Letters came, with armorial seals upon them, though of bearings unknown to English heraldry.

信件来了，上面有纹章，尽管英国纹章学不知道方位。

In the Middle Ages, heraldry allowed knights to show off family histories in amazing detail, lugging shields or banners into battle that explained their ancestry, whether they had married an heiress and their status as a first or younger son.

在中世纪，骑士们可以使用非常精细的纹章来炫耀自己家族历史，在战场上带着有家族纹章的盾牌或旗帜可以阐明他们的血统，是否已经和一位女继承人结婚，或者是家中长子或幼子。