. Heraldry, historical and popular . XIX., Sec. 2.) The Banner, it will be observed, was the Ensign of both theBanneret himself, and of his own retainers and followers, also of the DrvieioH of an army that was under his command. In the early da3s of Heraldry, Bannerets of high rank appearoccasionally to have borne Banners charged with insignia alto-gether different from their Shields of Arms. Thus Simon deMoNTFORT, Earl of Leicester (temp, Henry III.), whose shieldis, gu., a lion rampt. arg., the tail fourchee, bears a J^anner per paleindented arg. and gu., the tinctures of his shield. T
. Heraldry, historical and popular . XIX., Sec. 2.) The Banner, it will be observed, was the Ensign of both theBanneret himself, and of his own retainers and followers, also of the DrvieioH of an army that was under his command. In the early da3s of Heraldry, Bannerets of high rank appearoccasionally to have borne Banners charged with insignia alto-gether different from their Shields of Arms. Thus Simon deMoNTFORT, Earl of Leicester (temp, Henry III.), whose shieldis, gu., a lion rampt. arg., the tail fourchee, bears a J^anner per paleindented arg. and gu., the tinctures of his shield. This Banner isconsidered to refer to one of the great Barons many lordships,the Honour of Hinkley in Leicestershire : (see Introduction toSir Harris Nicholas Roll of H. III., p. xiii.) Banners were in use in the middle ages at sea, as well as onland; and in addition to these regular Ensigns, it was a pre-vailing custom to emblazon the sails of the shipping of those days IfAUCE PL-ACtS , PESTNONS , STAXDARD S. 8iJi CHAPTERS XIV. TNlIl. Fiate XXIA FLAGS. 289 with armorial insignia, and tlius the sails themselves becameFlags, as in No. 530, PI. XXXV. Many equally curious andinteresting illustrations of this practice occur in early seals. During the times of the Tudors, and indeed towards the close /of the Plantagenet era also, the Banners of Princes and NoblesdisjDlayed many quart&rings, but they retained their distinctivecharacter in being identical in their blazoning with shields ofarms. Two remarkable examples of these Banners are carvedin bold relief, as accessories of the monument of Ludovic Eobsart,, in Westminster Abbey: these Banners wrought in stonehave four quarterings, and their staves are so adjusted that theyform mouldings of the canopy-shafts, while at the base of themonument they are held by a lion and a falcon. In the HeraldsCollege numerous curious drawings of Banners are preserved,all of them having their staves held by some Supporter, while theBanners of Nobl
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