Heraldry, historical and popular : with seven hundred illustrations (1863)
Boutell, Charles, 1812-1877 · London : Winsor and Newton · leaf 322
The Banner, it will be observed, was the Ensign of boththe Banneret himself, and of his own retainers and fol-lowers, and also of the Division of an army that wasunder his command. Banners were in use in the middle ages at sea, as wellas on land; and in addition to these regular Ensigns, itwas a… … FLAGS. 223 The Standard in use in the reign of Edward III, andin especial favour in the times of the Ttjdors, was oflarge dimensions, and always of considerable length inproportion to its depth, and tapering towards the ex-tremity. See p. 121, and Nos. 312, 315, 316. No. 313represents the ship…
Heraldry
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