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Description: | Shield-shaped harness mount. The top is straight and the sides are outcurved; on the reverse is a large integral rivet with burred-over end. The front is covered with a chequered pattern of alternating gilded and blue enamelled squares. In heraldic terms this is 'chequy or and azure', and these are the arms of the de Warenne family. The most likely candidate for the bearer of these arms is either John de Warenne, 7th earl of Surrey (1231-1304) or his grandson and heir John de Warenne, 8th earl of Surrey (1286-1347). The principal seats of the de Warenne family were at Lewes in Sussex and at Castle Acre in Norfolk, and they had extensive lands in the Thetford area. | Subjects: | heraldic | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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