When the field is striped vertically it is said to be "paly" of so many (Fig. 57).
 Fig. 96.—Pallets. |
 Fig. 97.—The arms of Amaury de Montfort, Earl of Gloucester; died before 1214. (From his seal.) |
 Fig. 98.—Arms of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester; died 1265. (From MS. Cott., Nero, D. 1.) |
 Fig. 99.—Fess. |
 Fig. 100.—Fess engrailed. |
 Fig. 101.—Fess invecked. |
The arms shown in Fig. 97 are interesting inasmuch as they are doubtless an early form of the coat per pale indented argent and gules, which is generally described as a banner borne for the honour of Hinckley, by the Simons de Montfort, Earls of Leicester, father and son. In a Roll temp. Henry III., to Simon the younger is ascribed "Le Banner party endentee dargent & de goules," although the arms of both father and son are known to have been as Fig. 98: "Gules, a lion rampant queue-fourchée argent." More probably the indented coat gives the original Montfort arms.
THE FESS
The fess is a broad horizontal band crossing the escutcheon in the centre (Fig. 99). It is seldom drawn to contain a full third of the area of the shield. It is subject to the lines of partition (Figs. 100-109).
