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Description: | An incomplete enamelled copper-alloy heraldic harness fitting of Medieval date (AD 1200 to AD 1400).The harness fitting is shield-shaped (triangular with straight top and lower sides curving to an apex). The front has been enamelled with an heraldic design. Three vertical red stripes (or 'pallets') are present; these alternate with three other stripes which have lost their enamel. A rectangle is present in the top left hand corner, embellished with what are probably ermine spots. In heraldic terms, it can be described as Paly of 6 Or (or Argent) and Gules, a Canton Ermine.The reverse of the fitting is plain and undecorated, with an integrally cast circular-sectioned attachment spike present in the centre. It is a mid to dark green colour with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the ploughsoil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail and enamel. It measures 36.9 mm in length, 29.7 mm wide and 16.0 mm thick (including spike), 3.0 mm thick (not including spike). It weighs 12.6 gArms like this have been ascribed to Sir Ralph Bassett and others of the Bassett family. Clive Cheesman (Richmond Herald, College of Arms) has identified the heraldry as belonging to that of the Bassett family. Sir Ralph Bassett, 1st Lord of Drayton (d. 1299) is of roughly the same date as the mount.Published in The Coat of Arms (the journal of the Heraldry Society) vol. 10 (2014), p. 35-6.
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