In fig. 1. the black is left on the dexter side, showing that the
husband is deceased, and that his wife survives him.

[Illustration: 2]

Fig. 2. shows that the husband survives the wife.

[Illustration: 3]

Fig. 3. shows that the husband and his first wife are deceased, and
that the second wife is the survivor.

[Illustration: 4]

Fig. 4. The shield on the dexter side of the hatchment is parted per
pale; first, the arms of the bishopric; second, the paternal arms of
the bishop. The shield on the dexter (sic) side is the arms of the bishop
impaling those of his wife as baron and femme; the ground of the
hatchment is black round the sinister side of this shield, showing
that it is the wife that is dead.

[Illustration: 5]

Fig. 5. is the hatchment of a lady that has died unmarried. The arms
of females of all ranks are placed in a lozenge-shaped shield.

[Illustration: 6]

Fig. 6. is the hatchment of the widow of a bishop; the arms are the