on 



(JrUtUttelJet) Armorial 



especial Kefereuce to 

 Mtepmoutlj Jfinfc, 



By W. de C. PRIDEAUX, L.D.S. Eng., F.R.S.M. 



I 



WISH to draw your attention to a small mediaeval 

 Armorial Shield enamelled on copper, formerly 

 used as a horse trapping and found near 

 Wey mouth (Fig. 2) ; to show you an example 

 from Somerset (Fig. 1) ; and to illustrate this 

 short paper by examples from Wiltshire and 

 Hampshire, together with others kindly 

 placed at my disposal by Sir J. C. Robinson 

 and the authorities of the British Museum. 



This small shield-shaped plaque was stated by the finder to 

 have been "unearthed ten feet below the surface, at Preston, 

 near Weymouth, on Roman ground, and was considered to 

 be Roman. Fortunately it came into the possession of our 

 President, who saw at once that it was a mediaeval armorial 

 pendant of sorts. Mr. Nelson M. Richardson brought it to the 

 writer, who had seen similar objects exhibited as armorial 



