. Heraldry, historical and popular . MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 131 porters of England, the Lion and the Unicom. See Supporters,in Chap. XVII., Section 3. ^|t-ff^)e Surcoat:—a long, loose, and flowing garment of rich mate- -^rials, worn by the early Knights over their armour. It was yj ^ sometimes charged with the aiinorial insignia of the Wearer,as in the Brass at Chartham, in Kent, to Sir Robert De Setvans,about 1305. About the year 1325 the Surcoat began tobe superseded by a singular Garment entitled a Cyclas, which, Hwhile long and flowiag behind, was cut off short in the
. Heraldry, historical and popular . MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. 131 porters of England, the Lion and the Unicom. See Supporters,in Chap. XVII., Section 3. ^|t-ff^)e Surcoat:—a long, loose, and flowing garment of rich mate- -^rials, worn by the early Knights over their armour. It was yj ^ sometimes charged with the aiinorial insignia of the Wearer,as in the Brass at Chartham, in Kent, to Sir Robert De Setvans,about 1305. About the year 1325 the Surcoat began tobe superseded by a singular Garment entitled a Cyclas, which, Hwhile long and flowiag behind, was cut off short in the Brass to Sir John DAubernoun the younger, 1327, A/ 4/and the sculptured Effigy of Prince John Plantagenet, ofEltham, 1337, afford admii-able examples. About 1345the Cyclas was shortened behind, and about 1355 it was super-seded by the Jupon. Tabard:—the Garment that was worn by the Knights of theTudor Era. When the Jupon ceased to be worn, about 1405, the splendid Panoply of Plate Armour was not covered ^. No. 630.—Tabard of John Feld, Esq., 1477. by any Garment, until after 1450, when the Tabard wasintroduced. It was short, and had wide sleeves reaching to K 2 ^^K;:H7HTn»3L,x ,^. \S ^f 1^7- ^•:i;.^2. ,1 A, fc- r4 132 MISCELLANEOUS NAMES AND TITLES. the elbows; and the arms of the wearer were displayed onboth the front and back of the Tabard itself, and of its Brasses to Sir John Say, 1473, at Broxbourne, Herts;to John Feld, Esq., 1477, at Standon, Herts; and toPeter Gerard, Esq., 1492, at Winwick, Lancashire, aregood examples. No. 630 represents the Tabard of John Feld,with its armorial blazonry,—gii., a fesse or, between three eaglesdisplayed arg., guttees du sang. One eagle only is visible abovethe fesso on the sleeves. An excellent example of the militaryTabard in its earliest and partially developed form appears inthe sculptured effigy of John Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, 1434, at Arundel. This Tabard
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