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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)
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| Date | circa 1452 . Photo 21st century |
| Source | http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/sjh%252061%2520henry%25201st%2520viscount%2520bourchier.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/essex1461.htm&h=363&w=255&sz=29&tbnid=Ubaoz7PWbiwlgM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=86&zoom=1&usg=__U6yImsrAMh97_HsTEOgleLMKEyU=&docid=UDt_snDmv0DhLM&sa=X&ei=tQeOUp7oJrSg7AaZ2YF4&ved=0CDsQ9QEwBQ |
| Author | Unknown author |
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