All the ancient furniture fled with its owners, except an Hatchment in the hall, with sixteen coats of arms, specifying the families into which they married.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
The only remains of departed dignity are the weather-beaten Hatchment.
"Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales"
W. B. Cramp
Candidly, Mauleverer, you do not think they will deceive me,-you do not think they mean to leave me to this political death without writing 'Resurgam' over the Hatchment?
"Paul Clifford, Volume 3."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton