ing to Sir Thomasde la More) Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, losthis life at Bannockburn by neglecting, in his haste, to puton his Surcoat : being taken prisoner, his captors, judging ^ ^^y gownes of grene, To hould thayre armur clene, And were hitte fro the wete. c2 32 Handbook of Heraldry… … Fig. 9. Prince John of Eltham,A.D. 1334, Westminster Abbey. Fig. ID. 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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