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Description: | A complete copper-alloy medieval circa 14th century harness pendant suspension mount. The mount is roughly shield shaped with rectangular projections on either side with a pair of circular rivet holes through each of these, beneath the shield shape there are two projections which are folded backwards onto the back face, these form two loops through which a horizontal bar would have passed originally and it is from this bar that a pendant could have hung. There is corroded iron adhering to the loops so the missing bar was probably iron. The mount measures 41.98mm in length and 39.44 in width. Edward Martin has examined this mount and states that the arms on the shield are: Vair, azure [remains of blue enamel] and argent/or [but no surviving traces of silvering or gilding]. Similar arms occur on pendants from Ashill and Ingoldisthorpe in Norfolk.Arms could be:Vair, azure and argent : Sir John Beauchamp of Hatch in Somerset and Beauchamp's manor in Dullingham, near Newmarket in Cambridgeshire. Born 1274. Summoned to Parliament as a Baron in 1299. Served in the Scottish wars - listed with these arms in the Falkirk (1298), Caerlaverock (1300) and Galloway (1300) rolls of arms; also sealed the Barons' Letter to the Pope in 1301 with these arms. Governor of Bridgwater Castle in Somerset 1325. Died 1336.Vair, azure and argent : Gerard de Gondreville. Listed with these arms in the Caerlaverock Roll of Arms (1300) and the Galloway Roll (1300). There are 3 places in France called Gondreville : in Oise, Normandy; in Loiret; and in Meurthe-et-Moselle.Vair, or and azure: Arnaud III de Guisnes, Comte de Guisnes in the Pas-de-Calais, France (died after 1282). Listed with these arms in the Camden Roll of Arms (c.1280).
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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