CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The following series of illustrations is an attempt to gather up into chronological order such of the more typical examples in this book as serve to show the development and various applications of heraldic art from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century. The series could, of course, have been extended indefinitely, but the present collection is probably sufficient for its purpose.

c. 1255

c. 1259

Tiles c. 1255 from the chapter-house and shield c. 1259 from the quire aisle of Westminster abbey

Shields c. 1259 from the quire aisles of Westminster abbey church

The Syon Cope, a late thirteenth-century work with armorial orphrey and border in the Victoria and Albert Museum

Quartered shield of Queen Eleanor of Castile, from her tomb at Westminster, 1291

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Seals from the Barons' Letter of 1301 of (1) Hugh Bardolf and (2) Henry Percy

Diapered shield from the monument of the lady Eleanor Percy (ob. 1337) in Beverley Minster

Diapered shield from the monument of the lady Eleanor Percy (ob. 1337) in Beverley Minster

Shield of the arms of Sir Humphrey Littlebury, from his effigy at Holbeach in Lincolnshire; c. 1360

Shields from brasses at New Romney, Kent, and at Salisbury, 1375

Shield modelled in boiled leather, from the tomb of Edward prince of Wales, ob. 1376, at Canterbury

Shield and crested helm with simple mantling from a brass at Southacre, Norfolk, 1384

Stall-plate of Ralph lord Bassett, 1390, showing simple form of mantling

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Shields with lions from (1) Felbrigge, Norfolk, c. 1380, and (2) from Spilsby, Lincs, 1391

Shields from brasses at Chipping Campden, Glos. 1401, and Great Tew, Oxon, 1410

Arms of St. Edmund the King and St. Edward the Confessor, from the tomb of Edmund duke of York, ob. 1402, at King's Langley

Seal of Richard Beauchamp earl of Warwick, in 1403, and early fifteenth-century heraldic tiles from Tewkesbury abbey church

Shields from brasses at Checkendon, Oxon, 1404, and Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, 1405

Shields from brasses at Kidderminster, Worcs, 1415, and Whitchurch, Oxon, c. 1420

Part of the chancel arcade in Wingfield church, Suffolk, with badges of Michael de la Pole earl of Suffolk, ob. 1415, and his wife Katherine Stafford

Stall-plate of Walter lord Hungerford, after 1426

Stall-plate of Humphrey duke of Buckingham as Earl of Stafford, c. 1429

Tomb of Lewis Robsart lord Bourchier, ob. 1431, in Westminster abbey church

Banner stall-plate of Richard Nevill earl of Salisbury, c. 1436

Banner stall-plate of Sir John Grey of Ruthin, c. 1439

Spandrel of the tomb of Oliver Groos, Esq., ob. 1439, in Sloley church, Norfolk

Chimney-piece in Tattershall castle, Lincs, built by Ralph lord Cromwell between 1433 and 1455

Print from a mazer at All Souls college, Oxford, c. 1450, and shield from a brass at Stanford Dingley, Berks, 1444

Seals of Edmund duke of Somerset, c. 1445, and John Tiptoft earl of Worcester, 1449

Seal of Cecily Nevill, wife of Richard duke of York and mother of King Edward IV, 1461

c. 1500

c. 1476

Shields from the chantry chapel of Thomas Ramryge abbot of St. Albans, c. 1500, and from a brass at Stoke Poges, Bucks, 1476

Oriel window in the Deanery at Wells, with badges of King Edward IV and rebuses of Dean Gunthorpe, c. 1475-80

Armorial panel, temp. King Edward IV, from the George Inn at Glastonbury

Chimney-piece in the Bishop's Palace at Exeter, with arms and badges of bishop Peter Courtenay, 1478-87

Gateway to the Deanery at Peterborough with arms and badges of King Henry VII and others, built by Robert Kirkton, abbot 1497-1526

Heraldic candle-holder, etc. from the bronze grate about the tomb of King Henry VII at Westminster

Bronze door with York and Beaufort badges from Henry VII's chapel at Westminster

Crowned initials of King Henry VII from his chapel at Westminster, and crowned portcullis and rose from King's college chapel at Cambridge

Crowned arms and supporters of King Henry VII in King's college chapel at Cambridge

Carved panel with the crowned arms, supporters, and badges of King Henry VIII at New Hall, Essex

Gatehouse of Christ's college at Cambridge, built by the lady Margaret Beaufort after 1505

Base of an oriel on the master's lodge at Christ's college in Cambridge with the armorial ensigns of the lady Margaret Beaufort, foundress, c. 1505

Armorial panel with the arms, etc. of the lady Margaret Beaufort, on the gatehouse of St. John's college in Cambridge

Head of a doorway, now in Norwich Guildhall, temp. King Henry VIII

Paving tile, c. 1535, from Marten church, Wilts; and shield of St. George in the Garter from the brass of Thomas earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, 1533, at Hever in Kent

Lozenge of arms from the monument at Westminster of Frances Brandon duchess of Suffolk, ob. 1559

Part of an embroidered bed-hanging, c. 1560

Arms with crested helm and badge of (apparently) Sir John Guldeford of Benenden, ob. 1565, in East Guldeford church, Sussex

Armorial ensigns from the monument of Sir Richard Pecksall, ob. 1571, in Westminster abbey church

Shield from the tomb of Margaret countess of Lennox, ob. 1578, in Westminster abbey church

Obverse of the Great Seal of the Republic of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1655

Part of the carved oak ceiling of the chapel of Auckland castle, Durham, with the arms of bishop John Cosin. Date, 1662-4

Arms, etc. of the Trinity House, London. From a wood-carving c. 1670 in the Victoria and Albert Museum

Limewood carving with the arms and crest of the Trevor family, c. 1700, in the Victoria and Albert Museum