By the Rev. E. E. Dorling. 



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It is a little surprising that none of the Cardinal's Beauchamp 

 ancestors ever seem to have quartered Mauduit (A rgent, two bars gules) 

 i or De Toeni ; although on a certain memorable occasion 1 Eichard 

 Beauchamp displayed these ensigns, and fought under them. One 

 of Eeginald Pole's near relations, however, Edward Plantagenet 

 : Earl of Salisbury, his mother's brother, quartered the latter coat 

 with Fitz-John in addition, as will be shown later. 



On his seal Eichard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, displayed a 

 coat quarterly of 4, as follows : — 1 and 4, Beauchamp impaling 

 Newburgh, 2 and 3, De Clare impaling Le Despencer. His counter 

 seal represents the earl on horseback bearing a shield charged with 

 Beauchamp and Newburgh quarterly, and the caparisons of his 

 horse are: — Quarterly of 4 : 1, Beauchamp, 2, Newburgh, 3, De 

 Clare, 4, Le Despencer. 



His Garter-plate, according to Boutell, 2 has Quarterly ; 1 and 4, 

 Beauchamp, 2 and 3, Newburgh ; in pretence quarterly ; 1 and 4, 

 De Clare, 2 and 3, Le Despencer. 



Doyle 3 gives a drawing "from his seal" of this earl's arms: — 

 Quarterly ; 1 and 4, Newburgh, 2 and 3. Beauchamp, which is the 

 same arrangement as that of the heraldic sail given by Boutell. 4 



A word must be said here as to the striking label compony argent 

 and azure which is so conspicuous a feature in the shield of Neville 

 of Salisbury. This was first borne by Sir Eichard Neville, the 

 eldest son of Joan de Beaufort (daughter of John of Gaunt, and 

 second) wife of Ealph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Before 

 the Act of Legitimation of the Beauforts in 1397 Catherine 

 Swynford's three sons, and presumably her daughter Joan as well, 

 bore Per pale argent and azure? on a bend of England a label of 

 France ; which coat was exchanged after 1397 for France Modern 



1 In 1415 at Calais, where, on three successive days, he tilted against the 

 flower of the chivalry of France. (Burke, Extinct Peerage — Beauchamp, 

 Earl of Warwick.) 



2 Heraldry, Historical and Popular, 3rd Edition, p. 167. 



3 Official Baronage, vol. Hi., p. 584. 



4 Heraldry, Historical and Popular, plate xxxv., 530. 



5 The Beaufort livery colours. 



