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monument of Hugh
Luttrell (died 1522) of Dunster, in St Mary's Church, East Quantoxhead, Somerset. A modern example is on the huge stone sculpted heraldic achievement of George Fownes Luttrell (1826–1910) above the new main entrance door to the castle, built as part of his remodelling. The Bohun swan
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A Delineation of the
Courtenay Mantelpiece in the Episcopal Palace at Exeter by Roscoe Gibbs with a Biographical Notice of The Right Reverend Peter Courtenay, DD,... To which is added A Description of the Courtenay Mantelpiece compiled by Maria Halliday, privately published at the Office of the
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Stratford, Jenny, The swan badge and the
Dunstable Swan, and other pages as specified, in Richard II's Treasure; the riches of a medieval king, website by The Institute of Historical Research and Royal Holloway, University of London,
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from 1390. Richard II's treasure roll of 1397 includes, together with several of his own white hart badges, a swan badge with a gold chain, perhaps presented by one of his
Lancastrian enemies mentioned above:
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is especially associated with
Lancastrian use and echoes the white hart similarly gorged and chained used by King Richard II (1377–1399), deposed by Henry Bolingbroke, which he began to use as a
227:. Godfrey had no legitimate progeny, but his wider family had many descendants among the aristocracy of Europe, many of whom after his death made use of the swan as a heraldic
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Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The
Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.244, pedigree of Courtenay
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Somerset, also used the Bohun swan as supporters. This was due to their descent from the Courtenays. Sir Andrew Luttrell (d.1378/81) of Chilton, in the parish of
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Following the extinction of the Senior male line of the de Bohun family the Bohun swan badge was used by descendants of the two heiresses: by the royal
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Bohun swan supporters with arms of George Fownes
Luttrell (1826–1910) impaling Hood, 19th century remodelling of main entrance door to Dunster Castle
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with supporters the Bohun swans, each collared with a crown and chained or. Detail from the
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seized the throne in 1399, the use of the swan emblem was transferred to his son, the future King Henry V (1413–1422), who was made
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family descended from
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Cherry, John. "The Dunstable Swan Jewel", Journal of the British Archaeological Association, XXXII, 1969
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with supporters the Bohun swans, each collared with a crown and chained or.
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Bohun swans collared and chained with necks entwined at feet of effigy of
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insisted that he should give swan livery badges to "all the gentlemen of
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Courtenay Mantlepiece, Bishop's Palace, Exeter, showing the arms of
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gorged (with or without a crown) and with a golden chain
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a label of 3 points azure each point charged with 3
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463:The Bohun swan was also used by Henry V's grandson
215:, had associated the legend with the ancestors of
164:used originally in England by the mediaeval noble
446:possibly given to his supporters by the future
403:(1399–1413), the swan was adopted by the royal
431:at his father's coronation, and whose tomb in
42:to make improvements to the overall structure.
778:, Archaeologia, vol.97, 1959, pp. 127–38
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512:Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
323:Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
188:as a badge derives from the legend of the
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606:Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
409:swan gorged and chained with a crown or
312:Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
292:Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
273:Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
249:Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
135:Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
532:Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
493:Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
465:Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
96:Please consider expanding the lead to
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253:Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon
471:in 1471. In 1459 Edward's mother
141:, showing the Bohun swan above the
776:The Swan Badge and the Swan Knight
307:Extinction of de Bohun senior line
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263:, heavily restored 19th century
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920:, London, 1909, Part 2, p.551
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184:The widespread use of the
290:(1311–1391), daughter of
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685:feudal barons of Dunster
608:(1276–1322) and wife of
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626:Sir Philip Courtenay
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548:Sir Philip Courtenay
469:Battle of Tewkesbury
440:Dunstable Swan Jewel
370:Dunstable Swan Jewel
277:Barons' Letter, 1301
271:The Counter seal of
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223:and the hero of the
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139:Barons' Letter, 1301
782:Nichols, John Gough
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259:in south transept,
217:Godfrey of Bouillon
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760:Anglo-Saxon Times
701:Margaret de Bohun
602:Margaret de Bohun
600:, descended from
528:Wars of the Roses
473:Margaret of Anjou
433:Westminster Abbey
425:Henry Bolingbroke
397:Henry Bolingbroke
392:(d. 1394) to the
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190:Swan Knight
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693:Thorverton
646:(d.1492),
614:supporters
572:(d.1492),
450:, who was
380:, who was
327:Edward III
281:escutcheon
257:chest tomb
208:Old French
158:Bucks Swan
154:Bohun swan
143:escutcheon
873:Stratford
709:Elizabeth
637:supporter
630:Powderham
559:supporter
552:Powderham
538:Courtenay
384:from 1399
360:Lancaster
199:Lohengrin
196:'s opera
106:July 2020
90:summarize
48:July 2020
817:(2002).
713:Edward I
658:torteaux
624:Seal of
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546:Seal of
520:Stafford
483:Stafford
477:Cheshire
354:Stafford
160:, was a
948:Sources
664:in pale
590:in pale
378:Henry V
344:Descent
922:Part 2
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