MEDIEVAL GOLD 'SIR PETER DEMONTFORT' HERALDIC LIVERY BADGE 13th century AD A gold heater-shaped mount with scooped upper edge, ten parallel angled beaded-wire bars to the reverse forming heraldic 'bendy' field; mounted in a custom-made frame viewable from both sides; supplied with a folder of research notes and print-outs relating to the career of Peter de Montfort and to the badge. 185 grams, 10 x 10cm including display case (4 x 4"). Very fine condition. Extremely rare. Provenance Ex Pulley collection, UK; found Northamptonshire 1977, and reported to Mr Robert Moore of Northampton Guildhall Museum and returned to the finder. Footnotes The arms of 'Bendy of eight or and azure' are attributed to Peter de Montfort in the Dering Roll of circa 1270 AD. The badge cannot be attributed to de Montfort with absolute certainty because the colour of the underlying (fabric) field cannot be known, but arms with gold diagonal bars are rare in England and de Montfort is the only notable family bearing such. The format of the shield with scooped upper edge is unknown in the 13th century (it is absent from the Dering Roll for example) but does appear later in the medieval period.
MEDIEVAL GOLD 'SIR PETER DEMONTFORT' HERALDIC LIVERY BADGE 13th century AD A gold heater-shaped mount with scooped upper edge, ten parallel angled beaded-wire bars to the reverse forming heraldic 'bendy' field; mounted in a custom-made frame viewable from both sides; supplied with a folder of research notes and print-outs relating to the career of Peter de Montfort and to the badge. 185 grams, 10 x 10cm including display case (4 x 4"). Very fine condition. Extremely rare. Provenance Ex Pulley collection, UK; found Northamptonshire 1977, and reported to Mr Robert Moore of Northampton Guildhall Museum and returned to the finder. Footnotes The arms of 'Bendy of eight or and azure' are attributed to Peter de Montfort in the Dering Roll of circa 1270 AD. The badge cannot be attributed to de Montfort with absolute certainty because the colour of the underlying (fabric) field cannot be known, but arms with gold diagonal bars are rare in England and de Montfort is the only notable family bearing such. The format of the shield with scooped upper edge is unknown in the 13th century (it is absent from the Dering Roll for example) but does appear later in the medieval period.
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