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No 11 Surcoat
in its original sence means an ornamented Garment worn over Gat armor it was beautifully shown in Sandfords Plate of the [indecipherable] of Robt [Curtors?] Duke of Normandy Page 16 & in all The Great Seals of our
it first appears on our great Seals in that of King John & is Represented on Every one of them as far as the Reign of Hen 7th
at present the name is applied only to the garment of the orders of Knighthood worn under the mantle, in fact every Knight is Presumed to be clad in armor when installd or otherwise assisting at the Ceremonies of his order & his Surcoat supposd to Cover His Coat of Steel
1313 at the Battle of Bannocksburn there was Slain Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester (whom the Scotts would gladly have kept for Ransome if they had Known him but he had forgotten to put on his Coat of armes Stow
The surcoat was Calld by the Normans Tunican Strut