254--257.)] [Footnote 85: Cleaveland p.142.By some it is assigned to a Rivers earl of Devon; but the English denotes the xvth, rather than the xiiith century.] [Footnote 86: _Ubi lapsus! Quid feci ?_ a motto which was probably adopted by the Powderham branch, after the loss of the earldom of Devonshire, &c.

The primitive arms of the Courtenays were, _Or_, _three torteaux_, _Gules_, which seem to denote their affinity with Godfrey of Bouillon, and the ancient counts of Boulogne.].