Fig. 72. Stall-plate of Ralph lord Basset, showing simple form of mantling.
Fig. 73. Stall-plate of Sir Sanchet Dabrichecourt, c. 1421.
Sir William FitzWaryn's mantling is quarterly per fesse indented of red and ermine, like his shield of arms. The Captal de Buch, Raynald lord Cobham, Hugh lord Burnell (fig. [77]), Hugh lord Bourchier (pl. [XVI]), and Sir Thomas Banastre have black mantlings, and John lord Bourchier and William lord Willoughby d'Eresby (pl. [XV]) white mantlings lined with red. Sir Miles Stapleton and the Soudan de la Trau have black mantlings lined with red. Several early mantlings, too, are formed entirely of silver feathers, with red, black, or other linings. These usually accompany a feathered crest, like Sir William Arundel's griffin (fig. [74]), or the earl of Warwick's swan (fig. [75]), or Sir Thomas Erpingham's bush of feathers. Another curious variation, which is found on four early plates, has the colour of the mantling different on the two sides of the helm, such as red on one side, and blue or black on the other. In about a dozen plates between 1450 and 1470 the red, and in one case the blue, ground of a mantling is relieved by a trailing pattern in gold, sometimes in lines only, but more usually as leafwork or flowers. In the plate of Walter lord Hungerford (el. 1421) the mantling on his banner-like plate is barred with red and ermine (see fig. [136]), in allusion to the arms of his lordship of Hussey. Lastly, in the plate of Richard lord Rivers (el. 1450) the mantling is red, sown with gold trefoils, and lined with white, with gold tassels at the ends (fig. [76]). This is derived from the crest, which is the upper part of a man brandishing a scimitar, and clad in a red tunic with standing collar and large hanging sleeves, also sown with trefoils. The sleeves are cleverly arranged in the plate, as if forming part of the mantling, and are similarly dagged and lined and tasselled. On the stall-plate (c. 1483) of Francis viscount Lovel the mantling is of purple sown with gold hanging locks.
