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Description: | A medieval circa 14th century copper-alloy harness pendant heraldic in nature. It has a suspension loop set at right angles to a shield shaped pendant. The pendant is decorated on its front face by a heraldic device which is Or, a maunch (sleeve) gules. This is the heraldic device of the Hastings family, John Hastings was the last Lord Hastings (1262-1313). Ancestral estate at Lidgate, Suffolk and a larger one centred on Abergavenny in Wales. He was a solider and a royal offical and saw servic ein Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Gascony. Seneschal of Gascony 1309 and a claimant for the crown of Scotland 1291 as a great-great-great grandson of King David I of Scotland. This pendant measures 40.72mm in length and 24.98mm in width.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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