"collar of esses" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, volume I",
          "text": "Anciently, the creation of an esquire, in England, was performed by the ceremony of the King placing about his neck a silver collar of SS, as an ensign of that dignity […].",
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          "ref": "1997, Doris Fletcher, “The Lancastrian Collar of Esses”, in The Age of Richard II, page 191",
          "text": "During the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III the collar of esses was frowned upon, to say the least.",
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          "text": "Marney's pre-eminence was evident in the new reign's first meeting of the Order of the Garter, which the young king called with alacrity for 18 May – and for which occasion he had bought himself a Lancastrian collar of esses, in emulation of his hero Henry V.",
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        "An ornamental chain made up of interlinked or juxtaposed S's, originally worn by nobles of the House of Lancaster, and later associated by some writers with the Order of the Garter."
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