Les femmes des gentilshommes unissaient sur leurs manteaux ou surcots les armoiries de leurs époux avec celles de leur famille.
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
Eleanor of Castile first wife of King Edward I.
Eleanor of Castile (also Leonor, 1241 – † 28 November 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire) was the first wife of King Edward I. Royal Consort of England.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose fought in the English Civil War in Scotland for the royal side.
Britain under Roman rule. Celt and Roman. England 43 BC to 440 AD.
The United Kingdom, known in antiquity as Britain (ie the territories of present-day England to Hadrian’s Wall, Cornwall and Wales), was from 43 BC to 440 AD, under Roman rule.
Roger Walden, Bishop of London 15th century.
Roger Walden. From a painting on glass in the windows of St. Mary’s Hall, Coventry.
Pitti-Sing. Victorian opera character.
Pitti-Sing. The Mikado. Victorian opera character. The Mikado is a comic opera in two acts by Gilbert and Sullivan (libretto by WS Gilbert, with music by Arthur Sullivan).
Becky Sharp. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Becky Sharp. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. … IN the midst of the great persons assembled and the eye-glasses directed to her, Rebecca seemed to be as cool… Read More
Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland during the brief Republican period of British history.
Sir William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench.
Sir William Gascoigne (c. 1350 – 1419), Knight, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench in 1413. Reign of King Henry IV.
John Viscount Beaumont K.G. Earl of Boulogne.
John Viscount Beaumont K.G. Earl of Boulogne 1430. Courtier of the reign of King Henry VI. supposed to represent John Viscount Beaumont K.G. Earl of Boulogne. Constable and Lord High… Read More