Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 63
e (who died in1442) a plume of seven feathers—is placed above a ducal coronet. Scottish Heraldry,pp. 230, 231. that The general descent in blood is not irreconcileahle, though considerable confu-sion prevails in the arrangement of the individuals and the appropriation of thealliances. The present… … (Arms of Arundel and Maitravers.) This plume of feathers, which was not un-requent, particularly at the period shortly•efore the assumption of more distinctiverests,* was called a panache, upon which Mr.joutell thus dilates : A Panache, or upright plume formed of a largeumber of feathers, generally…
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