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Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages (1843)

Shaw, Henry · London : W. Pickering · leaf 157

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re on the present plate represents Richard de Beauchamp,who succeeded his father in the earldom of Warwick in 1401, and was distin-guished by his military deeds during the reigns of Henry IV. and Henry V.On the death of the latter monarch, the earl was, by his will, appointedgovernor to his infant… … the collegiate church of St. Mary, at Warwick, which he had erected, and inwhich he was interred. The second figure in our plate represents Richard Nevill, who became earlof Salisbury in 1442, in right of his wife, Alicia, daughter and heir of ThomasMontacute, earl of Salisbury, and was, by her…

Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval

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