£300
Medieval Banner Type Harness Pendant. Circa 14th Century AD. Copper-alloy, 43mm x 28mm, 26.8g. Detailed with a shield over a cross-hatched field. The shield displays a set of arms, gules, a rampant lion left argent. These the arms of Mowbray, John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray. He was knighted by King Edward III of England in July 1355 aged 15. Mowbray was summoned to Parliament from 14 August 1362 to 20 January 1366. On 10 October 1367, he appointed attorneys in preparation for travel beyond the seas; these appointments were confirmed in the following year. Mowbray was slain by the Turks near Constantinople while on route to the Holy Land. A letter from the priory of 'Peyn' written in 1396 suggests that he was initially buried at the convent at Pera, according to the letter, 'at the instance of his son Thomas', his bones had been gathered and were sent to England for burial with his ancestors.
Found in Charnwood, Leicestershire and recorded on the PAS database as DENO-9D4F70
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/228107
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