Medieval Warfare Magazine

TACTILE ENGLISH HERALDRY LIVERY BADGES

nimals were popular choices. King Edward III used the golden lion from the arms of England as one of his badges, while his grandson Richard II used a white hart. Suns, stars, and flowers were all popular choices for badges, as were more abstract images. By the 1470s, the powerful de Stafford family were known to use an image of

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