

Published: 1980

Concise account of all aspects of heraldry, illustrated in black and white.

Heraldry for the Local Historian and Genealogist

Friar, Stephen

Hardback

Publisher: Alan Sutton

Published: 1992

Well-illustrated survey of the terminology and methodology of heraldry, with chapters on the information to be learnt from heraldry on buildings, monuments, documents etc.

A Glossary of Terms used in British Heraldry: with a chronological table illustrative of its rise and progress

Gough, Henry

Hardback

Publisher: The Heraldic Publishing Company Inc.

Published: 1967 reprint of 1847 edition

Alphabetical listing of heraldic terms with definitions and small drawings.

The Manual of Heraldry: a concise description of the several terms used and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science

Grant, Sir Francis J (Editor)

Hardback

Publisher: John Grant, Edinburgh

Published: 1937 revised edition of 19th century publication

Introductory chapters on the origin and rules of heraldry followed by an alphabetical listing of terms with definitions and small drawings.

A Grammar of English Heraldry

Hope, W H St. John

Hardback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1913

The principles of heraldry illustrated with medieval examples.

Banner image of King Richard III’s Book of Hours (MS 474f. 7v) reproduced by kind permission of Lambeth Palace Library.