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Description: | Cast copper alloy heraldic horse-harness pendant in the shape of a shield. The arms are in the form of three vertical lines, graduated in size from left to right, with the first on the left cut short by a thin horizontal line, defining a separate quarter of the shield. Unfortunately, this separate quarter is so worn that what was original depicted in it cannot be made out. But the three lines are still defined by red enamel in relief. The suspension loop is circular in profile but incomplete.
These arms may have belonged to the Langford family (Gilbert, 1820, p.16) who have a coat of arms with three vertical lines, quartered with a lion passant. This pendant is too worn and corroded to see if the figure in the quartered section is a lion. The Langford family were based at Langford Manor, in Marhamchurch parish, near Bude, from the 13th century. Reginald de Langford was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1225. By the early 15th century, the Langefords had spread to the neighbouring parishes of Poundstock and Stratton (Cornwall Record Office P216/25/18 refers to John Langeford in Poundstock in 1476, and in Stratton in 1488). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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