Subject notes under numbered headings: 1 Manorial Marks and others of similar tenure; 2 Swan-marks derived from their owners’ armorial bearings; 3 Swan-marks derived from definite objects; 4 Swan-marks of the religious houses, their officers and members, with their immediate post-reformation successors; 5 Swan-marks and games of swans owned by women; 6 Swan-marks differenced by two or more successive owners.
Essay introductions to sections, no name index at end.
Illustrated with numerous diagrammatic drawings, no sketch-facsimile style drawings.