PLATE XXIX.—Ways of upholding shields.
- A Henry Percy earl of Northumberland, 1377.
- B Emmelin FitzGerald, wife of Stephen Longespee, c. 1250.
- C Richard duke of York, as Justice in Eyre of Forests, ob. 1460.
[8] For a full account of the yale or eale see papers in the Archæological Journal, lxviii, 173-199. The adoption of the beast by the duke of Somerset has not yet been explained, but it may be for his earldom of Kendal and partly be a rebus (Kend-eale).
[CHAPTER IX]
BANNERS OF ARMS
The Royal Banner of Arms; the Banner of the Arms of the City of London; Shapes of Banners; Sizes of certain Banners; Upright versus Long Banners; Advantages of the upright form; Banners with Achievements of Arms; Modern Use of Banners.
Representations of banners constantly occur in medieval pictures (fig. [131]); and, as has been shown above, they are not infrequent upon seals.