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Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c. (1893)

Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 46

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 46
arly part of the succeeding reign, we find it superseded bythe Tabard. The Tabard was originally a loose garmentcommonly worn by labourers, somewhat resembling the 34 Handbook of Heraldry modern smock-frock. In the Plowmaifs Prologue, attri-buted to Chaucer, we read, He tooke hys tabarde, and hys…

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