The handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., also, rules for the appointment of liveries, etc. etc. (1869)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 177
inet, or Coif of Mail. In the Romance of Guy of Warwick we read: An helm he had upon his head yset,And ther-under a thick basnet. When not actually engaged in the Field, the Knight com-monly carried the outer Helmet slung over his back by achain; and is so represented in several old… … Crest, Coronet, and Helmet of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, from hisEffigy in St. Marys Church, Warwick (a.d. 1439). CHAPTER XV. CREST, WREATH, MANTLING, SUPPORTERS, MOTTO, ARMESPARLANTES, ETC. ~|p HE adoption of Crests, as a ready means of dis- tinguishing military leaders when engaged in…
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