Richard Fitzhugh, Constable of Chester and Standard Bearer of England, 1141. Richard Fitzhugh, Earl of Chester, carries the royal standard with two lions passant guardant. He wears a long chainmail tunic, conical nasal helmet and remarkably long shoes. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, John Dowding, London, 1842.

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