Handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss. : rules for the appointment of liveries, &c (1882)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 197
e, in Ashwelthorpe Church, Norfolk, and ofA^illiam Phelip, Lord Bardolph, K.G. (a.d. 1440), inDennington Church (fig. 349), similar wreaths are to beseen. The Helmet of Sir Thomas de St. Quentin is re-presented on his brass in Harpham Church, Yorkshire(a.d. 1420), as encircled by a wreath composed… … specified : it is, therefore, superfluous to blazon a Crest asiLfon a Wreath of the colours, as is sometimes done. The Mantling, Lambrequin, or Cointise is the orna-mental accessory which generally appears behind and aroundthe Escutcheon. It was probably devised to protect theHelmet from the rain…
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