arms; or, if there be more than one metal and colour,of those that are of the chief importance. This rule obtains inthe Heraldry of the Continent. See Chap. XXXII. TheMantling may, perhaps, be considered to have been derivedfrom the Contoise, worn by the Knights of an earlier period.See Contoise:… … ^2^ lastEari of iiereford Essex & iNortha3nptcni, died AD 1373, Date -f-S ^-:^- !^ate,abo-ut 1440 fi.S .^iitpixvj ^Ljkrtw^M vvia>^<-W tov*v| jovW^v c f(Aiv«t«CfJLc.ve«>t MISOKLLANKOUS NAMKS AND TITLES. 117 Marquess in England was ItonEUT de Vere, Earl of Oxford,who by Richard II., a.p.…
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