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 | | She lists nine types of charges that were popular in England for this purpose: crosses, fleurs de lys, roses, quatrefoils, cinquefoils, escallops, chapelets, mullets, and crescents. |
 | | The head of this particular branch bore Ermine a fleur de lys Sable, and two cadet branches added Sable and Gules chiefs for difference. |
 | | However, at various times in the Middle Ages, cadet branches have charged the chevron with three mullets, three lions rampant, three crosses crosslet, three fleurs de lys, three crescents, or three martlets, and in every case the tertiary charges were Sable. |
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