Achievement (heraldry)

Heraldic achievement forming the Garter stall plate of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (d. 1444), KG, St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The earliest garter plate with supporters.^[1] It includes the badge of an ostrich feather, here shown as a pair, blazoned: *feather argent pen gobonne argent and azure*

In heraldry, an achievement, armorial achievement or heraldic achievement (historical: hatchment) is a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled.^[2] An achievement comprises not only the arms displayed on the escutcheon, the central element, but also the following elements surrounding it (from top to bottom):

Slogan or war-cry
Mantle and pavilion
Crest placed atop a:
Torse (or cap of maintenance as a special honour)
Mantling
Helm of appropriate variety; if holder of higher rank than a baronet, issuing from a:
Coronet or crown (not used by baronets), of appropriate variety.
Console
Supporters (if the bearer is entitled to them, generally in modern usage not baronets), which may stand on a compartment
Motto, if possessed
Order, if possessed
Badge, if possessed

^ Planche, J. R., Pursuivant of Arms, 1851, p. xx
^ Boutell, Charles & Charles Fox-Davies, Arthur (1914). The handbook to English heraldry. Reeves & Turner. p. 100. Achievement, or Achievement of Arms. Any complete composition of Arms.

[1] Planche, J. R., Pursuivant of Arms, 1851, p. xx

[2] Boutell, Charles & Charles Fox-Davies, Arthur (1914). The handbook to English heraldry. Reeves & Turner. p. 100. Achievement, or Achievement of Arms. Any complete composition of Arms.

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