Fig. 129. Seal of the mayoralty of Calais.
On one of his seals as regent of France (1422-35) John duke of Bedford has an eagle standing with one leg upon his badge, the root of a tree, and holding in its other claw a shield of his arms.
William lord Fitz Hugh (1429) and of Marmion shows on his seal his quartered shield ensigned by his helm and crest, which was apparently a lion's head. The rest of the beast is somewhat incongruously squatting behind the shield and has the paws thrust out on each side to grasp two banners of arms that complete the composition (pl. [XXVIII] A).
A similar pair of banners appears on the seal of Walter lord Hungerford, which has the shield 'supported' by two Hungerford sickles, and surmounted by the crested helm, with flanking banners of the arms of the lordships of Heytesbury and Hussey (fig. [130]).
Fig. 130. Seal of Walter lord Hungerford with banners of Heytesbury and Hussey or Homet, c. 1420.