a. Obs. [Of obscure origin.] Gentleman untrial: (see quot. 1486).
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Heraldry, B ii b. Ther be ij dyuerse Gentylmen made of gromys that be nott gentilmen of cotearmure nother of blode. Oon is calde in armys a gentylman vntriall, that is to say made vp emong religyous men as priorys, Abbottis, or Byschoppis.
1562. Legh, Armorie, 27 b. The eight is called a gentleman vntrial, and such is he, as being brought vp in an Abbey, or with a bishop [etc.].
1600. W. Watson, Decacordon (1602), 257. This vntriall gentleman was one of that nobleman father Parsons spies. Ibid., 270. Our Frankelings, Gentlemen vntriall, or substantiall Yeomen.
