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Description: | Gilded copper-alloy heraldic horse-harness pendant in the shape of a shield. Some evidence of gilding and enamelling remains on the surface, but otherwise it is quite worn. The suspension loop is circular in profile and complete. The arms are made up of six rampant lions, originally gilded, divided into two groups of three diagonally by a line running from the top left-hand corner to the bottom right-hand edge. This line is (originally) a silver bend edged in gilt on a blue enamelled field. These arms have been previously identified as belonging to the de Bohun family, the Earls of Hereford, a major family with estates all over the country. The arms of the Earls of Hereford around the turn of the 13th century are referred to as ?azure, a bend argent cotised or between six lyonceux rampant of the last? and there is a reference to ?Humfrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Constable of England at the Siege of Caerlaverock, 1300, also at the 1st Dunstable tournament in 1308? (Read, 1995, p.93, No. 572). The pendant probably dates to the 13th century. | 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: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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