] ] Anyway, the motto under the Wickham crest was: "Manners mayketh Man."
] That's the epitaph of William of Wykeham, a midieval Bishop of Winchester, whose tomb is the most conspicuous monument in Winchester Cathedral and would have been well known to JA. One might say George W tested this theory to the breaking point.
I was aware of William of Wykeham. It would seem quite typical of JA to produce an 'anti hero' who has qualities that are the complete opposite of all that WofW stood for. Manners certainly did not mayke George!