Vert. In French Heraldry, Sinople. The colour green: No. [55].
Vervels, Varvals. Small rings.
Vested. Clothed.
No. 311.— Circlet of a Viscount’s Coronet.
Viscount. The fourth degree of rank and dignity in the British Peerage, in Latin Vice-Comes, introduced by Henry VI., A.D. 1440. Vice-comes is also the Latin word for the office of Sheriff. A Viscount is “Right Honourable,” and is styled “My Lord.” All his sons and daughters are “Honourable.” His Coronet, granted by James I., has a row of sixteen pearls, of comparatively small size set on the circlet; in representations nine are shown: No. 311. The wife of a Viscount is a Viscountess, who has the same rank, style, and coronet as her husband.
No. 312.
Shield at St. Michael’s Church, St. Alban’s.