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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 5383, member: 25&quot;]Oh, yeah, all the old dead British nobility were dear, dear chums of mine. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for your heraldic bits and pieces, it was the usual practice to&nbsp; have everything for the house (only Royals had &#039;courts&#039;) marked with the appropriate crest simply to stop them walking away in guest&#039;s pockets. A bit of swank, certainly, but also a lot of utility.</p><p><br /></p><p>This meant that a huge number of items big and small would be monogrammed and crested, in a houshold like Woburn, the size of a large village. The elaboration of the engraving might give an idea of how close these items came to the top table but in themselves such items do not automatically indicate personal use or special regard by the holder of the arms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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