Help with Latin please

[ainslie]

Sorry to interrupt the flow of erudition, but I think 'armiger' should be translated as  'esquire', i.e.someone entitled to bear [a coat of] arms, rather than 'knight'.

[pinot]

Absolutely! Thank goodness for editors! Knight would have been eques, of course.
                Grovel grovel
                                         Pinot 

[JillJ]

Hi Pinot & Ainslie,

I've just come back from a weekend away and find your two posts.  I confess they made me smile, not least because of your comment Pinot, re Editors.  If ever you need one (English only) let me know - I used to be one!

In this particular instance it doesn't really matter to me whether John Mauleverer was a Knight or an Esquire because it is the Dayvell part that interests me.  Having said that, the time may not be far away when I shall be glad of the distinction between the two because the Mauleverer family appear in a different branch of my family tree, and they are a big family with a lot of Johns!

Thanks to you both.

Jill