. Heraldry, historical and popular . basinet encircled with an orle ofroses, No. 692. The Garter-Plate of John, Lord Lysle, (one of theKnights Founders of the Order), furnishes a sticking exampleof the extraordinary Crests that were worn even by men of mosteminent distinction. Besting immediately upon his basinet, theCrest of Lord Lysle is a mill-stone arg., peeked sa., the inner circleand the rim of the second, the fer-de-moline or. No. 693, PI. Crest of the Bourchiers appears in several of the Garter-Plates, with some slight modifications for Difference : it is aSaracens head i
. Heraldry, historical and popular . basinet encircled with an orle ofroses, No. 692. The Garter-Plate of John, Lord Lysle, (one of theKnights Founders of the Order), furnishes a sticking exampleof the extraordinary Crests that were worn even by men of mosteminent distinction. Besting immediately upon his basinet, theCrest of Lord Lysle is a mill-stone arg., peeked sa., the inner circleand the rim of the second, the fer-de-moline or. No. 693, PI. Crest of the Bourchiers appears in several of the Garter-Plates, with some slight modifications for Difference : it is aSaracens head in profile jpj)r., bearded sa., wearing a tall cap gu.,which hends towards the dexter, and is tasselled or. This cap, in theGarter-Plate of Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex, rises from acrest-coronet which is intei-posed between the head and the capitself: this coronet is golden, and has on its circlet three water-hougets sa. In the remarkable monument of Ludovic Eobesart, COROXETS, MA.\TLI2s(;s <t CKESTS. OIAFTEI-S XY, , KNOTS AND 271 , Lord Bouhciiier, Standard-Bearer to Henry V., the cap orbonnet of the Saracons-head Crest is surmounted by a Catherine-tclieel, derived from the arms of the Eoets, with whom he wasconnected; this, accordingly, is an example of Marshalling in aCrest. The Crest of Sir John Daubygne, a mullet surrounded hyholly-leaves, has been already blazoned; (see pages 47 and 134,and Ko. 408) ; another curious crest of a somewhat similar cha-racter, borne by John de Wydevil,—appears on his monumentat Grafton Eegis, Northants; it is a hird sitting on a tuft of oak-leaves, a scroll (now without any legend) issuing from its hedk. Seals abound in admirable examples of Crests, and theyillustrate many curious modifications of mediaeval heraldic , the Crest of the Mortimers, a lofty panache of many azurefeathers rising from out of a crest-coronet, No. 269, PI. XXVI., isrepresented in various seals of members of the House of March
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