John de Eltham, First Earl of Cornwall, 1316-1336, second son of King Edward II of England. He wears a conical cervelliere helmet with coronet, vandyked drapery and gorget, sleeveless hauberk, plate-armour, greaves and gauntlets. He wears a hauketon and pourpoint under the armorial cyclas, ornamented girdle and studded sword sheath. Shield with coat of arms of three lions within a bordure France. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks 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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