_Lymphad._ An ancient galley, No. 275. It was the feudal ensign of the Scottish lordship of LORN, and as such quartered by the Duke of ARGYLL. _Maintenance, Cap of._ See _Chapeau_. _Manche_, _Maunche_. A lady’s sleeve with a long pendent lappet, worn in the time of HENRY I., and borne as an armorial charge by the families of HASTINGS, CONYERS, and some others. HASTINGS (H. 3)--_Or, a manche gu._: No. 276. _Mantle._ A flowing robe worn over the armour, or over their ordinary costume, by personages of distinction of both sexes: the mantles of ladies were commonly decorated with armorial blazonry. [Illustration: No. 275.--Lymphad.] [Illustration: No. 276.--Arms of Hastings.] _Mantling_, or _Lambrequin_. A small mantle of some rich materials, attached to the knightly basinet or helm, and worn hanging down. It is usually represented with jagged edges, to represent the cuts to which it would be exposed in actual battle: No. 199. (See _Panache_.) Mantlings blazoned with achievements of arms are sometimes adjusted in folds to form a background to the composition, and they are also occasionally differenced with various charges. _Marquess_, _Marquis_. The second order of the British Peerage, in rank next to that of Duke. This rank and title were introduced into England in 1387, by RICHARD II., who then created his favourite, ROBERT DE VERE, Marquess of DUBLIN. The next creation was by HENRY VI. A Marquess is “Most Honourable”; he is styled “My Lord Marquess”: all his younger sons are “Lords,” and his daughters “Ladies”; his eldest son bears his father’s “second title.” The Coronet, apparently contemporary in its present form with that of Dukes, has its golden circlet heightened with four strawberry leaves and as many pearls, arranged alternately: in representations two of the pearls, and one leaf and two half-leaves are shown, No. 277. The wife of a Marquess is a “Marchioness”; her style corresponds with that of her husband, and her coronet is the same. [Illustration: No. 277.--Circlet of the Coronet of a Marquess.] _Marshalling._ The disposition of more than one distinct coat of arms upon a shield, so forming a single composition; or the aggroupment of two or more distinct shields, so as to form a single composition; also the association of such accessories as the helm, mantling, crest, &c., and of knightly and other insignia with a shield of arms, thus again forming a single heraldic composition. See Chapter XI. _Martel._ A hammer. _Martlet._ The heraldic Martin, usually represented without feet: Nos. 160, 161, and 70 and 86. _Mascle._ Lozenge voided: No. 143. _Masculée._ A field divided mascle-wise. _Masoned._ Representing brickwork. _Membered._ To denote the legs of a bird. _Merchant’s mark._ A device, adopted as early as 1400 by merchants, as a substitute for heraldic ensigns which were not conceded to them. Such marks are the predecessors of the _Trade-brands_ and _Marks_ of after times.