This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...on a courser richely trapped, and enarmed (that is to say) Quarterly, Golde, in the first quarter a lion gowles, having a man's head in a Bycockett of silver, and in the second a lyon of sable. This trapper was right curiously wrought with the nedell, for the mannes visage in the Bycockett shewde ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...on a courser richely trapped, and enarmed (that is to say) Quarterly, Golde, in the first quarter a lion gowles, having a man's head in a Bycockett of silver, and in the second a lyon of sable. This trapper was right curiously wrought with the nedell, for the mannes visage in the Bycockett shewde veryle (Pfayrle) well favorde. Willement is inclined, but no doubt wrongly, to connect this curious bearing with another device borne in a banner at Elizabeth of York's funeral. Mr. Planch, however, more judiciously observes that the device of a lion with a man's head in a "bycocket" did not belong to the Stanleys. But, says he, it is to be seen in a standard of John Ratcliff, Baron Fitzwalter (Book of Standards, Coll. Arms, ) and he finds that Fitzwalter and others were associated in 3rd Henry VII. for exercising the office of High Steward of England at Queen Elizabeth's Coronation." It is therefore clear that it was Lord Fitzwalter as High Steward, and not the Earl of Derby as constable, who rode the courser so " trapped and cnamied." Mr. Planche" in his Plate I. lettered, I am sorry to say, " Abacot," instead of " Bycocket," figures the man-lion from Fitzwalter's standard, temp. Henry VII. where the Bycocket on his head is evidently identical with the so-called cap of estate or cap of maintenance, of which his drawings on the same plate show examples from the seals of Edward the Black Prince and Richard Duke of York, and from the grant to John de Kingston by Richard II. Hurl. MS. 5804, with other specimens. After remarking "that Lord Montagu, the victorious general, was created Earl of Northumberland by King Edward at York, on Trinity Sunday (May 27), 1464." Accompanied by his brother, ...
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Poor. No Jacket. 81/2x10 1/2. 346 pages with illustrations before Index and listing of plates available from prior volumes. Volume XVII only. 37 articles with 25 plates in this volume. The text pages and plates are good to very good condition-the poor condition ranking is because the front cover is missing and the back cover (leather) is detached. So, it needs a proper binding.
