The eldest son of a viscount comes after all barons, and precedes all baronets.

Every daughter of a peer is a _Lady_.

Other English girls are plain _Mistress_.
"All judges rank below peers.

The serjeant wears a lambskin tippet; the judge one of patchwork, _de minuto vario_, made up of a variety of little white furs, always excepting ermine.

Ermine is reserved for peers and the king.
"A lord never takes an oath, either to the crown or the law.