Date | Description | Source | Reference |
1485 A.D. | Four bell tents.
Front left; quarted square banner (same as that on the far right flank
(square quarted banner, top right and bottom left is Or chevron on a Sable
background, top left is tieced in fess sable argent sable, the bottom right
is simple tieced in fess without colour distinction), on a flag pole, a
top a ball apex, curving line decoration descends from apex to roof edge,
circles decorate the fringed roof edge and the pole is visible through
the open door.
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“Pavises in action at the siege of Caen in a 15th century drawing.”
“...the Beauchamp Pageant. (British Library. MS Cotton Julius E IV, art vi, f. 19).” Pen and ink: The Siege of Caen, from the Beauchamp Chronicals. British Library, MS Cotton Julius E IV. |
Bradbury, J., The Medieval Archer, Woodbridge, 1992, p. 119.
Edge, D., & Paddock, J., Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight, Bison Books, London, 1988, p. 133. |
See the Beauchamp Pageant, 1480 A.D.
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