Medieval heraldic shield pendant
Cal Jim has been doing some great research on one of our medieval heraldic shield pendant finds. He has contacted Bruce Leeming who has been researching his family history.
'I have been researching that shield pendant with the red drops and the red canton, and I believe that I have found the family it belongs too.
I did contact a family genealogist for this family, as I noticed on the genealogy sites that he had information on the coat of arms for this family. I showed him what I had, and he agrees with me that the shield is most likely for his family. ' Jim
Bruce, the family genealogist, sent me the page below that describes the shield, silver shield with droplets of red blood. The Lemming, Leming, Lemyng family were from Essex where the shield was found by Van Brent.
I have nothing in writing that describes what you have. There are several books that list drops of blood on a shield as being Lemyng or Leming. I attach some of what I have.
The pendant almost looks like a quartered shield for a son or brother, maybe even representing a marriage.
You certainly find some interesting pieces.
Bruce
