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Description: Garter stall-plate of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Count of Eu (1404-1483), nominated as a Knight of the Garter in 1452. St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Inscribed above: "Mons. Henry Bourcheher le Count de Essex". Arms: 1st & 4th: Bourchier; 2nd & 3rd: Gules billety or a fess argent (Louvain, feudal barons of Little Easton, Essex, for the mother of the 1st Count of Eu, Eleanor de Louvain (d.1397)): . Crest: A man's (Moor's) head in profile proper ducally crowned or with a pointed cap gules;(Vivian, Heralds' Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.106)
Title: GarterPlateHenryBourchier 1stEarlOfEssex
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