The Book of Saint Albans, compiled in 1486, declares that Christ himself was a gentleman of coat armour.
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The Book proposed that there could be several kinds of gentlemen : those " of blood " differed from those granted coat armour.
3.
In the green close before the house two great stone shields, with coat armour boldly carved, are laid against the trunk of a tree, evidently taken from the old gateway.
4.
In the procession to St Mary Aldermary the body was borne in a hearse with five principals, the majesty and the valence gilt : the house, church and street were decked with black hangings and arms, and there were many penselles and escutcheons : a standard, four pennons and two banners : with a coat armour, helmet, targe and sword, and the crest of a tiger's head with a columbine slipped.
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