Armiger or armigeri does not appear to translate to knight, but seems to mean a person entitled to bear a coat of arms. According to one source, in the seventeenth century specifically "Armiger" was used strictly as a translation of the title "Esquire", as a title of honour, and was restricted to certain classes of men, the younger sons of noblemen; the eldest sons of knights; barristers-at-law; and the holders of certain offices of state, as opposed to "generosus", which was the translation for "gentleman". Alicia's father, for example, is given the title "generosus" in the epitaph (the suffix "genr" after his name), and clearly their family had the right to bear arms, as the Johnson coat of arms is depicted on the epitaph.