Rubbing2024.28 - Lord Richard Grey de Wilton
Title
Rubbing2024.28 - Lord Richard Grey de Wilton
Description
Knight
Notes on the Parchment: "Eton Knight in Armour 1521"
Description of Rubbing: He is looking forward with his hands in prayer. He is in full armor except his hands and head are bare. His hair is straight and long to his shoulders.
His armor includes mail gorget, pauldrons of 3 pieces with projecting edges, coutes globular cuirass, skirt of four taces each divided into pieces and sabatons with rowel spurs.
His sword is to the right and the handle of the dagger is seen at the left elbow.
Missing inscription on bottom
Notes on the Parchment: "Eton Knight in Armour 1521"
Description of Rubbing: He is looking forward with his hands in prayer. He is in full armor except his hands and head are bare. His hair is straight and long to his shoulders.
His armor includes mail gorget, pauldrons of 3 pieces with projecting edges, coutes globular cuirass, skirt of four taces each divided into pieces and sabatons with rowel spurs.
His sword is to the right and the handle of the dagger is seen at the left elbow.
Missing inscription on bottom
Source
Eton College. 2018. "FDA-A.525-2018." Eton College Collections Online Catalogue. 2018. https://catalogue.etoncollege.com/object-fda-a-525-2018.
Date
1521
Format
Parchment 28cm x 66cm
Rubbing 16cm x 51cm
Coverage
Floor of Ante-Chapel in Eton
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rubbing2024.28 - Lord Richard Grey de Wilton,” Exhibits, accessed April 20, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29287.