The baton sinister (alternatively baston) is a charge used in heraldry. It is a diminutive of the bend sinister and constitutes a narrow strip that runs...

worn diagonally from the left shoulder. The bend sinister and its diminutives such as the baton sinister are rare as an independent motif; they occur more...

Baton (military), a symbolic attribute of military or other office Baton (running), an object transferred by runners in a relay race Baton sinister,...

Sinister, in heraldry, is the bearer's true left side (viewers' right side) of an escutcheon or coat of arms; see dexter and sinister Baton sinister,...

Grafton coat of arms includes Charles II's royal arms crossed by a baton sinister. It is an accurate coat as the male lineage is royal and is quartered...

Holy Roman Empire and without the Crown of Hanover) debruised by a baton sinister (azure(?)) charged with two anchors (or(?)). On 19 May 1821, he married...

medieval England a bastard's coat of arms was marked with a bend or baton sinister. Notable fictional examples include Mordred, the villainous illegitimate...

exile. Charles the younger was allowed to use the Royal arms with a "baton sinister, Vaire.. and was bred to the sea". He was educated abroad, probably...

adopted the surname "Somerset" and used the arms of Beaufort but with a baton sinister for bastardy. Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester (1629–1700)...

time, consisting of the royal arms of Great Britain surmounted by a baton sinister charged with anchors, as a mark of bastardy. The seventh earl made his...

Arms of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland: The royal arms of King Charles II overall a baton sinister ermine...

the width of a bend sinister, also very occasionally called a scarpe; baton sinister, a bendlet sinister couped a bendlet sinister—Argent, a bendlet wavy...

escutcheon of the Arch Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire and without the Crown of Hanover) debruised by a baton sinister azure charged with three anchors or...

escutcheon of the Arch Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire and without the Crown of Hanover) debruised by a baton sinister azure charged with three anchors or...

added the De Vere arms as an escutcheon of pretence: Royal arms of King Charles II debruised by a baton sinister gules charged with three roses argent...

Charles II); 2nd, Scotland; 3rd, Ireland; the whole debruised by a baton sinister compony of six pieces argent and azure. Creation date 11 September 1675...

his first marriage, Arthur Plantagenet bore his paternal arms, with baton sinister azure for bastardy, of Edward, 4th Duke of York (later King Edward IV):...

new design was granted: the Arms of King Charles II debruised by a baton sinister Argent; An inescutcheon of Scott was added on top: Or, on a Bend azure...

England quarterly; 2nd, Scotland; 3rd, Ireland; the whole debruised by a Baton sinister Gules charged with three Roses Argent barbed and seeded Proper (Beauclerk);...

Duke of Northumberland: The royal arms of King Charles II overall a baton sinister compony of six pieces argent and azure, each piece argent charged with...

Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, show the coat of arms of Beaufort with baton sinister impaling Per pale azure and gules, three lions rampant argent (Herbert...

Supporters: On the dexter side a Lion guardant ducally crowned Or, and on the sinister side a Horse Argent, each gorged with a Collar Azure charged with three...

theorized that the coat of arms he later granted her included a sword as a baton of bastardy. Although this would provide an explanation for how she gained...

Gaunt's Chapel, Bristol, showing heraldry of Poyntz and Woodville. The 5th quarter of the shield at right shows Woodville with a baton sinister for bastardy...

England quarterly; 2nd, Scotland; 3rd, Ireland; the whole debruised by a baton sinister gules charged with three roses argent barbed and seeded proper (Lennox);...

the Earldom of Doncaster: the arms of King Charles II debruised by a Baton Sinister Argent; 2nd grandquarter for the Dukedom of Argyll: quarterly, 1st and...

debruised by a Baton sinister compony of six pieces Argent and Azure. Supporters Dexter: a Lion guardant Or ducally crowned Azure; Sinister: a Greyhound...

ermine (for Brittany) and compony azure and argent (for Somerset), a baton sinister argent for bastardy, and overall an escutcheon of Nottingham. Earl of...

besides stating what position it occupies, and whether it be the dexter or sinister, and erased or couped, it must be mentioned whether it be clenched or appaumé"...

an inescutcheon argent (Mortimer). These arms were also borne, with baton sinister, by Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG, (died 1542), the illegitimate...