dexter

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Parted shields came into common use from the reign of Edward II., and the rule is established that the husband’s arms should take the dexter side.

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It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

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Grand Marshal,   At the base of the shield a cloud,from the dexter side of which proceeds a hand holding asword in pale, and from the sinister, another hand holdinga baton of office.

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"Agincourt" is inscribed under their coat of arms; their crest is "a dexter arm couped below the elbow, vested argent, and grasping a club or, and over it the motto Frappe fort."

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Azure, a griffin or, about to tear, and ramping upon, a warrior, completely armed in plate armour, in bend dexter, across the lower part of the shield.

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