Robert Chaumberleyn, Esquire to King Henry V, 15th century. In full battle armour with vizored helmet, flowered silver surcoat, plate armour, emblazoned shield, armed with battle axe, sword and daggers. With Sir Thomas Erpingham's coat of arms. From Benefactor's Book, Cotton MS Nero D VII, f. 142v. Handcoloured copperplate engraving etched by John Augustus Atkinson, aquatinted by John Hill, after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his own Selections of Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, Colnaghi and Co., London, 1814.

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