Ducal Coronet. A term commonly, but not very accurately, applied to a Crest Coronet. [No. 232].
Duchess. The wife of a Duke. She is “Most Noble,” and is styled “Your Grace.” Her coronet is the same as that of a Duke.
Eagle. See [Chapter IX.], [page 92].
Eaglet. An Eagle on a small scale.
Earl. In Latin, “Comes”; in French, “Comte” or “Count.” Before 1337, the highest, and now the third degree of rank and dignity in the British Peerage. An Earl is “Right Honourable”; he is styled “My Lord”; his eldest son bears his father’s “second title,” generally that of Viscount; his other sons are styled “Honourable,” but all his daughters are “Ladies.” The circlet of an Earl’s Coronet has eight lofty rays of gold rising from the circlet, each of which supports a large pearl, while between each pair of these rays there is a golden strawberry-leaf. In representations five of the rays and pearls are shown; No. 238. Elevated clusters of pearls appear in an Earl’s coronet—that of Thomas Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel—as early as 1445; but the present form of the coronet may be assigned to the second half of the following century.
| No. 238.— Circlet of an Earl’s Coronet. | No. 239.— Eastern Crown. |
Eastern, Radiated, or Antique Crown. No. 239.
No. 240.
Electoral Bonnet.