The British Library's manuscript Royal MS 14 C VII is the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253, probably composed and written by Matthew Paris in the period between 1250-1255, and also includes part III of the Chronica Maiora by Matthew Paris, covering the years 1254-1259. The manuscript includes numerous shields with coats of arms upright or inverted, indicating births, coronations, or deaths of kings, nobles, clerics, and knights.
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010r Death of King Harald of England Azure, a wolf rampant Or. |
010r William of Normandy crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
013v Death of King William I of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
013v William Rufus crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
036r Henry I crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
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037r Death of King Godfrey de Bouillon of Jerusalem Argent, a cross Or. |
037t Baldwin crowned King of Jerusalem Or, a cross argent. |
040v Death of King Philip I of France Azure semy de lys Or. |
042v Two knights Templar on horseback Argent, a chief sable. |
045r Death of King Philip I of France Azure semy de lys Or. |
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046r Death of King Henry I of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
046r Stephen crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
049r Death of King Fulk of Jerusalem Or, a cross argent |
053r Death of King Stephen of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
053r Henry II crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
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069v Death of King Louis VII of France Azure semy de lys Or. |
069v Philip II crowned King of France Azure semy de lys Or. |
070v Death of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
070v Death of King Henry II of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
077r Richard I crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
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084r Otto IV crowned King of Germany Gules, three leopards passant; impaled with Or, an eagle sable. |
085v Death of King Richard I of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
085v John crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
086v Otto IV crowned Holy Roman Emperor Gules, three leopards passant; impaled with Or, an eagle sable. |
097r Death of Geoffrey De Mandeville Quarterly gules and Or. |
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098v Death of Eustace de Vescy Gules, a cross fleury argent. |
099v Death of King John of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
100r Henry III crowned King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
104v Death of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules. |
106r Deaths of Saer de Quincy, his son Robert, and Henry de Bohun Gules, seven mascles three, three, and one Or; and Azure, a bend sable fimbriated argent between six lions Or. |
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106v Death of William d'Aubigny, earl of Arundel Gules, a lion double queued Or. |
107v Death of King Philip II of France Azure semy de lys Or. |
109v Richard, earl of Cornwall, brother of Henry III Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned Or within a bordure sable bezanty. |
110r Death of Earl Hugo Bigod of East Anglia Or, a cross gules. |
111r Death of Count William de Longespée of Salisbury Azure, six lions Or. |
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112r Death of King Philip II of France Azure semy de lys Or. |
112r Louis IX crowned King of France Azure semy de lys Or. |
112v Death of Count William de Mandeville of Essex Quarterly Or and gules. |
116r William de Brause Per pale indented gules and azure. |
116v King Henry III of England Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
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117r Death of Earl William Marshal of Pembroke Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules. |
119v Death of Earl Ralph de Blandeville of Chester Azure, three garbs Or. |
122r Death of Richard Marescall Per pale Or and vert, a lion double queued gules. |
122v Gilbert Marshal Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules. |
125r William d'Aubigny Or, two chevronelles and a bordure gules. |
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125v Death of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem Or, a cross argent; and Azure, a fish haurient Or. |
129v Death of William of Savoy, Bishop-elect of Valance-sur-Rhône Gules, three pallets argent and on a chief sable a leopard passant Or. |
129v Deaths of Henry of Trubleville and Ralph de Thony Gules, on a chief sable a demi-lion issuant from the bottom of the chief Or; and Argent, a maunche gules. |
130v Death of Earl John de Lacy of Lincoln Quarterly Or and gules, a bend sable and a label argent. |
130v Death of Dareines Gules, in chevron inverted two shawms Or. |
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130v Deaths of John de Barres, Henry II count de Bar, and the banners of the Hospitallers and Templars Gules, a cross moline Or; and Azure, two barbels haurient addorsed Or; Gules, a cross argent; and Argent, a chief sable. |
132r Death of Count Gilbert Marshal of Herford Per pale Or and vert, a lion gules. |
133r Death of Stephan de Segrave Gules, three garbs Or. |
133v Death of William Marisco Or, a lion sable; and Gules, a lion argent. |
134v Death of Earl Thomas of Warwick Checky azyre and Or, a bend ermine. |
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134v Death of Henry, King of the Romans Or, an eagle sable; impaled with Gules, a cross moline argent. |
134v Death of Richard de Burgh Lozengy vair and gules. |
135v Death of Earl Hugh d'Aubigny of Arundel Gules, a lion Or. |
135v Death of Earl Hubert de Burgh of Kent Lozengy vair and gules. |
138r Death of Count Baldwin of Devon Or, a lion double queued azure. |
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138r Death of Herbert Fitz-Matthew Per pale gules and azure, three lions Or. |
138v Count Richard of Clare Or, three chevronelles gules. |
139r Death of Count Raimund of Provence Paly Or and gules. |
139r Deaths of William and Gilbert Marshal Per pale murray and vert, a lion double queued argent. |
141r Fulk de Chateauneuf Per fess vair and gules. |
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141r Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia and King of Germany Gyronny of six Or and azure, seven torteaux two, three, and two; and Azure, an eagle Or. |
141v William of Holland elected King of Germany Or, a lion gules; and Azure, on a chief gules a demi-lion issuant from the bottom of the chief Or.. |
142r William de Valence, brother of Henry III Barry azure and argent, a label gules. |
145v Enso, son of Frederic II Per pale vert and Or, a double-headed eagle sable. |
146v Death of Count Hugh Brun of Marches Argent, six bars azure. |
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146v Death of Roger Balliol Gules, an orle argent |
146v Death of King Alexander of Scotland Or, a lion crowned and a tressure gules. |
146b Death of Peter Genuere Sable, a lion argent; and Argent, a lion sable. |
146v Azure, a lion gules; impaled with Or, a cross moline sable. |
148v Castellan of Ghent Per fess ermine and sable. |
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148v William, Castellan of Saint-Omer Azure, a fess Or. |
148v Count of Boulogne Gules, a lion argent. |
148v Count Robert of Artois and Raul de Coucy, identified as Enguerrand Azure semy de lys Or; and Barry argent and vairy argent and gules. |
148v Count William de Longespée Azure, six lions Or. |
143r Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Or, a double-headed eagle sable. |
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150r France and England Azure semy de lys Or; and Gules, three leopards passant Or. |
150r King of Castille Gules, a castle argent. |
150r King of Jerusalem Or crucilly sable, a cross argent. |
150r King of Norway Gules, three hulks with a dragon-head at either end Or and in chief a cross formy argent. |
158v Death of William de Vesci Gules, a cross fourchy argent. |
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159r Death of Count William of Ferrara Vairy Or and gules. |
162r Death of Henry, son of Frederick II, and nephew of the King of England Gules, three leopards passant Or; impaled with Or, an eagle sable. |
164v Conrad, son of Emperor Frederick II Or, a double-headed eagle sable and in chief a torteau. |
165r Manfred, son of Emperor Frederick II Or, a double-headed eagle sable and overall a fess argent. |
165v Death of Walter de Cantelupe Gules, three fleurs-de-lys Or. |
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170v Death of Hernaldus de Bosco Argent, two bars and a canton gules. |
174r Death of Baron Warin de Munchensi Or, three escutcheons vair. |
182v Death of King William of Holland Or, a lion double queued gules. |
217v Death of Thomas of Savoy, Count of Flanders Azure, a lion Or. |