Heraldry, (from the French fiche, i.e., fixed); a term applied to a crois when the lower branch ends in a sharp point: and the reason of it Mackenzie supposes to be, that the primitive Christians were wont to carry crosses with them wherever they went; and when they flopped on their journey at any place, they fixed those portable crosses in the ground for devotion's sake.

Fitz, makes part of the surname of some of the natural sons of the kings of England, as Fitz-roy; which is purely French, and signifies the "king's son."

Fitzherbert, Sir Anthony, a very learned lawyer in the reign of King Henry VIII, was descended from an ancient family, and born at Norbury in Derbyshire. He was made one of the judges of the court of common pleas in 1523; and distinguished himself by many valuable works, as well as by such an honourable discharge of the duties of his office, as made him esteemed an oracle of the law. His writings are, The Grand Abridgement; The Office and Authority of Justices of Peace; the Office of Sheriffs, Bailiffs of Liberties, Escheators, Constables, Coroners, &c.; Of the Diversity of Courts; The New Natura Brivium; Of the Surveying of Lands, and The Book of Husbandry. He died in 1538.

Fitz-Stephen, William, a learned monk of Canterbury, of Norman extraction, but born of respectable parents in the city of London. He lived in the 12th century; and being attached to the service of Archbishop Becket, was present at the time of his murder. In the year 1774, he wrote in Latin, *The Life of St. Thomas, archbishop and martyr*; in which, as Becket was a native of the metropolis, he introduces a description of the city of London, with a miscellaneous detail of the manners and usages of the citizens: this is deservedly considered as a great curiosity, being the earliest professed account of London extant. Fitz-Stephen died in 1191.