Note 121 — Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the year 1827. Part II. ◊
Reading edition
“PENCELLS.—Pencills, or flagges for horsemen, must be a yard and a halfe long.” Harleian MSS., cited in an interesting and valuable essay on the “Banners used in the English army, from the Conquest to the reign of Henry VIII.” By N. H. NICOLAS, Esq., F.S.A—Retrospective Review, Oct. 1, 1827.