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Description: | A copper-alloy heraldic stud, circular in shape, 38mm in diameter. The front face has a gules, three lions rampantor, a bordure azure semee-de-lis (representing a fusion of the arms of England and France). For John de Holand 1st Duke of Exeter (c1350-1400). Younger son of Thomas de Holand, Earl of Kent, by Joan ('the fair maiden of Kent'), daughter and heiress of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent (son of King Edward I) and widow of Edward the Balck Prince. Half-brother of King Richard II. Created Earl of Huntingdon 1388 and Duke of Exeter 1397. Executed at Pleshey Castle in Essex 1400. The back face is flat and undecorated with a central protrusion, which is circular in cross-section and 7mm in length. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1350
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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