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Description: | Prince Rupert was King Charles I's nephew and commanded the Royalist cavalry during the English Civil War. This bit may have been used locally at the sieges at Lichfield and Rushall Hall and could be connected with Walsall Wood, where Rupert had his camp. Although Walsall was to become a world-leader in the manufacture of lorinery, this particular bit was imported into England from abroad, probably being German in its manufacture. The Coat of Arms of Prince Rupert are depicted on each boss, with the motto of the Order of the Garter: 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' (Old French, translated as 'shame upon him who thinks evil upon it', or 'evil to him who evil thinks'), meaning that the bit must date from 1642 or later, the date when Rupert was made a Knight of the Order.
A hand-forged jointed curb bit with long cheeks and two large bosses bearing the Coat of Arms of Prince Rupert. The bosses are made of gold plate on a copper alloy base. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Order of the Garter Army Siege warfare Coats of arms First English Civil War (1642-1646) Coat of arms Horses Duke of Cumberland Lorinery industry Royalty Horse riding Walsall Leather Museum Collection Prince Rupert Prince Rupert of the Rhine | Temporal: | 1642 - 1682
17th Century | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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