on the Crests of personagesof noble and knightly rank. Thus, the lion-crests of John Plan-tagenet, K.G., Duke of Bedford, of George Plantagenet, K.G.,Duke of Clarence, and of John Mowbray, K.G., Duke of Norfolk(a.d. 1435, 1477 and 1475), as blazoned in their stall-plates, are<rorged with labels,… … -A. Flate XTn KNOTS AND MOTTOES. 267 frills. In No. 451, PL XLI., the lion-crest of Thomas de Beau-fort, K.G., Earl of Dorset, appears gorged with a collar com-ponee arg. and az. In some few instances the devices assumed and worn as Crests, \/are identical with those that appear in the shields of…
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