Collections for a history of Staffordshire . , avecques leurs differences, lestandart en la manierequi sensuit; cest a savoir, a ung demy Archier dhome darmes, armedasur, tirant son arc, la flesche, la corde de Tare, la trouse des flesches,le pomeau et la croix de son espee, dor; son say on de gueules etdargent pale de six pieces, assis sur une torse dargent et de sable ; sicome la picture en la marge cydevant le demonstre. A avoir et tenir, & a Londres le 12 jour de Juillet lan de nre S1 Jesu Christ 1523,et lan du regne le Eoy Henry Chrystiesme 15. * From the same source I have obtaine
Collections for a history of Staffordshire . , avecques leurs differences, lestandart en la manierequi sensuit; cest a savoir, a ung demy Archier dhome darmes, armedasur, tirant son arc, la flesche, la corde de Tare, la trouse des flesches,le pomeau et la croix de son espee, dor; son say on de gueules etdargent pale de six pieces, assis sur une torse dargent et de sable ; sicome la picture en la marge cydevant le demonstre. A avoir et tenir, & a Londres le 12 jour de Juillet lan de nre S1 Jesu Christ 1523,et lan du regne le Eoy Henry Chrystiesme 15. * From the same source I have obtained a tracing of another Giffard Standard,also here represented. t In the Visitation the panthers head is represented couped, and it is so givenin Dugdales Visitation, 1663. At this last-named Visitation two crests are recorded,first the archer, second the panthers head,—the former apparently taking aim atthe latter. Of course there is acc legend attached to these crests, which the curiousmay read in Burkes Anecdotes of the 84 THE VISITATION OF STAFFORDSHIRE, 1583. annex a drawing of the Standard* from a contemporary MS. in theCollege of Arms. This MS. contains beautifully executed drawings ofthe Standards borne in the field by Peers and Knights in the reign ofHenry VIII., and has been fully described in Bentleys ExcerptaHistorica. Though I lay myself open to the charge of using vainrepetitions, I venture to append the following description of theStandard from that Work (p. 331):— Four stripes or and azure, A ona wreath argent and sable, a demi-archer, looking towards the sinister,couped at the knees, in armour proper ; from his middle a short coatpaly argent and gules, at his left side a sword, and at his right a quiverof arrows or, in his hands a bow and arrow drawn to the head of thelast; between in the dexter chief and sinister base, two representationsof the following Crest, viz., On a wreath argent and azure, a leopardshead guardant erased! or, spotte
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