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 37
ding to Sir Thomas dela More) Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, lost hislife at Bannockburn by neglecting, in his haste, to put onhis Surcoat: being taken prisoner, his captors, judging from * Gay gownes of grene, To hould thayre armur clene, And were hitte fro the wete.c2 32 HANDBOOK OF… … Fig. g. Prince John of Eltham,A.D. 1334, Westminster Abbey. Fig. 10. Sir John de Creke, circa1325, Westley Waterless, Co Cambridge reign of Edward II., cut off at the waist, still leaving thegarment flowing behind : thus modified, it was termed aCyclas, or Ciclaton. It is open to doubt, however,…
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