THE EPISCOPAL ARMS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J Sin,—Absence from home must be my excuse for not having previously seen the notice of "The Episcopal Arms of England and Wales" which appeared in your issue of August 4th. Your reviewer is under several misconceptions. .411 the arms in the book are recorded and duly recognised, but " blazons" —i.e., written descriptions—of many of the older ones do not occur in the records, and it is to these written descriptions only, and not to the arms themselves, that the " official " and " unofficial " applies, a fact which I still maintain is sufficiently clearly stated in the preface. The "care and office of arms" is certainly committed, by their patents under the Great Seal, to the Kings of Arms ; but the initiative on points in dispute must be taken by those concerned in each special matter who may desire a formal settlement thereof.—I am, Sir, &c.,
AN OFFICER OF ARMS.
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