| His was the largest retinue in England and he promoted the use of badges and insignia, the most familiar being the Lancastrian collar of esses. |
| It was enlarged in 1567, and in its present shape has 28 esses alternating with knots and roses and joined with a portcullis. |
| If any other officers of the royal household still wear the collar of esses, I shall be glad to be informed. |
| Plain collars of esses are now worn in the United Kingdom by kings-of-arms, heralds and serjeants-at-arms. |
| In fact, to people who lisp and pronounce their esses as though they were teeaitches, it's quite the same. |
| If, then, the Collar of esses was first given by this mighty duke, what would be his meaning in the device? |
