Fig. 6. is the hatchment of the widow of a bishop; the arms are the same as those displayed at fig. 4.:  here the lozenge-shaped shield is parted per pale.  Baron and femme:—­first, parted paleways, on the dexter side the arms of the bishopric, on the sinister side the paternal arms of the bishop.  Second, the arms of the femme:  the widow of a bishop has a right to exhibit the arms of the see over which her husband presided, as though (sic) his death has dissolved all connection with the see.  She has a right to emblazon all that will honour her deceased husband.

For banners, pennons, guidons, cyphers, hatchments, &c., and all other matters where heraldic emblazonment is used in funeral processions, the reader is referred to the Dictionary.

CHAP.  VII.

ORDER OF PRECEDENCY.

The order of precedency to be observed in England was settled by an act of parliament passed in the thirty-first year of the reign of Henry VIII.  The order has been varied at different periods to accord with the alterations in the families of the reigning monarchs, and the creation of new offices.  The following table shows the order of precedency at the present time, viz. the eighth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

  The Queen. 
  The Prince of Wales. 
  The Queen’s Children. 
  Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha. 
  The Queen’s Uncles. 
  The Children of the Queen’s Uncles.

The following dignitaries precede all Dukes, except those of the blood royal:—­

  Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England. 
  Lord High Chancellor or Keeper. 
  Archbishop of York, primate of England. 
  Lord High Treasurer. 
  Lord President of the Privy Council. 
  Lord Privy Seal.

The following dignitaries precede all of their own degree:—­

  The Earl Marshal. 
  Lord Steward of her Majesty’s household. 
  Lord Chamberlain. 
  Secretaries of State.

  Dukes according to the date of their patent. 
  Marquises according to the date of their patent. 
  Dukes’ eldest Sons. 
  Earls according to their patents. 
  Marquises’ eldest Sons. 
  Dukes’ younger Sons. 
  Viscounts according to their patents. 
  Earls’ eldest Sons. 
  Marquises’ younger Sons. 
  Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester; all other Bishops
    according to their seniority of consecration. 
  Barons according to their patents. 
  Speaker of the House of Commons. 
  Viscounts’ eldest Sons. 
  Earls’ younger Sons. 
  Barons’ eldest Sons. 
  Knights of the Garter, commoners. 
  Privy Councillors, commoners. 
  Chancellor of the Exchequer. 
  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
  Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. 
  Master of the Rolls. 
  The Vice-Chancellor of England. 
  Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.