On various occassions, I’ve read of circa 1600’s well-to-do persons bequeathing "morning rings", upon close kin and close friends. What was a "mourning ring"; did it have a coat-of-arms on it; what was it’s social function? Jim/focusoninfinity
Victoriaspast.com had the following info ...
http://www.victoriaspast.com/LadyinBlack/MourningRings.htm
had a pretty good explanation